Written answers
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if schools have experienced difficulties resulting from the directive of the Revenue Commissioners to regard school boards of management as principal contractors... - Bank Debt Restructuring
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied that the banks are utilising public funds which were given to them for the purpose of mortgage write down. [43206/12] - Haulage Industry Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the haulage industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43281/12] - Illicit Trade in Tobacco
To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports by licensed retailers of cigarettes that illegal and smuggled cigarettes are being allegedly advertised on flyers and... - State Debt
To ask the Minister for Finance the total household debt as a percentage of gross national product; the total corporate debt as a percentage of GNP; the total Government general debt as a... - Public Sector Increment Payments
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify as of 31 December 2011 and as at 30 September 2012 the number of employees at the Central Bank of Ireland whose annual salary including... - NAMA Staff Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the fees paid by the National Asset Management Agency for the recruitment of staff in 2011 and for the nine months ending 30 September 2012.... - NAMA Accounts
To ask the Minister for Finance further to the commitment made by National Asset Management Agency to calculate a provision for impairment twice a year, to quantify the provision for impairments... - NAMA Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency operates a so-called long-term incentive plan as part of its remuneration package offered to some employees; if he will... - VAT Rebates
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the timeframe in which to process an application for a VAT EU refund for a business (details supplied) in County Antrim; if he will indicate... - VAT Rates Increases
To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT that has been collected at the higher rate for each of the past five years; if he will provide on a county basis the amount of VAT that has been... - Property Taxation Application
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested Revenue to begin preparation for the collection of a residential property tax; if he has asked his Department or the Economic and Social... - NAMA Receivers
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify and expound on recent media comments (details supplied) that indicated the National Asset Management Agency faces a loss of up to €15... - Programme for Government Implementation
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline in tabular form the commitments in the Programme for Government pertaining to his ministerial portfolio; the current status of these commitments... - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of raising the 20% bank threshold for married couples/one income and one parent families to the threshold for married couples of two... - Budget 2013
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of political parties in opposition that have asked his Department to cost their pre-budget proposals and or cost their policies; if he will name the... - Banking Operations
To ask the Minister for Finance if full banking services such as a night safe and the lodging of cheques is available to customers of AIB due to the contract the bank has signed with An Post to... - NAMA Receivers
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases, if any, in which the National Assets Management Agency has undertaken any form of disciplinary action in respect of any of its employees; and,... - Tax Reliefs Cost
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a request for a refund under a Med 1 claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on... - Financial Services Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 2 October 2012, if this company may continue to trade if they are not regulated; and if he will make a statement on... - Mortgage Repayments Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the harsh treatment of those struggling with mortgage repayments by banks especially as compared to those who are severely in... - Insurance Coverage
To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made between his Department and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the establishment of a... - Mortgage Interest Relief Application
To ask the Minister for Finance if the 30% rate of mortgage interest relief has been passed onto all mortgage holders who bought houses between 2004 and 2008; if he will ensure that homeowners... - Banking Sector Staff Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the role of the public interest directors in the AIB and in other financial institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43169/12] - Bank Charges
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on Bank of Ireland interest rates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43178/12] - Vehicle Registration Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43182/12] - Tax Reliefs Availability
To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax relief on the cost on employing a carer in 2011 or the latest year available; the number who currently benefit from tax relief on the cost of... - Banks Recapitalisation
To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of taxpayers' money that has been given to AIB for the purpose of writing down mortgages; the amount that has been used by this bank for that purpose;... - Mortgage Interest Rates Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the increase in mortgage rates by AIB in view of the hardship another increase will cause for persons already facing hardship; the action he... - Bank Guarantee Scheme
To ask the Minister for Finance if the €1 billion unsecured bond redeemed by AIB in full on 2 October 2012 was funded by increasing ELA borrowing from the Central Bank of Ireland or if it... - Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any estimate of the total value of taxes lost to the State as a result of the 10,686 people who were non-resident for tax purposes in 2010, as per... - State Banking Sector Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 26 September 2012, the transactions by Allied Irish Bank and Irish Life and Permanent that require his approval. [43249/12] - Bank Debt Restructuring
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will correspond with the President of the European Central Bank putting the ECB on formal notice that by way of matching and off setting the redemption by... - Bank Charges
To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that Allied Irish Bank is State owed, his views on whether AIB is justified in putting up their interest rates to such an extent that it is... - State Banking Sector Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance to assess the improvement to competition in the banking sector. [43263/12] - Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the annual revenue that would be generated if a 0.1% financial transaction tax were to be imposed in this jurisdiction on the trading of bonds,... - Banking Sector Staff Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance if he wll estimate the number of persons in this jurisdiction employed directly in, or in support of, trading of bonds, derivatives and shares. [43265/12] - Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance the annual tax that would be generated from applying a 2% tax on the current market value of residential property whose registered owner is not a natural person... - European Stability Mechanism
To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to pay public money to the ESM; and if so, the amount in advance of the legality of the ESM being considered by the ECJ. [43323/12] - NAMA Loans Sale
To ask the Minister for Finance if the properties at a location (details supplied) in County Dublin on which the Health Service Executive has confirmed that a new lease has been signed for a new... - Fiscal Policy
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the research carried out by the Nevin Economic Research Institute which argues that the fiscal adjustment of €3.5 billion planned for Budget... - Tax Rebates
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a request for a refund under Med1 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will issue; and if he will...
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