Written answers

Thursday, 19 November 2009

  • Financial Services Regulation
    Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance the protection available to homeowners who have taken out sub-prime mortgages; his plans to make statutory the code on mortgage arrears; and if he...
  • Public Service Contracts
    Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason, when State bodies are putting out tender documents for services, companies providing tenders are requested to provide evidence that they...
  • Tax Collection
    Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance the interest rates charged on underpayments of tax or late payments; if he will consider modifying them at this time when bank credit for working...
  • Casino and Gaming Industry
    Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding casinos operating here; if they are outside or inside the jurisdiction of the law; if they are outside of the law, the reason...
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that Anglo Irish Bank is functioning to service the needs of existing customers who are performing within their business and in...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of expenses paid to the staff of the Revenue Commissioners in the past 12 months, in particular the level of moneys issued for overnight...
  • Tax Code
    Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide confirmation that the allowance of a person (details supplied) is not taxable; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • National Statistics
    Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers in the Waterford tax district earning less than €10,000, earning between €10,001 and €20,000, earning between...
  • Tax Code
    Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the second home levy of €200 is non-tax deductible to members of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
    Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of ships boarded and searched in the port of Sligo in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and up to 31 October 2009 by Revenue and customs...
  • Public Sector Staff
    Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of full-time and part-time positions that remain vacant due to the public sector recruitment embargo; the pertinent public sector areas;...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in each Government Department at the end of 2007, 2008 and at the end of October 2009 in tabular form; and if he will...
  • Tax Code
    Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the tax relief for nursing home expenses; the number of persons benefiting from tax relief for nursing home expenses; the number...
  • Departmental Reports
    Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance his view on the recommendations of the interdepartmental review group made in 2002 on tax concessions for disabled drivers and disabled passengers;...
  • Tax Code
    Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue to the Exchequer that would be generated from a new 48% tax applied to income of more than €100,000; and if he will make a statement...
  • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
    Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance if home mortgage holders are covered by the bank guarantee scheme of September 2008; if so, the number covered; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Tax Code
    Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the retail volumes accommodated at the VAT rates 0%, 13.5% and 21.5%; if he will indicate specifically the volumes in regard to eat-in meals; his...
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cheques returned in banks (details supplied) from 1 April 2009 to 1 October 2009. [42470/09]
  • Consumer Price Index
    Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis for his statement on a programme (details supplied) on 13 November 2009 of the breakdown of the deflation rate among pensioners, unemployed...
  • Tax Collection
    Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate for each tax category for year end 2009 and in 2010 which underpins the pre-budget tax forecast. [42510/09]
  • Public Service Pay
    Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of public service pay and of public service pensions in 2009 to 2012 which underpins the no policy change estimates; the average number...
  • Fiscal Policy
    Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers and their distribution across income categories in 2009 and 2010 which underpin his conclusions on the share of tax paid by...
  • Tax Collection
    Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the contribution of the housing sector to tax revenue in each year since 2000 to date in 2009. [42516/09]

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