Written answers

Thursday, 23 June 2016

  • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
    86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the waiting times involved when appealing a decision made under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concessions scheme 1994; his...
  • Insurance Industry Regulation
    87. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the motor insurance companies are operating a regime of age discrimination with increased premiums for the young and the old and whether such...
  • Insurance Costs
    88. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to deal with the high cost of insurance for businesses as evidenced by the 2016 National Competitiveness Council's cost of businesses...
  • Home Repossessions
    89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will put in place a moratorium on repossessions of principal dwelling homes until the measures contained in A Programme for a Partnership Government have...
  • Corporation Tax Regime
    90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a higher rate of tax on excessive profits made by vulture funds, for example, where margins are greater than 50%; and if he will make a...
  • Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility
    91. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the eligibility criteria for a person to qualify for a primary medical certificate under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax...
  • VAT Rate Reductions
    92. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the 9% VAT rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17653/16]
  • Revenue Commissioners Staff
    93. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed by the Revenue Commissioners in Nenagh, County Tipperary, in each of the years from 2011 to 2015, inclusive, indicating the...
  • Home Repossessions
    94. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the lending institutions are proceeding on foot of instructions from the Central Bank in the matter of repossession of family homes or...
  • Budget Targets
    98. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which budgetary projections remain on target for the balance of the current year; the extent to which he expects any adjustments to be required...
  • Inflation Rate
    99. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which any inflationary indicators have been detected in the economy which might require correction; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Economic Data
    100. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that all economic indicators remain stable and consistent with requirements; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Housing Issues
    101. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he sees opportunities for incentives to encourage the construction sector to embark on an accelerated house building programme given the...
  • House Prices
    102. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that first-time house buyers or the purchasers of a family home will not be priced out of the market in the future;...
  • Loan Books Purchasers
    103. To ask the Minister for Finance if provision can be made statutorily or otherwise to ensure that venture capital purchasers of loan books are required to comply with guidelines set down by...
  • Economic Competitiveness
    104. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the continued competitiveness of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17768/16]
  • UK Referendum on EU Membership
    105. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has evaluated the likely future impact on financial and other markets in the event of a United Kingdom exit from the European Union; if...
  • Mortgage Interest Rates
    106. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which variable mortgage interest rate charges can be brought into line with those applicable in adjoining jurisdictions, eurozone and otherwise;...
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    107. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of life loans in respect of residential properties in issuance here; the total amount owed on these loans, if such loans are still being marketed...
  • Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions
    108. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 224 to 227 of 17 February 2015, the status of the enforcement investigation by the Central Bank; the number of...
  • Banking Sector Data
    109. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of bank current account customers who have switched current account in each year from 2010 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Credit Union Data
    110. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions who have applied for an exemption from the €100,000 maximum deposit in respect of individual accounts; the number of...
  • Pension Fund Fees
    111. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who were granted a personal increase in the standard fund threshold applying to their pension in 2015; the cumulative increase...
  • Tax Yield
    112. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from excise duty and value added tax on the sale of alcoholic products, in each of the years from 2011 to 2015, broken down by reference to licensed...
  • Departmental Meetings
    113. To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings he or officials of his Department have had with representatives of advocacy groups on behalf of distressed mortgage holders, and persons whose...
  • Tax Yield
    114. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from exit tax paid on life assurance policies, in each year from 2008 to 2015; if the same rate of exit tax applies to all persons, regardless of...
  • Deposit Guarantee Scheme
    115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will recommend that small shareholders be compensated by the State, at least to the extent of the entitlement of depositors under the bank deposit...
  • Revenue Documents Issuance
    116. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have investigated the reason a P45 was not issued to a person (details supplied). [17905/16]

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