Written answers
Thursday, 18 July 2013
- Tax Yield
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the the tax revenue generated through the aircraft leasing sector for each year since 2005. [35952/13] - Financial Services Sector
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of assets held by companies in the financial services sector for each year since 2005. [35954/13] - Banking Sector Issues
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will contact the banks to urge them to adopt a charter whereby citizens can opt for a basic current account that will cost no more than a maximum of 100... - Bond Redemption
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will verify the assertions made in an article (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35969/13] - NAMA Portfolio Issues
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify if the National Assets Management Agency has property in their portfolio that has been sold or passed on to a company (details supplied) and... - Budget 2014 Issues
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has held with officials in his Department regarding the consideration given to targeted income tax cuts for working middle-income families... - Tax Code
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if probate on wills is subject to stamp duty; if stamp duty was imposed on probate, the amount it would realise for the Exchequer; and if he will make a... - IBRC Liquidation
74. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the 24 safety deposit boxes remaining in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, if owners have been identified for them all; the length of time each... - Banking Sector Issues
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of safety deposit boxes remaining in Allied Irish Bank; if the Bank still offers this service; if any safety deposit boxes have gone missing; and if... - Central Bank of Ireland Issues
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland still operates a vault; the contents in that vault; if the Central Bank of Ireland leases space in its vault to commercial... - Property Transfers
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has held with the Bank of Ireland regarding the future use of the old Irish Parliament on College Green, Dublin; if he has considered... - Central Bank of Ireland Properties
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has held with the Central Bank of Ireland regarding the future use of its headquarters on Dame Street, Dublin; if he has raised the... - Social Insurance Issues
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any plans to move the social insurance fund from his Department to the Department of Social Protection; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Reliefs Cost
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of providing tax relief at the marginal rate in 2012 on contributions to pension savings including employees' contributions to approved superannuation... - Tax Code
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been any analysis of the way a tax on land may be implemented here to complement the other taxes on property, and provide a funding stream for... - Commission on Taxation Report
84. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the recommendations of the Commission of Taxation report in 2009, if he will indicate which have been implemented; if he will list which... - Tax Yield
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been raised through stamp duty on residential property sales in 2012 and to date in 2013; and specifically for each year if he will... - Securities Market Programme
87. To ask the Minister for Finance if he, any of his officials, or the Governor or staff of the Central Bank of Ireland held any discussions with the European Central Bank to secure a rebate of... - State Banking Sector
100. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to sell the State's holding of preference shares in Bank of Ireland; the dividend the State has received to date in 2013 or is due to receive for... - Tax Yield
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that could be garnered annually if a minimum effective tax rate of 6% on all corporate profits were introduced as suggested by Social Justice... - Tax Residency Issues
104. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish citizens or Irish domiciled persons claiming to be non-resident for tax purposes who are living abroad for tax reasons for the years 2009... - Universal Social Charge Application
105. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in applying the universal social charge to pensions worth over €60,000 a year for the over 70s; and if he will make a... - Tax Reliefs Application
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that has been taken on reducing tax relief for pensions worth over €60,000 and the amount that this will realise for the State; and if he... - Tax and Social Welfare Codes
107. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised by the changes in the taxation of social welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36076/13] - Customs and Excise Controls
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the maritime patrol capabilities of the Revenue Commissioners and its Irish Tax and Customs section; the names of the vessels currently in service, their... - Tax Residency Issues
110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish with the Revenue Commissioners the number of high-net-worth persons who meet the domicile levy criteria with whom it has been in contact... - Financial Services Regulation
111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or officials in his Department have held discussions with EU or US regarding the United States of America and their participating in International Bank... - EU Directives
112. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on implementing an EU regulation governing VAT rules for cross-border services and any agreements achieved on this tax file to ensure... - Tax Code
113. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed list of expenses which were considered to have been incurred wholly and inclusively for the purposes of trade by banks in which... - Tax Yield
115. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to the Exchequer if universal social charge applied at 7% to all income above €16,016 by removing the reduced rate, and if he will provide a... - Property Taxation Data
120. To ask the Minister for Finance the current compliance rate for the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36284/13] - State Banking Sector Regulation
121. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will conduct a comprehensive stress tests of covered institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36300/13] - NAMA Loan Book
122. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the continuing fall in the proportion of the National Asset Management Agency loans that are performing; and if he will make a statement on the... - EU-IMF Programme of Support Drawdowns
123. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of loans drawn down to date under Ireland’s EU/IMF programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36343/13] - National Treasury Management Agency Issues
124. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash on hand held by the National Treasury Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36344/13] - Departmental Correspondence
125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to publish correspondence between his Department and the ECB in the autumn of 2010 dealing with the question of the then Irish... - Budget 2013
126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the carry forward measures in 2014 from budget 2013 on the taxation side; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36346/13] - NAMA Court Cases
127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of court cases that the National Asset Management Agency has taken or plans to take to secure reversal of asset... - NAMA Property Sales
128. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties that have been sold, that is, legally binding contracts in place by the National Asset Management Agency or by agents acting on... - Departmental Agencies Reports
129. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the reports completed by McCann FitzGerald and Ernst and Young into certain corporate governance matters at the former Irish Nationwide... - NAMA Staff Remuneration
130. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff on a total remuneration package including pension payments, allowances and benefits of between €100,000 and €200,000; of... - National Equity Management Agency
131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the establishment of a national equity management agency modelled on National Asset Management Agency, empowered to raise capital... - Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
132. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide details of the name of each pension scheme;... - Ministerial Expenditure
133. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of their functions as a... - Legislative Process
134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed during committee and report stages in Seanad Éireann in 2012; if... - IBRC Liquidation
135. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the situation whereby members of staff of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at the time the bank was put into special liquidation under... - IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
136. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects that Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan assets to be transferred to the National Asset Management Agency; if he will provide details of... - IBRC Liquidation
137. To ask the Minister for Finance when the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation expects to complete the liquidation of the bank and to be in a position to inform him of the... - NAMA Portfolio Issues
139. 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; if he will provide details in... - Banking Sector Remuneration
140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details for each of the State-supported banks, including Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in liquidation, of the number of employees with... - Exchequer Revenue
141. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures on the amount it would cost the Exchequer to designate a two week tax holiday whereby citizens would not pay PAYE in the month of... - Ministerial Staff
142. To ask the Minister for Finance the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each; the same... - Exchequer Savings
143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the first point on the Principal... - Money Laundering
144. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 2 July 2013 the outcome of his engagement with the National Treasury Management Agency and the Department of... - Tax Reliefs Abolition
145. To ask the Minister for Finance the reduction in tax expenditure that would be achieved from abolishing tax relief for medical and dental insurance; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Reliefs Cost
146. To ask the Minister for Finance the reduction in tax expenditure that would be achieved by phasing out rent relief over two years rather than by 2017 as currently proposed; and if he will... - Tax Exemptions
147. To ask the Minister for Finance the reduction in tax expenditure that would be achieved by reducing the ceiling on the tax exempt earning of artists from €40,000 to €30,000;... - Tax Reliefs Abolition
148. To ask the Minister for Finance the reduction in tax expenditure that would be achieved by abolishing tax relief for medical expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36632/13] - Tax Exemptions
149. To ask the Minister for Finance the saving that would be achieved by reducing the age exemption limit from €18,000 for a single person and €36,000 for a married couple to... - Tax Reliefs Abolition
150. To ask the Minister for Finance the saving that would be achieved from abolishing building heritage relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36634/13] - Tax Yield
151. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the revenue that would be raised from increasing the universal social charge for PAYE earners and non-PAYE earners by 1%,... - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
162. To ask the Minister for Finance for each of the State-supported banks, the number of split mortgage arrangements that have been offered to mortgage holders to date in 2013; the number of... - IBRC Liquidation
164. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of legal proceedings that Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in special liquidation is currently a party to; the number of different law firms... - Banking Sector Regulation
165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details, including the number of enforcement actions currently being taken by the Central Bank of Ireland against regulated entities; if he... - Central Bank of Ireland Expenditure
167. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of professional fees incurred by the Central Bank of Ireland in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the nature of the professional services secured;... - NAMA Operations
168. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and total value of rent reductions approved by the National Asset Management Agency to tenants who hold leases in respect of NAMA properties; the... - IBRC Legal Cases
170. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding current legal action taken by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation commercial clients claiming that they were overcharged interest in... - General Government Debt
171. To ask the Minister for Finance based on currently available economic and fiscal projections, his Department’s estimate of the fiscal adjustment in budget 2014 that would result in a... - Budget 2014 Issues
172. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with the troika on the scale of the budget adjustment in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36680/13] - Ministerial Meetings
173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the dates on which he has held meetings with each CEO or chairperson of the State-supported banks since coming into office; the... - Banking Operations
174. To ask the Minister for Finance for each of the State supported banks, if he will specify the way, under the split mortgage arrangement, the warehoused portion of the mortgage is treated in... - Pension Provisions
175. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to all of the staff pension schemes that operate in the Central Bank of Ireland, the name of the scheme, if it is defined benefit or defined... - Banking Sector Issues
176. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has been in contact with the UK Treasury in relation to the UK government’s review of Ulster Bank’s parent company, Royal Bank... - Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list and provide details of the separate investigations currently under way or suspended at the Central Bank of Ireland into various issues arising... - IBRC Liquidation
179. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees paid to date to KPMG arising from its work as special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the estimate of the total amount of... - Tax Code
181. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact, if any, his Department or any person acting on behalf of the Government has had with the US Senate Committee examining the amount of corporation... - EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues
182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the post programme monitoring by the Trioka which Ireland is expected to be subject to after we exit the current Troika... - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
183. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of each of the State-supported banks, their policy on providing for a write off of mortgage debt while allowing borrowers to remain in the family... - Tax Yield
185. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that would be raised in a full year by limiting the business and agriculture reliefs for capital acquisitions tax by reducing the level of... - Discretionary Trusts
189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports treating discretionary trusts as see through vehicles with the beneficiary taxable when the assets are placed into the trust; and if he will... - Tax Yield
191. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that would be raised in a full year by making inheritances and gifts from spouses subject to capital acquisitions tax with a defined... - Tax Reliefs Availability
198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail in tabular form, every tax relief that is currently available to Irish persons; and the tax revenue lost to the Exchequer from each tax... - Tax Collection
201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on taxes and PRSI payable by those in receipt of rent for dwellings including reliefs and any changes arising out of Budget 2013;... - Universal Social Charge Application
202. To ask the Minister for Finance the exact definition of the word universal his Department has applied to the universal social charge. [36778/13] - Tax Code
204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he considers the universal social charge to be an income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36780/13] - Appointments to State Boards
205. To ask the Minister for Finance the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has changed significantly over the course of...
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