Written answers

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

  • Tax Reliefs Availability
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider additional tax breaks for people with disabling illnesses who are self employed, for example people suffering with Myasthenia gravis and other...
  • European Investment Bank Loans
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the purpose of the €100m loan from the European Investment Bank, shown in the August 2012 Exchequer statement. [41248/12]
  • Credit Availability
    To ask the Minister for Finance if Permanent TSB has ceased giving loans to new and existing customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41272/12]
  • Tax Code
    To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place to tax rental incomes from properties located abroad; the tax that is applied; if it is dependent on self declaration; and if he will...
  • Tax Reliefs Cost
    To ask the Minister for Finance the total annual saving to the Exchequer of reducing tax relief on pension contributions including the public service pension related deduction from the marginal...
  • Departmental Staff Allowances
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these allowances to the...
  • Tax Yield
    To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that would be yielded for the Exchequer if a €1 excise duty was applied to every bottle of wine and 50 cent to every packet of...
  • Insurance Costs
    To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41442/12]
  • Tax Credits
    To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose retirement benefit pension has been taxed at the higher rate; and...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    To ask the Minister for Finance if this debt restructuring firm (details supplied) is regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41464/12]
  • Price Inflation
    To ask the Minister for Finance the price differential between items priced in the UK and here;the actions he will take to help reduce this price difference for consumers; and if he will make a...
  • Tax Yield
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the tax take both as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms by year from 1992 to 2011. [41513/12]
  • National Debt
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the national debt as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms from 1992 to 2011. [41514/12]
  • Household Debt Statistics
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form household debt as a percentage of household income for each year from 1992 to 2011. [41516/12]
  • Pension Provisions
    To ask the Minister for Finance his position regarding pension AVCs; and his plans for alterations in the immediate future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41541/12]
  • Mortgage Interest Rates
    To ask the Minister for Finance having regard for the failure of Irish banks, in State ownership or where the State has significant share holdings, his view on the need for the European Central...
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which the European Central Bank interest rate reductions have been applied to business loans across the banks in which the State holds a significant...
  • Credit Review Office Appeal Numbers
    To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of referrals to the Credit Review Office; the number of appeals that have overturned the original decision; the breakdown of this number by...
  • Credit Ratings
    To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date on setting up a Central Credit Register; when legislation on the matter will be published; when the register will be up and running; and...
  • Tax Yield
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the percentage of income tax paid in 2011 by the top 1%, 5%, 10%, 20% and 50% of earners. [41573/12]
  • National Debt
    To ask the Minister for Finance the annual interest payments on the national debt from 2007 to 2011; the projected annual interest payments on the national debt for 2012; the projected annual...
  • NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures
    To ask the Minister for Finance apart from the recent case which has been referred to An Garda Síochána, if National Asset Management Agency has since its inception identified any other...
  • NAMA Staff Transactions
    To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has, since its inception, approved the sale of any property in the agency's portfolio to an employee or a direct family...
  • Mortgage Interest Relief Application
    To ask the Minister for Finance if mortgage interest relief claimants who purchased for the first time between 2004 and 2008 have yet benefitted from the new increases in the level of mortgage...
  • Debt Cancellation
    To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made towards the cancellation of Haiti’s debt by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund; if he will confirm that Canada, which...
  • Tax Code
    To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the pet farm part of an educational facility (details supplied) in County Kerry is not exempted from VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • GDP-GNP Levels
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form GDP and GNP by year from 1992 to 2011. [42003/12]
  • Bank Charges
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned regarding the impact of banking charges being introduced by State and non-State owned banks, the design of which appears to depend on income...

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