Written answers
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
170. To ask the Minister for Finance if diagnosed severe autism will be included on the criteria for a primary medical certificate. [12966/17] - Commencement of Legislation
171. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the commencement of the section 46 flat rate addition amendment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13276/17] - Betting Regulations
172. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is legislation or rules on the number of bookmakers that can open in any town at the one time; the legislation there is on this issue at present; and... - Tax Credits
173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has explored the possibility of introducing a disability tax credit similar to the blind persons tax credit; if so, the estimated costs of setting up... - National Debt
174. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the State's national debt in tabular form; the interest rate and redemption date on each component of the national debt; and if he will make a... - National Debt Servicing
175. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual interest rate of the debt he plans to redeem from the proceeds from the sale of a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
176. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 235, 243 and 244 of 28 February 2017, if he will confirm, in respect of each financial institution involved in the... - Revenue Commissioners Audits
177. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of audits conducted by the Revenue Commisioners in 2015 and 2016, by county, in tabular form; the average time in each county in each year for the... - Vehicle Registration
178. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding VRT on imported cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12848/17] - Tax Credits
179. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the incapacitated child tax credit and the dependent relative tax credit; the conditions necessary for a person to apply and the amount... - Tax Collection
180. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have discretion to allow tax defaulters who have built up debts to some extent due to mental illness or addiction to alcohol or... - Mortgage Book Sales
181. To ask the Minister for Finance the rights of mortgage holders in respect of the ownership or changed ownership of their mortgage; and the way in which a person may seek this information.... - Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
183. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the plan which he announced in budget 2017 to extend mortgage interest relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13124/17] - Credit Union Regulation
184. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions that, as at 31 January 2017, have had their AGMs delayed by the Central Bank for more than nine months. [13153/17] - Banks Recapitalisation
186. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the proceeds of a proposed dividend from a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13158/17] - Sale of Aer Lingus
187. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of the proceeds from the sale of the State's stake in Aer Lingus; and the use for which the proceeds of the sale were used. [13159/17] - Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration
188. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons eligible for the help-to-buy scheme are paid in one lump sum by the Revenue Commissioners or on a phased basis through their tax; if so, the period... - Commercial Property
189. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that commercial property investors are predominately international REITs and equity funds and that prime office rents increased by 14%... - Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
190. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank is currently investigating the incorrect disclosure in advertisements of annual percentage rates by certain financial institutions; the... - Credit Union Restructuring
191. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the amalgamations of credit unions; when approvals for amalgamations are expected to be completed; if credit unions involved in the... - Tax Avoidance
192. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have assessed the value of the over claim of flat rate addition in the poultry sector between 2004 and 2016; and if he will... - Mortgage Interest Rates
198. To ask the Minister for Finance if each State supported bank offers, in certain circumstances, an interest rate to an existing mortgage customer which is outside of the advertised rates for... - Property Tax
199. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Revenue Commissioners is adopting a position when dealing with self employed people who are due a tax... - Public Sector Staff Remuneration
200. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that in line with the one person, one salary principle, no public servant who is a member of a State board or agency under the control of... - Legislative Programme
201. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the proposed legislation following the receipt of submissions as part of the public consultation on a sugar sweetened drinks tax; and if he will... - Fiscal Data
202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, using the most up-to-date economic and fiscal information available, an estimate of the final deficit as a percentage of Gross Domestic... - Tax Avoidance
206. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the flat rate addition which has been in use the poultry industry, whereby the cost of inputs are artificially inflated for the purpose... - Stability Programme Data
207. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to publish a stability programme update in April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13387/17] - Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity
208. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers that have been prosecuted by reason of delivering to the Revenue Commissioners an incorrect income tax return when the taxpayer has a... - Tax Reliefs Data
211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by county of the 297,800 mortgage accounts estimated to be in receipt of tax relief at source in respect of mortgage interest... - Pensions Data
212. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an owner of a minimum approved retirement fund who cannot withdraw it until 75 years of age is not allowed to freeze the account to prevent any... - Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that in circumstances where the Revenue Commissioners deemed and directed an expenditure, in this case Non-Principal Private Residence... - Bank Guarantee Scheme Data
214. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 7 March 2017, the details of every occasion his Department acted as guarantor in which facility deeds were... - Tax Code
215. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the review of the operation of the betting tax regime as part of the 2017 tax strategy group process, in particular the areas that... - Insurance Costs
217. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of the hospitality sector in relation to the increasing costs of insurance; the measures he proposes... - Pensions Data
218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of the rule book of every Revenue Commissioner staff pension scheme commenced in the 1970s and 1980s which would affect staff... - Vehicle Registration
219. To ask the Minister for Finance the total vehicle registration tax to be paid on a camper van (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13541/17] - NAMA Operations
220. To ask the Minister for Finance the details, including the aggregate value of such transactions if individual transaction values cannot be provided, of the list of NAMA loan or asset... - Revenue Commissioners Investigations
221. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 9 March 2017, if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - VAT Exemptions
225. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the measure introduced in the last budget to charge VAT on training and development activities is having the... - Tax Credits
226. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an application for incapacitated child tax credit for a family (details supplied) was unsuccessful; if a new application can be submitted in this... - Pension Levy
227. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide relief for holders of private pensions that were subjected to the Government levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13634/17] - Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the case of persons (details supplied); if they are eligible under the help-to-buy scheme; if not, the reasons; and if he will make a... - Help-To-Buy Scheme
229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review and address concerns (details supplied) in relation to the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13767/17] - VAT Exemptions
230. To ask the Minister for Finance if a newly developed graveyard becomes exempt from 13.5% VAT once it is five years old; the person or body that pays the 13.5% VAT on the grave; and if he... - Revenue Commissioners
231. To ask the Minister for Finance if extra public car parking spaces will be provided at public offices, Hebron Road, Kilkenny; if appropriate plans for car parking will be put in place to... - Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Administration
232. To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax benefit of the home renovation incentive scheme can be carried forward for more than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Credit Unions
233. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether Government policy is constraining the future potential of the credit union movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Appointments to State Boards
236. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications received by his Department for the recent positions available on the Central Bank Commission; the number of these applications... - Departmental Staff Data
237. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 23 February 2017, if he will provide details with regard to the two members of staff currently suspended in the... - Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
238. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reintroduce the home renovation incentive scheme which ceased at the end of December 2016; and if any other such scheme similar to this scheme is... - Departmental Legal Costs
239. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount spent externally by his Department on legal advice for each year since 2015; the solicitors firms involved; the barristers, junior and...
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