Written answers

Tuesday, 21 June 2016

  • Motor Insurance Coverage
    107. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is permissible for an insurance company not to insure a person (details supplied), given that each of the persons have a card approved by a general...
  • Insurance Costs
    109. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle the extraordinary hike in car insurance premiums following the Private Members' business motion on this issue last week. [17002/16]
  • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
    110. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an application by a person (details supplied) who was declined a certificate under the primary care medical scheme; and if he will make a...
  • Motor Insurance Coverage
    111. To ask the Minister for Finance why the car insurance industry will not honour driving experience overseas for emigrants who are returning home (details supplied). [17312/16]
  • IBRC Staff
    112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has agreed to pay four weeks redundancy for each year worked to former employees of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will treat this as a...
  • VAT Rate Application
    113. To ask the Minister for Finance to ensure that the 9% value added tax rate is retained for the hospitality sector to safeguard tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16718/16]
  • Departmental Schemes
    114. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies which participated in the research and development tax credit scheme, the amounts they claimed and the number of jobs they created...
  • Universal Social Charge
    115. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement in the document, Minister's Brief 2016, given its significance in revenue raising, that changes to the universal social charge would...
  • Pension Provisions
    117. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement in the document, Minister's Brief 2016, about work his Department is doing in relation to pensions, work on developing and...
  • EU Meetings
    118. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the Bilderberg meeting held recently in Germany including who attended, what was discussed, the minutes of the meeting and if he attended on...
  • Tax Settlements
    120. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of settlements the Revenue Commissioners reached in 2014 and 2015 with high nett worth persons which contained a clause guaranteeing that the...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    121. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of prosecutions which have been brought against lenders for irresponsible lending in breach of Article 8(1) of the credit agreements for consumers'...
  • Tax Relief Eligibility
    122. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tax relief on social housing loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16816/16]
  • Tax Code
    124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he still intends to appeal the decision in the event of the European Union ruling that a company (details supplied) should repay tax to Ireland; and if he...
  • Economic Competitiveness
    127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has analysed the impact on gross domestic product of a British withdrawal from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16839/16]
  • Inflation Rate
    128. To ask the Minister for Finance the effects of a longer period of very low inflation on debt profile; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16840/16]
  • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
    129. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will report on the proposal to tackle the difficulty in some cases of acquiring flood insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16841/16]
  • Financial Transactions Tax
    130. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the financial transaction tax including why he is opposed to it; if this position is open to review; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Banking Sector
    131. To ask the Minister for Finance the options he is considering regarding his shares in Permanent TSB and the overall strategy for the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Legislative Reviews
    132. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to simplify and consolidate financial consumer protection legislation. [16846/16]
  • Consumer Protection
    133. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16847/16]
  • Financial Services Sector
    134. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the incorrect valuation of loan assets is enriching wealthy hedge funds at the expense of small business owners, given that according to the...
  • EU Regulations
    135. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the European Union has indicated to this Deputy that it is possible to update a regulation by a later directive and that it has used this...
  • Credit Register Establishment
    136. To ask the Minister for Finance when the central credit register will come into operation and will operate it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16938/16]
  • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
    137. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to place the code of conduct on mortgage arrears on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16939/16]
  • Central Bank of Ireland
    138. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend section 33AK of the Central Bank Act 1942 in line with the banking inquiry’s recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Contracts
    139. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid to a firm (details supplied) to date and the expected final costs in repect of work on the Central Bank Consolidation Bill; and if he will...
  • Promissory Notes
    140. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the planned disposal of the floating bonds held by the Central Bank related to the promissory notes; his plans to alter this strategy; the...
  • Central Bank of Ireland Reports
    141. To ask the Minister for Finance if the figures given in the Central Bank's published insurance statistics are provided by the industry or if they are audited by the Central Bank before...
  • IBRC Liquidation
    142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the legal opinion of a company (details supplied) mentioned in the KPMG progress report on the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation issued to...
  • Tax Code
    143. To ask the Minister for Finance the availability of agricultural relief from capital acquisitions tax, where the farming land that is the subject of the relief has an already commissioned...
  • Motor Insurance
    144. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the motor insurance crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17080/16]
  • Tax Code
    145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increases to thresholds of inheritance tax to take account of different types of family units, including those who wish to pass on family...
  • Tax Credits
    146. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) on low income is paying a higher proportion of tax; if he will review this case to ascertain additional credits are or...
  • Tax Code
    147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered reducing capital gains tax on the transfer of assets, including shares to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17242/16]
  • Financial Services Ombudsman Data
    148. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints the Financial Services Ombudsman received, and the number upheld, regarding the sale of whole-of-life insurance policies in each of...
  • Property Tax Administration
    149. To ask the Minister for Finance under section 13 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 whereby home owners are responsible for the local property tax for their property for the whole...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    150. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank have a record of the number of commercial loans that have been sold on by the original underwriter; the details of this...
  • NAMA Communications
    151. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the National Asset Management Agency is obliged to take should it come to its attention that a person has lobbied it regarding a transaction on...
  • Tax Code
    153. To ask the Minister for Finance if the legislation on close company professional service surcharge (details supplied), section 441 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, distorts competition;...

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