Written answers
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
- Property Taxation Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there is a one euro charge per instalment for those who want to pay the property tax in instalments in An Post; and if he will make a statement on the... - Property Taxation Application
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details agreed between the Troika and the previous Government in respect of the creation of a property tax including the amount that was... - Employment Rights Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance the options open to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been unable to obtain their P45 from their former employer; and if he will make a statement... - Property Taxation Application
To ask the Minister for Finance if a local authority will be liable to pay local property tax for the percentage of a residential property that it owns under the shared ownership scheme; and if... - Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding local property tax. [16586/13] - Credit Availability
To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the banks are making adequate credit available to small and medium sized businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16749/13] - Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if a waiver or reduction in the amount of the household tax will be made available to senior citizens, particularly those with a disability as many senior citizens... - Property Taxation Administration
To ask the Minister for Finance when a property falls within valuation band number one but in terms of both comfort and cost is well below the standard of the mid-point valuation pertaining to... - Building Regulations Application
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding compliance with building regulations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17406/13] - Employment Rights Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford with respect to the failure of their previous employer to provide a P45. [17612/13] - Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any property tax exemptions for families whose homes were damaged during the construction of the Dublin Port Tunnel. [17614/13] - Illicit Trade in Tobacco
To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the ongoing problem of the illegal smuggling of cigarettes in view of the impact of this illicit trade on retailers in Fingal and... - Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if a house has been unlived in for five years or more is it exempt from the property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17677/13] - Disabled Drivers Grant Applications
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for review of primary medical certificate application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick [17712/13] - Credit Unions Liabilities
To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available to credit unions that invested in good faith in Anglo Irish Bank latterly Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and who now owing to the... - Property Taxation Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Sheriff's Office can effect entry into a persons home to collect the value of unpaid local property tax even if the person is not at... - Mortgage Resolution Processes
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the rules that apply to the split mortgage arrangements including details of the maximum percentage of the mortgage that can be... - Property Taxation Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance his views with the level of information on the property tax form relating to payment options; his views that the information surrounding option five cash payments... - Banks Recapitalisation
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the overall cost to the State of the bailout of Permanent TSB; if senior bondholders had been wiped out in March 2011. [16124/13] - Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if property tax is due on houses that are being constructed or have been constructed on a persons own land, and have not yet been occupied; and if he will make a... - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if is he considering extending the reduced VAT rate for certain goods and services beyond the 31 of December 2013. [16145/13] - Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify his intentions regarding the Mercer Report and its effect on lower grade employees. [16150/13] - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the impact the tax change on maternity benefit will have on the maternity benefit of women who receive no top up from the employer and are... - State Banking Sector
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline if any discussions have taken place with Bank of Ireland or other private investors in the last six months on the sale or repurchase of the... - Tax Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given any consideration to allowing consumers in debt to Revenue to transfer funds in PRSA accounts as a means of discharging their liability; and if he... - Property Taxation Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the details that must be supplied to the Revenue under Section 6 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013 in order for a person... - Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the circumstances as outlined below (details supplied) in County Waterford concerning a private estate whereby home owners pay an annual fee for... - Mortgage Debt
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding arrears in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [16273/13] - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance in view of his decision to extend the fuel excise duty rebate to the passenger transport sector if he will now remove the disparity between the haulage and... - Property Taxation Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of deferral of the local property tax; and if he will make a... - Economic Growth Rate
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the economy is back in recession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16281/13] - IMF Loan Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 96 of 21 March 2013, if he will confirm that the State is paying a higher rate of interest on its borrowings from the... - State Banking Sector
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the stake held in Bank of Ireland by the American group of investors (details supplied); the consideration paid for that stake; the stake held... - Banks Recapitalisation
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the additional provision that will need to be made in the accounts of Bank of Ireland; if that bank has to write down the value of non... - Banking Sector Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that following the recent sale by KBC and Banco Santander of their 21.4% share in the polish bank, Bank Zachodni WBK, for €1.2bn, that... - Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent publication of the report and accounts for Bank of Ireland for 2012, in which the Chief Executive Officer confirmed that he had waived... - Banks Recapitalisation
To ask the Minister for Finance his position regarding the provision of additional capital to Bank of Ireland, should that bank decide to pursue a new rights issue. [16288/13] - Savings Clubs
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any remit to protect consumers who contribute to savings clubs over a period of 12 months in cases where the company may go into liquidation; and if he... - Fuel Rebate Scheme
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the newly announced fuel rebate for coach operators; if this will apply and be allowed to operators of school transport; and if he will make a... - IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance further to a Parliamentary response in relation to the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in which he states the following (details supplied),... - Banking Sector Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 26 March 2013, the way advertised threat of forcing banks to write down the value of problem loans to the value of the... - Mortgage Resolution Processes
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 194 of 26 March 2013, in which he stated that banks have been given targets of proposing sustainable mortgage solutions to 20% of... - Banks Recapitalisation
To ask the Minister for Finance if he shares the view of the European Commission, from a statement by its spokesperson on 26 March 2013, that the European Stability Mechanism, to which he has... - NAMA Property Sales
To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure adopted by the National Asset Management Agency when an a substantial multi million euro offer is made to the Agency for a property on its... - State Banking Sector
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide his assessment of the performance of Permanent TSB, in which he owns 99.5% of the shares, and which has just published its report and accounts... - Banking Sector Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance further to recent reports on the amount of exposure by German and British interests to the Irish banking system in 2008, his views on whether this exposure will be... - Tax Compliance
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reveal the number of annual cases prosecuted by the Revenue Commissioners in the courts for failure to lodge correct returns since 2008; and if he will... - NAMA Portfolio Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that he will soon be given details on the National Assets Management Agency accounts, if he will check if there is a record or reference in... - Property Taxation Administration
To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering putting in place a revenue email address to cater for email queries regarding local property tax. [16413/13] - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the changes that have been made to the tax treatment of rental income; if a distinction can be made between rental income and rental profit for... - IBRC Staff
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding pay for bank staff. [16431/13] - Disabled Drivers Grants
To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the criteria for determining eligible cars under the disabled driver car purchase scheme is not based on CO2 emissions; his views on whether this is... - Social Insurance Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the reduction of dental entitlements under the PRSI scheme, if he will restore the marginal rate tax relief for orthodontic and other selected... - Banking Sector Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the sum owed by the Thomas Crosbie group to Allied Irish Banks, in which he owns 99.8% of the shares, immediately prior to the receivership and... - State Banking Sector
To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the performance of Allied Irish Banks, in which he owns 99.8% of the shares, which reported its results for 2012 on 27 March 2013 [16532/13] - NAMA Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 13 November 2012, if he will provide a breakdown of the legal fees paid by the National Asset Management Agency for... - IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of Irish pension funds on deposit, or in any other financial product, on the books of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at the time of... - EU Budget
To ask the Minister for Finance in view of a statement made by the European Commission on 27 March 2013 regarding the EU Budget 2013 and the need for further funding needed to cover unpaid claims... - Banking Sector Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the 2012 annual report and accounts for Allied Irish Banks, if he will provide the details of the €1.2bn deleveraging of EBS... - Eurozone Crisis
To ask the Minister for Finance further to the confirmation by Moody’s Investors Services of Ireland’s sovereign debt junk status with a negative outlook, which Moody’s... - Ministerial Travel
To ask the Minister for Finance the cost incurred by his Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day; and if he will make a statement on the... - Revenue Commissioners Operations
To ask the Minister for Finance in the plan to move the Revenue Commissioners payroll from Ennis to the Shared Services Centre in Killarney, if there are any proposals to redeploy staff from... - Banking Sector Staff Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that AIB is actively rehiring former staff who left the organisation under the terms of early retirement and severance... - Banking Sector Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance if Bank of Ireland is currently engaged in or is planning to outsource work currently being carried out by bank employees to another country; and if he will make a... - Property Taxation Administration
To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to allow the local property tax to be offset against rental income in respect of an investment property; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Fuel Laundering
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of compromise fines that were paid to the Revenue Commissioners arising out of detections of the illegal use of marked mineral oil in advance of any... - Property Taxation Administration
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an anomaly in the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16849/13] - Excise Duties Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that results of a recent survey prove that Ireland is the fifth most expensive country in Europe in which to buy diesel, his views on whether... - Fuel Laundering
To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made regarding the introduction of a new marker system to combat the rise in fuel laundering in the border region; and if he will make a... - Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a growing problem with a large number of would-be second home movers trapped by negative equity and living in homes that their families have outgrown... - Tax Rebates
To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry with no regular income is entitled to some rebate from taxation paid on the sale of shares that they owned; and if... - Ministerial Allowances
To ask the Minister for Finance regarding if Ministers living outside Dublin claim tax breaks on Dublin properties plus new house taxes, if they are allowed to write off cots of mortgages... - Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to transfer their approved minimum retirement fund pension to an approved retirement fund before... - IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider using Section 9 of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013 to instruct the Special Liquidator to pay to the former employees the level... - Property Taxation Administration
To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure to be followed when a property tax notice issues in error to a person at a previous address (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Foreign Earnings Deduction
To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the case that the payment of either national or sub-national property taxes in respect of a property that is owned by an Irish resident but rented out in... - Customs and Excise Controls
To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase personnel in Customs and Excise in the border area to help eradicate the problem of laundered diesel in the border counties; and if he will... - VAT Rates Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if the reduced rate of VAT applies to ice-cream parlours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16992/13] - Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the procedure to withdraw the pre-retirement additional voluntary contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17001/13] - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
To ask the Minister for Finance the plans in place to deal with mortgage arrears in institutions outside the specified credit institutions, specified in the Central Bank's mortgage arrears... - Tax Credits
To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the position regarding the availability of tax credits to company directors, particularly in a start-up scenario, as a measure of supporting... - Budget Timetable
To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the budgetary process for 2014 will commence in view of the fact that the budget is due to be delivered in Dáil Éireann early this... - Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that a non principal private residence is subject to both NPPR tax and to local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Pensions Levy Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance the way the money collected from the pension levy is being spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17125/13] - Pensions Levy Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance when the pension levy will cease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17126/13] - Pensions Levy Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been collected to date by the pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17127/13] - Croke Park Agreement Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance his projected annual reduction in GDP growth arising from the proposed Croke Park II proposals to cut a further one billion euro from the public sector pay and... - Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if the exceptional circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be considered in terms of their property tax liability; if an exemption can be... - Tax Credits
To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will be able to adjust the tax credits of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the ongoing arrangement they have with... - Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if any relief or rebate from the local property tax is available for any property dwellers in estates or apartment complexes with management companies who are... - IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the process to be used by the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in relation to the handling of individual... - Exchequer Deficit
To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that Exchequer debt servicing costs were €105 million lower in March compared to the profile of €1,997; and if he will make a statement on... - Credit Union Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he endorsed the imposition of a special manager on a credit union (details supplied) in County Kildare at a cost expected to exceed €2 million,... - Exchequer Deficit
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the underlying general Government deficit, exclusive of supports to the banks, for each of the years from 2008 to 2012 and... - Budget Timetable
To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the new implications of the two-pack regulations, he will indicate the date in September or October on which the draft budget will be published; if... - Property Taxation Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 27 March 2013, if he will confirm that his Department or the Revenue Commissioners have not prepared or received from... - Property Taxation Administration
To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to Local Property Tax if it is correct that persons with multi properties have to submit their declaration on line; and if he will make a statement on... - Banking Sector Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 26 March 2013, if he has now had time to peruse the documentation and decided on the appropriate vote for each of the... - Mortgage Schemes
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that he has no plans to interfere or change the interest rates, terms and conditions of tracker mortgages held by many borrowers; and if he will... - Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering an exemption for student residences from the local property tax. [17390/13] - Property Taxation Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance the way student residences are to be valued for the local property tax. [17391/13] - Tax Forms
To ask the Minister for Finance when a P21 tax form will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17411/13] - NAMA Portfolio Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) owns the Killester British Legion Hall in Dublin 5 or is this property under the National Assets Management Agency. [17465/13] - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of submissions, and nams of individual groups who made submissions to the Central Bank during its consultation on the Code of Conduct on Mortgage... - Tax Compliance
To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the financial discrepancies noted in the Irish Medical Organisation, if he has examined the practice of presidents, honorary non-pay positions, of... - Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce an incentive package to enable ghost estates to be finished by providing tax exemptions to buyers; and if he will make a statement on the... - Property Taxation Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the respective weighting applied to each of the property characteristic variables listed in table 2 of page 11 of the Revenue... - Property Taxation Administration
To ask the Minister for Finance if a refund of the local property tax will be payable in the circumstances in which a home-owner discovers that they have declared a property value in excess of... - Excise Duties Reliefs
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the provision of 100% excise relief on ethanol for fuel in order to support the re-establishment of a sugar industry here; and if he will make... - Data Protection
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that he received correspondence (details supplied) from the former Director of Corporate Enforcement in relation to Revenue Commission data.... - Consumer Protection
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to underpin with legislation the consumer protection code for debt collection firms employed by financial institutions which was developed by... - Banking Sector Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland and the Financial Service Regulatory Authority of Ireland is aware of discrepancies between Allied Irish Bank's Annual Financial... - Property Taxation Administration
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on including the cost of bin collections under the local property tax charge as is the case in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Compliance
To ask the Minister for Finance the action he proposes to take to further tackle tax fraud, in view of the findings of an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative... - Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of revenue appeals, if any, that remain unresolved for periods in excess of 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17683/13] - IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance if the appointment of the special liquidator to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation was in strict accordance with procurement law; and if he will make a statement on... - Tax Credits
To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has seen an increase in the income tax being taken from their private pension; the amount of additional... - Retail Sector
To ask the Minister for Finance the way he intends to protect possible job losses in the retail sector (details supplied) in view of the fact that selling goods on line at prices cheaper than... - Living City Initiative
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending the living city initiative (details supplied) to other areas needing regeneration, such as Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make...
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