Written answers

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

  • Illicit Trade in Fuel
    Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a multi agency task force involving Customs and Excise, Revenue Commissioners, Gardaí and local authorities to...
  • Moneylender Regulation
    Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if legislation will be required to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to regulate moneylenders. [18290/11]
  • Tax Code
    Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of developing our own domestic renewable energy sector, particularly wood biomass and wind-generated electricity, as well as reducing...
  • Tax Reliefs
    Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for revenue assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
  • Constitutional Amendments
    Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to introduce the constitutional referendum to bring about changes to reverse the effects of the Abbeylara judgment to enable...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate, reassess and alter the restrictively high turnover requirements for legal services for State and semi-State agencies; and if...
  • European Central Bank
    Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any texts relating to reform of the European Central Bank which he has circulated to other EU leaders at any point;...
  • Departmental Representatives
    Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the instructions he has given to the officers of his Department who represent him on the groups dealing with Ireland's position on the next EU...
  • State Agencies
    Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends, in view of recent disclosures of salary and bonus information at the National Treasury Management Agency, to introduce greater...
  • Bank Guarantee Scheme
    Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a month-by-month breakdown of bonds due to mature in Allied Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, ESB and Permanent TSB broken down by...
  • Financial Services Sector
    Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the avenue open to a person (details supplied) who was refused a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18215/11]
  • Flood Relief
    Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the drainage of the Dunkellin River, County Galway; the cost of same; the phases or stages involved; when work will commence;...
  • Property Valuations
    Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Valuation Office and local authorities not to apply commercial rates to sporting organisations that are not for profit such...
  • Departmental Contracts
    Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the typing of documents and transcription of digital dictation has been outsourced to the Philippines by the Revenue Commissioners and...
  • Financial Services Sector
    Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Permanent TSB's interest rate on variable rate mortgages are significantly above that of other...
  • State Bodies
    Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Economic Advisory Council has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17335/11]
  • Semi-State Bodies
    Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of semi-State companies here that paid bonus payments to their chief executive officer in 2009 and 2010 separately; the amount of each...
  • Financial Services Sector
    Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of home mortgages which were approved by the Irish banks in each of the past ten years; the average amount of money approved in each...
  • EU-IMF Programme
    Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings to the State arising from a 1% reduction, a 2% reduction and a 3% reduction in the interest rate on the EU portion of the EU and IMF...
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been dealt with. [18430/11]
  • State Agencies
    Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if the chairman of the National Asset Management Agency shall be remunerated pursuant to the terms or conditions of his contract with NAMA; the sum...
  • Public Service Remuneration
    Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if the expenses paid to persons in the public purse should be known in addition to the pay rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Social Welfare Fraud
    Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details in relation to the resources available to the Revenue Commissioners dedicated to the area of fraud detection with...
  • EU-IMF Programme
    Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of projected future draw down of moneys from the EU/IMF programme for the remainder of 2011; the date on which such draw...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments that the Secretaries General are representing; the corresponding...
  • Ministerial Responsibilities
    Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements he has made for fulfilling the role proposed for him in the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011 in resolving issues of...
  • EU-IMF Programme
    Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will meet with the EU-IMF delegation during its forthcoming visit to Ireland for the next quarterly review of the EU-IMF deal; and if he will...
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change lending practices within banks towards giving credit to businesses on the basis of their health and potential rather than on the...
  • Job Creation
    Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of both the rate and number of unemployed by the end of 2011; his estimate of the rate of emigration in the State by end of 2011; the...
  • Tax Code
    Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to proposals emanating from the EU that the duty conditions associated with agri-diesel are to be changed; and if he...
  • Legislative Programme
    Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his proposals for whistleblowers legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16719/11]
  • Mortgage Arrears
    Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); if there is any mechanism available to the person to deal with the matter using the method the person...
  • Departmental Programmes
    Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the introduction of cloud computing and other emerging information technology systems for use in Government services; and if he will...
  • Departmental Staff (2 comments)
    Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the current arrangement in place regarding established civil servants wishing to take career break in 2011; the periods of which these career breaks...
  • Tax Reliefs
    Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance in his consideration of extending tax breaks to the Eircom Employee Share Ownership Trust scheduled to end in 2014, if he has considered the...
  • Tax Code
    Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the laundry and dry cleaning industry as a main service provider to the tourism industry, has not been included in the reduced VAT rate...
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures for the way AIB, BOI, EBS and IL&P are spending on advisers including lawyers, investment advisers and underwriters as...
  • National Treasury Management Agency
    Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures for the amount the National Treasury Management Agency is spending on advisers including lawyers, investment advisers and...
  • Tax Reliefs
    Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for a 2008-09 PAYE refund in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
  • Credit Availability
    Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to a non-business or farming person to appeal a decision of an Irish guaranteed bank to approve facilities for them; and if he...
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent discussions with the pensions industry regarding the industry's ability to absorb the cost of the pension levy, and...
  • Mortgage Assistance
    Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans, to address and control the issue of rising mortgage rates in lending institutions such as EBS which are effectively owned by the State;...
  • Estate Administration
    Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Irish Government Bonds
    Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to issue sovereign bonds to the pension industry from the National Treasury Management Agency along the lines provided for in the social...
  • Consultancy Contracts
    Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide full details, including a breakdown by unit with the agency, of professional and consultancy fees incurred by the National...
  • Tax Reliefs
    Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax generated by the Exchequer from stallion fees for each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. [18871/11]
  • Tax Code
    Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance on the commitment in the programme for Government to direct the Revenue Commissioners to examine the feasibility of introducing on a revenue neutral...
  • State Banking Sector
    Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made to date on the commitment in the programme for Government to establish a strategic investment bank; the preliminary...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and dates of formal meetings that he has had with the management advisory committee in his Department since his appointment; and if he...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rent paid; the location of offices and their landlords for...
  • Commission on Credit Unions
    Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance in keeping with the commitment in the programme for Government to establish a commission to review the future of the credit union movement, if he...
  • Deposit Guarantee Scheme
    Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to put in place a scheme of guarantees for credit union stakeholders. [18951/11]
  • Mortgage Arrears
    Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that can be taken to encourage the mortgage lending sector to address the issue of the multiplication of mortgage arrears through the...
  • House Repossessions
    Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance to indicate the number of private houses repossessed by the various lending institutions in each of the past five years to date in 2011; the future...
  • Banks Restructuring
    Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance the full position in regard to projected or anticipated mergers, takeovers or other restructuring measures in the banking sector; and if he will...
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which, in his view, the stress test carried out in the banking sector here and throughout Europe has been sufficiently robust to...
  • Price Inflation
    Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree or extent to which it has been possible to identify any inflationary factors in the economy in each of the past three years to date in...
  • Tax Code
    Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has become aware of taxation incentives in other eurozone states which might be deemed to influence investment in such...
  • Foreign Direct Investment
    Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his European Union colleagues are conscious of issues most likely to affect foreign direct investment and economic progress with...
  • Croke Park Agreement
    Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the savings of €289 million in the sustainable pay bill under the Public Service Agreement 2010 to 2014, if he will provide an estimate...
  • Industrial Relations
    Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received documentation regarding a sports complex (details supplied) in County Limerick with regard to being awarded payment by the Labour...

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