Written answers

Thursday, 18 May 2017

  • Banking Sector Regulation
    11. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the Central Bank’s response to a bank's (details supplied) placing of 2,141 SME customers into a bank; his views on whether a...
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts
    12. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the favourable tax treatment for real estate investment trusts and Irish real estate funds in view of reports that these are a factor in...
  • Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
    13. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank will take particular steps to soften the manner in which original or secondary lenders treat home borrowers (details supplied); and if he...
  • NAMA Loans Sale
    15. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 3 May 2017, if Project Shift was discussed at NAMA Northern Ireland advisory committee meetings; if a person...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    16. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to the need to establish a code of conduct on mortgage switching, similar to the code of conduct on the switching of payment...
  • Universal Social Charge Yield
    17. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the under-performance of USC in the January to February period of 2017; the difference in the projected and actual intake; and if he will make a...
  • National Debt Servicing
    18. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to refinance a quarter of the State's national debt between October 2017 and October 2020; and the steps being taken by the NTMA to minimise the...
  • Fiscal Policy
    20. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request flexibility with regard to the fiscal rules in view of the well documented impact of Brexit on the economy; and if he will make a statement...
  • Banking Sector
    22. To ask the Minister for Finance when he and the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs will bring forward firm proposals for community banking in view of the...
  • Tax Credits
    23. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a report on the large levels of tax expenditures relating to research and development tax credits each year since 2010; if his Department...
  • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
    24. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of lending carried out by a company (details supplied) to date in 2017 to the construction sector; his views on whether the State can do more to...
  • Help-To-Buy Scheme
    25. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the first time buyers grant is having a destructive impact on the private housing market and leading to massive inflationary pressures in...
  • Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions
    26. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all fines paid, including the monetary value and transgression for each individual fine, by a bank (details supplied) since the State acquired a...
  • European Fund for Strategic Investments
    27. To ask the Minister for Finance the funds that have been drawn down from within the State from the Junckers investment fund since its inception. [23572/17]
  • Budget 2018
    28. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will rule out further tax cuts in budget 2018 in view of recent disappointing Exchequer returns and to ensure all fiscal space is directed towards...
  • Brexit Issues
    29. To ask the Minister for Finance further to a survey by a company (details supplied) that showed a widespread lack of knowledge and understanding of customs regulations and practices, the...
  • Tracker Mortgages Examination
    30. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Central Bank’s tracker mortgage review; the number of mortgages involved in the review; the number of persons who have...
  • Excise Duties
    32. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on excise duties on diesel vehicles in the context of budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21494/17]
  • Economic Growth
    33. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding Ireland's growth potential for the future in comparison with all other EU states within the euro zone and...

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