Written answers

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

  • Tax Code
    To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the transfer of land in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52334/12]
  • Customs and Excise Controls
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will invest in more sniffer dogs to fight the war against the illegal importation of drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52394/12]
  • Disabled Drivers
    To ask the Minister for Finance if the disabled drivers medical board of appeal, when dealing with primary medical certificate appeals, should be allowed to permit exceptions for persons who do...
  • Credit Availability
    To ask the Minister for Finance if in response to the lack of adequate credit to the hotel industry, he has had any discussions with the lending institutions with a view to addressing this issue;...
  • Transport Costs
    To ask the Minister for Finance the extent if any to which he has had discussions with the private transport sector in the context of possible measures to address the increased fuel or other...
  • Promissory Notes
    To ask the Minister for Finance the projected payment schedule of interest charges on the Promissory Notes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52180/12]
  • Budget 2013
    To ask the Minister for Finance the analyses being done on Budget 2013 / Finance Bill proposals under his remit, for example poverty impact assessment and gender impact assessment; and if he will...
  • Securities Ownership
    To ask the Minister for Finance the information he has on the level of insurance held by the purchasers of senior unguaranteed bank bonds, in the event that they were not paid back in full; and...
  • Bank Debt Restructuring
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider legislation to compel all banks to disclose their guidelines for what they will leave borrowers with when restructuring unsustainable debts;...
  • Pension Provisions
    To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the financial emergency measures in the Public Interest Act 2010 to include the staff of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, Allied Irish...
  • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
    To ask the Minister for Finance the amount received form each bank operating in the State in terms of Revenue to the Exchequer to include cost of guarantee, operating taxes, income taxes paid on...
  • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
    To ask the Minister for Finance the due diligence that was undertaken before appointing Alpha Group to recover assets of the Quinn Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52284/12]
  • Mortgage Interest Relief
    To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for mortgage interest relief in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, if the application has been...
  • National Asset Management Agency
    To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people that have taken up National Assets Management Agency's 80:20 deferred payment initiative scheme. [52296/12]
  • Tax Code
    To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a report (details supplied) on pension tax reliefs which highlighted the extent of tax subsidisation of the pensions of higher income earners; if he...
  • Budget 2013
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to factor in any possible deals or resolution of the promissory note payments into Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52310/12]
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the new EU rules on banking supervision to be implemented; if the new bank supervision system is in place in 2013, if he will factor the impact of...
  • Tax Code
    To ask the Minister for Finance if the relevant contract tax continues to apply to school Board of Managements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52326/12]
  • Tax Compliance
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the introduction of country by country accounting and if he will work towards the inclusion of secrecy jurisdictions in the Council of...
  • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
    To ask the Minister for Finance the public representatives on the board of directors of AIB, Bank of Ireland, Irish Banking Resolution Corporation and Permanent TSB; the person to whom they are...
  • National Asset Management Agency
    To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement by the National Asset Management Agency on 23 May 2012 in which it said that it would invest €2bn in its developments over the...
  • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
    To ask the Minister for Finance further to a report in a national newspaper that the chief executive officer of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (details supplied) has stated in relation to...
  • National Asset Management Agency
    To ask the Minister for Finance further to a report in a national newspaper that the chief executive officer of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (details supplied) has stated in relation to...
  • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation for the contrast between practice at the National Asset Management Agency where salaries of their borrowers are closely monitored...
  • Banking Sector Remuneration
    To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the appointment of Mercer in June 2012 to examine pay levels across banking institutions, if he will provide the terms of reference attaching to the...
  • EU Budget
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a forecast for each of 2012 and 2013 of the State's contribution to the European Union budget and of receipts from the EU and to show if the...
  • Bank Debt Restructuring
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a total of debt write-offs, that is, where a portion of an outstanding loan to a borrower including contractually charged or accrued interest is...
  • Banks Recapitalisation
    To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings officials in his Department have had with public interest directors of Irish Banks in 2011 and to date in 2012; when the next such meetings...
  • Universal Social Charge
    To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that since 1 January 2012, workers in this State, who are resident in the north of Ireland and who hold medical cards there are no longer exempt from...
  • Tax Yield
    To ask the Minister for Finance the amount taken in excise duty on petrol and diesel in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. [52544/12]
  • Banking Operations
    To ask the Minister for Finance if as part of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation internal review of historical interest rate settings,the bank is reviewing interest rates applied to loan accounts...
  • Pension Provisions
    To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 13 November 2012, and 224 of 20 November 2012, if he will indicate the part or parts of Section 33AK of the Central...
  • Tax Code
    To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 20 November 2012, if the employee of a contractor, whose company is based in another jurisdiction but is working on a...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    To ask the Minister for Finance the options open to a person who has made a complaint to the Financial Services Ombudsman, when the Ombudsman refuses to investigate the matter; and if he will...
  • Pension Provisions
    To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the group pension deficit at Allied Irish Bank increased from €763 million at the end of December 2011 to €1,457 million at 30 June 2012....
  • Banks Recapitalisation
    To ask the Minister for Finance the role of the public interest directors in the State funded banks; the way they are representing the taxpayer; the actions they can take or have they taken when...
  • National Asset Management Agency
    To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 6 November 2012, in which he stated that one National Asset Management Agency employee earned more than...
  • Tax Code
    To ask the Minister for Finance if the recommended exemption in the Commission on Taxation Report 2009 for persons who paid high rates of stamp duty will be considered in the Government's...
  • Budget 2013
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will focus revenue raising measures in Budget 2013 in higher earners and super wealthy citizens, including tax exiles, in an effort to protect lower and...
  • Promissory Notes
    To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the impending repayment of Anglo promissory notes; his views on whether will secure a positive outcome on this matter; the monetary and...
  • Tax Code
    To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the report on tax injustice by TASC, which found that several corporate entities based here pay no corporation tax...
  • Tax Collection
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate for the increase in revenue that would accrue to the Exchequer if all loopholes and reliefs in corporation tax were eliminated,...
  • Tax Code
    To ask the Minister for Finance the stance that he will be taking on the proposed action plan put forward by the European Commission to clamp down on tax evasion, through the agreement of a...
  • Company Closures
    To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the future of a company (details supplied) in Dublin 12, if all credit balances will be reimbursed to customers of this company. [52955/12]
  • Mortgage Arrears
    To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of tracker mortgages that are in arrears; and the percentage that are in arrears of 90 days or more. [52958/12]
  • Economic Statistics
    To ask the Minister for Finance the value of imported products (details supplied); if all such items on the Irish market are imported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52989/12]
  • Vehicle Registration
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that there will be a second registration period for cars in 2013, that is, 131 in January and 132 in July; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Tax Code
    To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the introduction of a carbon tax on solid fuels will have a detrimental effect on the competitiveness of businesses involved in the sale of...
  • Budget Submissions
    To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the pre-budget submission by the solid fuel trade group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53050/12]
  • Departmental Agencies
    To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012; the number of new employees there are as a...

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