Written answers

Thursday, 7 May 2015

  • Tax Code
    47. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tax liabilities for landlord property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17984/15]
  • Banking Sector
    49. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will meet the main lenders; and if he will direct those in which he is the shareholder to reduce their standard variable rate interest rates and offer...
  • Pension Provisions
    50. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there was a 4% annual withdrawal limit applied to Approved Minimum Retirement Funds; if there is flexibility in this restriction; and if he will...
  • Mortgage Resolution Processes
    51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, figures showing the exact numbers of persons who are currently experiencing the problem of mortgage arrears and family...
  • Disabled Drivers Grant Appeals
    55. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be granted a disabled driver's grant for Vehicle Registration Tax in respect of a car the person has just...
  • Insurance Coverage
    56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation of the way an insurance company can suddenly deem an area to be a flood area without notice, and subsequently refuse to make...
  • Pensions Levy
    57. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the figure taken by the controversial pension levy, which was imposed on pension schemes of persons who are saving for a rainy day, and was...
  • Tax Exemptions
    58. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons who are involved with a case in a family court cannot claim money back on the legal fees spent, but if it was a criminal case, the money...
  • Fuel Laundering
    59. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding return of oil movements returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18035/15]
  • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
    60. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is expected to introduce guidelines to encourage lending institutions, intent on family home repossession, to observe the need to accommodate borrowers...
  • Economic Competitiveness
    61. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which this economy remains competitive, as compared with other eurozone and non-Eurozone European Union member states; and if he will make a...
  • Economic Data
    62. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which all economic indicators have been stress tested, to verify the extent to which this economy remains on recovery and a sound economic...
  • Government Bonds
    63. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration remains to be given to the raising of specific Government bonds to fund particular areas where infrastructural deficits have been identified;...
  • Economic Growth
    64. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that he and his Department have identified most, or all, of any likely obstacles to continued, consistent economic...
  • National Debt
    65. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which total national debt as a percentage of gross domestic product has remained constant, or has fluctuated, over the past three years; and if...
  • Property Valuations
    66. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which house property prices continue to impact negatively, or positively, on the economy in general; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Mortgage Lending
    67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that sub-prime lending has ceased or that any evidence exists of interest rates reminiscent of a previous era continuing to apply; and if he...
  • Credit Availability
    68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he remains satisfied regarding the availability of adequate credit facilities to small and medium sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Loan Books Purchasers
    69. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he remains satisfied that borrowers are not disadvantaged in instances where loan books are sold to regulated or unregulated institutions;...
  • Household Savings Rate
    70. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the level of savings continues to remain strong; if fluctuations have occurred; if competing agencies for such savings have emerged; and if...
  • Insurance Costs
    71. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which insurance costs here are comparable with those in other European and adjoining jurisdictions, with particular reference to the need for...
  • Pension Provisions
    72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine a pension issue (details supplied). [18058/15]
  • VAT Rate Application
    73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the discrepancies in relation to value added tax being charged by telecommunication companies (details supplied). [18069/15]
  • Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
    74. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit, per year, since 2008. [18070/15]

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