Written answers

Thursday, 25 October 2012

  • Banking Sector Regulation
    To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications in each of the last eight quarters for banking licences; the action he will take to attract new banking entrants; and if he will make a...
  • Tax Code
    To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to prevent foster children from being discriminated against in terms of inheritance laws where the foster parent wishes to bequeath their home to the...
  • National Asset Management Agency
    To ask the Minister for Finance the reason employees of the National Treasury Management Agency have not had the same pay cuts applied to their salaries as civil servants; if there are other...
  • VAT Rates
    To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding value added tax being applied to school books; if there are plans to have parity in relation to the VAT regime for school books that are...
  • Pension Provisions
    To ask the Minister for Finance the savings to the Exchequer from reducing the earnings cap for pension tax reliefs from €115,000 per annum to €75,000. [46948/12]
  • Tax Reliefs
    To ask the Minister for Finance the savings to the Exchequer from standardising all discretionary tax relief. [46949/12]
  • Pension Provisions
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he has information and if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons who claimed tax free lump sums in 2011 in the following categories, under...
  • VAT Rates
    To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that although many unhealthy foods and beverages are taxed at the standard rate, anomalies exist whereby products high...
  • Pension Provisions
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the legislative provisions which restrict a holder of pension bond to access the funds prior to their fiftieth birthday; if he proposes to...
  • Fiscal Policy
    To ask the Minister for Finance the macro-economic stability and debt sustainability analyses, if any, that have been undertaken in which an assumption is that the promissory note is not repaid;...
  • Consultancy Contracts
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
  • Departmental Agencies
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the functions of the proposed Legal Costs Unit under the aegis of the State Claims Agency and the National Treasury Management...
  • Mortgage Interest Relief
    To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some of the major banks have as yet still not passed on the increased mortgage interest relief granted as part of...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    To ask the Minister for Finance the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and travel. [47149/12]
  • Departmental Staff Promotions
    To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary allowances to perform more senior...

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