Written answers

Thursday, 28 January 2016

  • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
    63. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an application for repayment of excise duty on fuel used in motor vehicles, for the transport of drivers with disabilities by a person (details...
  • Insurance Costs
    65. To ask the Minister for Finance to address an insurance issue (details supplied). [3511/16]
  • Tax Code
    66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the inheritance laws, to allow a flat allowance for an individual over a person’s lifetime, regardless of the size of the inheritance...
  • Property Tax Administration
    68. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason why only two months after being informed that their local property tax liability would be limited to band 1, some residents of Longboat Quay in...
  • Tax Code
    70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce of a tax free allowance for fishermen, similar to the seafarer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3550/16]
  • Fuel Rebate Scheme
    71. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the website of the Revenue Commissioners; and if it will be repaired in order that a person (details supplied) in County Cork can apply for a...
  • Departmental Funding
    72. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding he allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth-East Meath by project and initiative and...
  • Tax Code
    73. To ask the Minister for Finance why savings accounts in the name of children are subject to deposit interest retention tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3571/16]
  • Tax Data
    74. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount raised from motorists in mineral oil tax, vehicle registration tax, value added tax, carbon tax, motor tax and driver licensing in the years...
  • EU Budget Contribution
    75. To ask the Minister for Finance the Irish contribution to the European Union budget for the years 2013 to 2015; the projected contribution for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • European Investment Bank Loans
    76. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount Ireland has drawn down from the European Investment Bank for each year since 2011, by project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3577/16]
  • Tax Data
    77. To ask the Minister for Finance the total betting duty paid in 2015 and the estimated betting duty for 2016 by licensed betting offices and by online facilities; and if he will make a...
  • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
    79. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money the Revenue Commissioners paid as a reward for information received from whistleblowers or other information received and the number of...
  • State Claims Agency
    80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Solicitors and Barristers the State Claims Agency directly employs; his views on the legal staffing of the Agency; how this has changed since...
  • Banking Sector Data
    81. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 18 February 2014, the number of jobs lost in the banking sector since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Revenue Documents Issuance
    82. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of certificates the Revenue Commissioners issued to sheriffs, the total value of the certificates and the amount of tax and interest collected in...
  • Tax Code
    83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the feasibility of having a specific inheritance tax allowance for the family home; the cost introducing a €500,000 threshold in...
  • Property Tax Administration
    84. To ask the Minister for Finance why local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not being deducted from the person's State pension; and if he will make a...
  • Vehicle Registration
    85. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine the excessive vehicle registration tax charge of €3,256 imposed on persons (details supplied) in County Kerry for the importation of a car;...
  • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
    86. To ask the Minister for Finance to note the report regarding a person (details supplied); to make urgent regulations to allow the person to benefit from the new scheme; and if he will make a...
  • Credit Unions
    87. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government is accepting the €2 billion offer from the Irish League of Credit Unions to build social housing; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Tax Collection
    88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the take-liability for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3685/16]
  • Living City Initiative
    89. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of successful applications to date in each relevant area under the living city initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3702/16]
  • Liquor Licensing Laws
    90. To ask the Minister for Finance the licence structure for licensed premises and off-licence premises; if he will link the licence fee paid by off-licence owners to the square footage of their...
  • Tax Yield
    91. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that has been obtained in terms of the Revenue Commissioners' audit and investigation programmes in each of the years 2012 to 2015; and if...
  • Departmental Reports
    92. To ask the Minister for Finance the reports, reviews and studies he commissioned or agencies under the aegis of his Department commissioned since 9 March 2011, by date of commission, by date...
  • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
    93. To ask the Minister for Finance the investment the German bank KfW has made here through the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Tax Data
    94. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers within the high earner restriction analysed within the €125,000 to €250,000, €250,001 to €500,000,...
  • Quinn Insurance Limited
    95. To ask the Minister for Finance the fees and costs of the administrators of Quinn Insurance in each year since the firm was placed in administration; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Economic Data
    96. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the size of the economy's output gap; the implications of this for the Government’s taxation and spending plans; and if he will make a...
  • Bank Codes of Conduct
    97. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customer mobility measures that have been implemented in respect of Irish banks as a result of European Union action; his views on the...
  • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
    98. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for section 481 relief; the amount of tax relief granted and the number of film projects supported in each of the years 2011 to...
  • Bank Codes of Conduct
    99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will place a clause in the code of conduct for mortgage lenders to require them to charge a reduced interest rate on the warehoused section of a split...
  • Fuel Laundering
    100. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of fuel laundering plants uncovered, by county, in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3713/16]
  • Blind Welfare Allowance Eligibility
    101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the €825 per year tax allowance in respect of trained guide dogs for the blind to trained autism-assistance dogs; and if he will make...
  • Insurance Industry
    102. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of Setanta Insurance policy holders with outstanding claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3715/16]
  • Pension Provisions
    103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the threshold for so-called trivial pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3716/16]
  • Research and Development Supports
    104. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax expenditure associated with research and development tax credits in each of the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Tax Code
    105. To ask the Minister for Finance the treatment of the application of VAT on the final price for homes constructed for social housing purposes, including for approved housing bodies; the party...
  • Consultancy Contracts Data
    106. To ask the Minister for Finance the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his...
  • Public Inquiries
    107. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department has been responsible by name; by terms of...
  • NAMA Operations
    108. To ask the Minister for Finance if any direction pursuant to section 14 of the National Asset Management Agency Act has been made to the agency; if any additional statutory function has been...
  • Revenue Commissioners Resources
    109. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by the Revenue Commissioners on press-clipping services and broadcast monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he...
  • Ministerial Allowances
    110. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by him and Ministers of State of his Department, by calendar year, during the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    111. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount he spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Multi-annual Budget Plans
    112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has carried out a risk analysis for the Irish economy and the public finances in 2016 regarding the impact of the slowdown and volatility of the global...
  • Tax Rebates
    113. To ask the Minister for Finance if and when a refund of income tax paid will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3867/16]

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