Written answers

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

  • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
    124. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions taken to block the illegal entry of cigarettes and tobacco into the Irish market. [44206/13]
  • Health Insurance Prices
    128. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the cap on the amount of premium on which tax relief is available on medical insurance introduced in the Budget 2014, the number of persons...
  • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
    129. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason defined contribution pension holders are being charged a levy to pay for possible insolvent pension schemes from which they cannot benefit; his...
  • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
    130. To ask the Minister for Finance if any protections, in terms of future rates and conditions, will be offered to residential mortgage holders with the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation...
  • Property Taxation Administration
    131. To ask the Minister for Finance how persons who overestimated their value of property last July may rectify this matter in January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44138/13]
  • Budget Submissions
    132. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the joint pre-budget submission by organisations (details supplied) that clearly show that cuts are affecting persons with an intellectual...
  • Credit Unions Regulation
    134. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the future of Newbridge Credit Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44182/13]
  • VAT Exemptions
    135. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a scheme to allow sports clubs and community or voluntary groups to apply for a refund of VAT paid on the purchase of a...
  • Tax Reliefs Availability
    136. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason patients of sleep apnea cannot claim relief on electricity, in a similar way to patients on dialysis, for the use of their respirator which is a...
  • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
    137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene with the liquidators of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in the sale of mortgages for former Irish Nationwide customers and any others...
  • Property Taxation Administration
    138. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many citizens are experiencing severe difficulties after having registered online for the local property tax;...
  • Tax Yield
    139. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue he anticipates the universal social charge will bring in in 2014; and if he will provide a breakdown of this figure per income earner...
  • Tax Collection
    140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review with the Revenue Commissioners if the long version of form IT38 for capital gains tax can only be paid online; if this is the case, if he...
  • Tax Agreements
    141. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed Ireland-Taiwan Double Taxation Agreement. [44443/13]
  • Property Taxation Collection
    142. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the property tax is being withdrawn from the wages of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; in view of the fact that they are living in a...
  • Revenue Commissioners Resources
    143. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the number of dogs in the Revenue Commissioners dog unit; when this unit was last increased; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Tax Reliefs Application
    144. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reintroduce tax deductions for charitable donations made by the self-employed. [44545/13]
  • Pension Provisions
    145. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44584/13]
  • Revenue Commissioners Seizures
    146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in a tabular manner, on a county by county basis, the number of occasions a Revenue Commissioner's sheriff seized goods each month in 2011...
  • Tax Reliefs Availability
    147. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the cap on the amount of premium on which tax relief is available on medical insurance introduced in the Budget 2014, the saving to the...
  • Tobacco Smuggling
    148. To ask the Minister for Finance the work that he and the Revenue Commissioners are doing to address the availability of illicit tobacco here; if he and the Revenue Commissioners have engaged...
  • EU VAT Rules
    149. To ask the Minister for Finance if a transition period until 2018 will apply for companies that currently pay VAT in the UK and other jurisdictions under EU VAT rules on the cross border...
  • Living City Initiative
    151. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the Living City Initiative introduced in the Budget 2013 initially covering Limerick and Waterford cities, the uptake of this initiative since...
  • Tax Credits
    152. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who will lose access to the lone parent tax credit as a result of changes announced in the budget 2014; if it will be possible for two...
  • Budget 2014
    153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown in summary form of the €2.5 billion adjustment in budget 2014; also specify the additional measures of €600...
  • Tax Collection
    154. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual increases in the retail price of the most popular price category of 20 filter tipped cigarettes since 2007; to...
  • Tobacco Industry Issues
    155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the retail price of each cigarette brand sold here from the end of each quarter from 2008 onwards [44692/13]
  • NAMA Portfolio Issues
    156. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 8 October 2013, if he will provide a link to the URL page on National Assets Management Agency, website,...
  • NAMA Operations
    157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the National Assets Management Agency and the statutory receivers appointed by it are fully compliant with procurement law in the...
  • Pension Provisions
    158. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is targeting in 2014 to give effect to the commitment in the Programme for Government to cap taxpayers’ subsidies for pension schemes...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    159. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the Expenditure Report 2014 as was provided for in the...
  • VAT Rate Application
    160. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is true that it is intended to apply a rate of 23% VAT to health supplements such as protein; if the measures will be immediately reversed, in view of...
  • Budget 2014
    163. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 20 December 2012, the reason the carry forward in the 2014 Budget documentation is €530 million, note 3...
  • Budget Measures
    166. To ask the Minister for Finance how the new tax arrangements in respect of persons with medical insurance, as announced in budget 2014, will work in practice, with an example of the impact...

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