Arthur Spring (Kerry North-West Limerick, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all public consultations his Department has carried out since the start of 2012. [50751/12]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Consultations are taken as a matter of course within the Department with industry groups, professional bodies, trade unions and social partners. I will set out the consultations that have taken place since the beginning of the current year. On foot of the Mazars report on SME lending demand, and in order to understand the situation on the ground and stimulate further ideas to get movement from the bottom up, a series of seven regional meetings with local representatives, including the banks and small business representatives, was undertaken, hosted by the Minister of State with responsibility for small business, Deputy Perry, supported by Mr. John Moran, who is the Secretary General of the Department of Finance. These meetings took place between February and April. The aim of the meetings was to examine further the actions which might be taken to improve access to credit for SMEs. A report on these meetings was published on 5 July on my Department’s website, at www.banking.finance.gov.ie/presentations-and-latest-documents. The Financial Services Division had a consultation on the SEPA end date regulation in March 2012 and on the Credit Institutions Resolution Fund Levy in July 2012. Further information is available at www.finance.gov.ie/documents/publications/consultation2012/sepaconsult.pdf and at www.finance.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=-1&CatID=77&UserLang=EN&m=31. The Fiscal Policy Division has had consultations on the following:

1. Public consultation on Review of Section 481 Film Tax Relief. Consultation paper was published by the Minister on 28 May 2012. Submission Deadline was 31 August 2012.

2. The Tax Implications of Appointing a Receiver - July 2012

3. Public Consultation on Tax Residence Rules - 1 May 2012 to 1 August 2012

4. Public consultation on Donations to Approved Bodies - 8 February 2012 to 11 May 2012.

A list of all public consultations carried out by the Tax Policy Unit of my Department and EU originated consultations can be viewed on my Department’s tax policy website, www.taxpolicy.gov.ie.