Written answers
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
- Property Ownership
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by county of the amount of land repossessed by financial institutions since 2009 and the law in relation to mineral rights on lands... - Tax Reliefs
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending tax breaks for philanthropists who will make capital investment to particular health projects; and if he will make a statement on the... - Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation has set aside for repaying overcharged Anglo Irish Bank customers. [50850/12] - Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the 0.6 percent levy on private pensions, the amount that has been collected to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50993/12] - Budget 2013
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the possibility of reforming the budget process to take into account the impact that Budget 2013 announcements have on the retail industry in the run... - Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of letters that were issued by AIB to former employees of the bank requesting that they take a voluntary reduction in their pensions; the number of... - Tax Reliefs
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the dual abode allowance for Ministers in each year since it was introduced; the value of the allowance that was availed of... - Credit Unions Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of countries in the OECD in which there are term limits or prohibitions on whom can serve on credit union boards enshrined in primary legislation. [51047/12] - Public Sector Pensions
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff who retired since 2008 in receipt of pension payments of between €100,000 and €200,000, between €200,000 and... - Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff that are on a total remuneration package including pension payments, allowances and benefits of between €100,000 and €200,000,... - Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff from the Department of Finance who retired since 2008 and are in receipt of pension payments of between €100,000 and €200,000,... - VAT Rates
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a refund of VAT in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51080/12] - Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details in tabular form of the number of staff for each covered institution earning a total remuneration package including pension payments,... - VAT Rates
To ask the Minister for Finance rather than increasing the tax on fizzy drinks, if it would be more prudent to remove or reduce the VAT from the sugar free drinks to encourage persons to switch... - National Pensions Reserve Fund
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 18 September 2012, if he will clarify the present valuation of Permanent TSB, noting that its free circulation shares... - National Asset Management Agency
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the policy adopted by the National Asset Management Agency with respect to reducing rents to commercial tenants, who are facing financial... - Commercial Rent Reviews
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the policy adopted by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in which he is the sole shareholder of 100% of the shares and on the board of which... - Fiscal Policy
To ask the Minister for Finance if discussions have taken place between him and his Department and the finance programme Troika regarding the extension to the target year by which the State gets... - Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 on 7 November 2012, if he will provide the salary paid to the Chief Executive Officer of the National Asset Management... - Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 8 November 2012, if he will consider an investment scheme that applied to all businesses below a certain size, so that... - Universal Social Charge
To ask the Minister for Finance if contractors from outside the State who are on contracts with the State agencies and Department have to pay the universal social charge for the duration of their... - Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the remuneration packages, including salary, benefits, pension contributions, bonus or incentive payments/schemes and any temporary or other... - Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown, in tabular form, of expenditure by Revenue on hospitality during the recent Volvo Ocean Race in County Galway, including... - Credit Unions Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible under the Credit Institutions Stabilisation Act of 2010, which facilitates the permanent interference with rights, including property rights to... - Mortgage Debt
To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of mortgage debt the Bank of Ireland has surrendered in the Republic of Ireland to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51262/12] - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the 65 year limit for DIRTexemption was introduced; when did the exemption become automatic other than be subject to an application for a refund.... - Credit Unions Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51278/12] - Succession Act 1965
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 13 November 2012, if he will confirm the gross amount that has been escheated to the State under Section 73 of the... - Banking Operations
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 13 November 2012, if he will confirm if 100% of the transfer of €1.1 billion to the Allied Irish Bank pension... - Banking Sector Redundancies
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 13 November 2012, if he will confirm that a €440,000 average payment to the pension fund in respect of each of... - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the current rules in respect of discretionary trust tax; the procedure for compliance with this tax in respect of persons deceased in 2012; and... - Central Bank Properties
To ask the Minister for Finance his future plans for the current Central Bank of Ireland headquarters on Dame Street, Dublin, following the announcement that the Central Bank of Ireland plans to... - Banking Operations
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 13 November 2012, in which he stated that included in the Prudential Capital Assessment Review is an estimate of... - Tax Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance if it is still the case that Revenue will only ask for a medical certificate when assessing incapacitated child tax credit claims with a first claim when it is not... - VAT Rates
To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make defibrillators a zero rated or VAT exempt item in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51448/12] - Mortgage Resolution Processes
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will advise on a mortgage situation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the options available to the person concerned; and if he will... - National Asset Management Agency
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list the non-pay allowances made to the national Assets Management Agency executives and employees including the provision of cars, private health... - Bank Charges
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customers affected and the total value of bank fees and interest refunded to customers in respect of AIB's review of mortgage and loan repayments... - National Treasury Management Agency
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the employees of the National Treasury Management Agency including the National Asset Management Agency who have taken a voluntary... - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of years accounts details that the Revenue Commissioners may demand from persons in the course of their investigations; the period that they can go...
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