Written answers

Thursday, 30 November 2017

  • Corporation Tax Regime
    10. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the future of Ireland's corporation tax rate; if it has been discussed at recent EU Council meetings. [50539/17]
  • Banking Sector
    11. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his Department’s work with the Department of Rural and Community Development on the public banking investigation; and if he will make a...
  • US Tax Reform
    13. To ask the Minister for Finance the potential effects of President Trump’s threatened big border tax on Irish companies in the United States if they expand manufacturing facilities...
  • Motor Insurance Costs
    15. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the second phase of the cost of insurance working group in relation to employer liability and public liability; when the working group will come...
  • NAMA Staff Data
    16. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of NAMA staff that have taken voluntary redundancy to date in 2017; the number of staff expected to take voluntary redundancy in 2018 and 2019; his...
  • Property Tax Administration
    17. To ask the Minister for Finance if the cross departmental group that is reviewing the local property tax is considering including demographic changes following the publication of the census...
  • Corporation Tax Regime
    18. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the legislation change which allowed the deferring of tax assets against future profits by banks is having a negative impact on the...
  • Universal Social Charge Application
    19. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to correct the anomaly that sees pre-95 public sector pensioners pay the universal social charge on all their income while all other persons on the...
  • Legal Proceedings
    20. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a date for an appeal (details supplied); if the appeal will be withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50880/17]
  • Economic Data
    21. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which all economic indicators are positively aligned to maximum economic benefit for the State over the next five years; and if he will make a...
  • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Funding
    22. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding being provided by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; his plans to review the aims of the Strategic Banking Corporation of...
  • Motor Insurance Costs
    24. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with the rising cost of motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50714/17]
  • State Aid Investigations
    25. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) provided some or all of the fines levied by the EU Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50717/17]
  • EU Budget Contribution
    26. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated likely higher contributions to the EU in view of the forecast increase in GNP over the next ten years; if he has studied the impact of our...
  • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
    27. To ask the Minister for Finance the role his Department will play in the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50712/17]
  • Credit Union Restructuring
    28. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his Department’s work in respect of the restructuring of the credit union sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50877/17]
  • Insurance Coverage
    29. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of negotiations with an organisation (details supplied) regarding flood cover particularly in Dublin 1 and 3 in which flood cover is extremely...
  • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
    30. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take to ensure that the film tax relief scheme is been properly administered and is not being abused by companies in relation to the use of...
  • Departmental Functions
    31. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to implement the actions attributed to his Department under the measures to enhance the States corporate, economic and regulatory...
  • Paradise Papers.
    33. To ask the Minister for Finance if wrongdoing occurred in relation to Irish persons or companies in view of the work undertaken by the Revenue Commissioners to determine the publication of...
  • Motor Insurance Costs
    34. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions being taken to address the substantial loadings being put on the insurance costs for both young and older persons and the refusal of some companies...
  • Insurance Costs
    37. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure the cost of insurance working group schedule does not slip further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50881/17]
  • Financial Services Sector
    38. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 24 October 2017, the progress of his examination; if an appropriate framework is in place, to allow persons a...
  • EU Budget Contribution
    39. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report to Dáil Éireann on Ireland's contribution to the EU budget in 2017; the likely trends in this expenditure in each of the years 2018...
  • Vehicle Registration
    40. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for redesignation of vehicles for VRT purposes from category B (commercial) to category A (passenger) in the Finance Act 2017; and if he will...
  • Tracker Mortgage Examination
    41. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the review of tracker mortgage complaints particularly for mortgage holders that have been waiting months for an update and a review; and if he...
  • Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products
    42. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce additional measures to deal with the cross border smuggling of illicit products such as tobacco and diesel; and if he will make a...
  • Insurance Costs
    43. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the growing number of older persons that find themselves facing a choice between huge increases in premiums or a loss of...
  • National Debt Servicing
    44. To ask the Minister for Finance the levels of expenditure on national debt interest payments in 2017; the projections for this expenditure in each of the years 2018 to 2021; the provision his...
  • Electric Vehicles
    45. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the BIK exemption for three years for electric cars to ensure confidence for persons deciding to purchase cars. [50722/17]
  • Banking Sector
    46. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on developing a public banking model here similar to the model (details supplied) in Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50799/17]
  • Licensed Moneylenders
    47. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for legislation to set a cap on the interest rate that can be charged by moneylenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50883/17]
  • Banking Sector
    48. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the diminution of banking services in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50715/17]
  • Brexit Issues
    49. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he and his Department have identified and prepared for the economic impact of Brexit; his plans to put in place measures to offset the most...
  • Stamp Duty
    50. To ask the Minister for Finance the grounds on which the increase in commercial stamp duty will be sustainable; the expected revenue achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Tracker Mortgage Examination Data
    51. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of accounts affected by the tracker mortgage scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50718/17]
  • Rental Sector
    52. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.123 of 14 November 2017, the measures he is taking to address this difference; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • European Banking Authority
    53. To ask the Minister for Finance the role his Department had in Ireland's bid for the European Banking Authority and his engagements with other European leaders on Ireland's bid. [50203/17]
  • Tracker Mortgage Examination
    54. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that the Central Bank is sufficiently empowered to identify all persons affected by the tracker mortgage scandal as part of its...
  • European Court of Justice Rulings
    55. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made in setting up the escrow account for the money owed by a company (details supplied); when it will be established; when the Commission's...
  • Brexit Issues
    56. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of discussions his Department and the Revenue Commissioners have had with their counterparts in Northern Ireland and Britain in relation to the...

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