Written answers
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
- Tax Code
170. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered methods to include part-time workers under the tax saver scheme currently in place for full-time workers; and if he will make... - Petrol Stretching
172. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 2 October 2014, the number of new complaints of petrol stretching in County Mayo that the Customs and Excise... - Child Care Costs
173. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the high cost of child care facing many families throughout the country, his views on implementing tax relief for those faced with these costs; his... - Tax Exemptions
174. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide further details regarding the Finance Bill (details supplied). [45878/14] - Fiscal Policy
175. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Fiscal Council report which highlighted the lack of planning for the public finances beyond 2015; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Exemptions
176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual cost of the artists exemption tax relief in each year from 2005 to 2013; the number of persons benefitting in... - Pension Provisions
177. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of approved retirement funds in operation here; the annual income tax take from approved retirement funds; and if he will make a statement on the... - VAT Exemptions
178. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on following the example of the UK in exempting charity music sales, including the recent Band Aid 30 single from VAT; and if he will make a... - Banking Sector Investigations
179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide all unpublished reports in the possession of his Department relating to matters arising from the banking crisis; his plans in respect of... - Alcohol Sales Legislation
180. To ask the Minister for Finance the licensing costs incurred by off-trade alcohol retailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45888/14] - Corporation Tax
181. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of corporation tax in total collected by the State in the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. [45913/14] - Exports Data
191. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect of contract manufacturing on Ireland's exports in 2014; and the way his Department is calculating this effect and knock-on effects on growth and so... - EU Budget Contribution
192. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland has to pay extra money to the EU budget after the upwards re-evaluation of GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41690/14] - Tax Credits
193. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a tax credit scheme for childcare (details supplied). [45991/14] - VAT Rate Application
194. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Revenue Commissioners have begun to apply VAT to certain food supplements such as probiotics and... - VAT Rebates
195. To ask the Minister for Finance if the VAT relief which is available on fuel for drivers and passengers with disabilities will be available in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the... - Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Funding
196. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of funds available from the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; when they will be available; the rates that will apply to the bank's... - Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Remit
197. To ask the Minister for Finance the category of loans that will be provided for by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; if funds will be provided for machinery, cash flow, building... - Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Expenditure
198. To ask the Minister for Finance the loan to value ratio that will be used by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46080/14] - Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Funding
201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide detailed guidelines on the way the funds of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland will be provided; and if he will make a statement... - Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Expenditure
203. To ask the Minister for Finance the targets the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland will have in 2014 and 2015 with regard to the number of companies it seeks to lend money to; the... - Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Remit
204. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be an appeals system in place for loan applicants who are refused support from the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; and if he will make... - Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Establishment
205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a quarterly statement on the operation of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
206. To ask the Minister for Finance since the commencement of the nursing home support scheme, the percentage of nursing home loans that have become repayable have been recouped by the Revenue... - Bank Charges
207. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the interest rate being charged by a financial institution (details supplied) in respect of feeder accounts used by... - Tax Code
208. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the tax treatment of a parent who loans €40,000 to their child for the purchase of a home and who receives the money back... - Economic Growth
214. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent OECD comments on Ireland’s public finances and that further reforms were needed to increase competition, innovation and make it... - Tax Data
215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total annual number of relevant contract tax registered regarding the construction sector and the number of all other... - Tax Code
217. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a risk and audit committee report of an organisation (details supplied) specifically part 9, in regard to compliance for the Revenue... - Central Bank of Ireland Properties
218. To ask the Minister for Finance the persons-bodies that approved the decision to purchase a new building for the Central Bank of Ireland for €140 million on the North Docks in Dublin;... - Bank Fines
219. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ulster Bank was fined €3.5 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46246/14] - Proposed Legislation
220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on proposed legislation pertaining to consumer protection mortgages and the requirement for said mortgages to be regulated by the... - Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
221. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason upper body amputees are excluded from the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994; and the actions he will take... - Construction Sector Strategy
222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received an economic impact analysis on a mortgage guarantee scheme as per the Construction 2020 commitment; and if so, if he will publish the... - Mortgage Intermediary Licence Revocation
223. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) was provided with a ten year licence, by the Irish Financial Regulator despite the regulator having had in its... - Property Taxation Exemptions
224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide assurances that homeowners currently living in pyrite damaged homes and who are in the process of, or awaiting to be processed for,... - IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
225. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he has taken to protect businesses and homeowners whose loans were previously in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and which have now been... - NAMA Debtors
226. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, decides a borrower is uncooperative is it possible for that borrower to review the files and conclusions of... - VAT Rate Application
227. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason utility companies are instructed to levy VAT on the PSO charge and the legislative basis for this instruction. [46370/14] - NAMA Portfolio
228. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of borrowers on the National Asset Management Agency’s books, indicating whether they are individual or corporate; and with regard to... - NAMA Code of Conduct
229. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has a code of conduct for its employees and agents; if there is a complaints procedure; and if borrowers are made... - NAMA Court Cases
230. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of legal proceedings that the National Asset Management Agency or its agents has initiated since its inception; the number of same that have been... - Public Procurement Contracts
231. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the National Asset Management Agency’s procurement policy; the procurement policy applied when NAMA requests borrowers to procure... - NAMA Debtors
232. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on comments that it is easier for a borrower to travel to the United Kingdom and declare bankruptcy, be back in business after one year than to deal... - Data Protection
233. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible for a borrower to see files held by the National Asset Management Agency that relate to the borrower; and if it is not possible the reason... - Appointments to State Boards
234. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of his Department in 2014 without being advertised; the number that have been made...
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