Written answers
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
- Departmental Programmes
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the cycle to work scheme introduced in the Finance (No.2) Act 2008; the progress made to date to implement the scheme;... - Tax Code
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance if a reduction on the VAT applied to the installation of domestic water softening units will be considered. [15197/09] - National Archives
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to increase the space in the National Archives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15266/09] - Disabled Drivers
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [15459/09] - Tax Code
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the representations from an organisation (details supplied). [15092/09] - Pension Provisions
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis, in view of the fact that retained fire officers have no public service pension entitlement and no access to a public service pension... - Tax Code
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance when an application for a tax refund by a person (details supplied) made to the Office of the Revenue Commissioners will be decided on; the reason... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance if measures will be taken to request financial institutions, in view of current financial and economic circumstances, to allow mortgage holders who... - Departmental Programmes
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will supply a run down of various Government investment in the Cahir electoral area, County Tipperary, since 1997; and if he will make a... - Tax Code
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the Finance (No. 2) Act 2008 to ensure that the daily requirement for residency in the State for tax purposes is 24 hours not a... - Tax Collection
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [15178/09] - Pension Provisions
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who have applied for early retirement due to ill health but are not approved by 1 May 2009 will be forced to postpone 90% of their lump... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the financial institutions, who have not already done so, to allow people to change from fixed rate mortgages to variable rate... - Tax Collection
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the increasing annoyance and frustration felt by accountants and other such professions regarding their... - Pension Provisions
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person retiring from the public service at pension age, not an early leaver, will be liable for tax on the gratuity payment they receive; and... - Tax Code
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the issues raised by an association (details supplied) in the context of the forthcoming Finance Bill; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance the programme changes introduced in the 2009 Estimates published on 14 October 2008 designed to make savings in expenditure in 2009; and the amount... - Tax Code
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the tax treatment of redundancy payments, particularly with regard to the income levy; and if he will make a statement on the... - Pension Provisions
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 8 April 2009, if he has received clarification of the comments made by CIROC in respect of pension... - Tax Collection
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of DIRT free deposit accounts operated here by the banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15417/09] - Tax Yield
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue received by the Exchequer from DIRT tax each year from 2002 to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15419/09] - Tax Collection
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the efforts made by his Department and the Revenue Commissioners to inform people about their potential entitlement to a... - Tax Yield
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue received by the Exchequer each year from 2004 to 2008 from the 2% levy on non-life insurance policies; the amount of same... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of budgetary projections for 2009, 2010 and 2011, including all appropriations-in-aid, for expenditure receipts and balances; and if... - Tax Code
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance if an exemption on mortgage income tax relief will be granted when a couple has a home loan for more than seven years but in the past couple of... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied); the action he will take to address the matter of the lack of available funds to small and medium... - Departmental Agencies
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will extend the special Civil Service incentive career break scheme and shorter working year scheme to the public service; and if he will... - Job Creation
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined ways in which to encourage persons who have investments abroad to redirect their investments into the domestic economy in order... - Tax Collection
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance when a P45 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15650/09] - Departmental Staff
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of uncertified sick days taken within all sections of his Department for the years 2007 and 2008 and to date in 2009; the number of... - Pension Provisions
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that part-time fire-fighters, who are not members of a pension scheme, are being charged the public... - Departmental Staff
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reallocating staff from other Government Departments and agencies to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in an attempt to alleviate... - Tax Code
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax foregone by the State in the past three years for which figures are available in respect of the off-setting of rental income... - National Assets Management Agency
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance the talks he had engaged in with the EU Commission or Central Bank prior to the supplementary Budget on 7 April; if the EU had given approval or... - Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance if he, the Central Bank or the Financial Regulator have given instructions to the management at Anglo Irish Bank with respect to the treatment of... - National Assets Management Agency
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance if loans at Anglo Irish Bank are to be included in the remit of the National Assets Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has taken action or put in place measures to effect the 10% reduction in all expenses other than mileage rates, as announced by him in his 7... - Pension Provisions
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has taken action or put in place measures to effect the discontinuance of the arrangement whereby former Ministers are paid ministerial... - Departmental Staff
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish details of the public service early retirement scheme for public servants aged 50 years or over as announced in his 7 April... - Official Engagements
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his tour of financial capitals to restore Ireland's international reputation; the number of elected representatives and civil... - Tax Code
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason, in view of the fact that he admitted shortly before the 7 April 2009 budget that the 0.5% increase in the VAT rate in October 2008 had... - Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress with the recapitalisation or other action with a building society (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance the legal provisions for the transfer of cash to a bank outside this jurisdiction; the restrictions on transfer of this cash back to Ireland; if his... - Pension Provisions
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance when he proposes to approve the new RTÉ pension scheme, the 50/50 risk sharing scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is his intention to make provision to assist fixed rate mortgage holders who are required to pay a substantial penalty when changing to a... - Tax Code
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that if a person who is eight years into their first time buyer mortgage trades up to another home they can avail of tax relief...
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