Written answers
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
- Tax Reliefs Application
213. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the eligibility of a house for section 23 relief (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41070/16] - Fuel Laundering
214. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of oil laundering plants which have been uncovered in the past five years, in tabular form; the location these plants were uncovered; the estimated... - Tax Reliefs Availability
215. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is grant aid available to parents of a child with physical disability to install a swivelling seat to allow the child to independently enter and exit... - Insurance Industry
216. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date to ensure payment to all third party claimants that have outstanding claims against a company (details supplied); the steps being... - Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration
217. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1265/17] - Universal Social Charge Application
218. To ask the Minister for Finance if the correct universal social charge is being deducted from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41013/16] - Universal Social Charge Payments
220. To ask the Minister for Finance if the correct USC is being deducted from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41015/16] - Fuel Inspections
222. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions being taken to detect the illegal use of green diesel; the number of detections in each of the years 2011 to 2015 of such illegal activity;... - Fuel Laundering
223. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of resources, including staffing and equipment, for the customs section of the Revenue Commissioners related to the policing and enforcement... - Currency Circulation
224. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of cash to be still unaccounted for in respect of each coin and note of the Irish punt; the arrangements that apply; the amount exchanged... - Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
225. To ask the Minister for Finance the public element there is to the ongoing Central Bank inquiry into a building society (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue concerning a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41097/16] - Mortgage Book Sales
230. To ask the Minister for Finance if the owners of distressed residential mortgages purchased from regulated entities here, that is the banks, are not themselves regulated by the Central Bank;... - Tax Code
231. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are exceptions to the four year rule relating to persons seeking a repayment of income tax they have overpaid in circumstances in which the... - Banking Sector Staff
232. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) worked as an employee of a bank or was retained by it as a solicitor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41366/16] - Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
233. To ask the Minister for Finance if a primary medical certificate will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41400/16] - Tax Collection
234. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress the Revenue Commissioners have made in recovering tax arrears since May 2014 on earnings from renting out rooms or entire apartments or houses... - Vehicle Registration
235. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the discrepancy between the online assessment of VRT for an imported vehicle and the actual VRT charged when the vehicle was imported (details... - Property Tax Exemptions
236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine a case (details supplied) regarding a local property tax demand on a property in an unfinished estate. [41491/16] - EU Directives
238. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 6 December 2016, the steps that have been taken to ensure that all corporate State bodies comply; and if he will... - Economic Data
239. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that all previous economic and budgetary projections remain on target; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Inflation Rate
240. To ask the Minister for Finance if any inflationary tendencies have been identified in the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41551/16] - Home Repossessions
241. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which family homes have been repossessed by venture capital investors in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement... - Brexit Issues
242. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the potential affects of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41553/16] - Economic Competitiveness
243. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which this economy remains competitive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41554/16] - Home Repossessions
244. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he can take to discourage family home repossessions where the borrowers have made and continue to make reasonable efforts to meet their repayments;... - Economic Policy
245. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that all the economic indicators remain constant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41556/16] - Economic Competitiveness
246. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the economy continues to compare favourably with other EU currencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41557/16] - Mortgage Interest Rates
248. To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects mortgage interest rates here to align with the rates applicable in other EU states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41559/16] - Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
249. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications to date for the help-to-buy scheme as announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41612/16] - Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration
252. To ask the Minister for Finance the total anticipated cost of the help-to-buy scheme based on the applications to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41615/16] - Fiscal Policy
253. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on supporting proposals to exclude defence spending from the calculation of excess deficit rules. [41619/16] - Motor Insurance Regulation
254. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on increased car insurance premiums for vehicles over ten years old; his views on whether there should be no extra premium for a car based on its... - NAMA Portfolio
255. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant NAMA owned properties here, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41666/16] - Banking Sector Regulation
256. To ask the Minister for Finance the date from which alleged breaches of prudential requirements by significant institutions under the direct supervision of the European Central Bank pursuant... - Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
257. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the terms of the tax concession for disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme 1994, in respect of a person (details supplied); when... - Tax Code
258. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes, if any, to be made to capital acquisitions tax in respect of children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41804/16] - Tracker Mortgage Data
259. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent disclosures to the effect that banks denied mortgage customers their contractual right to a tracker interest rate; the role of the Central... - Departmental Funding
260. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in tabular form; the details of... - Departmental Legal Costs
261. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of the State's involvement in an appeal (details supplied), in view of the fact that the European Court of Justice found that the Federal... - Corporation Tax Regime
262. To ask the Minister for Finance if all companies subject to tax here, whether resident or non-resident, are in a comparable factual and legal situation as regards the ordinary rules of... - Tax Credits
266. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons claiming the home carer tax credit and the cost to the Exchequer in each of the years 2013 to 2016; if he will provide an estimate of... - Motor Insurance Regulation
267. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a regulation obliging car insurance companies to accept no claims bonuses, or other evidence of safe driving records, of returned... - Retail Sector
269. To ask the Minister for Finance the options that exist for consumers who request exact change from retailers in a circumstance whereby the retailer has applied rounding and the retailer... - Tax Yield
270. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of stamp duty on debit cards and-or ATM cards for the past five years, broken down by year and... - Motor Insurance Regulation
275. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has reached agreement with the insurance industry and is proceeding to implement the recommendations of the Report of the Review of the... - Departmental Staff Data
276. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of full time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007 to 2015. [1225/17] - Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
277. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will designate properties remediated under the pyrite remediation scheme as new builds for the purposes of the help-to-buy scheme, in recognition of the... - Proposed Legislation
278. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to publish a Finance Bill before budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1293/17] - Tax Code
279. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to legislate to impose penalties for enablers of offshore tax evasion or non-compliance as happened recently in Britain (details supplied); his... - Income Inequality
280. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross income figure of workers and self employed persons for 2015 and 2016 as compared to 2007, specifically detailing the top 10% of earners and bottom... - VAT Rate Application
281. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason VAT is charged on the PSO levy on utility bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1390/17] - Tax Credits
282. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) and implement a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1411/17] - Property Tax Deferrals
283. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan that availed of the option to have their property tax deferred until 2018; the reason stated for this... - Banking Sector
284. To ask the Minister for Finance the Government's position in relation to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1462/17] - Banking Operations
285. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether banks and other lending institutions are prioritising motor finance over business and residential loans; and if he will make a statement... - Tax Code
286. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a matter (details supplied); his plans in relation to this matter; his further plans to ease the pressure on this type of business; and if... - Property Tax
287. To ask the Minister for Finance when a property has been taken over by a receiver and they are taking all the rental income for the said property, the person responsible for the payment of... - Corporation Tax Regime
288. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fall in corporate tax revenue in December 2016 as a result of a particularly large rebate reported at €150 million to a single... - Tax Data
289. To ask the Minister for Finance the work his Department has carried out in ensuring that a minimum effective tax rate is paid by companies offsetting substantial losses accrued against their... - Departmental Staff
290. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has finalised plans for the recruitment of temporary commissioners to the Tax Appeals Commission; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Agreements
291. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the work of the technical delegation from his Department to Brazil regarding the decision to by the Brazilian authorities to add the Republic of... - Motor Insurance
292. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport have received initial recommendations following a review of rising motor insurance compensation; the... - Social and Affordable Housing Funding
294. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding which has been made available through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for social and affordable housing provision; if he has... - Fiscal Policy
295. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently expressed view by the Dutch Minister for Finance and the chairman of the eurozone finance ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, that... - Fiscal Compact Treaty
296. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he is addressing the concern raised by his officials in a briefing note prepared by his Department on his re-appointment to the finance... - Stamp Duty
297. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full report on the way in which the annual €150 million banking levy will be calculated as it extends to 2021; and if he will make... - State Banking Sector
299. To ask the Minister for Finance if the State will still move to sell off all or part of a bank (details supplied); the estimated timeframe for this; the expected yield to the exchequer; if... - Tax Code
300. To ask the Minister for Finance his proposed plans for reforming the current tax arrangements for the self employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1675/17] - Fiscal Data
301. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the proposed development of alternative models for forecasting medium term potential growth, as has been suggested by the Irish Fiscal Advisory... - Banking Sector
302. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has asked the Central Bank to procure an independent assessment of the arrears and negative equity loan books of the banks, as per the recent programme... - Public Interest Directors
303. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has ceased appointing new public interest directors to the banks; the reform of the procedures for the appointment of bank directors by the State... - Tax Code
305. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects a new tax on sugar drinks will be introduced; the estimated annual yield from such a tax; the rate at which he expects the new tax should be... - Central Bank of Ireland
306. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent comments by the Governor of the Central Bank, Philip Lane, that technological innovation may alter the role of central banks in... - Banking Sector
307. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the most recent quarterly bank watch study from ISME on the ability of small and medium firms to get loan approval and access to credit;... - State Aid
311. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. [39938/16] - European Central Bank
312. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the publication by the European Central Bank (ECB) of its December 2016 purchase of Irish Government debt revealing a decline... - Economic and Monetary Union
314. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the result of the Italian referendum will cause another economic and political crisis in the eurozone. [39413/16] - Revenue Commissioners Legal Cases
315. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the event of the Revenue Commissioners' position being upheld in a test case in relation to patronage shares, he will change the legislation such that... - Exchequer Revenue
316. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle black market smuggling here that a recent report stated cost the State €2.35 billion in 2015 in lost revenue; if his attention has... - Mortgage Data
318. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by loan owner of the 10,007 PDH mortgages owned by unregulated loan owners as quoted in the third quarter of 2016 Central Bank... - VAT Rate Application
320. To ask the Minister for Finance when the 23% VAT on the national car test was introduced; his plans to review it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1843/17] - Bank Liquidations
321. To ask the Minister for Finance if negotiations are ongoing between persons (details supplied) and the special liquidators of a bank in relation to the control of certain properties,... - Proposed Legislation
322. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he intends to undertake in order to fulfil his commitment to introduce a tax on sugar sweetened drinks in April 2018; the expected full year yield... - Tax Data
323. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the Revenue Commissioners compliance project in respect of the self-employed; the scope of the project and the number of tax... - Loan Books Purchasers
324. To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of the case being taken in the High Court by a bank (details supplied) against another bank in relation to the sale by the other bank of a property... - Financial Irregularities
325. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of an authority's funds which are frozen here due to UN sanctions; the location the funds are held; the date from which they are frozen; the way... - NAMA Portfolio
327. To ask the Minister for Finance if he, in conjunction with NAMA, will review the properties offered by NAMA to local authorities for social housing; the reasons given by local authorities... - Tax Code
329. To ask the Minister for Finance the total net total amount of dividend withholding tax collected in relation to Irish dividends paid to non resident corporate or individual investors in each... - Real Estate Investment Trusts
330. To ask the Minister for Finance the standard and reduced rates available for withholding tax applied to dividends paid by Irish REITs to non resident corporate and individual shareholders... - Departmental Meetings
335. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the meetings he or officials of his Department have had in 2015 and 2016 in relation to private equity funds, investment funds and REITs; the... - Financial Services Regulation
336. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulatory status of personal contract plans and the regulatory status of the car finance companies offering these products; and if he will make a... - Home Repossessions Rate
339. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of family home repossessions by each of the lending institutions in each of the past six months periods to date in 2017; if the cases in question... - Economic Growth Rate
342. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects his economic projections to remain on target throughout the course of 2017; if any particular issues have emerged or are likely... - Credit Availability
344. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which each of the main banks have facilitated the borrowing requirements of the construction sector in the past 12 months; if each is performing... - Housing Provision
345. To ask the Minister for Finance the success to date for the various incentives introduced to encourage house building and home ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1967/17] - Housing Data
346. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which an assessment has been completed to clarify whether inflationary tendencies and speculatory practice in the building sector during the... - Housing Policy
347. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that first time home buyers are not priced out of the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1969/17] - Pension Provisions
350. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to lifting restrictions on retirement pension funds currently restricted unless the pensioner has access to a separate pension... - Credit Availability
351. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to continue to encourage the banking sector to meet the requirements of small and medium sized industry, the retail or...
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