Written answers
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation of the reason the promissory notes need to carry a similar yield as was prevailing on the Irish Government in 2012;... - Fiscal Policy
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Finance if he and other EU eurozone finance ministers have discussed using quantitative easing as a policy instrument to ease the effects that huge... - Departmental Staff
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners expected to leave the organisation at the end of this month under the early... - Financial Products
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to raise with Permanent TSB the issue of the standard variable interest rate it charges on residential mortgages which, at 5.19%, is... - Fiscal Policy
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the European Commission's proposal to introduce a common consolidated corporate tax base; if he will provide details of his... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the Financial Services Ombudsman has been in a position to identify the most frequently reported insurance companies alleged to... - State Banking Sector
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider publishing, even in a redacted form, the reports by McCann Fitzgerald and Ernst and Young into corporate governance issues at the... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has held discussions with the ECB in relation to the way the cost of the covered institutions of loss making tracker mortgage may be moderated;... - Credit Availability
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the categories of lending that have been included by AIB and Bank of Ireland in meeting the lending targets of €3.56 bn to small... - Banking Sector Remuneration
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of the review into severance and remuneration packages at the covered institutions which has been ongoing since April 2011; the work that... - Illegal Money Lenders
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has any evidence of a growth in the number of illegal money lenders operating here; and if he will make a statement on... - State Banking Sector
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance if, relating to the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank and the published demands of a company (details supplied) for full compensation, the... - Proposed Legislation
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance if a copy of the draft Central Bank (Regulation of Credit Unions) Bill has been sent to the EU, ECB or the IMF; and if he will make a statement on... - Fiscal Policy
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance if recent Central Statistics Office figures showing a rise in the value of financial assets in the State will lead him to reconsider his tax policy... - State Banking Sector
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the way information regarding the existence of a retention agreement between Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and a company... - EU-IMF Programme
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the analysis of the three prominent economists (details supplied) who recently gave evidence before the Finance Committee that Ireland... - Fiscal Policy
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the progress of talks between the Troika and Greece on a second programme of assistance for that country; the impact the delays in... - State Banking Sector
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the reason a company (details supplied) is permitted to provide loan sale advice to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and also be... - Debt Management
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to regulate firms that provide debt management advice and household budgeting services to customers; and if he will make a statement... - Personal Debt
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist families in mortgage difficulty; the discussions, if any, he is planning with the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority... - Banking Sector Regulation
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the National Treasury Management Agency were given notice of the retention agreement between Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, and a... - Ministerial Appointments
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to appoint someone from a company (details supplied) to the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, advisory board; if he will outline... - Banks Recapitalisation
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance the interest rate paid by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to the Central Bank of Ireland for the emergency liquidity assistance; and if he will... - Departmental Records
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he or his officials or the National Treasury Management Agency held with a company (details supplied) since March 2011; if he... - Tax Code
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance if the use of Irish charity legislation and tax law at the International Financial Services Centre by Irish legal firms is in fact enabling massive... - Strategic Investment Fund
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to introduce the relevant legislation to allow the strategic investment fund to use funds from the National Pensions Reserve Fund for... - Proposed Legislation
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale behind limiting the 30% mortgage or qualifying loan interest relief package included in the Finance Bill 2012, to mortgages or loans... - Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list those current members of the Bank of Ireland executive team and committee who were in place prior to the banking guarantee; if he... - Fiscal Policy
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance if the contraction in economic growth now taking place in Europe, and even in Germany, has likely consequences for his strategy on an export growth... - Financial Sector Regulation
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 1 February 2012, regarding restrictions to credit union lending, if he will detail the types of... - Banks Recapitalisation
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if the profits derived by the Central Bank of Ireland from Irish Bank Resolution Corporation's emergency liquidity assistance repayments are kept in... - Banks Recapitalisation
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance if Irish Bank Resolution Corporation requires the full €47 billion of the promissory note, that is the €30 billion capital and €17 billion... - EU Summits
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance if he had discussions on the margins of the EU summit on 30 January about the promissory notes relating to Anglo Irish Bank. [5173/12] - Banks Recapitalisation
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance if he shares the views of the three prominent economists (details supplied), who recently gave evidence before the finance committee, that the... - Vehicle Registration
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given any consideration to making changes to the number plate system in 2013 (details supplied). [9847/12] - European Central Bank
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which the views of the Central Bank of Ireland are reflected in the ECB with particular reference to the need to ensure that the vital... - State Banking Sector
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the exact procurement policy used by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation that precipitated the awarding of the retention agreement... - Banks Recapitalisation
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance with respect to the revised memorandum of understanding of 10 February 2012, his plans to ensure the recapitalisation of a company (details... - Tax Reliefs
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the drafting of the new facility detailed in section 766 of the Finance Bill, 2012, whereby amounts paid by companies to unconnected third... - State Banking Sector
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance if he agrees that allowing a company (details supplied) to be eligible for purchasing bank assets in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation after... - EU-IMF Programme
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the implications under the fiscal compact treaty of the 0.5% structural deficit limit on fiscal and budgetary policy; and if he... - Derivatives Market
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on EU commission plans to regulate food securities trading at both European and international... - Tax Code
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance with respect to the revised memorandum of understanding of 10 February 2012 if he will detail what is meant by a broadening of personal income tax... - Banking Sector Regulation
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the involvement, if any, he has with the way banking regulation weaknesses are being addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9368/12] - Credit Availability
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on the commitment in the programme for Government on ensuring that an adequate pool of credit is available to fund small and medium...
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