Written answers
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
- Freedom of Information
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will revise the remit of the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 to cover the vocational education committees; the reason behind their... - Pension Provisions
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42609/09] - Disabled Drivers
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance when a review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concessions scheme 1994 will be complete; if he will make changes to ensure the... - Mortgage Arrears
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for new housing schemes for home owners in significant negative equity and in financial trouble; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Collection
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons aged over 65 years do not automatically receive an exemption from DIRT tax; the cost to the... - Tax Yield
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of extra revenues from abolishing residential mortgage interest relief in 2010 to all new entrants. [42545/09] - Tax Code
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing the mortgage interest relief rate to 25%, 30% and 35% from 2010 for all first time buyers... - National Asset Management Agency
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all NAMA designated properties and their valuations in tabular form and on a county basis. [42581/09] - Public Service Pay
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the link between public service pay and pensions will be kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42597/09] - Irish Language
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of translating all State documents into Irish; the cost of printing same; if a proposal for storing these electronically and printing as... - Property Agreement
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the implementation of an agreement made between the State and a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will... - Banking System Regulation
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with the situation of fixed rate mortgages and the release fees charged to persons who wish to change to a variable rate mortgage,... - Tax Yield
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue from corporation tax for 2009 and for 2010; the revenue from corporation tax for 2008; the proportion of these totals expected... - Tax Collection
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of refunds on 2008 preliminary tax and losses attributed back to 2007, including 2008, and paid out to date in 2009; the number of such... - Tax Code
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will cost various options (details supplied) for reductions in both the standard 21.5% and reduced 12.5% rates of value added tax; the amount... - National Asset Management Agency
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the systemic importance of banks (details supplied) in the context of the proposal to establish the National Asset Management Agency;... - Departmental Properties
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will itemise the number of buildings that his Department leases; the annual rental and average price paid per square metre; if any review of... - Tax Code
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made with the implementation of the car parking levy; his views on the implementation of a levy on all commercial car parking with a... - National Asset Management Agency
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance when recruitment will begin for vacancies in the National Asset Management Agency; the number of vacancies available; the different category of jobs... - Tax Code
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the set of circumstances in which the proposed 80% windfall tax rate will apply to potential development land for housing in the future; if once-off... - Tax Yield
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated arising from memorandums of understanding (details supplied) with tobacco companies in 2007, 2008 and to date in... - Tax Collection
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of the married couples tax allowance; if not, the way they may apply; and if he will... - Tax Yield
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the Exchequer's VAT and indirect taxation intake from Counties Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth in the first half of 2007; the first half of 2008;... - Employment Statistics
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of civil servants and public sector workers, excluding semi-State bodies, relative to the total Irish workforce for the... - National Asset Management Agency
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected cost to the Exchequer of the National Asset Management Agency during 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43010/09] - Registration of Title
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an application by community groups (details supplied) to obtain legal title to lands from the Chief State... - Employment Protection
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he intends to introduce to protect current employment levels in the restaurant sector; if he will provide assistance to the sector... - National Asset Management Agency
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance if he requires EU approval for the National Asset Management Agency Bill in advance of the signature of the President in respect of this... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has written to or formally communicated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43050/09] - Financial Services Regulation
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures in place to ensure that sub-prime lenders are obliged to engage with their customers who find themselves in changed and strained... - National Asset Management Agency
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query (details supplied) concerning the National Asset Management Agency legislation. [43058/09] - Customs Seizures
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance the role played by Revenue customs service in the seizure of more than 120 million cigarettes from a vessel in Greenore, County Louth; the value of... - Pension Provisions
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance if, with regard to the public service pension levy, a pensioner in receipt of a public service pension but who works to supplement their income must... - Tax Collection
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that coal is being sold in many parts of the country by suppliers from Northern Ireland; if he is... - Public Investment Projects
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance if capital investment allocations have been reviewed since December 2008 to allow a focus on more labour intensive activities as outlined in... - Public Sector Pay
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of payment of public service workers who are paid on a fortnightly basis; the savings that would be involved by issuing payslips every four... - Energy Conservation
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of change in public offices by the installation of sensor lighting to cut down on electricity costs; the number of Departments that are... - Vehicle Seizures
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan, who had their vehicle seized by customs despite their assertion that duty on it was paid at the... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of progress that has been made with respect to the introduction of a central liquidity mechanism, or similar mechanism, for the credit... - Tax Collection
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance the latest detailed data or report available to him on the distribution of incomes here; and the corresponding levels on income tax collected.... - Construction Projects
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance when a construction project (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be completed; the cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on... - Tax Code
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have undertaken a recent periodic risk focused review of a club (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if concessions... - Disabled Drivers
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance if tax relief relative to the purchase of a vehicle for use by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny with a disability will be granted.... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed building of new offices for staff participating in the decentralisation scheme in the Department of Agriculture,... - Tax Code
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance if the possibility of replacing the turnover tax on betting with a profit tax has been assessed by him; if this would make it attractive to service... - Vehicle Registration Tax
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate for the number of car sales in 2010; and the revenues from vehicle registration tax. [43403/09]
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