Written answers
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
- VAT Exemptions
121. To ask the Minister for Finance if water bills will be subject to VAT. [49611/14] - Corporation Tax Regime
122. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details on the beneficiary companies and the cost in tax expenditure of the operation of the tonnage tax in each year since 2011. [49741/14] - Property Tax Data
123. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of the full local property tax and household charge payment history in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and the... - Property Tax Rate
124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ease the burden of the property tax levy (details supplied) by putting a ceiling on it for several years; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Collection Forecasts
125. To ask the Minister for Finance to forecast the amount of revenue that would be generated if a 5% tax rate was applied on all lotto winnings in excess of €750,000; and if he will make... - Energy Prices
126. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has endeavoured to quantify the benefit to the economy of the reduction in cost of brent crude oil; and if he will provide figures for same.... - Revenue Commissioners Powers
127. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a time limit on how far back the Revenue Commissioners can go with investigations to claim unpaid tax; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Collection Forecasts
128. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 11 December 2014 and incorporating the taxation model outlined in that question if he will provide comparisons of... - Inflation Rate
129. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the assessment he has made of the risk that deflation may pose to the economy and if he is seeking to take action to counteract it; his views on... - Bank Charges
130. To ask the Minister for Finance the obligations a bank has to inform customers of changes to fees or the introduction of fees. [49484/14] - Income Data
133. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of individual income taxpayers, total income and the total universal social charge paid for each of the gross income ranges (details... - Fiscal Policy
135. To ask the Minister for Finance the way he assesses the progress, made since 2011, of the eurozone towards being an optimal currency union; the policies he is pursuing to achieve this goal;... - Fuel Prices
136. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Irish economy of the lag by the market in wholesale and retail markets in passing on the recent falls in crude oil prices; if this failure to... - European Investment Bank
137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will include the Shannon LNG project on the Government's submission for European Investment Bank funding as the proposed LNG terminal in Tarbert, County... - Personal Insolvency Act
138. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding the personal insolvency legislation, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some credit unions are not co-operating with this; his views... - European Central Bank
139. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the significant role that inappropriately low set interest rates by the ECB played in the recent economic crisis here, causing an inappropriate... - Departmental Investigations
140. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an illegal scam involving the European central register for the collection and publication of VAT registration numbers; if... - Insurance Industry
141. To ask the Minister for Finance the conditions whereby a company must adhere to in order to enter the home insurance market and the legislation which underpins these conditions; and if he... -
142. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 16 December 2014 if he will address the issue of the gains made by the European Central Bank on the holdings of... - Tax Code
143. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial supports available for persons who are in negative equity who need to let their mortgaged homes and rent alternative accommodation themselves in... - NAMA Portfolio
144. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding renting; if the National Asset Management Agency is currently in the housing rental sector; and if he... - Personal Injury Claims
145. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding persons who have applied to an insurance company (details supplied) for a personal injury claim; when they can expect to be... - Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review eligibility for a primary medical certificate in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Bodies Data
147. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within, funded by or established by his Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this... - Decentralisation Programme
148. To ask the Minister for Finance the agencies or sections from his Department that were decentralised during the period 1997 to 2011; and the travel costs and expenses incurred by... - Mortgage Lending
149. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank of Ireland proposal to restrict mortgage lending with the introduction of a 20% deposit requirement for borrowers; his further... - Economic Growth Rate
150. To ask the Minister for Finance the worth in monetary terms to the Irish economy of each percentage point in growth in terms of GDP. [1086/15] - Universal Social Charge Application
151. To ask the Minister for Finance the worth to the economy of a 1.5% rate of universal social charge to higher earners, that is over €100,000. [1087/15] - VAT Rebates
152. To ask the Minister for Finance if a full VAT return has been paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and the reason for the delay. [1090/15] - Tax Yield
153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of money collected by the Revenue Commissioners in 2014 from self-employed persons; and the total amount... - Consultancy Contracts Data
154. To ask the Minister for Finance the total moneys paid by his Department to external consultants, professional companies or advisers in relation to the jobs action plan in each year since and... - Tax Compliance
155. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has paid their proper income tax payments; if not, if they are owed arrears regarding their payments; and if... - Property Tax Exemptions
156. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a disabled person (details supplied) in County Kerry has not qualified for the maximum valuation band reduction in the chargeable value of their... - Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Stát Seirbhís
157. To ask the Minister for Finance bunaithe ar an treoir a thug an Roinn Caiteachas Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe do gach Roinn, cad é líon agus cad iad gráid na bpost... - Mortgage Interest Relief Application
158. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the mortgage interest relief TRS has been reduced in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the... - VAT Rate Increases
159. To ask the Minister for Finance the increase in VRT and VAT on new car sales in 2014 compared to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1502/15] - Property Tax Collection
160. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a surcharge of 1.3% is applied when paying local property tax by credit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1511/15] - VAT Rate Application
161. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there has been a change in the VAT classification of smoothies made of frozen yoghurt; the reason frozen yoghurt is no longer classified as milk... - EU Directives
162. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions that will be undertaken by his Department to transpose the EU directive on the comparability of fees related to payment accounts, payment account... - State Bodies Mergers
163. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress towards the amalgamation of the offices of the Financial Services Ombudsman and the Pensions Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the... - General Government Debt
164. To ask the Minister for Finance the general budget deficit in each of the past eight years; his forecast for the budget deficit over each of the next three years; and if he will make a... - Fiscal Policy
165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he envisages that further tax increases or spending reductions will be required over the next three years to meet the Government’s commitment to... - Banks Recapitalisation
166. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is still his policy to seek retrospective recapitalisation of formerly guaranteed institutions; the progress made to date; his views on comments made... - Financial Services Regulation
167. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will facilitate an initiative enabling an alliance of post offices and credit unions to grant loans to the general public, as together they could... - Consultancy Contracts
168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all consultancy firms engaged by his Department during 2014; if he will also provide details of all the relevant fees paid to... - Disabled Drivers Grant
169. To ask the Minister for Finance when the amendment to section 92 of Finance Act 1989, tax concessions for disabled drivers and so on in the Finance Act recently passed will come into effect;... - Deposit Interest Rates
170. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the announcement of a DIRT refund for first-time buyers, announced in budget 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1709/15] - Tax Collection
171. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) has had an increase in their PAYE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1712/15] - Exchequer Returns
173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by company of the €475 million in dividends received from the State companies in 2014; and if he will make a statement... - Property Tax Yield
175. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason local property tax receipts were 10.8% below target in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1735/15] - Tax Yield
176. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of taxation raised from motorists in 2013 and 2014 from mineral oil tax, VRT, VAT, carbon tax and driver licensing receipts; and if he will... - Tax Code
178. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State of reducing excise duty on petrol and diesel by 10% in each case; the impact per litre, including VAT, this would have on the retail... - Local Government Fund
179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all transfers which have taken place from the local government fund to the Central Fund in 2014 by date and amount concerned;... - IBRC Liquidation
180. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the proceeds from the sale of the combined portfolio off floating rate notes and fixed rate bonds which had been acquired by the Central Bank of... - EU Directives
182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of EU Directives which remain to be implemented within his Department; the name of these directives; the... - Departmental Staff
183. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of secondments from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and his Department respectively to external accountancy firms and consultancy firms in... - Legislative Process
185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number, name and date of Bills initiated in his Department that have been subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny...
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