Written answers

Tuesday, 6 May 2014

  • Liquor Licence Applications
    142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the costs of renewing publicans' licences in view of the downturn in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19982/14]
  • Tax Code
    143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the rate of deposit interest retention tax from 41% in 2014 on life insurance policies and investment funds back to 2012 levels...
  • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
    144. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with the remaining mortgages that are under the control of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Financial Services Ombudsman Issues
    145. To ask the Minister for Finance if a restriction applies to staff at the Financial Services Ombudsman office arbitrating on a case involving a firm in which they were previously employed;...
  • Mortgage Interest Rates
    146. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who takes out a tracker mortgage and subsequently avails of a fixed rate offer from their bank is entitled to return to the tracker rate once the...
  • VAT Rate Application
    147. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of allowing parents to claim back the value of VAT charged on school ebooks. [20033/14]
  • Tax Code
    148. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to tax reliefs for management company fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20035/14]
  • Property Taxation Collection
    149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the Revenue Commissioners' records to be amended regarding a local property tax liability in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
  • IBRC Loans
    150. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person who secured a mortgage from Irish Nationwide Building Society is not permitted to draw down the final portion of the agreed mortgage...
  • State Properties
    151. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of public land available, by county, that could be used by equine rescues; if there are currently any National Asset Management Agency properties,...
  • IBRC Loans
    152. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the maple ten loans to the former Anglo Irish Bank; if any of these loans were repaid, partially or in full; and if not, if he will...
  • IBRC Liquidation
    153. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 17 April 2014, if there have been other incidents in which he has been consulted in deciding not to pursue legal...
  • NAMA Operations
    154. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency is aware of other trusts that were set up by developers in its remit before entering agreements with the agency; and...
  • Insurance Industry
    155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is monitoring the situation regarding the collapse of Setanta Insurance which is affecting over 75,000 Irish citizens, some of whom have been left...
  • Central Bank of Ireland
    156. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 17 April 2014, if the possible breach of the market abuse directive regulations, which has been referred to by a...
  • Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
    158. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of complaints employees of the Central Bank of Ireland have made to the Garda regarding information they have obtained during their course of...
  • Property Taxation Collection
    160. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are erroneously seeking to collect household charge arrears in respect of a person and property (details supplied) in County...
  • Revenue Documents Issuance
    161. To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be issued with their stamp certificate to the original deed; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Pensions Levy Issues
    162. To ask the Minister for Finance if any pension levy or other charge will be imposed on private sector pension funds after 2015; if the 0.5% levy planned for 2015 will be kept at that level;...
  • Property Taxation Assessments
    163. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a reassessment rate of property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [20181/14]
  • Property Taxation Collection
    164. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding alleged arrears of the household charge in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
  • Revenue Commissioners Resources
    165. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the number of dogs in the Revenue Commissioners' dog unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20233/14]
  • House Purchase Schemes
    166. To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to persons on low income to purchase a home (details supplied). [20254/14]
  • Tax Code
    167. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 25 March 2014, if progress has been made regarding the forced transfer of single farm payment entitlements; and...
  • Household Charge Collection
    168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the level of consultation that has taken place between the Revenue Commissioners and the Local Government Management Agency to...
  • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
    170. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any proposed changes to section 481 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 regarding tax relief for film making; if consideration is being given to...
  • VAT Exemptions
    171. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of the growth of e-readers and e-books and in the benefits of encouraging, from an education and literacy perspective, reading, if...
  • VAT Rate Application
    172. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision by the Revenue Commissioners to implement a full 23% VAT rate for herbal teas such as peppermint while...
  • IBRC Bond Issues
    173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis of housing developments and homes relating to bonds from the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if his...
  • Insurance Compensation Fund
    174. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money in the insurance compensation fund; if he will quantify the amount paid into this scheme from all insurance policies over the past ten...

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