Written answers
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
- Carbon Tax Implementation
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a carbon tax is imposed on smokeless coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27001/14] - Fiscal Policy
128. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Fiscal Advisory Council and its recent recommendations to Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27165/14] - Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
129. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Financial Regulator was instructed to only investigate irregularities in payment protection schemes prior to 2007; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
130. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 12 June 2014, if he will provide full details of all staff vacancies currently in the National Treasury Management... - NAMA Debtor Agreements
131. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency is ensuring that its debtors who were property builders or developers are being made to downsize their mansions to... - IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
132. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns of an Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage holder raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Tracker Mortgage Numbers
133. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of transfers of tracker mortgages to new homes AIB has facilitated since it announced the move in March; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mortgage Schemes
134. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of mortgage indemnity insurance, also known as mortgage indemnity guarantee; if the proposal in Construction 2020 for a mortgage insurance scheme... - Insurance Industry Regulation
136. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact of the Maltese regulator in the Setanta Insurance case being unable to have a meaningful engagement with the... - Tax Code
138. To ask the Minister for Finance if payments made under the rental accommodation scheme or rent supplement are regarded as income for tax purposes. [26712/14] - Tax Collection
139. To ask the Minister for Finance the correct level of income tax deductible in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26746/14] - Tax Yield
140. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be gathered in the current year from the imposition of a 70% wealth tax on all income above €150,000; and if he will... - IBRC Liquidation
141. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 27 May 2014 if, in view of the transcript of the hearing in the Delaware bankruptcy court on 13 May 2014, when... - Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
142. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the AIB defined benefit pension scheme; his plans to deal with the deficit in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Pension Provisions
144. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.13 of 26 February 2013, the status of communication between AIB and retired former executives in respect of pension... - Fiscal Policy
145. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has decided to achieve the medium-term budgetary objective of a balanced budget in structural terms by 2018, which is sooner than the... - Fuel Rebate Scheme
146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a diesel rebate scheme for agricultural contractors similar to the hauliers scheme, in next October's budget. [26939/14] - Banking Sector Regulation
147. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the withdrawal from the Irish banking market by Rabo Bank's ACC division in view of the fact that it has taken over many loans that had been... - Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
148. To ask the Minister for Finance if an investigation is being undertaken by the Central Bank of Ireland into a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26954/14] - Financial Services Sector
149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form for each of Bank of Ireland, Allied Irish Banks, Permanent TSB, National Treasury Management Agency and the National Asset... - VAT Rate Application
150. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 18 February 2014 (details supplied), the reason a reduced rate of 9% VAT applying to the construction of... - Property Taxation Collection
151. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the alleged non-payment of the household charge in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [27025/14] - Bonds Redemption
152. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of outstanding bonds that are due to be redeemed by Permanent TSB in 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27129/14] - Banking Sector
153. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to merging Permanent TSB with another entity in the Irish banking sector; when he expects the future business model for... - Public Sector Staff
154. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent media reports regarding the flawed system in place within the Revenue Commissioners for allocating promotions; the measures that have... - VAT Rate Application
155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification on the VAT treatment of herbal teas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27158/14] - Auctioneering Licences
158. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners last issued an auctioneer's licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if it is possible to obtain a... - Living City Initiative
159. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the living cities initiative in 2015; if he will consider including Drogheda, County Louth, in any such expansion; and if he will make a... - VAT Rate Reductions
160. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of recent good weather and the calls from the Irish Cancer Society for people to wear sun protective creams, if he will consider reducing the VAT rate... - Tax Yield
161. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be generated in each case if a third rate of income tax of 48%, 49% or 50% was applied to persons earning over... - Social Insurance
163. To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to address the problem of the so-called step effect in the PRSI system affecting lower income workers whereby persons earning gross pay of... - Corporation Tax Regime
164. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield that could be generated by introducing minimum effective rates of corporation tax of 7.5%, 9% and 10%. [27304/14] - Tax Credits
166. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal in a submission (details supplied) to make tax credits refundable; and the projected cost to the Exchequer of establishing the... - Mortgage Data
167. To ask the Minister for Finance of the residential mortgage loan accounts in the principal dwelling home and buy-to-let sector respectively in arrears of up to 90 days, as provided to the... - Corporation Tax Regime
172. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the UK's patent box incentive which encourages and facilitates companies in reducing taxation obligations on the condition... - Universal Social Charge Application
173. To ask the Minister for Finance in recognition of the increase in budget 2012 in the threshold at which the universal social charge, USC, applies which removed over 330,000 persons from this... - NAMA Staff Recruitment
174. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent appointment of a person (details supplied) to the board of the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, in April 2014, if he will provide... - NAMA Court Cases
176. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the publication by the National Asset Management Agency on 9 June 2014 of its management report and accounts for the last three months of 2013, if... - IBRC Liquidation
178. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 June 2014, where he acknowledged an arrangement between the joint special liquidators of the Irish Bank... - NAMA Operations
179. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 June 2014, where he acknowledged an arrangement between the joint special liquidators of the Irish Bank... - NAMA Expenditure
180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide for each of 2011, 2012 and 2013 the total paid by the National Asset Management Agency to providers of asset search and verification... - NAMA Property Construction
181. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement by the National Asset Management Agency to build 4,500 new homes in Dublin by 2016, if he will confirm the number of homes...
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