Written answers

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

  • Bank Debt Restructuring
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the amount of risk that was transferred from the German Sovereign Exchequer by way of risk attaching to financial institutions that had...
  • Budget 2013
    To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he or his officials have attended in relation to Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45669/12]
  • Universal Social Charge
    To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of universal social charge paid per week and per annum by a person on the minimum wage salary. [50204/12]
  • Promissory Notes
    To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made in negotiations on a deal to restructure the Anglo promissory notes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50297/12]
  • Bank Debt Restructuring
    To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the impact of the recent statement by the Ministers for Finance from Germany, Finland and the Netherlands on the separation of bank and Government...
  • Pension Provisions
    To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the possibility of imposing a levy or tax on the pension sums of more than €100,000 administered to former employees of banks only covered by...
  • Tax Reliefs
    To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that have availed of tax relief on research and development as outlined in the Finance Bill 2012; the way this compares to 2010 and 2011;...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he has had with the Public Interest Directors of the banks, individually and collectively, since he became Minister for Finance; the dates...
  • Tax Yield
    To ask the Minister for Finance the total payments to the Exchequer resulting from the carbon tax in each of the years since its introduction to date; if he will provide a breakdown of the energy...
  • EU Directives
    To ask the Minister for Finance his position in relation to the proposals to revise the existing Energy Taxation Directive; his views on whether the negotiations on this Directive will be...
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    To ask the Minister for Finance if bank bonuses were already discussed at the level of EU leaders; or if there are plans to discuss them in the context of the Liikanen review; and if he will make...
  • Fiscal Policy
    To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the recommendations of the Fiscal Council should be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42653/12]
  • Ministerial Meetings
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met the members of the Fiscal Council recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44105/12]
  • European Council Meetings
    To ask the Minister for Finance if the reports that the draft EU agenda for the October Council meeting contain proposals for tighter binding contracts for Eurozone...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bi-lateral meetings he has held with Mr Mario Draghi since 1 January 2012. [47361/12]
  • European Stability Mechanism
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made an assessment on the wider implications of Irish banks being part of the European Stability Mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Budget Submissions
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have received the St. Vincent de Paul Society pre-budget submission; his plans to meet the society; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • European Financial Stability Facility
    To ask the Minister for Finance if the lack of need for a bailout for Spain was discussed with Prime Minister Rajoy; the implications of this position for Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
  • Sale of State Assets
    To ask the Minister for Finance if financial advisors have been appointed to act on the sale of Bord Gáis Energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43495/12]
  • Financial Transaction Tax
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he raised the issue of the Financial Transaction Tax in Europe at the meeting with the European Commission in Brussels on 3 October; and if he indicated this as...
  • Pension Provisions
    To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Programme for Government committment and National Pensions Framework proposal to reduce tax reliefs on private pensions in view of...
  • Departmental Staff Promotions
    To ask the Minister for Finance the number of promotions made in his Department to principal officer higher scale, principal officer standard scale, assistant principal officer higher scale,...

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