Written answers
Thursday, 19 July 2012
- Credit Review Office
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the effectiveness of the Credit Review Office; if he will provide details of any such review; and if he will make a... - Tax Reliefs
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance if approval given by Fáilte Ireland to a company (details supplied) of Development and Marketing Plan under Section 495(6) of the Taxes... - Tax Code
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends continuing the land leasing tax exemption as this improves land mobility and efficiency of land use. [36830/12] - State Agencies
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding plans to establish NewEra; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36895/12] - EU-IMF Agreement
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of interest on Ireland's repayments to the EFSF; and the way this compares with the rate of interest being offered to Spain. [35937/12] - Personal Insolvency Bill
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to Parliamentary Question No 114 of 5 July 2012 if it is the case that the Personal Insolvency Bill was discussed with representatives of... - National Asset Management Agency
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance the budgeted costs for the National Assets Management Agency advisory board in 2012 and 2013; the broad headings of expenditure under which these... - National Asset Management Agency
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance the qualifications and experience of the National Assets Management Agency advisory board with respect to the Irish property markets [35960/12] - National Asset Management Agency
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of his recent statements regarding ongoing negotiations of the State's bank debt with the EU, the consideration that has been given to... - Bank Debt Restructuring
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the current quantum of non-central bank interbank lending to Irish Life and Permanent; when it falls due for repayment; and in relation to ILP's Debt... - Bank Debt Restructuring
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of assets of portfolios of assets presently being offered for sale by Allied Irish Banks, Educational Building Society,... - Tax Code
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35975/12] - Tax Yield
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT revenue realised, in the past three years, from off-licence and off-sales; the VAT revenue realised from the public house and on-trade sales;... - Tax Code
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered a levy on the purchase of slabs of drink from off-sales outlets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36031/12] - Bank Branch Closures
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Central Bank of Ireland has received proposals for branch closures from the covered institutions; if he will provide a breakdown of the... - Liquor Licences
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of validly renewed alcohol licences in the off-trade and on-trade for each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Central Bank of Ireland investigations into possible mis-selling of payment protection insurance by regulated entities; if... - Tax Yield
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money received in 2012 from the levy imposed on private pension funds; and if he will provide a breakdown of the way that revenue is to... - National Asset Management Agency
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of Court cases that the National Assets Management Agency has taken or plans to take to secure reversal of... - National Asset Management Agency
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of enquiries and formal applications made to the National Assets Management Agency by debtors and tenants... - Mortgage Arrears
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on the implementation of the Keane report on mortgage arrears. [36077/12] - Sovereign Debt
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the amount of Irish sovereign debt purchased in the secondary markets that is held by the European Central Bank;... - Banking Sector Regulation
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the reports completed by a company (details supplied) into certain corporate governance matters at the former Irish Nationwide... - National Treasury Management Agency
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of persons employed by the National Treasury Management Agency, showing the details for National Asset... - Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will show separately for each covered institution the amount of senior bonds, presenting figures separately for secured and unsecured, repaid... - Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of losses that have been imposed to date on subordinated bondholders at the covered institutions since the introduction of the original... - Exchequer Deficit
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate, based on all currently available information, including the projected deficits for 2013, 2014 and 2015 set out in the recent Stability... - Tax Code
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of each of a 5 cent, 10 cent and 20 cent reduction in tax excise and VAT included on consumer liquid motor fuels. [36119/12] - Tax Reliefs
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated saving that would accrue to the Exchequer in a full year if tax relief on charitable donations were restricted to the standard rate... - Tax Reliefs
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated savings that would accrue to the Exchequer if educational institutions or bodies including primary, second level or third level, were... - Tax Reliefs
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown, by amount, of the registered eligible charitable institutions that claimed back tax relief on donations in 2010 and... - Tax Reliefs
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost from 2006 to 2011 of providing tax relief on charitable donations by PAYE workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Tax Collection
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the re-opening of a business subject to historical debt owing to the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied); and if he will... - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding left in the discretionary portfolio of the national pension reserve fund; if he will confirm his plans for this funding; and if... - Banks Recapitalisation
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance if the issue of burden sharing with senior bondholders was raised by the ECB, in the context of the recapitalisation of the Spanish banking system,... - Revenue Commissioners Investigations
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the Revenue Commissioners' investigation underway into a syndicate of almost 200 individuals using an intricate... - National Asset Management Agency
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees incurred by the National Assets Management Agency in respect of the appointment of receivers to the National Assets Management... - Banks Recapitalisation
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance the values he or the National Pension Reserve Fund place on the State's share holding in any of the covered institutions; and if he will make a... - Bond Markets
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance when Ireland will return to the international bond markets in view of the IMF requirement that there must be certainty concerning the funding of a... - Bank Debt Restructuring
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has set a target level to bring Ireland's debt to GDP ratio down to, as an outcome of the negotiations currently underway in respect of... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to publish correspondence between hi and the ECB in the autumn of 2010 dealing with the question of the then Irish Government's... - Central Bank Investigations
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed update on the ongoing investigation by the Central Bank into certain matters at the former Anglo Irish Bank and the... - Economic Growth
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will officially review the growth forecast for 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36168/12] - Revenue Commissioners Investigations
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number and overall value of civil court judgments secured by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of taxation... - Fiscal Policy
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the overall composition of the fiscal adjustment in Budget 2013, with a breakdown between capital and current spending and taxation... - Mortgage Arrears
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the percentage of their mortgage book, including both owner-occupier and buy-to-let mortgages, in arrears of 90 days or... - Credit Unions
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the recapitalisation of Credit Unions to date; if he is satisfied that the recapitalisation fund will be sufficient to... - Tax Code
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if he remains committed to honouring the Programme for Government commitment not to increase income tax rates or to adjust bands or credits for the... - Tax Code
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the residence and issuance principles contained within the European Commission proposal for a Financial Transaction Tax which... - Programme for Government
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance his priorities for the year ahead and the achievements from the Programme for Government to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Tax Code
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to equalise the duty rates between agricultural fuels and motor fuels and to introduce a reclaim system for agricultural fuel... - Departmental Banking
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Government Departments including the Department of Health continue to have their banking business with UK banks when banks bailed out and... - Bank Codes of Conduct
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline, for each covered institution, the banks policy in regard to the acceptance of gifts or hospitality by its senior management from... - Bank Debt Restructuring
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is reassured that IBRC is using every possible opportunity, with particular regard to the review and renewal of loan agreements, to ensure the... - Mortgage Interest Rates
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will raise with the EBS the need to pass on the recent interest rate cuts to EBS mortgage policy holders; and if he will make a statement on... - Mortgage Interest Rates
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if any action is being taken to ensure that a financial institution (details supplied) have passed on all recent ECB interest rate cuts to... - Credit Unions
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available to the credit union sector to compensate for loan losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36415/12] - Tax Code
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a financial transactions tax. [36460/12] - Tax Reliefs
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any bands of income that avoid paying the minimum rate of tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36475/12] - Tax Collection
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate number of income tax cases for which no income tax liability will arise in 2012; the proportion of all income tax cases this... - Tax Collection
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the persons registered for payment of the domicile levy; his views on the operation of the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Fuel Laundering
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in relation to tackling the illegal sale of diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36484/12] - Tobacco Smuggling
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Revenue Commissioners have sufficient resources to combat tobacco smuggling; the progress made to date in tackling the... - Equality Issues
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered undertaking an equality audit of Budget 2012, with a particular emphasis on gender, in order to assess the ways in which the... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of his Department or any State agency under his Department's... - Ministerial Advisers
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary exceeds the first pay... - Departmental Agencies
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and 50%. [36620/12] - Departmental Agencies
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all CEOs of State agencies under his aegis were capped at €100,000. [36636/12] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory,... - Departmental Staff
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in his Department or State agencies under his aegis. [36668/12] - Public Private Partnerships
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of his Departments public private partnership projects in payment; the name of the project; the capital... - Departmental Contracts
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department outsourced to the private sector; and... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on staff and or resources in his... - Legislative Programme
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the legislation changes made after the banking crisis here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36724/12] - Departmental Agencies
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer. [36732/12] - Departmental Staff
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by his Department since March 2012; their positions and accompanying salaries.... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36780/12] - Banks Recapitalisation
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide Allied Irish Bank's outstanding maturity schedule of bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36789/12] - Economic Growth
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Central Statistics Office in 2012 has revised the GDP projections for 2009 and 2010; if he will outline the impact of the revisions... - Pension Provisions
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will hold discussions with the pension industry with a view to securing a reduction in the fees charged or management and administration of... - Mortgage Applications
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have applied for residential mortgages to the banks each year for the past five years; the number of approvals; the... - Mortgage Applications
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the current duration for which mortgage approval is valid once granted for each of the covered banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - European Stability Mechanism
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance when Ireland will make its first capital contribution to the European Stability Mechanism; the size of the contribution; the way it will be funded;... - Economic Growth
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the contraction in GNP over the past three quarters; the implications of this trend for employment and future taxation... - Departmental Staff
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff in total across his...
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