Written answers

Thursday, 27 February 2014

  • Tax Collection
    52. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there is a three week delay in processing VRT applications; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these delays cause serious problems for...
  • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
    53. To ask the Minister for Finance if the measures currently being worked on by his Department to protect mortgagors whose loans are sold to unregulated institutions as part of the winding up of...
  • Tax Code
    54. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take into account the extenuating circumstances and consider reviewing the criteria for tax relief or if that proves impossible to consider...
  • Bank Charges
    55. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query (details supplied) regarding variable mortgages and the frustration of some variable mortgage holders; and if he will make a...
  • Tax Code
    56. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is paying tax on their family income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9992/14]
  • Fuel Rebate Scheme
    57. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to cease the practice of colour coding of diesel and replace the current scheme for farmers with a rebate system, or some other system, in order to...
  • Tobacco Smuggling
    58. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will invest in more scanners to detect the illegal importation of tobacco products at our ports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10055/14]
  • Liquor Licensing Laws
    59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider linking the licence fee paid by large off-licences to their annual turnover; his views that supermarket giants could afford to pay more...
  • Living City Initiative
    60. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the living city initiative, when the scheme will be extended to other cities; and if the size restriction of approx 2,500 sq ft be increased;...
  • Tax Residency Issues
    61. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of high-net-worth persons who meet the domicile levy criteria with whom it has been in contact in 2013 in order to ascertain the reason they have...
  • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
    62. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that has been obtained in terms of the Revenue Commissioners' audit and investigation programmes in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013;...
  • Universal Social Charge Application
    63. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the universal social charge for 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
    64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the mortgage arrears process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10160/14]
  • Credit Unions
    65. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the rigorous process now in place to assess a person for the position of credit union chairman and that this process...
  • Tax Rebates
    66. To ask the Minister for Finance if a refund of income tax paid is due in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10181/14]
  • VAT Exemptions
    67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing groups involved in the community first responder schemes in association with the Health Service Executive national ambulance...
  • NAMA Operations
    68. To ask the Minister for Finance when the National Asset Management Agency review will be completed; if he has issued any policy instructions to NAMA prior to the conclusion of the review; and...
  • State Bodies Mergers
    69. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the merger of the Financial Services Ombudsman and the Pensions Ombudsman to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10231/14]
  • Financial Services Ombudsman Issues
    70. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the rule which prevents consumers making a complaint to the Financial Services Ombudsman if more than six years has passed from the date of...
  • Tax Reliefs Availability
    71. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customers for whom tax relief on their private medical insurance is capped; the percentage this is of all customers claiming tax relief on...
  • Cycle to Work Scheme Administration
    72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the terms of the cycle to work scheme to allow persons who availed of tax relief under the scheme to purchase a second bike within the...
  • Tobacco Smuggling
    73. To ask the Minister for Finance the current number of Revenue Commissioners' staff involved in combatting tobacco smuggling; the change in the number of staff working in the area since 2011;...
  • Banking Sector Remuneration
    74. To ask the Minister for Finance the total payroll savings that will be achieved by Bank of Ireland in 2014 and 2015 as part of the implementation of the Mercer report; the way this is broken...
  • Housing Issues
    77. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to increase housing supply in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10266/14]
  • Banking Sector Issues
    78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any concerns regarding AIB and Bank of Ireland providing corporate box sponsorship in various stadia; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Banking Sector Remuneration
    79. To ask the Minister for Finance if AIB and Bank of Ireland are authorised to give bonus payments to directors in the form of share options; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Credit Ratings
    80. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on Ireland's current credit rating and recent bond auctions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10276/14]
  • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
    83. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, formerly Anglo Irish Bank mortgage holders over plans to dispose of these...
  • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
    84. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of split mortgage arrangements that have been agreed by the pillar banks with their mortgage holders; if this number is increasing in line with the...
  • Mortgage Data
    85. To ask the Minister for Finance if analysis was conducted by the special liquidator into the number of Irish Nationwide mortgage holders who would have bought back their own loans at a price...
  • NAMA Operations
    86. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his statement read on his behalf if he will confirm that amending section 172 of the National Asset Management Agency Act is one of the areas being...

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