Written answers
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
- Property Taxation Collection
143. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of households broken down by local authority area that have currently registered for the local property tax; the total number of households broken... - Tax Reliefs Availability
144. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a new scrappage scheme to assist motorists seeking to change their cars and to assist the motor industry; and if he will make a... - Financial Services Ombudsman Issues
145. To ask the Minister for Finance the length of time it takes the Office of the Financial Ombudsman to take a complaint from initial submission, to investigation and finally to resolution.... - Financial Services Ombudsman Reports
146. To ask the Minister for Finance the levels of payment the Office of the Financial Ombudsman has achieved in the past two years for complainants; if he has plans to require the Financial... - Tax Code
147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline all goods that have VAT exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23673/13] - Charities Regulation
148. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is permitted for a registered charity to make a political donation and still be able to receive tax relief on their income; and if he will make a... - Tax Avoidance Issues
149. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding fraudulent claims (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23694/13] - Property Taxation Administration
151. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate and address the issue of persons who never received a property tax ID or pin number and registered using their PPSN number and will not... - Tax Code
152. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on charging VAT on PIP arrangements, in view of the fact that the service is deemed non-viable in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mortgage Interest Relief Application
153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the extent to which mortgage interest relief has been applied in respect of mortgages taken out in the calendar year 2009; if the... - Ministerial Travel
155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline in tabular form, the amount of travel and subsistence, both foreign and domestic, claimed individually by each Minister and Minister of... - Ministerial Appointments
156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline in tabular form, the number of staff appointed by each Minister and Minister of State in his Department or constituency office and their... - Corporation Tax
157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can foresee any changes to Ireland's corporation tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15991/13] - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Meetings
160. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Fiscal Council last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18355/13] - Small and Medium Enterprises Sector
161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail proposals from his Department as to the way in which the banking sector can address the overhang of property debt that is impacting on... - Credit Availability
163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the occasions when he has raised directly with the banks their failure to deal with lending to the small and medium enterprise sector; and... - Small and Medium Enterprise Sector
164. To ask the Minister for Finance the initiatives that his Department has put in place in order to assist businesses who are among those with €25 billion worth of impaired loans. [19132/13] - Job Initiatives
165. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected impact on job creation in the short to medium term of the proposed €6 billion stimulus package. [19133/13] - Enterprise Support Services Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine a business plan in respect of a training centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will provide advice, assistance, grant aid, and... - Property Taxation Administration
167. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will seek an explanation from the Revenue Commissioners in relation to issues that have arisen with the payment system for the local property tax in... - Property Taxation Exemptions
168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate that in the context of where a person has a business, and is paying rates and also has living accommodation over the said business... - Job Assist Scheme Eligibility
169. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 2 May 2013, the reason supervisors on the TÚS scheme, who work a 35 hour week, are not eligible to... - Official Engagements
170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if he will be attending the Bilderberg Group meeting in early June and if he will be making a presentation to the Gathering; and if he will... - Banking Sector Issues
171. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that banking institutions and the post office are unwilling to accept travellers cheques; his views that this is... - Bank Guarantee Scheme Administation
172. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the current list of covered institutions as defined by section 6 (1) of the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008 and by... - Property Taxation Administration
173. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions a person (details supplied) in County Kerry can take to rectify a problem with the local property tax. [24037/13] - Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
174. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 7 May 2013, the number of press enquiries dealt with by the public relations company; the number of press... - Departmental Staff Numbers
175. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of press officers employed by his Department; the grades of same; and the overall cost of the press relations for his Department. [24052/13] - Banking Sector Regulation
178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his role in tightening banking regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13593/13] - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his role in the whole of Government approach in tackling the mortgage crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13591/13] - Eurozone Crisis
180. To ask the Minister for Finance the contacts he has had with European leaders in relation to the situation in Cyprus. [15995/13] - Tax Compliance
181. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that that no one has been prosecuted to date for the Ansbacher tax avoidance scandal; his plans to bring forward amending legislation... - Tax Code
183. To ask the Minister for Finance with regards to the planned Dublin Array project, the tax that will apply if the project goes ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20200/13] - EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues
184. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions, if any, he held on Ireland's exit from the IMF programme with Christine Lagarde; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18601/13] - Eurozone Crisis
185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had any discussions with his Cypriot counterparts; if those discussions included implications for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Reliefs Application
186. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in receipt of private pension tax relief; the breakdown of the number of persons that receive the relief at the standard rate; the... - Financial Services Regulation
187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline his views of mis-selling of payment protection insurance and linked products by all lenders (details supplied); if he will consider moving... - Debt Resolution Pilot Scheme
206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the way so-called service providers will be accredited or appointed by the Central Bank of Ireland under the pilot scheme for consumer... - NAMA Qualifying Investor Fund
207. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 17 January 2013, if he will provide an update on the National Asset Management Agency plans for Qualified Investor... - NAMA Operations
209. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement by the National Asset Management Agency in May 2012 of €2bn of so-called vendor financing or staple financing, if he will... - NAMA Portfolio Issues
210. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the €6,758,000 of so-called trading properties held in the balance sheet of the National Asset Management Agency at 31 December 2012, if... - IBRC Liquidation
211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of reports that he will lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the special liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution... - NAMA Portfolio Value
212. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the number of acres of agricultural land in the State under the control of the National Asset Management Agency. [24117/13] - NAMA Operations
213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the amounts paid by the National Asset Management Agency to educational institutions for research in each of 2010, 2011,2012 and to date in... - Excise Duties Yield
214. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be generated from imposing an extra 2 cents on a pint of alcohol or a packet of twenty cigarettes into the Exchequer. [24148/13] - Tax Reliefs Cost
215. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in the latest tax year for which full data is available of flat rate expenses for agricultural advisors employed by Teagasc; the... - Fuel Prices
260. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that although diesel and petrol have come down in recent times, the Automobile Association has stated that prices are still too high;... - Liquor Licence Numbers
261. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that more than 6,000 pubs have closed since 2009, his plans to try and work with the Vintners' Association of Ireland to try and ensure... - Appointments to European Boards
262. To ask the Minister for Finance when the next opportunity will arise for Ireland to appoint a new director to the board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; if he will... - Tax Code
264. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 9 May, if he will confirm that a form of SARP, old SARP, was operational in 2011, the conditions of which included... - NAMA Bonds
265. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 9 May 2013, if the Central Bank of Ireland’s holding of National Asset Management Agency bonds is... - Tax Yield
266. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 30 April 2013, in which he stated that the exemption of interest on savings certificates, national instalment... - Tax Code
267. To ask the Minister for Finance if international investors have to pay capital gains tax on the disposal of property here; and if not, the amount lost to the Exchequer as a result of this... - Government Bonds
268. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail as part of his Department of Finance’s budgetary calculations if the figure of €800 million for 2013, €875 million for... - European Banking Sector
269. To ask the Minister for Finance if discussions at an ECB level regarding acquisitions of asset backed securities could potentially include acquisitions of National Assets Management Agency... - NAMA Bonds
270. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the total combined impairment charges provided against the National Assets Management Agency senior and subordinated bonds in Allied Irish... - Government Bonds
271. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount in euro of regulatory capital which is currently held by Allied Irish Banks, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB as a requirement arising from... - IBRC Liquidation
272. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the insider knowledge that Blackstone has on the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation arising from the work it has done on the IBRC loan book after it... - Central Bank of Ireland Issues
273. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail further to his statement to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on Wednesday, 8 May 2013 that 10 days prior to the... - State Banking Sector
275. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is targeting a sale of Bank of Ireland preference shares before the deadline of the par payment by Bank of Ireland in March of 2014 of the €1.8... - Budget 2014 Issues
276. To ask the Minister for Finance further to a meeting of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on Thursday, 9 May 2013 (details supplied) stating that the persons... - Fuel Rebate Scheme
278. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners regulations on the fuel rebate for bus and coach operators will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Tax Reliefs Cost
279. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 30 April 2013, where he stated that tax relief for investment in films cost the Exchequer €42 million in... - Betting Regulations
281. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the various taxes that currently apply to bets placed in a bookmakers' premises here and bets placed online; if any changes are planned in... - Government Bonds
282. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 9 May 2013, if he will provide the reason and not the methodology for the reason the Central Bank of Ireland... - NAMA Bonds
284. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 48 and 49 on 9 of May 2013, if he will detail the type of asset class the other assets with a value of €370... - IBRC Liquidation
285. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 9 of May 2013, if he will explicitly confirm whether the entities referred to in the answer concern the Irish Bank... - Tax Reliefs Cost
288. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 30 April 2013, where he stated a figure of €52.6 million claimed and €19.5 million in assumed... - Land Transfers
289. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a student applying for stamp duty exemption under the transfer of land to young trained farmers, who successfully completed a BSc Honours in... - Tax Code
291. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer, based on the last full year of data, if the surcharge amount applied to late filing of tax returns was... - Home Repossession Rate
293. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of foreclosures by lending agencies in each of the past four years to date, the number of instances in respect of which the property or... - NAMA Portfolio Issues
295. To ask the Minister for Finance if known, the extent to which house property disposed of by the National Assets Management Agency has been purchased by first time buyers with a housing need,... - EU Presidency Engagements
297. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has had discussions with his EU Eurozone colleagues and the wider EU in the context of strategic investment to facilitate job creation... - Economic Growth Rate
298. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which economic fundamentals have stabilised or improved through each EU Member State, Eurozone and non-Eurozone in each of the past three years... - EU-IMF Programme of Support Negotiations
299. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he is satisfied that Ireland will be in a position to exit the bailout programme on time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Economic Competitiveness
300. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which economic competitiveness has been improved in the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24395/13] - Credit Availability
301. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which the borrowing requirements of small and medium enterprises in the manufacturing, service or retail sectors have been met by the borrowing... - Debt Relief
303. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which there is recognition at ECB level of the need for an all-Europe response to debt repayment throughout member States with particular... - Economic Statistics
305. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent, if any, to which he and his Department have recognised any possible inflationary tendencies in the Irish economy; if any corrective steps are... - State Bodies Accounts
306. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the names of all State owned or substantially State funded organisations under his Department whose latest accounts laid...
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