Written answers
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
- Disabled Drivers Grant
118. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the financial supports available to assist a wheelchair user to purchase a wheelchair accessible vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the... - Help-To-Buy Scheme
119. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his plans to include first-time buyers that are buying second-hand homes in the help-to-buy scheme; if not, the reasons for same; and if he will... - Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
120. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down 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. [8086/17] - Tax Reliefs Data
124. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the savings and yield to the Exchequer from standardising at 20% the rate at which all persons receive tax relief on contributions to occupational... - NAMA Operations
126. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the spending commitments or paying down of debt that the Government has entered into with regard to the profits arising from the winding down of... - State Banking Sector
127. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the spending commitments or paying down of debt the Government has entered into with regard to the profits arising from the partial sale of the... - Betting Licences Data
128. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down in tabular form the amount of funding granted to Horse Racing Ireland directly from betting receipts for the past three years; and if he will make... - Additional Voluntary Contributions
129. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional access will be given to persons who have built up funds through voluntary contributions towards their occupational pensions; and if he will make... - Banking Sector
130. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 2 February 2017 if he will provide the definition of "consultation" in this case; if it involves feedback or... - Mortgage Book Sales
132. To ask the Minister for Finance whether a bank (details supplied) has expressed its intention to sell on performing loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8172/17] - NAMA Staff Remuneration
133. To ask the Minister for Finance if any staff members of the National Treasury Management Agency or National Asset Management Agency are to receive a bonus payment for 2016; if so, the total... - Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
134. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the amount paid by the National Treasury Management Agency and the National Asset Management Agency for public relations in 2016; the amount paid... - Exchequer Revenue
135. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the total amount of revenue received by the State in 2016 through the entertainment industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8184/17] - Commercial Property
137. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the study by a company (details supplied) which reported that nearly half of the office space leased in Dublin during the... - Banking Sector Remuneration
138. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will be monitoring proposed regulations in the UK on payments to bank executives; if he will introduce similar measures after reports showed that 26... - Insurance Industry Regulation
139. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that insurance companies are discriminating against certain professions (details supplied) in refusing to insure... - VAT Rate Application
142. To ask the Minister for Finance the services and sectors that attract a 9% VAT rate due to the fact they are related to the tourism sector; the tax foregone to date and in the past year as a... - Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
143. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the constrained assessment criteria for primary medical certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8254/17] - Departmental Expenditure
144. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of all costs due to consultancy and other external contracts with regard to his Department's financial services policy... - Vehicle Registration
145. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cherished numbers registered with the Revenue Commissioners in each of the past ten years; the cost and the revenue associated with this... - Property Tax Administration
146. To ask the Minister for Finance if local property tax deduction at source will be extended to persons over 66 years of age in receipt of deserted wives benefit in view of its availability to... - Betting Legislation
147. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal basis on which on-course bookmakers are treated differently for tax purposes than high street bookmakers; if there is any impediment to implementing... - Home Repossessions Rate
148. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant homes State-backed banks have in their possession as of 14 February 2017 by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8290/17] - Revenue Commissioners
150. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8295/17] - Financial Services Regulation
151. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated savings that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry, as opposed to the current 50%;... - Tax Credits
152. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a tax credit at the standard rate for renters to help alleviate the pressure on persons who find themselves paying a large... - Tax Settlements
153. To ask the Minister for Finance the maximum period of time that a person can be given for a repayment schedule in which exceptional personal circumstances apply in relation to the repayment... - Tax Reliefs Abolition
154. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to tax relief at source, TRS, ending in 2017; the other avenues of financial support open to persons (details supplied) who purchased... - Tax Reliefs Costs
155. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount claimed in each of the years 2009 to 2016, inclusive, with regard to tax relief on the full cost of maintaining a person in a nursing home... - Consultancy Contracts
160. To ask the Minister for Finance the external consultants paid by his Department to aid in the preparation of the Central Bank consolidation Bill; and the amount of moneys paid to them; and... - Departmental Correspondence
161. To ask the Minister for Finance when a reply will issue to an interim response (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8436/17] - Tax Avoidance
162. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of voluntary disclosures made and received to date since the Finance Act that are related to offshore tax evasion; the estimated total in penalties... - Tax Reliefs Data
163. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have availed of the rent-a-room relief in each of the past five years; the number who have applied since the increase in the... - VAT Exemptions
164. To ask the Minister for Finance if voluntary community organisations involved in the extension and maintenance of local graveyards can be exempted from VAT; and if he will make a statement... - Customs and Excise Controls
166. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners have taken to identify possible customs posts on the Border; the locations that have been examined for these posts; and if... - Information and Communications Technology
167. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of upgrading information technology systems and-or databases to incorporate the use of Eircode; if the use of Eircode is mandatory in his Department;... - Tax Code
168. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate for accounting companies (details supplied) to advertise the facilitation of payment of 0% tax rates to foreign... - Motor Insurance Regulation
169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue with regard to spiralling insurance costs for the road passenger industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - NAMA Assets Sale
170. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA has been requested to provide information to the Comptroller and Auditor General in 2016 or to date in 2017 in relation to certain sales it has been... - Brexit Issues
172. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the documentation regarding the agreement he referred to with the British Government that there will be no return to the Border of the... - Pension Provisions
173. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has plans to reduce the threshold of €12,800 to qualify for an approved minimum retirement fund pension; and if he will make a... - EU Funding
174. To ask the Minister for Finance the EU funds his Department accesses; the plans he is putting in place to access these funds to a greater degree in view of Brexit; if he will outline...
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