Written answers

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

  • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
    252. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has made any estimate of the cost to the Exchequer and the health budget of the importation and sale of illegal cigarettes into Ireland,...
  • Credit Unions Regulation
    253. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on tax expenditures enjoyed specifically or primarily by credit unions; the aggregate value of these; the rationale for each; the estimated...
  • VAT Rate Reductions
    254. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on including artisan food producers in the 9% value added tax category, as they contribute significantly to the tourism industry and such a...
  • Insurance Industry Regulation
    255. To ask the Minister for Finance if he shares the concerns of the Central Bank of Ireland that the insurance industry is taking on excessive losses in order to compete for new motor insurance...
  • VAT Rate Application
    256. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of each measure that contributes to the value added tax policy gap; the cost of each measure; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Fiscal Policy
    257. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all environmentally related fiscal measures; the revenue raised by each one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11221/15]
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    258. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the stated intention of the Bank of Ireland to pay dividends to its shareholders in the second half of 2016, in view of the facts that it...
  • Home Repossession Rate
    259. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of private dwelling home repossession cases that were before the courts on 31 December 2013 and 31 December 2014; and if he will make a statement...
  • Universal Social Charge Application
    261. To ask the Minister for Finance if an official will contact a person (details supplied) in County Louth regarding a matter in relation to the universal social charge; and if he will make a...
  • NAMA Debtor Agreements
    262. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 26 February 2015, the number of National Asset Management Agency debtors, in respect of whom debt write-downs have...
  • Bank Guarantee Scheme Bond Repayments
    263. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of dated subordinated debt by covered institution redeemed, that is repaid, during the period of the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme...
  • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
    264. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding concessions in respect of persons with disabilities who are purchasing a new vehicle; and if he will make a...
  • Tax Code
    265. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to the provision of tax relief to families where one of the parents chooses to stay at home to care for children, in an effort...
  • National Debt
    266. To ask the Minister for Finance the current level of debt per capita of gross national product, and the way this compares with the similar current figures of debt per capita of gross...
  • Insurance Industry Regulation
    267. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customers who are still due a refund from a mis-sold payment protection insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11660/15]
  • Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Membership
    268. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who applied for the recently announced appointment at the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; the selection process; his involvement in it;...
  • Tax Code
    269. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the tax relief scheme ceiling rate of €20,000 and €10,000, respectively, for all families who purchased houses in the boom...
  • Freedom of Information Data
    271. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the Secretary General of his Department has been involved in the clearing or approval of material for...
  • Tax Data
    272. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of net receipts per sector being recorded by the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied), if he will clarify where revenue earned by the State in...
  • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
    273. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) in Dublin 3 regarding mortgage debt forgiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11831/15]
  • Home Repossession
    276. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to hold discussions with the banks or bring forward legislation to prevent banks adding their legal fees onto bank charges of persons who they are...
  • National Treasury Management Agency
    277. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of relationship between Irish State agencies and a bank (details supplied); the number of contracts they hold with respect to Irish treasury...
  • Tax Collection
    278. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 26 February 2015, if the Revenue Commissioners' guidelines exist for tax practitioners on the treatment of...
  • Home Repossession Rate
    279. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the 11,424 proceedings issued in 2014 for the repossession of principal dwelling houses which relate to properties in each county, in tabular...
  • Tax Data
    281. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding tax paid by groups of income earners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11906/15]
  • Tax Reliefs Availability
    283. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce tax incentives for those wishing to downsize their family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11929/15]
  • Mortgage Arrears Rate
    284. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homeowners and buy-to-let owners who are in long-term mortgage arrears, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11942/15]
  • Mortgage Interest Rates
    285. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts made to reduce the standard variable rate offered by the Irish banks to mortgage holders, many of whom are struggling to stay out of arrears; when...
  • Disabled Drivers Grant Appeals
    286. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Meath has made an appeal through the Medical Board under the Disabled Drivers and the Disabled Passengers Scheme...
  • Insurance Levy
    287. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of funds that have been generated by the non-life insurance levy to date since it was first applied in 1982; the amount paid out by the insurance...
  • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
    288. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in respect of the approval of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund investment strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12028/15]
  • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
    289. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with NewERA with regard to pensions deficits at commercial semi-States within the NewERA remit; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Household Charge Collection
    290. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the Revenue Commissioners including penalties, since they took responsibility for collecting the household charge, by county...
  • Universal Social Charge Application
    291. To ask the Minister for Finance the current estimate of the cost of making the universal social charge structure highly progressive, along the lines of option 4, page 13, of his Department's...
  • Household Charge Administration
    292. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that a demand made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath regarding the household charge in the sum of €200 is...
  • Financial Services Sector
    293. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the PwC report which was presented to the Government in November 2008; and if he will report on what basis the estimates of losses by the 22...
  • Ministerial Pensions
    294. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the amount of money being spent by the Government on Ministers' pensions for those who were in power during the bank collapse; the amount...

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