Written answers

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

  • Tax Credits
    145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will implement a scheme whereby a tax credit of €620 per hectare per year will be given on special protection area hen harrier designated land,...
  • Property Tax Exemptions
    146. To ask the Minister for Finance the options open to lone parents who have been reclassified as jobseekers who can no longer pay their local property tax weekly, owing to the temporary nature...
  • Tax Code
    147. To ask the Minister for Finance if a tax is being introduced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43591/15]
  • Ministerial Meetings
    148. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number of meetings held, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    149. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's photography costs since he came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance, by year, in tabular form; the...
  • Public Relations Contracts Data
    150. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's use of external public relations firms since he came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms and the policy regarding...
  • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
    151. To ask the Minister for Finance the reports he commissioned from external consultants since March 2011, by year, title, cost, date published and company in tabular form. [43663/15]
  • Ministerial Adviser Appointments
    152. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of special advisers on his staff and their yearly salary, from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43679/15]
  • Living City Initiative
    153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expand the living city initiative to special regeneration areas in county towns such as Ennis in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
    154. To ask the Minister for Finance the payments for consultancy services for banking stabilisation measures classified by service provider in each of the years 2011 to date; and if he will make...
  • Tax Collection
    155. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect, in percentage and absolute terms, on the investment component of gross domestic product and the knock-on effect on gross domestic product if the...
  • Excise Duties
    157. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional yield if the excise duty for a publican's licence was increased from €2,535 to €2,825, based on annual turnover between...
  • Customs and Excise Controls
    159. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the current arrangements in place by customs and Revenue for the detection of drugs that have been ingested by passengers prior to...
  • Customs and Excise Staff
    160. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of detections of illegal drugs in the west, Border and midlands region in the years 2009 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Corporation Tax Regime
    163. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Number 207 of 1 December 2015, the number of companies which paid €5,000.0001 to €7,500,000, €7,500,001...
  • Mortgage Interest Relief Expenditure
    164. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of restoring 100% mortgage interest relief for all landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43969/15]
  • Universal Social Charge Application
    166. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of eliminating the universal social charge on income up to €25,000, €30,000, €40,000, €50,000, €60,000,...
  • Tax Code
    167. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of completing the equalisation of tax treatment for the self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43973/15]
  • Credit Unions
    168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he acknowledges the concerns of credit unions that the planned consultation paper 88 regulations will seriously damage credit unions, restrict their...
  • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility
    169. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who is totally reliant on social protection can partake in the home renovation incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • State Debt
    170. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General in 2014, which showed that Ireland is required to borrow €1 billion each year...
  • Housing Provision
    171. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding social housing construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44137/15]
  • Tax Code
    172. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional revenue that would be generated if the band A9 vehicle registration tax rate was increased from 30% to 33.5%, if the band A10 rate was...
  • Departmental Legal Costs
    175. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost to his Department, and those under his aegis, for the procurement of legal services in the State from 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he...

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