Written answers
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
- Household Charge Collection
177. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a householder cannot pay the €200 household charge from payroll in the same way as local property tax is deducted, as is outlined in... - Tax Credits
178. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons in long-term relationships but who are not married or in a civil partnership, cannot transfer their tax credits to their partner and if... - Tax Reliefs Application
179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider facilitating tax relief on physiotherapy expenses without the requirement of a referral from a general practitioner; and if he will make a... - Living City Initiative
180. To ask the Minister for Finance if in view of the fact that Cork city has had a decline in population between the two most recent census of population and that the city, similar to both... - Money Laundering
182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the application of an anti-money laundering regulations to prize bond purchases of €100 or less; and if he will make a statement... - EU Budget Contribution
183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail Ireland's contribution to the EU for 2013; the way this was calculated and the amount this would have been if redomiciled companies were... - IBRC Liquidation
184. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of July 2013, the basis on which the Special Liquidators have two years from the date of their appointment to make... - NAMA Expenditure
198. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees paid to date to a person (details supplied) on behalf of the National Assets Management Agency since vacating their position as Attorney... - Central Bank of Ireland Issues
199. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees paid to date to a person (details supplied) on behalf of the Central Bank since vacating their position as Attorney General on the 9 March... - IBRC Expenditure
200. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and details of pension entitlements paid out to the former directors and non-executive directors of the Irish Resolution Bank Corporation since the... - Banks Recapitalisation
202. To ask the Minister for Finance why the audited accounts prepared by Ernst and Young for Anglo Irish Bank for the Year end 30 September 2008 , signed off by Alan Dukes and others in February... - Banking Sector Investigations
203. To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration that is being taken against the former directors and non-executive directors and officers of Anglo Irish Bank regarding their obligations... - State Banking Sector
205. To ask the Minister for Finance if any banks in which the State has shares, avail of the use of public auctions auctioneering service provided by a company (details supplied) which... - NAMA Transactions
206. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Assets Management Agency avails of the use of public auctions auctioneering services provided by a company (details supplied). [34254/13] - IBRC Sale of Assets
207. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation avails of the use of public auction auctioneering services provided by a company (details supplied). [34255/13] - NAMA Code of Conduct
209. To ask the Minister for Finance the protections that exist to ensure necessary protections are in place to ensure no National Assets Management Agency or State controlled bank property sales... - Security and Exchange Commission Issues
210. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding any security and exchange commission filing irregularities by Allied Irish Bank in the United States. [34259/13] - Bond Redemption
213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that in June 2013 AIB was unable to repay a €3.5 billion loan owed to the National Treasury Management Agency. [34262/13] - State Banking Sector
218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the percentage of shares now held by the State in AIB Bank. [34267/13] - Banking Licence Applications
219. To ask the Minister for Finance if AIB is in full compliance with its banking license requirements with the Central Bank and European Central Bank. [34268/13] - Banking Sector Issues
220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list the consultant fees accumulated by AIB in 2011 and 2012; if the bulk of these fees were paid to a company (details supplied); and if he is... - IBRC Investigations
221. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement made by former Public Interest Director at Anglo Irish Bank, Alan Dukes, that decisions about evidence to be given to investigations... - Banking Sector Issues
223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is now aware of which telephone lines were recorded in Anglo Irish Bank; and if he knows, if he will list who the other persons recorded on the tapes... - Public Interest Director Responsibilities
227. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the responsibilities he believes the role of public interest director in a State owned or partially State owned bank entails. [34328/13] - Public Interest Directors Issues
228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will put before Dáil Éireann any job description, advice, guidance given to Alan Dukes upon his appointment as a public interest director in... - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
230. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which each bank is meeting the Central Bank's targets for mortgage arrears resolution; if he will provide a breakdown of the sustainable offers... - Departmental Reports
231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all... - Property Taxation Collection
232. To ask the Minister for Finance if a review of the payments committed by households in regards to the local property tax in each local authority at the end of May has been conducted; and if... - Property Taxation Administration
233. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will transfer all of the local property tax income to the Local Government Fund for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the... - Budget 2014 Issues
234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is supportive of retaining the 9% VAT rate for the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34430/13] - Tax Avoidance Issues
235. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will pursue with the Revenue Commissioners the requirement for a tracking mechanism for former employees who switched to C2 operators without any... - Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board to include the chair and board member and... - Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual salary of all non commercial State sponsored bodies chief executive officers under the aegis of his Department.... - Departmental Expenditure
238. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertsiing and... - Departmental Staff Training
239. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses and accompanying cost for the 2012/2013 academic... - Exchequer Savings
240. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction to all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT... - Money Laundering
244. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by the Irish Post Masters Union regarding the requirement for anti-money laundering regulations to be... - Banking Sector Issues
245. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the persons who were the partners and senior executives responsible for conducting the PWC Project Atlas - Anglo Irish Bank... - IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
246. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of firms who tendered to the Special Liquidator for the mandate to value the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan book; if PWC offered the... - IBRC Legal Cases
247. To ask the Minister for Finance the person who is responsible for assessing whether there is merit in the continuing legal corporate entity of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation suing the... - IBRC Liquidation
248. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the names of the partners and senior management responsible in KPMG for the auditing of Irish Nationwide and Irish Life and... - Banking Sector Issues
249. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to news reports in Spain that Deloitte may lose its Spanish licence to operate in the country as an auditor as a result of the... - Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
250. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of lenders operating in the Irish property market who are prepared to operate the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of mortgage restructurings... - Programme for Government Implementation
251. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the commitments in the Programme for Government under his remit; if the commitment has been met or is in the process of... - Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
252. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by organisations or agencies... - Motor Tax Yield
253. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that €150 million was taken in the form of motor tax in budget 2013; and if he will confirm where this money was redirected. [33803/13] - NAMA Loan Book
254. To ask the Minister for Finance the position local authorities hold in order of priority as creditors when the National Assets Management Agency take over unfinished housing developments... - Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
258. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure in place where an official of a financial institution does not offer the code of conduct for mortgage arrears from the Central Bank of Ireland... - NAMA Legal Issues
260. To ask the Minister for Finance ff his attention has been drawn to a letter sent on 17 June from the National Assets Management Agency to a number of litigants in a case in New York, where... - NAMA Loan Book
262. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of asset management companies that have been commissioned by the National Asset Management Agency to date; their names; the total value of the... - Garda Investigations
263. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the allegations made in a national newspaper on Tuesday 9 July by former Irish Life and Permanent Chairman (details... - Banking Sector Issues
266. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that Anglo Irish Bank sought as a solution to its difficulties on 29 and 30 September 2008, the provision of short term liquidity support;... - Tax Yield
267. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer with the Standard Fund Threshold for pensions reduced to the amount proposed by budget 2013; the income... - Departmental Expenditure
268. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees paid to a person (details supplied) by his Department since vacating the position as Attorney General on the 9 March 2011. [34910/13] - Tax Collection
269. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is preferred policy by the Revenue Commissioners to recover tax liabilities to seek judgments on the homes of previously self-employed persons as... - Money Laundering
270. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulation in place for money being transferred out of the country through over the counter mediums such as Western Union, Moneygram and so on; the... - Tax Collection
271. To ask the Minister for Finance if capital gains tax is collated in such a way as to be able to determine the revenue that would be raised if capital gains tax was higher on vacant land that... - Banking Sector Regulation
273. To ask the Minister for Finance if an observer on behalf of the Central Bank or the Department of Finance was ever present at an Anglo Irish Bank board meeting subsequent to the 2008 bank... - Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
275. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank of Ireland first learned of the existence of, as distinct to the content of, the Anglo Irish Bank tapes. [34946/13] - Departmental Legal Costs
276. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought and received legal advice outside of the Office of the Attorney General; the number of times advice was sought per year in 2011, 2012 and to... - Tax Credits
277. To ask the Minister for Finance if the parents of a child with a hearing disability (details supplied) in Dublin 3 qualify for the incapacitated child tax credit scheme. [35017/13] - Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility
279. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax relief will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35111/13] - Income Data
280. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the effective tax rates paid by income earners in certain categories (details supplied). [35112/13] - European Banking Sector
281. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on comments (details supplied) by Commissioner Barnier on 10 July stating that the proposed bank resolution scheme would not have fully protected... - VAT Rates Reductions
283. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the 23% VAT rate on furniture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35132/13] - Vehicle Registration Issues
284. To ask the Minister for Finance if registration number plates for Tipperary vehicles will change following the merger of north and south county councils next year; the way this will affect... - Corporation Tax
285. To ask the Minister for Finance the once-off saving that could be made for the Exchequer if he ended the provision allowing companies to carry back losses for tax rebate purposes. [35154/13] - Tax Yield
286. To ask the Minister for Finance the current treatment of undistributed reserves in companies; if he will set out the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if the tax-free lump sum... - Tax Rebates
287. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35166/13] - NAMA Transactions
288. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has advanced a project completion loan to a person (details supplied); the amount of the loan that has been advanced... - Disabled Drivers Grants
290. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding VAT and VRT in respect of a disabled person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35181/13] - Credit Availability
291. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the banks are making adequate credit available to small and medium-sized businesses; the amount which was made available in 2012 and... - Budget 2014 Issues
292. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector for the next 12 months in view of the fact that budgetary targets are being met; and if he will... - Tax Yield
295. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue he expects to raise from the local property tax from July to December of this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35365/13] - Departmental Functions
296. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that conditions do not exist for the re-emergence of a property bubble in the future; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Credits
298. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.74 of 3 July 2013, if he will set out the increase in the effective tax rates that would be incurred if the measures set... - Budget 2014 Issues
299. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will retain VAT at 9% for labour intensive services and tourism related services; if he recognises the considerable success of the reduction in VAT for... - VAT Rates Reductions
300. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the rate of VAT payable by ice-cream parlours to 9% in recognition of the labour intensive nature of the business and the heavy dependency... - Tax Yield
301. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of corporation tax separately on trading income and on non-trading income that have been paid to the Exchequer by all manufacturers of prescription... - Budget 2014 Issues
302. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce further measures, which would help the sale of new cars by reducing the VRT tax, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the... - Prize Bonds
303. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the new anti-money laundering requirements for prize bonds costing more than €25; his views on raising this to €100 in view of... - Official Travel
305. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is confident that all overseas travel undertaken by staff in State agencies is necessary; if the agencies ensure that there is a robust business case... - Departmental Bodies
306. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
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