Written answers
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
- Public Service Reform
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance the new skills and rigour he has to date brought into policy making across all Departments as committed to in the Programme for Government and if he... - Public Expenditure
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria by which a Department will decide that an agency board is to be abolished. [17389/11] - Financial Products
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on State supported financial institutions increasing interest rates on mortgages outside of European Central Bank rate changes; his views... - Tax Code
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce changes to income tax rates, bands or credits, for 2012. [17011/11] - Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance the specific roles and responsibilities of the Ministers of State in his Department. [17054/11] - Oireachtas Payments
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full list of all payments and allowances paid to Members of the Government and the Oireachtas as of April 2011; the changes, if... - Financial Products
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on instructions issued by a bank to a person (details supplied) to move from a tracker mortgage to interest only; his further views that... - Ministerial Engagements
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of meetings he attended, including a list of the attendees, during his recent visit to the United States; and if he will... - EU-IMF Fund
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will raise the issue of an interest rate reduction on the European sources of funding as part of the EU / IMF Programme with his Finance... - Commercial Property Valuations
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date with the revaluation programme currently being carried out by the Valuation Office; when he expects the nationwide... - Banks Recapitalisation
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any evidence, documentary or otherwise, that, from the time of the negotiation of the EU / IMF deal last November to date, the European... - Tax Code
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to recent changes in VAT, specifically, if retailers who do not pass on the recently announced decrease in VAT will be penalised; the... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed nominees of the Fiscal Advisory Council will have to go before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance for approval. [17204/11] - Ministerial Travel
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of travel expense that is mileage paid for use of his private cars; the rate of subsistence payments and any other allowances available to... - Credit Availability
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any possible sources of loan finance from European sources including the European Investment Bank in respect of small... - Tax Code
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact of the pension levy on pension funds here including, but not limited to, future average worker contributions [17311/11] - Job Creation
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the forecast number of jobs to be created in the next one, two and five years resulting from the jobs initiative, broken down by all categories... - Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the level and type of insurance, for example, credit default swaps for 100% of the bond value which the current holders of senior unguaranteed... - Bilateral Loan Facilities
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the conditions attached to each of the multi-billion euro bilateral loan from the UK, Sweden and Denmark, including the interest rates. [17316/11] - Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the dates of maturity for the various tranches of bonds, grouped by maturity date, outstanding in each of the six covered Irish financial... - Tax Code
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate for his officials to withhold information sought through committees and Parliamentary Questions which are... - Public Private Partnerships
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there needs to be more transparency in the public and private partnership negotiations, in particular, publication of the... - Departmental Schemes
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will sign the commencement order for section 3 of the Finance Act 2011 to commence the relief scheme for retrofitting insulation. [17320/11] - Professional Fees
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the issue of excessive professional fees in sheltered sectors of the economy; the timeline he envisages for... - Flood Relief
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance when funding will be authorised in respect of the Dargle flood protection scheme in Bray in view of the fact that all design, technical and... - Departmental Staff
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the gross salaries in respect of the individual Secretaries General and Assistant Secretaries General respectively in each Government Department;... - Heritage Sites
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will agree to opening the Desmond Castle in Newcastle West, County Limerick, to the local community for use; if he... - Tax Code
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of applications (details supplied) received by the Revenue Commissioners, total value, range in amounts, split between number... - Pension Provisions
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Secretary Generals who continue to benefit from added years as applied by the top-level appointments committee and the details of the... - Civil Service Staff
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list each of the primary grades within the following public sectors (details supplied); the grades within primary grades for example... - Employment Control Frameworks
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide each detailed Departmental Employment Control Framework up to and including 2014. [17382/11] - Departmental Staff
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the new skills and talent he has brought into his Department as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17386/11] - Ministerial Appointments
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Top Level Appointments Commission's new external chairperson and five external appointees will be appointed and if he will provide details... - Departmental Programmes
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has instigated a Government wide review to identify and eliminate non priority programmes; and the date by which he hopes to conclude the... - Proposed Legislation
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to establish the social impact bonds and if he will outline the method by which he intends to share audited Exchequer savings with... - Departmental Agencies
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the following information regarding each of the State agencies (details supplied), namely, the total number of staff and their... - Departmental Properties
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide each and every rental saving achieved by the Office of Public Works as referred to at page 11 of the First Progress Report of... - Tax Code
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a refund of tax under C45 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that this was not... - EU-IMF Fund
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the moneys drawn down to date from the EU/IMF support programme including the amounts drawn down on those dates; the... - Credit Availability
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of reviews carried out by the Credit Review Office since its inception; the number of reviews that have upheld the banks decision; and... - EU-IMF Fund
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the correspondence between the Government and the European Central Bank during the period leading up to Ireland's decision on 21... - Budgetary Process
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if a date has been set for the announcement of Budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17488/11] - Fiscal Policy
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether new legislation is required to impose losses on unsecured, unguaranteed senior bondholders at Anglo Irish Bank and Irish... - EU-IMF Fund
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance when the next draw down of funds under the EU / IMF Programme is due to take place; if he will confirm the source from which the draw down will... - Public Service Contracts
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the value per Government agency of contracts issued outsourcing IT services for 2010 and 2011; of those contracts issued, the number of... - Fiscal Policy
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that our banks are effectively State owned and that many young house holders are now under tremendous pressure by the banks as... - Proposed Legislation
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which he will publish the Betting (Amendment) Bill 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17612/11] - Tax Reliefs
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 29 March 2011, when the economic impact assessment referred therein will be published and when a... - Tax Code
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason VAT has been charged to an organisation (details provided) using an area of land on the Curragh, County Kildare, which had not...
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