Written answers
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
- Financial Services Sector
215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide funding for a standard bank account through the post office network to ensure financial inclusion for all; and if he will make a statement... - Property Tax Data
216. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Westmeath who have not paid their property tax to date; the number who have paid; and the number eligible for a waiver. [26010/15] - Tax Reliefs Eligibility
218. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons may claim tax relief on invoices relating to orthodontic health care under the cross border directive, as well as receiving a refund from the... - Property Tax Application
219. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a 5% rebate from the local property tax to be provided to housing estates in county council administered areas where no estate management... - Property Tax
220. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to receive a review of the operation of local property tax; when he expects to rectify the anomaly whereby pyrite-affected homeowners are... - Tax Code
221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will redress the imbalance of different tax treatment between commercial and residential property investments; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Reliefs Availability
225. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a special tax relief for land that was previously owned by the Land Commission and is now being sold to developing farmers under the restructuring... - Tax Collection
226. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of C2 subcontractors that were registered in each of the construction, meat processing and forestry sectors, for each year from 2008 to 2014;... - NAMA Expenditure
228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures, in tabular form, in respect of named firms and persons who received over €20,000 in respect of work for the National Asset... - NAMA Staff Data
229. To ask the Minister for Finance the individual amounts that former National Asset Management Agency employees received while on gardening leave last year from the €400,000 paid out... - NAMA Staff Remuneration
230. To ask the Minister for Finance if bonus payments have been paid to National Treasury Management Agency and National Asset Management Agency staff in 2014 and 2015; his views as to whether... - Prize Bonds
231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on parliamentary questions and follow-up correspondence (details supplied) regarding money laundering; and if he will make a... - Pensions Levy
232. To ask the Minister for Finance the current policy in relation to ending the pension levy on private pensions, in view of the impact the levy is having on pensioners with low incomes; and if... - NAMA Social Housing Provision
233. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of units identified by the National Asset Management Agency for the provision of social housing that have been allocated to each local authority in... - Tax Rebates
235. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a refund of deposit interest retention tax paid arising from the recent purchase of a family... - IBRC Loans
236. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited and the selling-off of loans to a company that has a... - Banking Sector Staff
237. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 16 June 2015, his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding outsourcing to a third-party service... - Tax Reliefs Abolition
238. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax relief schemes that were abolished in the years 2013 and 2014; the savings to the Exchequer on each of the tax reliefs abolished; and if he will make... - Carbon Tax Collection
239. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on reviews undertaken by his Department or the Office of the Revenue Commissioners on the levels of compliance with excise duties... - Property Tax
240. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Thornhill report on the review of property tax has been completed and considered by him; if not, when it is expected; and if he will make a statement... - Tax Rebates
241. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25956/15] - Tax Code
242. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield from the introduction of a 5% sugar tax on sweetened drinks or on fast food products; if steps have been taken to consider the introduction... - Property Tax
243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider making changes to ensure that the local property tax on rented properties is a tax deductible expense; and if he will make a statement on... - Social Insurance
244. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding the pay related social insurance rate of 4% applied to rental income, if he will ensure that this payment is a contribution for all benefits arising... - Tax Code
245. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to raise the threshold for inheritance tax for those who return to the family home to care for elderly parents, thus reducing the need for... - Mortgage Interest Rates
246. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the ongoing financial pressure on variable rate mortgage holders, if he will outline the consequences for Bank of Ireland if it refuses to reduce... - Tax Collection Forecasts
247. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised from an increase in vehicle registration tax rates across all bands by 30%. [26035/15] - Tax Code
249. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be generated from the removal of exemptions relating to horses and horse breeding. [26037/15] - NAMA Legal Fees
253. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the Supreme Court judgment in the case of the National Asset Management Agency and the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information,... - Pensions Levy
254. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the levy on private pension funds will be brought to an end; if he will consider implementing measures to return the funds taken from... - Social Insurance
255. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has, despite numerous requests to the Revenue Commissioners, not been afforded reckonable credits on... - Tax Code
256. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax treatment of payment received for lands compulsorily acquired for new road construction; the tax treatment of these payments where it is proposed to... - Tax Rebates
257. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26186/15] - Banking Sector Staff
258. To ask the Minister for Finance if he, as the main shareholder of Allied Irish Banks on behalf of the State, has been made aware by the bank of plans to outsource its information technology... - Tax Code
259. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the demand for social housing, if his Department has examined the possibility of a tax incentive scheme as a means of encouraging more landlords to... - Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions
260. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of receivers, liquidators and examiners appointed in each of the past ten years, including those court appointed and Companies Registration... - Tax Code
261. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax implications for persons who own their own houses through a mortgage with the bank and who have an opportunity to rent a home in another location; the... - Living City Initiative
262. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the living city initiative; if he will consider extending it to provincial towns to incentivise persons to live in town centres; and if he... - Financial Services Regulation
263. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has issued any guidance to financial institutions, in terms of assessing loan applications, on the issue of considering... - Property Tax Exemptions
264. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to exempt those home owners in County Donegal whose houses are affected by Mica from the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Exemptions
265. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to promote the rent-a-room scheme in order to encourage homeowners to avail of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26302/15] - Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
267. To ask the Minister for Finance if an application for tax relief under the drivers and passengers with disabilities scheme will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - Financial Services Regulation
268. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 14 January 2015, if he will provide an update on proposals to form an alliance of post offices and credit unions... - Tax Code
269. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the revenue that would be generated by providing a full pay-as-you-earn credit to self-employed persons with income up to... - Eurozone Crisis
270. To ask the Minister for Finance if the German Finance Minister made contact with him before the European Union Council on 25 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26430/15]
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