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Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or representatives of Ireland have met or communicated with the candidate for the French presidency, François Hollande, or his representatives; if so, whether his stance of the fiscal compact treaty and on the ESM was discussed; if so, what the outcome of those discussions were. [22014/12]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the case that electronic digital versions of school books, or e-textbooks, are subject to VAT at 23%; if so, if he has done any analysis on the reason for same and options for changing it, and if he will release this; and his views that e-textbooks should be exempted from VAT. [21539/12]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the case that electronic or digital versions of school books, or e-textbooks, are subject to VAT at 23%; if so, if he will consider exempting e-textbooks from VAT. [21540/12]

Written Answers — EU Treaties: EU Treaties (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to recital five of the treaty establishing the European stability mechanism, if it is the case that, as a recital, this has lesser legal standing than the body of the treaty, comprising the articles. [22010/12]

Written Answers — EU Treaties: EU Treaties (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the case that Article three of the treaty establishing the European stability mechanism, which states, [i]inter alia[/i], that the purpose of the ESM shall be to mobilise funding and provide stability support to members, if indispensable to safeguard the financial stability of the euro area as a whole and of its member states, would take...

Written Answers — EU Treaties: EU Treaties (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the treaty establishing the European stability mechanism, if it is the case that the greater legal status of article three over recital five would mean that, if Ireland needed to draw on the ESM for funding after the end of the current troika programme, the ESM would be unable, or unlikely, to refuse it, as this would likely...

Written Answers — EU Treaties: EU Treaties (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the case that Ireland has an effective veto over the ESM due to the fact that Ireland has to ratify the amendment to Article 136 of the treaty on the functioning of the European Union in order for the ESM to be established; if he has considered invoking this veto in order to have recital five of the ESM treaty removed or amended, and...

Written Answers — Banks Recapitalisation: Banks Recapitalisation (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the recent payment of €3.1 billion made to IBRC under the revised promissory note arrangement, the amount of that payment that was needed by IBRC to meet scheduled liabilities for 2012. [21476/12]

Written Answers — EU-IMF Agreement: EU-IMF Agreement (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected date of exit from the Troika programme, that is, the estimated date that the agreed funding will have to be fully used, taking into the account the recent agreement on the promissory notes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21776/12]

Written Answers — EU-IMF Agreement: EU-IMF Agreement (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected date of exit from the excessive deficit procedure, that is, the year, and month if available, when it is estimated the deficit will become less than 3% of GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21777/12]

Written Answers — Budget Deficits: Budget Deficits (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected year in which Ireland will first have to meet with the structural deficit target of 0.5% of GDP, as set out in the Fiscal Compact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21778/12]

Written Answers — Budget Deficits: Budget Deficits (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated budget impact, that is, the difference positive or negative in budget deficit or surplus which will be required, in order to comply with the structural deficit rule, in the first one to five years of compliance, against a base case of not having to comply with it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21779/12]

Written Answers — National Debt: National Debt (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance the year in which Ireland will first have to comply with the debt brake rule, as described in the Fiscal Compact, that is, reducing Ireland's debt to GDP ratio from its level in the first year of required compliance, by 1/20th of the difference between that figure and the 60% target stipulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — National Debt: National Debt (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated paydown of general Government debt required to meet the debt brake stipulation, in each of the first five years from when Ireland must adhere to the debt brake rule as stipulated in the Fiscal Compact, that is, ensuring that the debt to GDP ratio reduces by 1/20th of the gap between where it is and the target of 60% of GDP,...

Written Answers — National Debt: National Debt (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance the economic rationale for setting the debt to GDP ratio target at 60%, as stipulated in the Fiscal Compact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21782/12]

Written Answers — National Debt: National Debt (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance if he accepts that compliance with the structural deficit rule, as stipulated in the Fiscal Compact, requires bringing the debt to GDP ratio to approximately 25%, as per the analysis provided found at a website (details supplied), and if not, the reason therefor; if not the debt to GDP ratio he believes that will meet the structural deficit rule;...

Written Answers — EU Treaties: EU Treaties (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.100 of 18 April 2012, on the negotiations leading to the revised ESM Treaty, if he will elaborate on his statement that he had suggested that before creating any such link between the ESM and Stability Treaties that careful consideration be given to any possible market implications; if it is the case that he...

Written Answers — EU Treaties: EU Treaties (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No 100 of 18 April 2012, on the negotiations leading to the revised ESM Treaty if he will elaborate on his statement that the linkage between the ESM and Stability Treaty ratification was accepted in the interests of securing agreement on the ESM; if it is the case that he was agreeable to the linkage between the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the review of rent supplement limits in certain Wicklow towns has been concluded; the towns that were included in the review; the evidential findings of the review on the rent levels in each town; the outcome of the review for limits in each town; and if the limits have not been changed in any of the towns, the justification for...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (1 May 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 397: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policy rationale behind the amendment to the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012 relating to entitlements to jobseekers' benefit for those on part-time employment; if, as is suggested in the Department of Social Protection Briefing note of 23 April (details supplied), this has been introduced on the basis of anecdotal evidence; if...