Written answers
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
- Living City Initiative
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the way small to medium traders who rent premises adjacent to or in historic quarters could participate in the Living City Initiative; and if... - Departmental Staff Numbers
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will guarantee that the core clerical officers who will now need to be redeployed within or from Revenue, following the recent Conciliation and Arbitration... - Tax Reliefs Application
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the reimbursement of medical expenses; and if he will make a statement on the... - Retail Sector
To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to ascertain the profits earned by foreign retailers operating here; and if he will distinguish between the element that remains here and that... - Home Repossession Rate
To ask the Minister for Finance if any consideration has been given to the extension by banks of the moratorium on repossessions to a period longer than 12 months; and if he will make a statement... - Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the Mercer Report and his response to that report and if he will take into account the extra workload that staff have taken due to... - Bank Deposits Levy
To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the statement by his Department welcoming the Cypriot bailout, if he will outline the elements he welcomes and if it includes the levy on small... - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the residential mortgage customers of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in special liquidation will continue to enjoy the protection of the... - Illicit Trade in Tobacco
To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the amount of revenue the State lost last year as a result of the importation of illegal tobacco and tobacco products; if he... - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the total exemption from CAT on inter-spousal gifts under s70/71 CATCA 2003 remains appropriate, in view of the high profile instances in... - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
To ask the Minister for Finance if a lender (details supplied) will be included as one of the main lenders being set targets by the Central Bank to tackle the mortgage arrears problem as... - Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a query (details supplied) regarding the local property tax. [14872/13] - Negative Equity Mortgages
To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to help persons in negative equity who want to move home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14892/13] - Financial Services Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance further to his announcement on mortgage arrears on 13 March 2013, if financial institutions will continue to prepare their accounts under International Financial... - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
To ask the Minister for Finance further to his announcement on mortgage arrears on 13 March 2013, if he will quantify by reference to the most recently available data, the number of proposed... - Central Bank of Ireland Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance the terms of the Agreement on Net Financial Assets overseen by the European Central Bank. [14903/13] - IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the proportion of the €25bn of sovereign bonds used to swap with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation for its €27.7bn of... - Deposit Guarantee Scheme
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the adequacy of the deposit guarantee scheme overseen at the Central Bank of Ireland in the event of the failure of any of the... - Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the Mercer Report on pay and perks, the investigation, if any, he has carried out into the reported practice in Spain where... - Financial Services Ombudsman
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Financial Services Ombudsman, due to the Irish bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013, cannot now investigate complaints by mortgage... - IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding employees of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (details supplied) and need to restore the value of the severance terms previously agreed... - Property Taxation Application
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons tasked with the job of dealing with appeals that will go forward from persons disputing the amount of money being sought from them in... - State Banking Sector
To ask the Minister for Finance the way he intends to cast his votes representing 15% of the shared capital, on behalf of the taxpayer, on each resolution individually due for decision at the... - Bank Codes of Conduct
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding repossession of farm equipment by a bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14995/13] - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has projected the amount an average person will lose a year when maternity benefit is taxed from July; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15069/13] - Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost to the taxpayer of paying the aggregate fees, salaries and any other remuneration to directors of all State bodies, to include majority State owned... - Black Economy Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance the representations his Department has received regarding ways to curtail the black economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15094/13] - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out a cost-benefit analysis for the introduction of tax breaks or other forms of incentives to support local micro-breweries and... - Office of the Ombudsman
To ask the Minister for Finance when tax concessions for disabled drivers will come under the remit of the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15117/13] - National Pensions Reserve Fund
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the impact on the general Government balance of revenue earned and gains/losses realised by the National Pension Reserve Fund in... - VAT Rates
To ask the Minister for Finance the reason school books in hard back attract a VAT rate of 0% while the e-book equivalent attracts a rate of 23% VAT; and if he will make a statement on the... - European Central Bank
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a broadening of the mandate of the European Central Bank beyond their current sole focus on controlling inflation in order to include, in a manner... - VAT Rates
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the VAT charge of 23% on the purchase of school books in electronic format in comparison to a 0% VAT charge on paper format schoolbooks (details... - Cypriot Financial System
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the exposure of Irish households and businesses to the Cypriot financial system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - State Banking Sector
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the capital control measures he has available to him to prevent bank runs on Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15182/13] - State Debt
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the sterling and euro sums drawn down on the bilateral loan provided by Britain to the State as part of the 2010 programme finance arrangement;... - Tax Compliance
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide his assessment of the plans by the British government and its Chancellor of the Exchequer to name and shame promoters of tax avoidance schemes;... - Mortgage Arrears Rate
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgages drawn down in County Roscommon currently in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15207/13] - Tax Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance if an alternative mechanism to filling VAT returns online is available to facilitate persons who are not computer literate; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Credits
To ask the Minister for Finance when an application for single parent tax allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [15360/13] - Public Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the annual saving to the public sector pay bill in non-commercial State agency pay were capped at...
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