Written answers
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
- VAT Exemptions
256. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that water charges will not be subject to VAT, in line with EU approval, if the Irish Water call out charges will be subject to VAT; and... - National Pensions Reserve Fund Administration
257. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of lending undertaken by the NPRF SME Credit Fund to date; the number of projects involved; the total number of jobs supported; the... - Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
260. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that have made use of the small and medium enterprise online tool designed to assist the SME sector; and if he will make a statement... - Tax Credits
261. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the single person child carer tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41721/14] - Property Taxation Administration
262. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an additional transaction fee of 1.49% is allowed to be charged on credit card payments of local property tax; and if he will make a statement on... - Property Taxation Collection
263. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the timing of property tax bill (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41906/14] - Fuel Laundering
264. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he has taken to combat the practice of petrol stretching; his plans to increase the penalties for same, including criminal convictions for... - Excise Duties
265. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding duty paid within the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42271/14] - Fuel Prices
266. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form an analysis of the price of oil and the price of petrol, excluding excise duties in both cases, compared to the price of... - Credit Unions
267. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the liquidators at a credit union (details supplied) in County Kildare to engage with the local community and members of the credit union... - Tax Credits
268. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners treat income tax credits for male waiters and female waiters equally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40916/14] - Universal Social Charge Payments
269. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the universal social charge. [40917/14] - VAT Exemptions
270. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the most recent cuts to school budgets which have resulted in principals in County Wicklow indicating they may not be able to heat their school for... - Revenue Commissioners Resources
271. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to maintain the walk-in Revenue Commissioners office in Tallaght, Dublin 24. [40988/14] - Bank Restructuring
272. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a State supported bank is planning to outsource a number of functions (details supplied); the number of... - Financial Services Ombudsman
273. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the rule whereby a person can only submit a complaint to the Financial Services Ombudsman in respect of a product sold to them within the... - Tax Code
275. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will change the tax status where middle and low income earners pay more tax then large corporations; if this status has changed following budget 2015;... - Mortgage Applications Approvals
276. To ask the Minister for Finance the way persons who have already had a mortgage approval or are in the process of buying a house, but may not conclude the sale until 2015, will be affected... - Mortgage Repayments
277. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the charge on a property when the full moneys owed on the mortgage account have been paid to the mortgage provider but the deeds to the... - Tax Code
278. To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose and reasoning, and the evidence supporting this reasoning, for the decision to remove the 80% windfall tax applying to chargeable gains on the... - Household Charge Administration
279. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 13 May 2014 and the acknowledgement therein that the Revenue Commissioners recognise that the person in question... - Insurance Coverage
280. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 23 September 2014 his views regarding the possible increase in buildings insurance premia given the increased... - National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments
281. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial exposure of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and other agencies under the National Treasury Management Agency to the planned incinerator at... - VAT Rate Application
282. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 17 September 2014, if he is in favour of a change to the EU VAT directive and relevant orders to allow for a zero... - Tax Data
283. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of interest paying accounts on which DIRT tax was paid in each year from 2011 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41302/14] - Tax Yield
285. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised to date from the bank levy introduced in budget 2014; the number of institutions on which the levy was applied; and if he will make a... - Tax Data
288. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the feasibility of charging DIRT at the account holders' marginal tax rate rather than a flat rate of 41%; and if he will make a statement... - Pension Provisions
289. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding mis-selling of a pension policy and the role of the Financial Services Ombudsperson (details supplied) [41309/14] - Tax Agreements
290. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the relevant authorities in the United States with a view to concluding an updated double taxation agreement along the lines of the... - Departmental Meetings
291. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he or officials from his Department had with a person (details supplied); the purpose of each of those meetings; and if he will make a... - Fuel Laundering
292. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to eliminate fuel laundering which is having a serious impact on economy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41338/14] - Budget 2015
293. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected structural deficit for 2015 and 2016; the medium target for closing the structural deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41359/14] - Housing Loans
294. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland's loan to value restrictions on buy to let property purchases as currently proposed will apply to funds or real estate... - Stamp Duty
295. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify if stamp duty may be applied to the sale or transfer of loans by Irish regulated financial institutions; and if he will make a statement on... - Tax Rebates
296. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their tax rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41389/14] - Tax Reliefs Application
297. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on introducing tax relief on repayments of approved loan products for students on graduate entry medicine programmes here; and if he will make a... - Tax Code
298. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the capital gains tax relief measures announced in the budget to encourage farm consolidation, if he will facilitate the many farmers who are... - Irish Water Funding
299. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of equity capital that has been provided by the State to Irish Water to date; the planned equity investments in 2015 and 2016; and if he will... - Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Staff
300. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41430/14] - Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Funding
301. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland in securing funding; the amount of funding that has come from KfW; and if he will make a... - Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
303. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of institutions with outstanding loans to small and medium enterprises here; the number of institutions that are subject to targets for dealing... - Central Credit Register
304. To ask the Minister for Finance when the central credit register will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41435/14] - NAMA Property Sales
305. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the National Asset Management Agency selling 600 apartments to investors when there is a shortage of properties in the market for people... - Universal Social Charge Yield
306. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised and the number of persons through the imposition of a 45% USC rate on bank bonuses with a breakdown by year. [41452/14] - Public Sector Staff Recruitment
307. To ask the Minister for Finance the process, including length, number of interviews, advertising and short listing for the position of Secretary General of his Department; when a person... - IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
308. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgages still held by IBRC in special liquidation; the proportion which are residential mortgages and buy to let respectively; the arrears... - Pension Provisions
309. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the amount of tax on a particular pension scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41489/14] - Tax Code
311. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures in budget 2015 that will help the so-called squeezed middle; his plans for future budgets in helping the squeezed middle; and if he will make a... - Tax Data
312. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 16 July 2014, if figures are available on the number of people who applied to register under the relevant... - Housing Finance Agency Funding
313. To ask the Minister for Finance if loans from the Housing Finance Agency to voluntary sector housing associations are included in the calculation of the State's debt to GDP ratio. [41549/14] - Living City Initiative
314. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is eligible for the living city initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41570/14] - Tax Reliefs Cost
316. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons who availed of the tax credit in respect of service charges in each year in which it applied; the... - Insurance Compensation Fund Drawdown
317. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs incurred to date by the administrators of a company (details supplied) for the rescuing of the company; the likely final cost; when the... - Tax Data
318. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes in budget 2015 to the rate of stamp duty; the criteria for exemption from stamp duty; and the rates that apply if the consanguinity relief, which... - Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
319. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on increasing the amount of home renovation incentive available to a house owner where a house is being renovated and made available to a local... - Tax Reliefs Eligibility
320. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the details of the tax relief announced in the budget to those providing their own water and wastewater treatment through a private well... - EU Budget Contribution
321. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the reported recalculation of EU member states' contributions will affect Ireland's contribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Banking Sector Staff
322. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff directly employed by AIB and the number employed through outsourcing as of October 2014; and these same figures at the time of the State... - Mortgage Arrears Rate
325. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle the mortgage crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35206/14] - Budget Consultation Process
326. To ask the Minister for Finance if the revised growth figures for 2015 for the German economy have any implications for growth figures announced on budget day 2015; and if he will make a... - Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
327. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the employment prospects for the small and medium enterprise sector would be enhanced by more comprehensive action to tackle SME debt; and if... - Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility
328. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce tax relief for persons who carry out remedial works on their own septic tank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41814/14] - Corporation Tax Regime
329. To ask the Minister for Finance if the corporation tax measures in the Finance Bill 2014 have been approved by the EU Commission on state aid grounds. [41833/14] - Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
330. To ask the Minister for Finance if mortgage interest relief will be available to a person who purchased a property as a first-time buyer in 2008 and who subsequently rented out the property... - EU Budget Contribution
331. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost including breakdown of Ireland's financial contributions to the European Union, including the Commission, Parliament, Central Bank, Court of... - Debt Relief
332. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support debt cancellation in situations of unsustainable and illegitimate debt instead of increased International Monetary Fund, IMF, lending as... - Pensions Levy
333. To ask the Minister for Finance if the pension levy is applicable to both incomes of a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has a full-time position with the local authority and... - Economic Growth Rate
334. To ask the Minister for Finance the new measurement of economic growth, GDP and GNP, in view of a recent EU directive; the way this compares to the previous measurement; and if he will make... - Defined Contribution Pension Funds
335. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has studied the impact on holders of combined contribution pensions who are prevented from accessing their total savings due to the... - Tax Exemptions
336. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of other tax changes in the budget, the reason he did not review the income exemption limits for people aged over 65 years of age and the... - Illness Benefit Payments
337. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) is being requested to pay back tax when cheques for sick leave were not cashed by the person; if he will clarify with... - Tax Rebates
338. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the diesel rebate scheme; his plans to change existing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the... - Property Taxation Yield
339. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 8 April 2014, his estimate of the cost of allowing the local property tax to be deducted as an expense by... - Tax Yield
340. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield in each year from 2011 to 2013 from income tax, PRSI and USC on income from the rent received by landlords from residential properties; and if he... - Savings Accounts Interest Rates
341. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason banks have been allowed to apply pressure to ensure that post offices and credit unions keep their savings rates low; and if he will make a... - Central Bank of Ireland
342. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the sale of mortgage loans in Ireland to funds operating from a separate jurisdiction [42139/14] - Tax Yield
343. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tax on the self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42165/14] - Financial Services Ombudsman
344. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a case with the Financial Ombudsman (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42166/14] - IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
345. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that all potential bidders for a certain commercial loan book being sold by the IBRC special liquidator (details supplied) had equal access... - NAMA Loans Sale
346. To ask the Minister for Finance the difference in the amount bid by the highest bidder and the second highest bidder in respect of the sale of loans (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Tax Settlements
349. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an appeal submitted to the Revenue Commissioners by a person in County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Mortgage Schemes
350. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding new Central Bank rules on house deposits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42273/14] - State Bodies
351. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of quangos set up since 2011 in his Department; the number of members of same; the cost and expense incurred to date including details of the...
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