Written answers

Tuesday, 10 October 2017

  • Insurance Coverage
    21. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure proper and effective regulation of insurance companies on the issue of refusing flood cover; if it will be ensured that cover...
  • Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
    22. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 20 September 2017, the parties that received reimbursement under the section reimbursements to the State Claims...
  • Property Tax Assessments
    23. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to basing property tax on income for pensioners similar to the French system; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • NAMA Reports
    24. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the seven yearly reports regarding NAMA's use of post acquisition powers submitted to the European Commission and...
  • State Claims Agency
    25. To ask the Minister for Finance the avenue of appeal open to persons that have applied to the State Claims Agency and have had their claim turned down.; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
    26. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person that purchases a new build with a local authority mortgage is eligible for the help-to-buy scheme if that new build matches all the criteria for...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    27. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding received from the nursing home support scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • NAMA Operations
    28. To ask the Minister for Finance the persons or organisations that are the 51% owners of the NAMA group; the shareholding of each of these persons and organisations; the amount of dividend...
  • Public Services Card
    29. To ask the Minister for Finance the agencies within his remit that plan to make services or payments dependent on the public services card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Help-To-Buy Scheme
    30. To ask the Minister for Finance if studies have been carried out to investigate the impact of the help-to-buy scheme on house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42601/17]
  • Primary Medical Certificates Provision
    31. To ask the Minister for Finance if a primary medical certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42602/17]
  • Mortgage Schemes
    32. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reintroduce the key worker mortgage scheme as part of budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42689/17]
  • Approved Housing Bodies
    33. To ask the Minister for Finance if long term leasing or other similar agreements to pay rent by local authorities to approved housing bodies is included as a liability as a debt on the...
  • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
    34. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for small business to be approved by the Revenue Commissioners for the EII scheme; if he will address the delay for a company (details supplied)...
  • VAT Rate Application
    35. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 22 February 2017, the status of his consultations with other member states in advance of the publication of the...
  • Budget 2018
    36. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulatory impact assessment he has carried out prior to tax changes he plans announcing in budget 2018. [42724/17]
  • European Court of Human Rights Rulings
    37. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the State has not collected the billions of euro due to it under a ruling (details supplied); his plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Ministerial Functions
    40. To ask the Minister for Finance the powers he has delegated to the Ministers of State in his Department; the date on which such delegation was made; if there were changes in powers delegated...
  • EU Treaties
    41. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal to enshrine the fiscal compact, now an inter government treaty, into the EU Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • NAMA Portfolio
    42. To ask the Minister for Finance the housing and commercial properties in the possession of NAMA in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42980/17]
  • Public Sector Pensions
    43. To ask the Minister for Finance if calculations have been carried out on the tax foregone by not taxing accruing public sector pensions; the reason for not including such estimates in a...
  • Vehicle Registration
    44. To ask the Minister for Finance if the VRT grant for fully hybrid vehicles of €1,500 will be extended to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43026/17]
  • Rent Controls
    45. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) can avail of the rent a room relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42213/17]
  • Financial Services Ombudsman Remit
    46. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in relation to the complaints process of the Financial Services Ombudsman and in general when a person is making a complaint to a financial service...
  • VAT Rate Application
    47. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to retain the 9% VAT rate for businesses involved in tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42231/17]
  • Tax Code
    48. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) living in Portugal cannot avail of the NHR status enabling those that become tax resident in Portugal the opportunity to...
  • EU Issues
    49. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking at EU level to promote the need for persons living in one EU member state to be allowed to purchase financial services products such as...
  • VAT Rate Reductions
    50. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a VAT reduction on animal vaccines in order to help support better animal welfare on farms; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Retail Sector
    51. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of transactions in retail outlets across the country in which persons pay with a debit or credit card; the arrangements in relation to the...
  • Lobbying Data
    52. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions on which he has been lobbied in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill since March 2016; the persons he has met with; the dates of...
  • Banking Sector
    53. To ask the Minister for Finance the legacy losses outstanding from a tax perspective in banks (details supplied); the length of time into the future these losses can be carried forward to...
  • Tax Credits
    54. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the earned income tax credit to the same level as the PAYE credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42360/17]
  • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Investigations
    56. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement or the Financial Regulator has carried out investigations into a company (details supplied) regarding...
  • Tax Code
    57. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department and the Revenue Commissioners have taken in order to be prepared for the introduction of a sugar tax in 2018; and if he will make a...
  • Tax Reliefs Data
    58. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of uptake to date on the improved CGT entrepreneur relief introduced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42434/17]
  • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
    59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the approval of the European Commission for the introduction of a share based incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Budget 2017
    60. To ask the Minister for Finance the work that has been done since the announcement in budget 2017 on the possible introduction of a VAT compensation scheme for registered charities; and if he...
  • Excise Duties Yield
    61. To ask the Minister for Finance the excise duty on tobacco products collected in each of the years 2014 to 2016; the estimated amounted to be collected in 2017; and if he will make a...
  • Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
    62. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of approved applications under the help-to-buy scheme to date in 2017; the estimated cost of the scheme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Budget Measures
    63. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount to be collected in 2017 from the compliance measures specified in the summary of budget measures 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Central Bank of Ireland
    64. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of regulation in the Central Bank per year in the past five years; the portion of these costs obtained from levies on financial institutions; his...
  • NAMA Social Housing Provision
    65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received approval from the European Commission to reform NAMA in order to allow it to develop social and affordable housing on State-owned land; and...
  • Excessive Deficit Procedure Implementation
    66. To ask the Minister for Finance the State's final structural deficit in percentage terms in 2016; and if he expects changes at this point. [42445/17]

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