Written answers

Tuesday, 28 February 2017

  • Tax Reliefs Data
    169. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been provided to recipients under section 482 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 since 2011 in tabular form. [9760/17]
  • Tax Exemptions
    170. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the artists' tax exemption scheme that have been rejected since 2011 by year; and the reason for their rejection. [9837/17]
  • Vehicle Registration
    171. To ask the Minister for Finance the sanctions that apply when a person who is not an accredited diplomat imports and drives a diplomatic vehicle, that is, a vehicle displaying diplomatic...
  • Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
    172. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to broaden the spectrum of disabilities that are accepted under the primary certificate scheme in conjunction with the Department of Health (details...
  • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
    173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full report on the actions and investigations being taken on foot of the reports of the Moriarty tribunal; the status of these...
  • Mortgage Data
    175. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank will next publish statistics on mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9549/17]
  • Property Tax
    176. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the case that where a registered charity purchases a home, that charity will not refund the local property tax, LPT, paid by the previous owner,...
  • Mortgage Interest Rates
    177. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to ensure that all banks pass on the reductions in variable mortgage rates to their mortgage customers; and if he will make a statement...
  • Freedom of Information Data
    178. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal fees incurred on freedom of information, FOI, requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for...
  • Brexit Issues
    179. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with the European Commission, the ECB or the European Banking Authority regarding a possible move of the authority to Ireland; and...
  • IBRC Liquidation
    181. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of mediation between persons (details supplied) and the special liquidators of a bank; if this mediation is ongoing; if his attention has been...
  • Motor Insurance
    182. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason professional drivers are incurring higher insurance premiums on their private vehicles due to their occupation; if his action plan will address...
  • Help-To-Buy Scheme
    183. To ask the Minister for Finance if the help to buy scheme for first time buyers extends to first time buyers who purchase old houses and build extensions to live in them, especially in a...
  • Mortgage Lending
    184. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations under which a bank regulated for lending by the Central Bank can refuse to procide a mortgage to a person for the sole reason that the...
  • Property Tax
    185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9823/17]
  • Tax Code
    186. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would accrue from increasing the air travel tax from €0 to €3 in 2018; his plans with regard to increasing the air...
  • VAT Registration
    187. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a VAT registration application in respect of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9835/17]
  • Housing Loans
    188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish a benevolent friendly fund supported by Government bonds or funding to allow the banks to transfer all distressed loans to the fund, in...
  • Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
    189. To ask the Minister for Finance if the mortgage interest relief will be retained beyond 2017 on a tapered basis, in view of the fact that a substantial number of homeowners are still in...
  • Property Tax Data
    190. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of local property tax collected in the Fingal County Council area in 2016; the amount of proceeds from the local property tax allocated to Fingal...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    191. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals he is currently considering to ensure that mortgage holders, tenants and SMEs that have loans or credit from non-bank lenders or vulture funds...
  • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
    192. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding that has been made available through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for social and affordable housing provision; if he is...
  • Stability and Growth Pact
    193. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent comments made by the Dutch Minister for Finance and the Chairman of the eurozone Finance Ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, that European...
  • Brexit Issues
    194. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations and contingency plans his Department has put in place in the event of a British exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement...
  • Banking Sector
    195. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the annual €150 million banking levy will be calculated as it extends to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9935/17]
  • Banks Recapitalisation
    196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects that 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...
  • Economic Growth
    197. 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...
  • Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
    198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested the Central Bank to procure an independent assessment of the arrears and negative equity loan books of the banks as per the recent...
  • Public Interest Directors
    199. 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 that...
  • Fuel Laundering
    200. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase enforcement and sanctions for fuel laundering in view of the programme for Government commitment and the estimates in the British-Irish...
  • Budget Measures
    201. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the preparations for budget 2017; if the upcoming budget will involve at least a 2:1 split between public spending and tax reductions; and if he...
  • Tax Code
    202. To ask the Minister for Finance when a new tax on sugar drinks will be introduced; the estimated annual yield from such a tax; the rate at which he considers the new tax should be set and...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    203. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent comments by the Governor of the Central Bank (details supplied) that technological innovation may alter the role of central banks in...
  • Credit Availability
    204. 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;...
  • EU Investigations
    205. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the European Commission to make a final report on the tax affairs of a company (details supplied) here; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Banking Sector
    206. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs regarding the investigation of the...
  • Departmental Strategies
    207. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with the European Investment Bank, EIB, and other Government Departments to establish an off balance sheet special...
  • Credit Unions
    208. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress his Department has made in respect of the EUROSTAT investigation into the establishment by the Government of a bond to finance social housing...
  • Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
    209. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the help-to-buy scheme that have been deemed valid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9949/17]
  • Brexit Issues
    210. 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...
  • Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Negotiations
    212. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his ECOFIN colleagues in view of the recent developments in respect of the common consolidated tax base; the steps he has...
  • Credit Union Restructuring
    213. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress his Department has made in the establishment of the credit union advisory committee; when the first meeting of the implementation group will take...
  • Credit Union Services
    214. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress his Department has made with the Central Bank on the request by a number of credit unions to expand their debit card and mortgage services; and...
  • Investor Compensation Company Limited
    215. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the delays in having claims for compensation finalised and submitted to a body (details supplied) for persons that lost...
  • State Aid
    217. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with fellow EU Heads of Government regarding a case (details supplied). [1816/17]
  • Commissions of Investigation
    218. To ask the Minister for Finance if his officials are working on the terms of reference for a commission of inquiry into Project Eagle, which is under the remit of his Department. [7053/17]
  • Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Negotiations
    220. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions has he had with his ECOFIN colleagues in view of the recent developments in respect of the common consolidated tax base; the steps he has...
  • Insurance Compensation Fund
    221. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in respect of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); if those caught up in outstanding claims are facing any losses;...
  • Financial Services Sector
    224. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the recent European Financial Forum in Dublin Castle; and the role his Department is taking in relation to the attraction of new financial...
  • Universal Social Charge Abolition
    226. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing the universal social charge, USC, and the impact on fiscal space in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a...
  • NAMA Debtors
    227. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of debt repaid by debtors who are leaving NAMA; the amount of debt they had owed when entering NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Motor Insurance
    228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his efforts to improve the provision of affordable motor insurance; his views on whether the levels of profit in the sector needs to be...
  • Tax Reliefs Application
    229. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the Revenue Commissioners state they will process Med 1 applications submitted online in five days, but that applications submitted...
  • Living Wage
    230. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will...
  • Brexit Issues
    231. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to garner support for Ireland's position in the context of Brexit negotiations with particular reference to the need to...
  • Economic Growth Rate
    232. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the European Commission’s raised forecast of GDP growth of the economy of 3.4%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10159/17]
  • Commercial Property
    233. To ask the Minister for Finance if recourse is available to a company which made an unsuccessful bid to a receiver on behalf of a bank for a distressed commercial property which was higher...
  • Credit Unions
    234. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a credit union (details supplied) has not been allowed by the Central Bank to hold an AGM since 2012; the number of credit unions that have had...
  • Tracker Mortgage Data
    235. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has plans to investigate if customers with business loans were wrongly denied their contractual right to return to a tracker rate...
  • Tax Compliance
    236. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax that hosts of a company (details supplied) are liable for; and the differences between the tax relief measures available to landlords and the tax...
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    237. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 26 January 2017 his views on whether the ECB could clarify more clearly its policy of Article 28 Council...
  • Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration
    238. To ask the Minister for Finance if the first time buyers grant can be used to contribute towards a required deposit; and the mechanism in place to ensure it can be available for this purpose...
  • Property Tax Assessments
    239. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the local property tax, LPT, for a property (details supplied) in Dublin 15 was calculated for the years 2012 to 2017. [10283/17]
  • Vehicle Registration
    240. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend legislation to reflect the European Commission's decision that a foreign vehicle, if not intended to be used in the member state on a...
  • Public Private Partnerships
    241. To ask the Minister for Finance if public private partnership, PPP, unitary payments for potential infrastructure projects, in addition to those funded under the CIP 2016-2021, that are...
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    242. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on whether evidence (details supplied) confirms that in 2008 Irish banks lost control over collateral it advanced to the ECB through...
  • Tax Code
    245. To ask the Minister for Finance whether stamp duty is payable on the documentation concerning the transfer or purchase of loans from one entity to another; if it is standard practice not to...
  • Knowledge Development Box
    251. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the number of claims made under the knowledge development box in 2016; the total cost of the tax expenditure associated with the knowledge...
  • Tax Compliance
    252. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the number of audits of research and development tax credit claims carried out in each year from 2012 to 2016; the number of audits which resulted...
  • Tax Credits
    253. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the gross eligible company expenditure for which research and development tax credits were claimed in each year from 2012 to 2016; and if he will...
  • Stamp Duty
    254. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the number of banks and financial institutions that paid the bank levy in 2015 and 2016; the number of such institutions that are domestically...
  • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
    255. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the number of claims under section 481 film tax relief in 2015 and 2016; the number of films which received finance under the relief in each year;...
  • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
    256. To ask the Minister for Finance to list in tabular form the tribunals established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2011; the number of days each tribunal sat for; the...
  • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
    257. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the tax expenditure associated with the employment and investment incentive in 2016; the number of jobs supported; and if he will make a statement...
  • Tax Exemptions
    258. To ask the Minister for Finance when the first claims will be eligible to be made for an exemption from capital gains tax under section 604A of theTaxes Consolidation Act 1997 for properties...
  • Tax Yield
    259. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down in tabular form the yield in each year from 2007 to 2016 from stamp duty on share transactions on the Irish Stock Exchange; and if he will make a...
  • Tax Exemptions
    261. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the total exemption from corporation tax on qualifying income and gains from rental property claimed by real estate investment trusts in each year...
  • Tax Reliefs Application
    262. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details on the last occasion when a profession was added to the list that can claim rate expenses system for tax relief; and if he will make a...
  • State Banking Sector
    263. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down in tabular form the proceeds from the disposal of investments in the State-supported banks, by institution, in each year since 2010; and if he...
  • Home Repossessions Rate
    266. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the number of family home repossessions by lending institutions to date in 2017; the extent to which action can be taken to discourage such...
  • Home Repossessions
    268. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the number of repossessions by lending agencies in the buy-to-let market that have resulted in an increase in homelessness; and if he will make a...
  • Mortgage Interest Rates
    270. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason home borrowers in the market here are required to pay higher interest rates than those prevailing throughout the European Union; if the rules of...
  • Construction Industry
    273. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the lending institutions are lending to the construction sector with particular reference to the urgent need to offset the housing crisis;...
  • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
    274. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which working capital continues to be made available to the farming and business sectors with particular reference to smaller enterprises; and...
  • Credit Availability
    276. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to use his influence with the banking sector to ensure the availability of adequate working capital particularly for the...
  • Bank Charges
    277. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the levels of bank charges being imposed by various banks; the basis for such charges,...
  • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
    278. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his department monitors credit needs throughout all aspects of the business sector without exception; if he has satisfied himself that...
  • Bank Branch Closures
    279. To ask the Minister for Finance if the closure of branches in Northern Ireland by banks (details supplied) was discussed with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10445/17]

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