Written answers

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

  • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
    55. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether both sides in a mortgage arrears situation should share the pain of a poor investment decision by both parties in a principal dwelling...
  • Pensions Levy Issues
    56. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the ESB Retired Staff Association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11660/14]
  • Construction Sector Strategy
    57. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that only approximately 8,000 housing units were built here in 2012 and only a further 8,000 housing units were built in 2013 and that he...
  • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
    59. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a number of customers being refused engagement by MARP when their circumstances improved because the bank claims that once a...
  • Banking Sector Staff Issues
    63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide data on the banks that incentivise their mortgage arrears staff; the way these bonuses are calculated and paid; and if he will make a...
  • NAMA Portfolio
    64. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of housing units sold by the National Asset Management Agency since its inception for social housing in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a...
  • NAMA Operations
    65. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 212 and 213 of 18 February 2014, if he will confirm the amount of advances approved by the National Asset Management...
  • Departmental Legal Costs
    71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the cost, to date, to the State of defending the promissory note challenge by Deputy Joan Collins in the High Court. [11614/14]
  • NAMA Operations
    73. To ask the Minister for Finance following publication of the Geoghegan report in 2011 which recommended the National Asset Management Agency’s board be strengthened with commercial...
  • Revenue Commissioners Resources
    74. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce new technology to prevent counterfeiting of security features of Revenue stamps on products such as cigarettes; when the provision of...
  • Banking Operations
    76. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is time to review the relationship framework with financial institutions in which mortgage holders as taxpayers have a shareholding; and if he will make...
  • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
    77. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that mortgage arrears issues are presumed to be dealt with on a case by case basis, if special consideration should be given to those who...
  • IBRC Loans
    78. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) refinanced their €300 million loan at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at par value of 100% or if the full value...
  • Tax Code
    80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers that would not directly benefit from a raising of the level at which the top rate of income tax is raised. [11683/14]
  • Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility
    82. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive a refund of the full amount of VRT and VAT in respect of a vehicle. [11690/14]
  • Banking Sector Issues
    83. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the need for an expanded banking sector, if he has been in any discussion with the management of Ulster Bank or its parent bank RBS with a view to...
  • Tax Rebates
    84. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a rebate on their tax payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11715/14]
  • Tax Compliance
    85. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to section 441 surcharges as applied by the Revenue Commissioners to a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
    86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought the legal status of the formal agreements with unregulated bodies which had purchased loan books and ascertained whether they are enforceable...
  • Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility
    87. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a DDI number in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11779/14]
  • Tax Code
    88. To ask the Minister for Finance the legality of charging DIRT at 41% on children's savings in credit unions despite them not having a tax number; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • General Government Debt
    91. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Exchequer returns for the first two months of the year are consistent with achieving a primary budget surplus in 2014 and a general Government deficit...
  • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
    92. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding former customers of Irish Nationwide Building Society which was transferred to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, now in...
  • Tobacco Smuggling
    93. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of proposals to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes, if plans are being made to increase surveillance on the illegal cigarette trade taking into...
  • Departmental Legal Costs (1 comment)
    94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by his Department to law firms in...
  • Tax Reliefs Cost
    95. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims received by the Revenue Commissioners in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 for relief under section 291(a) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997;...
  • Mortgage Schemes
    99. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an impact on an individual's legal protection and consumer rights in the event that their mortgage is securitised by their bank; and if he will...
  • IBRC Liquidation
    100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm further to the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation's statement (details supplied) to the Joint Committee on Finance,...
  • NAMA Operations
    101. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Numbers 82 of 19 February 2014 and 31 of 4 March 2014, if the land has already been sold by the receiver appointed by the...
  • Revenue Documents
    103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will issue requested P60s to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12001/14]
  • Tax Reliefs Availability
    105. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any tax relief available to parents in respect of creche fees; if not, if such a proposal will be considered as part of the budget process; and if...
  • Tax Code
    106. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure in respect of a person who, on a once-off basis, marginally exceeds the €3,174 low-income threshold that is generally applied by the...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    107. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to encourage more Irish executives to serve on State boards under the remit of his Department; his views on the recent Merc Partners...

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