Written answers
Wednesday, 27 September 2006
- Disabled Drivers
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the deliberations of the interdepartmental group who considered the working of the disabled drivers and passengers scheme; if changes... - Garda Stations
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Finance when Crusheen Garda Station in County Clare will be re-opened as a Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28493/06] - Disabled Drivers
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the length of waiting time for assessment of an appeal for certification for the purpose of the Finance Act 1989 and the... - Tax Collection
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Finance if certain Eircom League football clubs have reached negotiated and reduced settlements with the Revenue Commissioners Office where outstanding... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans which have been made for the Department of Defence offices in Parkgate Street, Dublin 8, following decentralisation. [28166/06] - Proposed Legislation
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend Section 35 of the Credit Union Act 1997 to enable credit unions to lend a greater percentage of new loan books. [28174/06] - Tax Yield
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of disposable income of the poorest 10 per cent of the population taken as indirect tax and the percentage of disposable income of... - Tax Code
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out a review of the State's tax system to determine the extent to which vertical equity is achieved; and if he will... - Communications Masts
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details regarding the contract between the Commissioners of Public Works and mobile phone companies in relation to the use of... - Income Ratio
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Finance the ratio of the income of the top five per cent income earners to the average income per head. [28257/06] - Tax Code
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to allow cohabiting couples to claim one another's tax credits on the same basis as married couples; and if he will make a statement... - Tax Yield
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to proposals for the stamp duty levied on credit cards to be donated to a charitable body or sporting organisation... - Commuter Ticket Schemes
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 9 February 2006, if he has now received information from all the main public transport operators in... - Tax Code
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to allow VAT to be refunded in respect of services such as the hire of home care workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Site Acquisitions
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has obtained a site for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; if the purchase has been completed; and if he... - Compensation Schemes
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a compensation scheme for persons damaged by asbestos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28402/06] - Tax Code
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the treatment here of public bodies as non-taxable persons; if that treatment is in accordance with the sixth VAT... - Garda Stations
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the future of Dundrum Garda Station; and if the Commissioners of Public Works have issued their report in relation to the... - Customs and Excise Service
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sea patrols carried out by the customs and excise along the north west coast each month in 2005 and to date in 2006; and if he will... - Tax Code
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on abolishing or reducing vehicle registration tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28610/06] - Tax Yield
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue receipts for 2005 and to date in 2006 on fuel excise duty, vehicle registration tax, VAT on vehicles and road tax; and if he... - Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of the maximum tax credits. [28705/06] - Tax Yield
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Finance the average annual cost to the exchequer of reducing the VAT on wood fuel products from the present 21 per cent to 4.3 per cent. [28706/06] - Proposed Legislation
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward immediate legislative proposals to protect heritage sites and the users of these sites in view of the difficulties which he... - Tax Code
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the introduction of VAT on a product (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this product is mainly... - Banking Sector Regulation
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a case (details supplied); and if he will investigate the sale of a company (details supplied). [28950/06] - Tax Code
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the position whereby a person receives an inheritance of agricultural land (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will be furnished with a P21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28997/06] - Tax Code
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason participants in defined contribution schemes are obliged to invest the residue in an annuity; the further reason a different option of... - Garda Stations
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Office of Public Works will put the Garda station for Buncrana out to tender; the interim arrangements which will be put in place to... - Tax Collection
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for a VAT refund in respect of a business (details supplied) in County Cork. [29069/06] - Flood Relief
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in implementing the flood relief measures project in Fermoy, County Cork. [29070/06] - Tax Collection
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for a P21 to issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29071/06] - Budget Submissions
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received pre-Budget submissions from a company (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will favourably consider same; and if he will... - Tax Collection
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have a policy of not taking cash payments in respect of vehicle registration tax payments; and if he will make a... - Flood Relief
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Finance when compensation will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in relation to the Kilkenny flood relief scheme; and if he will... - Departmental Meetings
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Finance when a meeting (details supplied) which was promised for a number of months will be held. [29285/06] - Census Statistics
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Finance if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be used by his Department for any... - Tax Code
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reducing or eliminating excise duty from all motor fuels produced from renewable energy crops; and if he will make a statement on the... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Finance the position of his Department's decentralisation programme to Athy; if a site has been identified; if temporary accommodation has been secured; if... - Departmental Responsibilities
Question 514: To ask the Minister for Finance the quality proofing measures he has in place to ensure that he, his officials, agents and servants, in carrying out their responsibilities do so in... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent reports that customers who deal directly with life assurance companies rather than dealing with a... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 516: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm reports that workers at the Office of Public Works who refuse to decentralise will be allowed to work from their homes in Dublin;... - Departmental Offices
Question 519: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the recent survey of the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied); his views on the universally... - Tax Code
Question 520: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the homecarers tax credit is only available to married individuals and not available to those who... - Tax Yield
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue expected to accrue to the Exchequer in terms of excise duties and VAT over and above the estimates at Budget 2006,... - Legislative Programme
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for... - Non-Resident Taxation
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has undertaken a consultancy study or other review of persons who are non-resident here for tax purposes; if such a review was requested by... - Tax Yield
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of workers here affected by the change in the remittance basis of taxation for foreign workers as announced in Budget 2006; the number of... - Tax Collection
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected distribution of income earners for income tax payments for 2005 broken down in number and percentage terms into the categories of... - Tax Yield
Question 530: To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of income tax paid by persons earning in excess of €100,000 per annum and upwards in bands of €20,000 per annum from 2000 for each year... - Traffic Management
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will authorise the opening of the Knockmaroon Gate, Phoenix Park, at 6:30 a.m. to eliminate traffic congestion in the vicinity; and if he will... - Tax Collection
Question 532: To ask the Minister for Finance when a P45 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29512/06] - Tax Yield
Question 534: To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of stamp duty rates on cheques, laser cards with ATM function, ATM cards and credit cards each year since 2002; the income to the... - Tax Code
Question 535: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he intends to take in Budget 2007 towards reducing VRT. [29641/06] - Centenarians Bounty
Question 537: To ask the Minister for Finance the number who received the Centenarians Bounty in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006; the total amount expended in each respective year; the number of... - Tax Code
Question 538: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will waive or reduce the charges associated with a transfer in view of that fact that the site is being transferred to a third generation... - Garda Stations
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the provision of the proposed new Garda Station at Leixlip, County Kildare; the schedule for the actual commencement of... - Tax Code
Question 540: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes which have been made in classifying tax paid by high net-worth individuals that have been identified by the Revenue Commissioners for... - Tax Yield
Question 541: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give an analysis of the receipts from stamp duty for each of the past 5 years, broken down between household mortgages, investor... - Tax Collection
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in the promised review of an avoidance of stamp duties by developers, builders etc., by the use of arrangements such... - National Monuments
Question 543: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the replacement of the current wooden palisade fencing with similar steel fencing in an area (details supplied) in County... - Tax Code
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Finance the avenues community-based groups can pursue in order to acquire essential equipment for voluntary services VAT free; and his views on granting VAT... - Garda Stations
Question 545: To ask the Minister for Finance if an update from the Office of Public Works regarding proposals for a new Garda station at Tallaght will be sought; the schedule being followed in... - Tax Code
Question 546: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the VAT on telephone bills for schools and households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29892/06] - Waste Disposal
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claimants and the percentage take-up of tax relief on bin charges in 2003, 2004 and 2005 respectively; the amount of relief approved... - National Monuments
Question 548: To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to correspondence this Deputy forwarded to him which was acknowledged on 25 August 2006, he has instructed his officials to reopen... - Garda Stations
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Finance if the tender documents are ready for the new Leixlip Garda Station; and when will tenders be invited for the project. [29974/06] - Schools Building Projects
Question 550: To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been progress in concluding the contract for the purchase of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [29984/06] - Flood Relief
Question 551: To ask the Minister for Finance when will the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study for the Rye River commence. [29991/06] - Disabled Drivers
Question 552: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the interdepartmental review of the 1994 disabled drivers disabled passengers tax concessions; when the current limits of... - Tax Yield
Question 553: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue the Exchequer is losing by the move of a group (details supplied) to Holland; and if other major artists and musicians are... - Tax Code
Question 554: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the purchase price of vehicles bought in other EU countries is not accepted by his Department as the value of imported vehicles when...
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