Written answers

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

  • Corporate Tax Regime
    198. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis, if any that has taken place within his Department or by relevant bodies on the implication of the extensive reforms and changes to the UK...
  • Property Taxation
    199. To ask the Minister for Finance if thatched cottages will be exempt from the property tax in view of the amount of work that goes into maintaining the thatch annually; and if he will make a...
  • Motor Insurance Regulation
    200. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the high insurance costs on young male apprentice mechanics who as part of their jobs need to be able to drive vehicles on the premises of...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    201. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions on which he has met the Financial Regulator since he took office; and the dates of those meetings. [2449/13]
  • Property Taxation
    202. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons are now being told that private homes will now have to take into account the amount of grounds around them when valuing them for the...
  • Property Tax Deferrals
    203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the income margins that will be set to allow home owners to defer payment of the property tax; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Energy Taxes
    204. To ask the Minister for Finance his position on any potential EU proposals on minimum energy tax levels especially in relation to diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2949/13]
  • Income Statistics
    205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures on the number of persons who earn more than €100,000 per year in the private and public sectors; and if he will make a...
  • Property Taxation
    206. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012, Part 14, Offences and Penalties section 146, other than by court action whether Revenue has the...
  • Pension Provisions
    207. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications received by the Revenue in 2011 and 2012 respectively to move pension funds overseas, either to another EU country or elsewhere; if...
  • Government Bonds
    208. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been any consideration of issuing sovereign debt bonds under non-domestic law such as in New York or the UK; and if future Irish Government Bonds...
  • Intestate Estates
    209. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the amount escheated to the Intestate Estates Fund Deposit Account on an annual basis since 2006, and alongside for each...
  • State Banking Sector
    210. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Permanent TSB is using an autodial facility to phone customers with distressed loans several times per day;...
  • Tax Code
    211. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to maintain the reduced rate of VAT introduced as part of the jobs plan into 2014. [2502/13]
  • Tax Rebates
    212. To ask the Minister for Finance if the excise rebate on diesel announced in Budget 2013 for haulage companies will be extended to passenger transport companies; if excluding transport...
  • EU Programmes
    213. To ask the Minister for Finance the assessment he has made of EU policies for the promotion of economic growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2583/13]
  • Tax Rebates
    214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate agricultural contractors in the diesel rebate scheme in his deliberations on the Finance Bill. [2609/13]
  • State Banking Sector
    215. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, in which he is the sole shareholder of 100% of the shares, has a banking licence; the specific requirements of such...
  • Property Taxation
    217. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an exemption from the property tax of houses adversely affected by radon gas [2741/13]
  • Ministerial Staff
    221. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of immediate or extended family members employed by his Department; the names and remuneration in each case; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Product Classification
    222. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) in County Cavan that has applied for a 2205 classification cannot be facilitated in obtaining this, in view of the...
  • Departmental Staff Remuneration
    223. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons currently employed by the Commission for Energy Regulator; the number of staff who received performance related payments for the years...
  • Mortgage Arrears
    224. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage arrears, home repossessions and foreclosures in the State for the years 2000 to 2011, aggregates in tabular form by quarter; and if he...
  • Financial Transaction Tax
    225. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the upcoming vote on the financial transactions tax at the ECOFIN meeting of Finance Ministers; the criteria on which he will base his...
  • Banks Recapitalisation
    226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on recent financial interactions that he has had with Bank of Ireland. [3006/13]
  • Additional Voluntary Contributions
    227. To ask the Minister for Finance when measures announced in Budget 2013, which will see moneys withdrawn from pension funds/AVCs, will take effect; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Financial Services Ombudsman
    228. To ask the Minister for Finance following the case in the High Court in May 2012 involving the Financial Service Ombudsman, if he will now provide further clarification on the terminating of...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3575/13]

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