Written answers
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) in respect of the tax payments [3854/13] - Public Sector Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to lift the moratorium on recruitment to the Revenue Commissioners in view of the fact that there will be an additional workload on staff with... - Customs and Excise Controls
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular format, the funding provided to curb tobacco smuggling each year, since and including, 2005; and if he will make a statement on the... - Property Taxation
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding local authority housing tenants and the property tax, that is, whether they are individually liable or whether the local authority... - Motor Fuels
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 16 January 2013, if he will provide the figures for Irish hauliers who purchase their diesel abroad; the rate hauliers... - National Treasury Management Agency
To ask the Minister for Finance if members of staff at the National Treasury Management Agency are exempt from the standard practice of a cooling off period for senior civil servants moving from... - Bank Debt Restructuring
To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that he is the owner of 15% of the ordinary shares in Bank of Ireland, and owner of preference shares most recently valued at €1.473... - Banking Sector Staff
To ask the Minister for Finance further to the appointment that he announced and welcomed, of the former head of the Shareholder Management Unit (details supplied) to a position at Bank of... - Bank Debt Restructuring
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form, the par value of loans sold by Anglo Irish Bank in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the amount realised by territory for the South of... - Banks Recapitalisation
To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that he is the sole shareholder in 100% of the shares in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, if IBRC allows defaulting debtors to buy back... - Tax Credits
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the number of employee tax credit certificates for 2013 that have been issued to date to employers; if he will confirm the number that are still... - Tax Reliefs
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the proposal made in correspondence (details supplied) regarding an excise on rebate of diesel; if he will take the necessary action; and if he... - Mortgage Interest Relief
To ask the Minister for Finance the way that customers in each of the State controlled banks have been precluded from qualifying for the enhanced mortgage interest relief owing to the Christmas... - Tax Credits
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for incapacitated child credit certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - EU-IMF Programme of Support
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the policies being implemented by his Department on which he wrote to the EU / ECB / IMF troika; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Property Taxation
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the methods of payment available to persons in relation to the property tax. [3933/13] - Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance if any of the covered institutions provided non-financial bonuses to their senior staff, such as shares, holidays, increased pension contributions, cars or other... - Liquor Licences
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of intoxicating liquor licences that have lapsed for each year from 2002 until 2007 inclusive; the reasons the licences have lapsed; and if he will make... - EU-IMF Programme of Support
To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of loans maturing under the EU / IMF programme in each year from 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4106/13] - Government Bonds
To ask the Minister for Finance the preconditions which apply in order for Irish Government bonds to be eligible for purchase under the ECB's outright monetary transactions; and if he will make a... - EU-IMF Programme of Support
To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the Troika in respect of the possibility of putting in place precautionary funding lines when the Ireland EU / IMF programme... - Tax Reliefs
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 20 December, 2012 and in respect of the part of the question dealing with tax breaks on rental income from foreign... - Tax Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a case relating to stamp duty and the transfer of farming land (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if he will make an... - Insurance Coverage
To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions that are ongoing between his Department and insurance companies regarding flood insurance cover for people whose homes flooded in the past. [4168/13] - Property Taxation
To ask the Minister for Finance when he proposes to provide for Local Property Tax to be deductible from rental income; if he will clarify his statement that it will be introduced on a phased... - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider whatever legislative or Ministerial Order changes are required to allow individual private landlords to be considered as operating a business,... - State Savings Scheme
To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of the recent reduction in interest rates paid on State Savings products, if he or his Department had been lobbied by any of the covered... - European Stability Programmes
To ask the Minister for Finance the supervision process that is imposed on countries who have exited the excessive deficit procedure but who still have over 75% of loans drawn down from the... - European Stability Mechanism
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought a deferral of interest payable on loans from the European Financial Stability Facility and European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism; if he sees... - Property Taxation
To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the number of houses that will be entitled to an exemption from the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4205/13] - NAMA Property Leases
To ask the Minister for Finance the average length of time that the National Assets Management Agency takes for processing applications for rent abatement for commercial clients; the process for... - NAMA Property Sales
To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Assets Management Agency has requested a lifting of the restriction on it selling properties back to defaulting debtors; if he sees merit in such a... - Public Sector Conflicts of Interest
To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the recent resignation of a senior official (details supplied) who was head of Shareholder Management Unit, in his Department to take up a senior... - Tax Reliefs
To ask the Minister for Finance if persons in receipt of invalidity pension are exempt from DIRT tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4210/13] - Credit Unions Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance if a High Court judgment against a person would disqualify that person from serving on a board of a credit union under the new fitness and probity regime. [4214/13] - Retail Sector
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received notification of motions passed by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Fingal County Council, Leitrim County Council, Longford County Council... - Insurance Industry
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the levies currently being applied to home, motor and commercial insurance, including a history of each of the individual levies;... - Public Service Reform Plan Update
To ask the Minister for Finance with reference to the public service reform document published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 17 November 2011, Appendix IIa, Bodies to be... - Ministerial Meetings
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions that he has met with the Chief Executive of IBEC, Mr Danny McCoy, since the last general election; the purpose of the meeting; the date of... - NAMA Transactions
To ask the Minister for Finance if the European Commission has approved the valuations and transfers of loans from the participating institutions to the National Asset Management Agency, that... - EU-IMF Agreement
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will show separately in respect of each source of funding, EFSF, EFSM, IMF each bilateral arrangement, under the EU/IMF programme of assistance the blended... - State Banking Sector
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 22 January 2013, the name of the licensed institution on the banking licence used by Irish Bank Resolution... - Tax Reliefs
To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost in 2013 and 2014 to the Exchequer of allowing millionaires to direct their tax relief on charitable donations to the approved body of their... - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation obligations of a person who is paying rent to an overseas landlord; if he will clarify the nature of the guidance or advice provided to such a person;... - Property Taxation
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the property tax and those in shared ownership properties; if they are liable for the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - European Securities Markets Programme
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has held discussions with the ECB in respect of the disbursement of profits on its purchase of Government bonds under the Securities Markets Programme... - Mortgage Resolution Processes
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgages that were subject to write-down by covered banks in the period 2008 to 2012; the amount of balances written off; and if he will...
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