Written answers

Wednesday, 13 May 2009

  • Tax Forecasting
    Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made changes in his Department's tax forecasting procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19014/09]
  • National Asset Management Agency
    Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is legally possible for the national asset management agency to engage in its initial valuation work before the relevant legislation is...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent year end results published by a bank (details supplied); his further views in particular, on the practice of rolling up of...
  • Tax Code
    Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance his latest assessment of tax changes in the USA which might adversely affect Irish interests; and the initiatives he has taken to try to pre-empt...
  • Public Service Pay
    Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he plans to operate the early retirement and employment embargo; and the savings in the public service pay bill which he estimates from each...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will proceed with abolishing long service increments to TDs; when he will proceed with same; if legislation is necessary; and if he will make a...
  • National Asset Management Agency
    Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance if the estimated value of the toxic assets of the banking institutions which was declared to be in the region of €90 billion has been revised; and...
  • Stability and Growth Pact
    Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if the EU has expressed a view on the maximum borrowing levels before penalty clauses might apply to Ireland under the stability pact. [19081/09]
  • Parking Levies
    Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if he and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government plan to introduce a €200 urban parking levy; if so, the timeframe for...
  • Insurance Industry
    Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent reports that insurance costs are rising at a time when prices generally are falling; and his further views on whether policy...
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is monitoring charges made to bank customers over inter-bank rates set by the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Banking Sector
    Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the suggestion the bank rescue plans here could be the highest, as a proportion of national income, of any developed economy; his...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will proceed with removing ministerial pensions for sitting TDs; when he will proceed with same; if legislation is necessary; and if he will...
  • Public Service Expenditure
    Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the report of the expenditure review group under the chairmanship of Colm McCarthy prior to budget 2010; if so, the expected date...
  • Tax Code
    Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to publish the report of the taxation commission immediately after its presentation to Government; the expected date of publication; and...
  • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
    Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the reporting dates imposed on the covered banks in respect of credit information, the level of covered liabilities and the payment of insurance...
  • Election Management System
    Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of running the European elections and by elections on 5 June 2009, with an outline of the main items of expenditure; and if he...
  • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
    Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to recapitalise building societies (details supplied). [19065/09]
  • Financial Services Regulation
    Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance the process in which he is engaged to reform the regulatory regime of the financial sector; when he expects this process to conclude; his key...
  • National Asset Management Agency
    Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the type of management structure, governance, reporting arrangements, and the staff and board selection procedures which he envisages for the...
  • Corporate Responsibility
    Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on proposals made by a group (details supplied) for the inclusion of corporate responsibility in terms of ethics and social concern as a...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the Revenue Commissioner's investigation in holders of life policies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18968/09]
  • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
    Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he will manage the State role on the banks which are to be recapitalised. [19092/09]
  • Tax Code
    Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the wake of 7 April 2009 budget changes to mortgage interest relief, persons who have a mortgage for less than seven years are entitled to...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which he is taking to address the cost of sub-prime mortgages; the discussions he has had with the Irish Financial Services Regulatory...
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the gross and net revenue raised each week from the public service pension levy in gross and net terms; and the estimate for its yield in 2009 and...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the issues in relation to the imposition of means testing for child benefit or making it subject to taxation; if...
  • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
    Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the bank guarantee beyond September 2010 in its current form; if the establishment of the national asset management agency is...
  • Tax Code
    Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance his approach to the treatment of tax havens; his views on reports that the Obama administration in the US may introduce fiscal measures which could...
  • Freedom of Information
    Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the suggestions made in the annual report of the Information Commissioner, that the Central Bank, the Financial Regulator, the State...
  • Economic Forecasts
    Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the EU Commission published economic forecasts, so soon after the 7 April 2009 budget, to the effect that the general...
  • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
    Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the banking guarantee; the cost to the Exchequer for doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19104/09]
  • Motor Industry
    Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals or recommendations to aid the motor trade industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18233/09]
  • Banking Sector
    Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the establishment of a national investment bank mandated to support and underwrite strategically important infrastructure projects; and...
  • Financial Sector Regulation
    Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the growing number of financial services intermediaries who are offering debt-handling services at a price to vulnerable mortgage...
  • Tax Code
    Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had contacts from airline operators, aviation stakeholders or other stakeholders in the wider travel and tourism industry in relation to...
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance if the income tax heading of the Exchequer returns includes both the income levy and the pension levy; the breakdown of the contribution of these...
  • Departmental Purchases
    Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the acquisition of a second mobile container scanner needed to combat cigarette smuggling; and if he will make a...
  • Tax Code
    Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on temporarily reducing the lower rate of VAT for labour intensive services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18950/09]
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent year end results published by a bank (details supplied); his further views, in particular, on the payment of €27.6 million...
  • Tax Collection
    Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of VRT received up to 1 May 2009; the way this compares to the same period in each of the years 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a...
  • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
    Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has prepared estimates of the expected capital requirements at banks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18967/09]
  • Insurance Industry
    Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on declines in the solvency situation of insurance companies based here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18975/09]
  • National Asset Management Agency
    Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is envisaged that the national asset management agency will become, in effect, a development company, raising or providing capital for the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money made available by the State for disability services under the multi-annual investment programme of the national disability...
  • Departmental Websites
    Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the implementation of the eGovernment project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15564/09]
  • Tax Collection
    Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue lost to date in 2009 through the exodus of shoppers to Northern Ireland; his views on whether it was a mistake to increase the...
  • National Asset Management Agency
    Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether resolving the pricing problem is the key variable in determining the final cost to the taxpayer of the bank rescue plan; his...
  • Bank Deposits
    Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank report that the deposit base of Irish banks has fallen by €12 billion since the beginning of 2009; and if he will...
  • Tax Collection
    Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the April 2009 Exchequer figures; if he is confident that tax revenue will amount to €34.4 billion for 2009; and if he will make a...
  • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
    Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports that a credit institution covered by the bank guarantee is paying significant bonuses to its front office staff. [18948/09]
  • Budgetary Measures
    Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the areas of budgetary strategy implemented since 29 September 2008 which were expected to have a positive impact on economic growth; the degree to...
  • Banking Sector
    Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer for nationalising Anglo Irish Bank; the expected funding from the State until the end of 2009; the estimated toxic debts...
  • Live Register
    Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected impact on the 2009 Exchequer position of the live register reaching 500,000 by the end of 2009; the expected impact on the 2010...
  • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
    Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that Anglo Irish Bank could be undermining competition in the retail and commercial deposit market here by offering high...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which he is taking to address the cost of fixed rate mortgages; the discussions he has had with the Irish Financial Services Regulatory...
  • Banking Sector
    Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals for treatment of the 20% stake in a retailer (details supplied) accruing to the State as a result of the nationalisation of Anglo...

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