Written answers
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
- Flood Relief
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish a national insurance scheme to provide cover for those persons who are most in need following the repeated flooding in Clonakilty, County... - Cycle to Work Scheme
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the bike to work scheme will be maintained in Budget 2013. [46227/12] - Bond Redemption
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 9 October 2012, if this redemption was funded directly or indirectly, in whole or in part by increasing borrowing from... - Central Bank Property
To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the proposed move of the Central Bank of Ireland to the Docklands, his plans for the future of the current Central Bank building on Dame Street, Dublin... - Fiscal Policy
To ask the Minister for Finance the fiscal multipliers used by his Department in determining their growth projections and deficit reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Euro Coins
To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of the metals used in the production of Euro coins here; where the metals are sourced.. [45735/12] - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to an issue raised with him in correspondence dated 1 August 2012 (details supplied). [45755/12] - Bank Charges
To ask the Minister for Finance if the practice of banks charging customers for the banks solicitors costs where loans are being re-structured is correct; his plans to ensure that banks pay for... - Public Service Contracts
To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the case that all non-resident contractors entering into public service contracts to the value of €10,000 over a 12 month period or non-resident... - Bank Contracts
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total number of contracts a company (details supplied) has now or in the past with State owned financial institutions of... - Fitness and Probity Regime
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether as per the Central Bank of Ireland Guidance on Fitness and Probity Standards 2011 the Central Bank of Ireland assured itself that... - Bank Contracts
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the tendering process that took place which resulted in UBS being awarded the contract to advise on €3 billion of corporate loans for... - Banking Sector Staff
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the reasons a person (details supplied) from his Department was appointed to an initial six month secondment in Irish Bank Resolution... - National Asset Management Agency
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if the 12 firms (details supplied) that received emails from ex National Assets Management Agency employee Enda Farrell are precluded from... - Corporation Tax
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies registered to pay corporation tax here with one employee or less; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45788/12] - Appointments to State Boards
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form all appointments to State boards under his ambit since the Government took office; when the person was appointed; if the... - Mortgage Arrears
To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to limiting the granting of a financial licence to financial institutions selling mortgages and related property products that they... - Budget Submissions
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of political parties in opposition that asked his Department to cost their pre-budget proposals and or their policies in respect of Budget 2012; if he... - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who declare themselves to be non-resident for tax purposes in Ireland on their tax forms; the amount of tax these persons are currently... - Strategic Investment Bank
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the setting up of a national reconstruction bank that was originally included in the Programme for Government and was to contribute to the... - Mortgage Arrears
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the €7.5 billion that was made available to the banks last year to deal with distressed mortgages; the reason it has not been passed... - Wealth Audit
To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank of Ireland through the Central Statistics Office propose to begin working on compiling a wealth audit in 2013; the way the CSO will conduct... - Mortgage Interest Rates
To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the banks are allowed to continue to increase their variable mortgage rates at the same time as the European Central Bank reduces its own rates; if he... - Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that was brought in under the domicile levy in 2011. [45935/12] - Bank Charges
To ask the Minister for Finance the reason banks are allowed to continue to increase charges and interest rates whilst at the same time refusing to lend to viable businesses; if he will intervene... - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45940/12] - Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of the 22 May 2012 acknowledging that Goldman Sachs has acted as a consultancy firm for his officials in the Department... - Official Engagements
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 1 of May 2012, if to date he or his officials have met with the former MEP and Fine Gael member Pat Cox in his newly... - Banking Operations
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 23 of May 2012, if he will confirm if any of the State owned financial institutions have developed support units for... - Banking Sector Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will in tabular form the payments by year approved by the Central Bank of Ireland, reductions on such approved payments made by the High Court and the sums... - Legal Cases
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the number of ongoing legal cases, if any, where the State or an agency of the State is the applicant and Pricewaterhouse Coopers is the... - National Asset Management Agency
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.147 of 9 October 2012, if he will reconsider his response in view of the various forecasts given by the National Asset... - Bank Debt Restructuring
To ask the Minister for Finance further to a report in a national newspaper that 99.5% state-owned Permanent TSB is considering entering into a loan management contract with a private-sector... - Banking Sector Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation of what he means when he refers to pillar banks in the cases of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland; if he regards 99.5%... - Bank Debt Restructuring
To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of Bank of Ireland in which he controls 15% of the ordinary shares and in addition holds preference shares valued at €1,473 million in December... - Universal Social Charge
To ask the Minister for Finance the point at which a person starts paying the universal social charge in annual income terms; and the cost to the State of taking all those earning the minimum... - Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will calculate the return to the Exchequer of a 50% flat rate of tax on gambling profits, including lotteries and sweepstakes; and if he will make a... - Sovereign Debt
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the fees that are typically obtained in a new issuance of €500 million of three month treasury bills by the National Treasury Management... - EU-IMF Agreement
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the remaining programme funding to be provided to the State by the International Monetary Fund pursuant to its €22.5 billion funding... - State Debt
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the savings that the State could make if it were to substitute the remaining programme funding yet to be provided by the... - Banking Sector Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance his view on the fact that as some or all of the recapitalised banks were trading while insolvent, and were therefore in breach of the statutory obligations under... - Banks Recapitalisation
To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of the principle of equality before the law as a corner-stone of the constitution, if he will explain the way it is compatible with that... - Central Bank of Ireland
To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the Central Bank of Ireland, the persons who owns and are shareholders in same; if it is State owned, privately owned or a combination of both; the... - Banking Sector Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to default insurance on banking loans, if this is normal practise; if there is a legal regulation or any rule of enforcement stating that a bank must... - Fiscal Policy
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will calculate the return to the Exchequer of a 1 cent levy on all SMS messages sent nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46264/12] - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to commence Section 31A of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999, inserted by Finance (No. 2) Act 2008 section 82 which was intended as an... - Sovereign Debt
To ask the Minister for Finance the schedule of interest payments and repayments of bonds in relation to sovereign debt in 2013; and if he will provide a breakdown by amount and to whom the... - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of persons in work who are earning €100,000 or more; the number of persons this equates to in real terms; the percentage of the total income... - Tax Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of depreciation related tax allowances claimed by the corporate sector for the five most recent years for which these figures are available; and if he... - Mortgage Arrears
To ask the Minister for Finance the forbearance options offered by each of the covered banks in respect of customers in difficulty with their mortgage repayments; if the Central Bank of Ireland... - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance with reference to paragraph ten on page seven of the Revenue's CGT1 Guide to Capital Gains Tax, if he will clarify what determines the rate of CGT to be charged in... - Excise Duties
To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the UK has introduced an escalator on the excise duties that applies to alcohol and tobacco excess duties equal to... - Mortgage Interest Relief
To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that would accrue in 2013 if mortgage interest relief was capped up to an earnings limit of either €80,000 or €100,000 respectively; and... - Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance what would the expected full year yield in 2013 be from a 10 cent, 20 cent, 25 cent and 30 cent increase including VAT respectively on excise on tobacco; what... - Mortgage Interest Rates
To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that there will be no further increase in interest rates for variable mortgage holders within AIB bank; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Reliefs
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in a tabular form the value earned to the Exchequer of each of the tax relief schemes currently in place; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Credits
To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax allowances of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be reconciled; if money due will be refunded as soon as possible. [46534/12] - Departmental Bodies
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in a tabular form a list of quasi-governmental organisations and agencies that have been created since 9 March 2011;the date on which the body...
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