Written answers

Thursday, 14 April 2016

  • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
    69. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of meetings held since November 2015 with the insurance industry; if he has reached agreement in respect of homeowners being refused flood cover...
  • Property Tax Administration
    70. To ask the Minister for Finance to initiate a working group to address the issue of persons in private estates or apartments having to pay full management fees and property tax on their net...
  • Motor Insurance
    71. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to curb the escalating costs of motor insurance; the working groups he has established to deal with this issue; when he established...
  • NAMA Portfolio
    72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of acres of residential land the National Assets Management Agency controls directly or has an interest in through loans owed to it by county. [6302/16]
  • NAMA Social Housing Provision
    74. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure by the National Assets Management Agency's on providing social housing and on providing offices to date, by year; and the agency's projected...
  • NAMA Debtors
    75. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of debtors who have exited the National Assets Management Agency to date; the number of these who have repaid their debts in full; the total...
  • NAMA Loan Book Value
    76. To ask the Minister for Finance the final amount the National Assets Management Agency is expected to recover on its debts relative to the €74 billion of loans it acquired; and the...
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts
    77. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of tax relief for real estate investment trusts since they were established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6307/16]
  • Tax Relief Costs
    78. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of tax relief and exemptions availed of by private landlords, including mortgage interest relief, for each of the years 2011 to 2015. [6308/16]
  • Local Authority Members' Remuneration
    80. To ask the Minister for Finance if the lump sum paid to local authority members who retired at the 2014 local elections is taxable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6338/16]
  • IBRC Liquidation
    81. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the special liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. [6343/16]
  • NAMA Social Housing Provision
    82. To ask the Minister for Finance the policy initiatives he has introduced to facilitate the National Asset Management Agency in providing social housing units; the number of such units these...
  • Tax Code
    83. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the tax system for distressed debt and other financial assets so that speculation on distressed residential debt is penalised rather than...
  • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
    84. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial assistance he will provide to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with reference to the purchase of a specifically adapted vehicle; and...
  • Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles
    85. To ask the Minister for Finance the income, gains and associated taxes paid in respect of qualifying investor funds investing in real estate since their introduction; the tax paid by their...
  • Tax Relief Data
    89. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 308 of 26 May 2015 to provide the composition of the €480 million of discretionary non-pension...
  • Tax Yield
    90. To ask the Minister for Finance why Corporation Tax receipts are 87 per cent ahead of target in the first three months of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6400/16]
  • Banking Operations
    91. To ask the Minister for Finance his knowledge of the Bank of Ireland's involvement with the US Government's contractors, Dyncorp, organisers of Central Intelligence Agency rendition flights...
  • State Claims Agency
    92. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of the barristers he appointed to each of the State Claims Agency panels; the fees each barrister received in 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he...
  • VAT Yield
    93. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT he collected from the sale of new residential units in 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6452/16]
  • Property Tax Administration
    94. To ask the Minister for Finance if owners of more than one property, which are each subject to the local property tax, may pay all their tax liabilities through the post office network; and...
  • EU Directives
    95. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of submissions made in respect of the 4th European Union Anti-Money Laundering Directive and Funds Transfer Regulation - Public Consultation on...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    96. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of claims that the Central Bank of Ireland is turning default and judgment mortgages into derivatives and selling them to investment funds at...
  • Tax Credits
    97. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 138 and 139 of 6 April 2016, if he will provide further details of each of the tax credits referred to and the...
  • Tax Code
    107. To ask the Minister for Finance why a cohabiting couple is not allowed to be assessed as a married couple for tax purposes whereby a person who is in full-time employment is not able to...
  • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Administration
    108. To ask the Minister for Finance how he can assist persons who are unable to avail of the home renovation incentive scheme due to builders not signing off on the documentation needed for the...
  • Insurance Coverage
    109. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of insurance for first responders (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6651/16]
  • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
    110. To ask the Minister for Finance to review an application from a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for a refund of VAT and vehicle registration tax under the disabled driver and...
  • Fiscal Data
    111. To ask the Minister for Finance the updated figures for the projected fiscal space for each of the years from 2016 to 2018. [6669/16]
  • Departmental Contracts Data
    112. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of each statutory instrument signed; each contract entered into; each tender issued; each tender awarded and each State board appointment made by...
  • Seized Property
    113. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of smuggling to the Exchequer; the seizures by category in 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6719/16]
  • Excise Duties Yield
    114. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of excise returns by category and by month for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6720/16]
  • Property Tax Administration
    115. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his recommendation to freeze the evaluation of property tax until November 2019, his plans to implement the recommendations of the Thornhill...
  • Tax Code
    116. To ask the Minister for Finance to ensure that in the case of Irish small and medium-sized enterprises whose loans have been sold to a foreign vulture fund, it is the vulture fund which is...
  • State Properties Data
    117. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of vacant State properties and land, including car parks not in use, owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his...
  • VAT Exemptions
    118. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will issue a guidance note on the effect of the changes to Schedule 1 for VAT exemptions in the Finance Bill where standard...
  • Tax Avoidance
    119. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will be take to ensure all Irish registered companies comply with tax laws, given the release of the Panama papers; and if he will make a...
  • Insurance Coverage
    120. To ask the Minister for Finance to immediately consult with the insurance industry, which is refusing to quote the owners of vehicles with new hackney licences, given that this is precluding...
  • Tax Credits
    121. To ask the Minister for Finance to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is awarded the widowed person or surviving civil partner tax credit, to which the person has...
  • Tax Code
    122. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which goods imported from China are subject to higher than average import tariffs, resulting in a doubling of the cost, if any improvements will...
  • Insurance Coverage
    124. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on an insurance company (details supplied) not issuing quotations without an Eircode reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7219/16]

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