Written answers

Thursday, 2 October 2014

  • Tax Code
    10. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the long-term global trend is undeniably toward the progressive elimination of the ability of large multinationals to avoid corporation tax...
  • NAMA Social Housing Provision
    11. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the need for social housing and the changed property market, if he will change the mandate of the National Asset Management Agency strategy. [37048/14]
  • Budget 2015
    12. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the updated figures he is using for budget 2015, regarding changes since the April SPU, to include, projected general Government deficit for...
  • Mortgage Arrears Rate
    13. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the very high level of arrears in the sub-prime mortgage sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37064/14]
  • Property Taxation Application
    14. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the logic of a homeowner with pyrite having to spend thousands of euro to have a test conducted to prove the presence of pyrite in their home in...
  • Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Issues
    15. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Fiscal Advisory Council last met and the schedule of upcoming meetings. [35725/14]
  • Insurance Industry Regulation
    16. To ask the Minister for Finance the length of time customers at Setanta Insurance will have to wait to have their claim processed; and the legislative or regulatory measures he is proposing...
  • Fiscal Policy
    17. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that fiscal and economic strategy to date continues to meet with budgetary and economic requirements and targets in...
  • Tax Agreements
    18. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the double taxation agreement with the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35666/14]
  • Financial Services Sector
    19. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the significant fall in Dublin’s standing as a financial services centre in the recent Global Financial Centre’s Index; and if he...
  • Banks Recapitalisation
    20. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will apply for a retroactive recapitalisation of the Irish banking sector through the ESM. [37046/14]
  • IBRC Loans
    21. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the treatment of businesses which had loans at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation during the liquidation process regarding their...
  • Pensions Levy
    22. To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration given to removing the pension levy in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37054/14]
  • Financial Services Regulation
    23. To ask the Minister for Finance his views in relation to the input into Europe-wide standards of financial regulation in order to ensure that there is no repeat of the economic crisis of...
  • Corporation Tax Regime
    24. To ask the Minister for Finance the importance he attaches to stability in Ireland’s corporation tax regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37063/14]
  • Budget 2015
    25. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a distributional analysis of budget 2015, by income decile, gender and age group, either on budget day, or within two weeks thereafter, in...
  • Pensions Levy
    26. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the additional funds raised from the increased pension fund levy in 2014 and 2015 which in his budget statement he said were...
  • Credit Unions Restructuring
    27. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the liquidation process at a credit union (detail supplied) in County Kildare; and on the future of the building that housed the credit...
  • Tax Code
    28. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of initiatives he has announced which have not commenced as they are awaiting EU state aid approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Property Taxation Application
    31. To ask the Minister for Finance the communication he has had with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to simplifying the criteria regarding the way...
  • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
    32. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the Irish Nationwide Building Society mortgages that were not sold in the initial tranche, and which it was suggested may be...
  • Living City Initiative
    33. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the living city initiative; the response of the EU regarding the application under state aid rules; if there are figures on the number of...
  • Personal Insolvency Act
    34. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the research from a personal insolvency practitioner (details supplied) that shows that more than seven banks lost €5...
  • National Debt
    35. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated spend on interest on the national debt for the years 2014 to 2018; if the estimations contained in the stability programme update published in...
  • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
    36. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle the increasing number of mortgages on long-term arrears. [37045/14]
  • NAMA Social Housing Provision
    37. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency has not made greater progress in supplying social housing to date; the way this can be addressed; and if he...
  • National Debt
    38. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of plans to repay Ireland’s IMF loans early; when the formal process of repaying loans is likely to begin; and if he will make a...
  • Tax Code
    39. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has had any discussions with the Department of Social Protection regarding the introduction of a favourable tax incentive targeted at...
  • Mortgage Interest Rates
    40. To ask the Minister for Finance the way he plans to address the growing disparity between tracker mortgage rates and the standard variable rate charged by the banks; and if he will make a...
  • Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
    41. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the fiscal council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36510/14]

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