Written answers
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
- Proposed Legislation
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Construction Contracts Bill 2010 will advance to Committee Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48515/10] - National Asset Management Agency
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the reluctance of the National Assets Management Agency to lease property on its books to businesses; and if he will make a statement... - Disabled Drivers
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the current regulations covering the primary medical certificate to allow any designated area medical officer to sign off rather... - Tax Code (1 comment)
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly that exists whereby an unmarried couple are assessed as a couple for the purposes of social welfare... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance if Irish institutions and individuals hold Irish bonds and if he will give a figure or an estimate of the amount involved in same. [48093/10] - Departmental Contracts
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the principle of section 5 of a public works contract is implemented and enforced by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Fiscal Policy
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance the interest rate being discussed for the loan from the British Government to the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the... - Black Economy
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will deal with a matter regarding the black economy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48139/10] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to his Department from 2007 in respect of providing all computer, hardware and software, in his private and constitutency office in... - Tax Yield
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 14 December 2010, the total number of taxpayers, total income and the total tax paid for each of the... - Tax Code
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance if subscribers to a company (details supplied) and other premium TV services pay VAT on these services to the Irish Exchequer or to the UK; and if... - Tax Reliefs
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the tax foregone by the Exchequer for film relief for the years 2009 and 2010; the estimated tax foregone due to film relief for... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out any sum of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past five years; and if he will make a... - Departmental Websites
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and cost of each website that falls under his remit; the number of unique visitors per month to each website; and if he will make a... - EU Funding
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance if Irish small and medium enterprises may apply for funding under the EU's risk sharing finance facility; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Code
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to implement a decision by the European Court of Justice, reference Case C-554-07; and if he will make a statement on the... - State Assets
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Review Group on State Assets and Liabilities has met with the International Monetary Fund regarding the work of the group in relation... - Tax Reliefs
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding tax relief (details supplied). [48291/10] - Insurance Industry
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for supporting jobs in the Quinn Group in view of the fact that Anglo Irish bank are no longer in the picture. [48295/10] - Mortgage Arrears
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the scheme as it currently exists whereby households found to be in mortgage arrears are protected through agreement with the... - Road Network
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to carry out works in an area (details supplied) which is still in poor condition notwithstanding the works carried out in autumn 2010;... - Tax Code
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending, under section 82 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, the deductibility of pre-trading expenses to those who incurred the... - Tax Reliefs
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the tax relief scheme for home insulation works announced in the budget; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Code
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a claim in respect of a person (details supplied). [48530/10] - Banking Charges
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on moves in retail banking from the use of Laser cards, charged on a per transaction basis and Visa or Mastercard debit cards, charged on... - Tax Reliefs
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will contact a person (details supplied) regarding the abolition of section 23 relief in budget 2011; if he will advise as to whether it is... - Banks Recapitalisation
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance the funding that has gone into the recapitalisation of each of the guaranteed institutions to date; the extent of funds provided to each financial... - Departmental Properties
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding premises (details supplied) rented in view of the fact that the owners of some premises include developers who are in NAMA;... - Tax Collection
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of interest bearing deposit accounts here, and their value; the number of interest bearing deposit accounts here exempt from DIRT, and... - Universal Social Charge
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance the 2012 and full year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the zero-rate threshold for the universal social charge by €100; the 2012 and full year... - Banks Capitalisation
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Finance the subscribed capital of the Central Bank of Ireland; the total size of the balance sheet of the Central Bank; if he is satisfied that the Central... - Tax Code
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the payment of stamp duty in respect of a person, a first time buyer (details supplied) in Dublin 6 [1058/11] - Pension Provisions
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person leaving the civil or public service to take up a position in the private sector can transfer their pension contributions made as a civil... - Property Transfers
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he has taken and those he proposes to take in relation to his stated policy of pursuing to the ends of the earth those that have... - Commemorative Events
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the issue of a euro-denominated commemorative coin, in either €5 or €10 denominations, to mark the 100th anniversary of the... - National Solidarity Bonds
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will now reassure potential investors regarding the benefit to them of the four and ten year national solidarity bonds in view of the decision... - Tax Collection
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the revenue generated by the carbon tax in 2010; if he will outline the spending of same; and if he will make a statement on... - Revenue Correspondence
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the request for assistance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1104/11] - International Monetary Fund
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 16 December 2010, the reason he claims that the International Monetary Fund interest rate of 5.7% when... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on opinion polling and focus group research in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a... - Public Service Agreement
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with public service unions in relation to strengthening performance management and delivery systems in the Civil Service;... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Finance the allocated funding and expenditure of the Central Bank Commission in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1232/11] - Universal Social Charge (1 comment)
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons receiving social welfare payments are exempt from the universal social charge; if persons receiving a social welfare payment from another... - Public Service Agreement
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken to date on the implementation of the Croke Park agreement; the implementation plans for 2011; the specific measures which will be... - EU-IMF Fund
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Finance if it would be possible for this Government, or an incoming Government, to renegotiate the interest rate on the funding made available from the EU... - Tax Reliefs
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine and support a proposal on forced lay-offs (details supplied). [1326/11] - Business Regulation
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 1 December 2010, the number of occasions in each of the past five years that the Revenue Commissioners... - Tax Code
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the pension levy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1339/11] - Public Service Contracts
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Finance if companies (details supplied) currently have public contracts; the value of such contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1349/11] - Agreements with Members
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he had with Independent Deputies (details supplied) in advance of budget 2011; the resulting changes, if any, in the Government's... - Tax Code
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will describe the new business investments targeting employment schemes that are replacing the business expansion scheme; the way the two... - National Recovery Plan
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the publication of the National Recovery Plan 2011 – 2014 [45171/10] - Insurance Industry
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he plans to implement the commitment contained in the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014 to identify further ways to tackle increases in... - Ministerial Appointments
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to appoint a chief information officer; the reasons for the delay making this appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Flood Relief
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the publication of the report into the feasibility of introducing a national flood warning system has been delayed until next year in... - Tax Code
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the range of Government taxes applied to air travel here at present; if he is satisfied that these taxes are properly applied by... - Illicit Trade in Fuel
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of illegal operators and fuel smuggling in border areas; the steps he has taken to confront the problem; the extent to which fuel... - Tax Code
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will abolish the punitive €10 passenger air travel tax; if the opening of Dublin Airport's Terminal 2 on Friday, 19 November 2010 would not... - Banking Sector Regulation
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a numbers of matters (details supplied). [1432/11] - Tax Code
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied). [1458/11] - Banking Sector Regulation
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in respect of bonus or bonus like payments made by Bank of Ireland to staff since the introduction of the original blanket bank... - Legal Services
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Finance in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 the arrangements entered into by his Department for the obtaining of advice from a firm of... - Legal Proceedings
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 if he will give details of the number of court cases initiated in each year in which he or his... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken to ensure that budgetary projections by various Departments remain on target throughout each financial year; and if he will make a... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken by him to combat any emerging trends that emerge from time to time which might have the effect of impeding the competitiveness of... - EU-IMF Fund
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he and-or his Department is in regular contact with EU institutions and the International Monetary Fund to ensure the success of... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of buildings or sites currently idle, surplus to requirements or otherwise arising from the Government's decentralisation strategy;... - Banks Recapitalisation
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Finance the total financial commitment by him to date of the support to each of the financial institutions; the degree to which he has quantified ongoing... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and locations of banking or other financial institutions likely to be wound up arising from the financial difficulties to date; and if he... - Legislative Programme
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he intends to provide by way of legislation the necessary impositions to ensure that traditional banking good practice is... - National Debt
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Finance the national debt arising from either the public or the private sector as at 31 December in each of the past five years; and if he will make a... - Pension Provisions
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a matter in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1785/11]
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