Written answers
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
- Property Taxation Application
167. To ask the Minister for Finance arising from recent demands for local property tax received by homeowners in recent times, if the current actual market value of a person's property remains... - Tax Code
168. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of developments in Portugal, if he has considered a general increase in PAYE to higher earners over a three year period which would have less... - Customs and Excise Staff
169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the number of full time Customs and Excise staff employed solely in the detection of drugs for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will... - Tax and Social Welfare Codes
172. To ask the Minister for Finance if she will state the present procedures which a citizen in receipt of a social welfare payment must declare such income for taxation purposes; if there are... - Fuel Laundering
173. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being adopted by his Department to tackle the cross-border fuel laundering industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19128/13] - Property Taxation Collection
175. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 and the collection of property tax; and if he will make a statement on the... - IBRC Liquidation
176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the ELG payments that comprise the €933m provided under the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008, as... - Tax Code
177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt women who do not receive a full salary top-up from their employers from the proposed tax on maternity benefit; and if he will make a... - Property Taxation Exemptions
178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the exemptions in property value for persons who have a disability in respect of the local property tax; and if he will make a... - Fiscal Advisory Council
179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the total moneys paid to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council since it was set up in 2011; and if he will assess the work of the council to... - Universal Social Charge Application
180. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 is being charged universal social charge on their pension income and income from a home help job that they... - IBRC Liquidation
182. To ask the Minister for Finance following the statement by the Central Bank of Ireland on 7 March 2013 on the use of the deposit guarantee scheme to pay depositors at Irish Bank Resolution... - Financial Services Ombudsman
183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the obstacles which prevent the Financial Services Ombudsman from releasing details confirming the identity of financial institutions... - Bank Stress Tests
185. To ask the Minister for Finance further to confirmation that the Central Bank of Ireland has engaged BlackRock International to provide the stress-testing of Irish banks in 2013, if he will... - Tax Collection
188. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent initiation of legal action in the High Court against several airlines including Aer Lingus, Ryanair and Comhfhirbairt Gaillimh in... - Personal Insolvency Act
189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the tax liabilities that may arise for a debtor if, under the provisions of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012, some debts attaching to the... - IBRC Liquidation
190. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline any representations that he or his Department has received from, or on behalf of, borrowers at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in... - National Debt
193. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of other debt management expenses of €38.27m in the March 2013 Exchequer Statement showing description of cost and... - NAMA Operations
195. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the approximate cost of capital at the National Asset Management Agency. [18449/13] - NAMA Portfolio Issues
196. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 on 21 March 2013, if he considers the 4,000 homes that the National Asset Management Agency controls which are vacant... - NAMA Transactions
197. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 on 29 January 2013, the reason it has taken nearly two years for the Financial Regulator to validate the process of... - NAMA Debtors
198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the total number of individuals who are debtors of the National Asset Management Agency who have filed for bankruptcy outside the... - NAMA Bonds
200. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the total value of bonds issued by the National Asset Management Agency as part of the special liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution... - IBRC Liquidation
201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the process by which remaining unsold assets at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will be acquired by the National Asset Management... - Budget 2014 Issues
204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the date on which Budget 2014 will be presented to Dáil Éireann; and if he will outline the key budget processes and documents to... - Budget Consultation Process
205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the consultations that will take place in relation to Budget 2014, with both national and international parties, together with the nature... - IBRC Liquidation
207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the value of loans at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation that have been refinanced out of IBRC between 6 February 2013 to date; and if he... - Financial Services Regulation
208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the rationale for providing for a €100,000 termination bonus for the Financial Regulator who was appointed in January 2010 and who... - Banking Sector Remuneration
211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the number of employment contracts at the Central Bank of Ireland that provide for termination bonuses, such as that recently reported in... - National Treasury Management Agency Remuneration
212. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the number of employment contracts at the National Treasury Management Agency that provide for termination bonuses, such as that recently... - Departmental Bodies Remuneration
213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the status of salary waivers in 2013 at the National Treasury Management Agency and National Asset Management Agency, and specifically if... - Banking Sector Issues
214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any concerns for the future of KBC Ireland which recently reported an additional bailout by its parent of €380m for 2012 after another... - NAMA Loans Sale
216. To ask the Minister for Finance following news that the National Asset Management Agency is selling large portfolios of loans which bundle together loans to a single borrower, if he is... - IBRC Liquidation
217. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the safeguards which exist to prevent the special liquidator at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation from being subjected to improper... - Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Eligibility
219. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the European Central Bank press conference on 4 April 2013 in which the President of the ECB, Mr Mario Draghi, referred to OMTs and their precise... - Banking Sector Regulation
220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the criticism of the former management of Halifax Bank of Scotland by the British Parliamentary Commission on banking standards in its... - NAMA Advisory Board
222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the activity over the past year of the National Asset Management Agency Advisory Board comprising persons (details supplied); and if he... - NAMA Board Appointments
224. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he did not advertise the vacancy on the National Asset Management Agency board before deciding to appoint a person (details supplied) to the... - NAMA Loans Sale
225. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has compared its internal rate of return with internal rates of return targeted by investors bidding for, and buying,... - National Debt
226. To ask the Minister for Finance the average maturity of each of the components and the overall average maturity of the general Government debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
227. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports that banks are refusing to restructure mortgages until customers stop paying the credit unions and other unsecured debts; and if he will... - Tax Reliefs Application
230. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify any recent changes in respect of VRT/VAT allowance on motor vehicles for persons with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the... - Financial Services Regulation
231. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons who pay off their mortgages early are being penalised by certain banks; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on... - Tax Collection
232. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will recalculate the liability for inheritance tax paid by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in view of the current... - National Treasury Management Agency Bond Issues
233. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash being held on balance by the National Treasury Managemnt Agency; the reason for this volume of this cash holding; if this cash is receiving... - Banking Sector Issues
234. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 16 April 2013, the way he has cast his vote for each of the resolutions individually due for decision at the Bank... - Tax Yield
235. To ask the Minister for Finance further to recent reporting that the Revenue Commissioners has recovered €45.5m from 328 individuals relating to trusts in Channel Islands,... - IBRC Liquidation
236. To ask the Minister for Finance if it remains the case that the National Asset Management Agency will acquire the unsold remaining loans at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in August 2013,... - Pension Provisions
238. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the approach of Allied Irish Banks, in which he controls 99.8% of the shares and which transferred €1.1bn to its pension fund to... - European Financial Stability Facility
239. To ask the Minister for Finance following the Econfin statement on 12 April 2013, if he will set out, in tabular form, the old maturity of debt owing to the European contributors to the... - Property Taxation Administration
240. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the closing date for filing local property tax returns to facilitate all those people who have still had no communication from... - Banking Sector Regulation
241. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if a person who holds a US passport and an Irish passport is eligible to buy shares in financial institutions in the State; if he will... - Tax Yield
242. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money generated from VAT annually; if he will provide a breakdown of the way that the money is spent; and if he will make a statement on the... - Banking Sector Remuneration
243. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 26 March 2013 regarding the Mercier Report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Staff Remuneration
244. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of civil/public servants under the remit of his Department who earn more than €500,000, between... - Tax Collection Forecast
246. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons here earning in excess of €100,000; and the estimates of income generated if the tax rate for this group were to be increased by... - Property Taxation Collection
247. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons paying property tax through the post office are subject to a transaction charge. [18892/13] - Universal Social Charge Payments
248. To ask the Minister for Finance where the money collected from the universal social charge is allocated to; the section that benefits from it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
249. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions being taken to ensure that banks adequately engage with customers in relation to mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Property Taxation Application
251. To ask the Minister for Finance the advice provided to homeowners, if any, of the respective percentage reduction that should be applied to their property value when valuing their property... - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
252. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the proposal made in a newspaper article (details supplied) in relation to the deferral of mortgage debt. [19030/13] - NAMA Portfolio Issues
253. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of non-residential properties the National Asset Management Agency has control over in Waterford City and county following the liquidation of the... - Tax Code
254. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding VAT (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19089/13] - Tax Collection
255. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary question No. 216 of 16 April 2013, if he will confirm if the Sheriff is permitted to break into a person's home; if he is permitted...
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