Written answers
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
- Balance of Payments Statistics
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the balance of payments each year from 1980 to date in 2011 broken down into the current account and the capital account in tabular form; and if he... - Flood Insurance
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the provision of Government-backed insurance scheme for the small number of cases in which homeowners are not in a position to purchase... - Banking Sector Remuneration
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the comments made by the Taoiseach during leaders questions in Dáil Éireann on 20 April 2011 regarding the severance payout to former... - Tax Code
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that receipts for the student contribution being issued by third level colleges which refer to the... - Financial Institutions Recapitalisation
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of payments on the promissory note payments over the next ten years; the expected interest level payments on the promissory notes from... - Financial Institutions Regulation
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the loan to deposit ratio of each of the Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26941/11] - Banking Sector
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on business services (details supplied) by Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26956/11] - Legislative Programme
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of the Construction Contracts Bill, if he will revisit the proposal to limit the application of the legislation to contracts with... - National Asset Management Agency
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties currently leased by Government Departments and or agencies that are owned by the National Assets Management Agency and the... - Tax Code
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that could be raised by standardising pension tax relief at the lower rate of tax on all public and civil service workers.... - Jobs Initiative
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected on the pension levy introduced in the jobs initiative by the payment date of 25 September 2011, and the amount which... - Banking Sector Remuneration
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the funding cap for banking officials remuneration has been breached since it was introduced; for whom it was breached; the... - Tax Compliance
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change tax law and company law to prevent the kind of abuses referred to by the Pensions Ombudsman whereby companies close down, walk... - Banking Sector Regulation
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent interest rate increase to variable rate mortgage holders with Permanent TSB; if they require his... - EU-IMF Support Programmes
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the permanent presence in his Department of any staff member of the EU, IMF and ECB; and if he will provide details of... - Mortgage Interest Rates
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if, since coming into office, he has had any communication, verbal or written, with the covered financial institutions in relation to their mortgage... - Banks Restructuring
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected number of job losses and redundancies in each of the covered institutions arising from the downsizing and restructuring of the banking... - Banking Sector Remuneration
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made a decision on the request by Allied Irish Bank to approve a salary in excess of €500,000 for a new chief executive; and if he will... - Mortgage Arrears
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has details of the number of residential mortgages which are in arrears of less than 90 days as at 30 June 2011; and... - Financial Institutions Regulation
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of entities now regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will provide a breakdown of the different categories of entity.... - Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of individual residential properties in the ownership of each covered institution; the way these properties... - Mortgage Statistics
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of residential mortgages which relate to investment properties or non-principal private residences; the... - Credit Union Regulation
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has carried out analyses on the impact, on credit unions and credit union members, of the lending restrictions... - Vehicle Registration Tax
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners will not grant a tax exemption to a person (details supplied) under Section 134 (1)(c) of the Finance Act 1992... - Construction Industry
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the supports in place for construction companies whose debts have not been transferred to the National assets Management Agency; his views on... - Mortgage Lending
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that criteria used by banks covered by the banking guarantee, to assess suitability of candidates to draw mortgages is... - Non-Resident Companies
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding taking cash back to Ireland to invest in land in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford who has business... - State Banking Sector
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Anglo Irish Bank has been able to recoup moneys owed to it by the Quinn Group; his views that any more money can be recouped by... - Vehicle Registration Tax
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if the remission of vehicle registration tax on a car (details supplied) will be approved in view of the unique circumstances concerned; and if he... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all companies providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal advice, advertising,... - Jobs Initiative
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the jobs created by initiatives funded by him under the jobs initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27331/11] - Ministerial Staff
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of all staff, permanent and non-established, allocated to assist him with constituency work in the 100 days following his... - EU Budget
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance his approach in the coming months to discussions with other Heads of State or Government regarding the new EU Budget; and if he will make a... - Banking Sector Regulation
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to contact other Heads of State or Government regarding the issue of bank bondholders during the next three months; and if he will make a... - Expenditure Reviews
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will host in his Department or elsewhere meetings connected with the quarterly review by the troika of Ireland's financial assistance package.... - Departmental Agencies
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussion he has had regarding bringing greater transparency to the remuneration, including bonus arrangements, of public servants at the... - Economic Policy
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to table any papers regarding economic matters for consideration by other Heads of State or Government. [19801/11] - Fiscal Advisory Council
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to hold consultation with the Opposition regarding the statutory foundation for the Fiscal Advisory Council. [20299/11] - Expenditure Reviews
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the report of the third review of the financing programme completed last week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21422/11] - European Court of Auditors
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to Ireland's nomination for our seat at the European Court of Auditors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Tax Code
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will enter into an arrangement with a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 to enable their company to trade out of... - Banking Sector
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the impact of the deterioration of the property market here on other core business activities of those persons who were engaged... - Tax Code
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount outstanding in arrears to the Revenue Commissioner across all taxation brackets for each of the past five years; and if he will make a... - Banking Sector Staff
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new staff hired by Allied Irish Banks in 2010 and from January 2011 to date in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - An Post Savings Products
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give an assurance to the public who are concerned about deposit accounts held at An Post under the national solidarity bond scheme; if he... - Tax Code
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to phase out tax credits on higher incomes, for example halving the tax credits after €100,000 and eliminating them beyond €150,000... - Trust Funds
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an estimate of the funds held in trust funds in this State. [27429/11] - Tax Code
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the potential to tax online gambling; the estimated return to the Exchequer if a 5% tax was placed on each bet made here... - Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is due a rebate of tax payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27445/11] - EU-IMF Programme
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance if the implementation of the programme for Government may be affected by the EU-IMF deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19810/11] - Fiscal Policy
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the National Economic and Social Council paper, "Ireland's Economic Recovery - An Analysis and Exploration"; and if he will make a... - EU-IMF Programme
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the IMF report of 20 September 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26072/11] - National Asset Management Agency
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency can confirm if they will be making properties available to local community organisations for various... - Tax Code
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a reduction in the VAT rate of personal protective equipment to encourage more persons to avail of such equipment; if his... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the new corporate structure that was put in place to facilitate the restructuring of the Quinn Group debt; if new companies were formed for the... - Tax Code
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details, including dates, of all meetings which officials in his Department have attended on the issue of the introduction of a... - National Asset Management Agency
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports National Asset Management Agency's plan to establish a deferred purchase scheme for residential properties; and if he will make a... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been paid to each of the following firms (details supplied) for professional services on the banking crisis since 2008 including... - State Banking Sector
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce new measures to ensure viable businesses are supported by the banks that are controlled or partly owned by the State; and if... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out his priorities in the context of his targets to create the atmosphere for economic revival and competitiveness in the economy;... - State Banking Sector
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance the action that he has taken to assist in the establishment of a strategic investment bank as outlined in the Programme for Government. [21149/11]
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