Written answers
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
- Property Taxation Exemptions
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the property tax for houses adapted for use by persons with a disability (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a... - Fuel Rebate Scheme
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to resolve the difficulties being faced by those seeking to avail of the diesel rebate fuel scheme; if his attention has been drawn to... - Costais Aistriúcháin
76. To ask the Minister for Finance an bhfuil aon socrú déanta chun árachas a chur ar fáil do shealbhóirí tithe nach bhfuil in ann árachas tí a fháil... - Property Taxation Administration
77. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence, details supplied, regarding the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16307/14] - State Properties
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the €204 million in receipts from the sale of State property as listed in the March month end Exchequer returns; and... - Health Insurance Levy
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of funds collected under the health levy in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16731/14] - VAT Rate Application
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will rule out any plans to apply VAT to activities in the greyhound industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15964/14] - Bank Charges
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide full details, for each bank, of maximum level of charges relating to certain products and services which have been approved by the Central... - Deposit Interest Rates
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the 2014 rate of 41% DIRT is not just applicable from January 2014 but rather can be applied to savings schemes set up in 2013 or earlier years and... - Banks Recapitalisation
83. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the lack of progress at the Brussels EU summit meeting on direct bank recapitalisation of Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the... - Single Resolution Mechanism
84. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the agreement on the single resolution mechanism reached in the recent Brussels EU Summit meeting; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility
85. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fund raising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16003/14] - Property Taxation Collection
86. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have outsourced any work regarding the collection of the local property tax and household charge; and if so to what companies; the... - Tax Rebates
88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of deductions for universal social charge and PAYE in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason in... - Motor Tax Exemptions
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of motor vehicles in the possession of his Department or agencies of his Department that are not required to hold motor tax; and if he will make a... - Negative Equity Mortgages Value
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding negative equity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16108/14] - EU Programmes
92. To ask the Minister for Finance when the 2014 stability programme update will be published. [16115/14] - Costais Aistriúcháin
94. To ask the Minister for Finance cén méid airgid a caitheadh in 2013 ar aistriú doiciméad ó Bhéarla go Gaeilge nó ó Ghaeilge go Béarla, agus ó... - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
95. To ask the Minister for Finance if Allied Irish Bank, Permanent TSB and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in respect of the remaining mortgages held on its books will reach the June 2014... - Tax Code
96. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had recent discussions with the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland regarding equalising corporation tax rates between... - Central Bank of Ireland
99. To ask the Minister for Finance if the first bond has been sold yet by the Central Bank this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16222/14] - State Debt
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest the €25 billion we borrowed to buy off the promissory notes is costing us this year; and if he will make a statement on the... - Central Bank of Ireland
104. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify what will happen to the €500 million that will be taken in by the Central Bank of Ireland when the first bond is sold this year; and... - National Treasury Management Agency Bond Issues
107. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the development of a proposal within the confines of public expenditure and reform constraints in accordance with ongoing... - Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason resolution targets for small and medium-sized enterprise debt at the State-owned banks are not published; and if he will make a statement on the... - Central Bank of Ireland
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the communications he has had with the European Central Bank regarding the possible sale by the Central Bank of Ireland to the market of Government bonds... - Revenue Commissioners Resources
111. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Revenue Commissioner's staff devoted to chasing the property tax as a proportion of total staff; and what the intake would be from redirecting... - Bank Debt Restructuring
113. To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 8 regarding a write down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16304/14] - Property Taxation Administration
114. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the local property tax telephone number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16313/14] - Bank Codes of Conduct
115. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some financial institutions are advising customers that the statutory codes of protection for mortgages are... - Property Taxation Assessments
116. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [16323/14] - Banking Sector
118. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and the reason home loans of the ICS Building Society (details supplied) which is part of Bank of Ireland Group have to be offered for sale as they... - Property Taxation Yield
119. To ask the Minister for Finance that allowing local property tax as a deductible expense against the income of a business which lets private residential property would reduce the yield from... - Bank Codes of Conduct
120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Central Bank’s code of conduct for business lending to small and medium enterprises is applicable to all buy-to-let... - Bank Debt Restructuring
121. To ask the Minister for Finance if the relationship framework with banks prevents him or the Central Bank from giving a direction to ensure that a full suite of standardised mortgage... - Property Taxation Data
124. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have been subject to each of the following sanctions in respect of the household charge for 2012: mandatory deduction at source from... - Tax Yield
125. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from stamp duty on credit and debit cards and yield from stamp duty on cheques in each year from 2008 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on... - Tax Reliefs Cost
126. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax expenditure associated with interest relief on buy-to-let properties in each year from 2008 to 2013, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Yield
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from the high earners restriction in each year since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16418/14] - Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
128. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax expenditure, the number of participants and jobs supported under the employment and investment incentive and seed capital scheme in each year since... - Tax Reliefs Application
129. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of participants and jobs supported by the special assignee relief programme in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement on... - Banking Operations
131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the value and the number of payment protection insurance policies mis-sold by banks on a bank by bank basis; and if he will... - Bank IT Systems
132. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has ever received a full report into the computer failure at Ulster Bank in summer 2012. [16497/14] - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
136. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of stakeholders that met during the pre-consultation phase of the 2013 review of the code of conduct on mortgage arrears; and if he will list these... - Financial Services Ombudsman Issues
137. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to empower the Financial Services Ombudsman to further represent the interests of consumers, particularly in the field of mortgage arrears; and if... - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
138. To ask the Minister for Finance the frequency with which the Central Bank carries out assessments of lenders' compliance with the code of conduct on mortgage arrears. [16505/14] - IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
140. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement of the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation that they have agreed the sale of 64% of the €1.8... - Tax Credits
146. To ask the Minister for Finance when an application for a incapacitated child tax credit will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make... - IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
147. To ask the Minister for Finance the fraction of the book value that was paid recently by Lone Star and Oakland Capital for the non-performing loans which had been originally drawn down from... - Property Taxation Yield
148. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the amount of local property tax collected in each local authority in 2013 for the LPT due in that calendar year; the... - Property Taxation Administration
150. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have written to each local authority in the State requesting the rate they intend to charge for the local property tax in 2015 if... - Parliamentary Questions Costs
151. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs to his Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written parliamentary question. [16591/14] - Tax Code
152. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering revising the way first-time home buyers are treated in terms of stamp duty following the expiry of the exemption; and if he will make a... - Single Resolution Mechanism
154. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently agreed single resolution mechanism for banks; if he is concerned by the size of the fund and the timetable for its creation; and if... - Credit Availability
155. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that businesses in County Meath can access credit from banks and other lending institutions; if he will provide figures on... - Tax Yield
156. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of funds collected under the income levy in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16732/14] - Tax Reliefs Cost
158. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of tax reliefs for health expenses in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16734/14] - Revenue Commissioners Investigations
159. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will reconsider a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16744/14] - Living City Initiative
160. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the consultations to determine the areas to be included in the living cities initiative in each of the four cities involved; the status of the... - Economic Data
161. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the quarterly Exchequer returns are in accord with expectations with particular reference to the post-bailout environment; and if he will... - Bank Charges
166. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the levels of bank charges being imposed by various banks; the basis for such charges,... - Credit Availability
169. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which Government policy towards assisting small and medium-sized enterprises by way of enhanced lending for working capital or other purposes... - Job Creation
170. To ask the Minister for Finance the most successful initiatives taken by Government in the past three years to regenerate growth and job creation; and if he will make a statement on the... - Insurance Costs
172. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which insurance costs here are comparable with those in other European and adjoining jurisdictions, with particular reference to the need to... - Revenue Documents Issuance
173. To ask the Minister for Finance when a P21 will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if another statement will be provided in the interim; and if he will make a statement on... - Ministerial Responsibilities
174. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that when a communication in relation to wrongdoing is received in his Department, it will be deemed to have come to his attention; if he...
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