Written answers

Thursday, 14 January 2016

  • Flood Risk Insurance Cover
    10. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on insurance companies refusing flood insurance cover to householders and businesses in areas where flood relief schemes have been completed by the...
  • Tax Code
    11. To ask the Minister for Finance given that the richest 10% and the poorest 10% pay approximately the same proportion of their income in all taxes, if he will urgently introduce tax reform...
  • Lobbying Data
    12. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of representations made to him in 2015 by representatives and lobbyists from all sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1317/16]
  • Fiscal Policy
    13. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which corrective fiscal or budgetary measures are required over the next five years to ensure the maintenance of sustainable economic growth...
  • Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
    14. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish updated targets for dealing with debt in small and medium sized enterprises by the State-supported and other banks; and if he will make a...
  • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data
    15. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the Action Plan for Jobs, the action he is taking to increase the rate of credit lending to businesses via the Strategic Banking Corporation of...
  • Credit Availability
    16. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to reduce the cost of credit to small and medium enterprises, and to fix the broken flow of credit from State-created credit facilities....
  • Tax Code
    17. To ask the Minister for Finance given that net financial assets of households, including shares and bank deposits, are well above peak boom level, if he will place a tax on such assets above...
  • Mortgage Resolution Processes
    18. To ask the Minister for Finance if lending institutions are in all cases following Government and Central Bank of Ireland advice in their treatment of borrowers, with particular reference to...
  • Mortgage Interest Rates
    19. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will legislate to allow the Central Bank of Ireland to cap interest rates charged by banks on mortgages, particularly standard variable rate mortgages;...
  • Tax Code
    20. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the advice he received from his Department opposing the introduction of a tax on sugar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1273/16]
  • Economic Growth Rate
    21. To ask the Minister for Finance given warnings by bodies such as the International Monetary Fund of a likely global recession, growing signs of a slowdown in the global economy and the stock...
  • Mortgage Lending
    22. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact that the new Central Bank of Ireland rules regarding mortgage lending have had on the property market; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Tax Reliefs Application
    23. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rules in place for the application of tax relief at source unfairly discriminate against persons who are unable to meet their mortgage repayments,...
  • Credit Unions Restructuring
    24. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering extending the deadline for credit unions to apply for assistance from the restructuring board; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Tax Reliefs Availability
    25. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce further agri-taxation measures on top of those introduced in the two most recent budgets with particular reference to enabling the...
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    26. To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports the principle that the Central Bank of Ireland mortgage deposit rules be amended to take account of the track record of persons who are renting...
  • Tax Reliefs Application
    27. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce taxation measures to stimulate investment and development on a regional level in a manner which will promote balanced regional development...
  • Banking Operations
    28. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any plans to introduce individual savings accounts, similar to those in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1271/16]
  • Property Tax Administration
    29. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has carried researched the likely increase in local property tax that will be faced by liable residents if this tax is not abolished and if the deferral...
  • IBRC Liquidation
    30. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 15 July 2014, the schedule and periodic amounts, under which the proceeds of the sale of the Central Bank of...
  • Tax Yield
    31. To ask the Minister for Finance the figures on income tax, in bands of €10,000 ranging from €0 to €2 million plus, including the gross income, the numbers, the percentage...
  • Credit Unions Regulation
    32. To ask the Minister for Finance if and why he supports the imposition of a €100,000 upper limit on credit union savings; and if he accepts the overwhelming view of the credit union...
  • Tax Code
    33. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering measures to introduce a tax on sugar sweetened drinks, particularly in view of the related information released under freedom of...
  • House Prices
    34. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the continuing upward spiral in house prices and rent in 2015 and the increasing concentration of property ownership in the hands of a small...
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts
    35. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has analysed the impact of real estate investment trusts on the Irish rental market and on property portfolios; if so, if he will provide details; and if...

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