Written answers
Thursday, 14 December 2017
- Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
62. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the criteria in respect of the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53947/17] - Tax Reliefs Costs
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the VRT rebate for electric vehicle purchase until 2019 to 2023, respectively. [54080/17] - Community Banking
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has provided a report on the Sparkassen public banking model; and his views on whether there could be a role for such a public banking system... - VAT Rate Application
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which VAT is calculated on unredeemed gift vouchers; if a calculation has been done on VAT foregone; if so, the amount for 2016; and if he will make... - Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications that have been received to date under the help-to-buy incentive scheme; and the number of applications that have been successful.... - Legislative Programme
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the commencement of each; and if he... - Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
70. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 5 December 2017, if the help-to-buy scheme applies in this instance (details supplied). [53577/17] - Legal Proceedings
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of legal proceedings in which he and the Attorney General are cited as the defendants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Stamp Duty
72. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to compensate private pension holders that had a pension levy imposed on their pension funds for a number of years as part of the jobs initiative of... - Fiscal Data
73. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 30 November 2017, if the figures given for net fiscal space for 2019, 2020 and 2021 include the changes announced... - State Claims Agency Data
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of claims paid out by the State Claims Agency in each the past five years; the number and value of claims that were settled out of court;... - State Banking Sector
82. To ask the Minister for Finance his strategies for returning each of the State supported banks fully to the private sector; the timeframe for the full privatisation of each of the banks; the... - Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of entities availing of the EIIS; the number of which are private investors, SMEs and microenterprises; the average annual relief for each private... - Mortgage Interest Relief Application
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders availing of mortgage interest relief, MIR; the number of mortgages availing of MIR; the cost in 2017 of MIR; and if he will make... - Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
87. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual return from ISIF in each of the years since its creation including 2017; the annual return from the global portfolio, domestic portfolio and... - Tax Data
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the research and development tax credit in each year since 2012, including 2017; the number of multinationals claiming the credit in each of... - Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount invested by Activate Capital in 2017; the average interest charged on the finance provided; the number of homes completed in each of the years since... - Tax Data
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the shortfall in income tax compared with target as outlined in the November 2017 fiscal monitor; if he will provide an outturn versus target... - Knowledge Development Box
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies availing of the knowledge development box; the cost of the programme in 2016; the number of MNEs obtaining the relief in 2016; the cost... - NAMA Portfolio
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the planned wind up of NAMA; the details of the portfolio that is remaining; the current estimate of the timeframe and the financial outturn from... - EU Budget Contribution
93. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected impact Brexit will have on Ireland's annual contribution to the EU budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53752/17] - IBRC Expenditure
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees paid to barristers, senior and junior counsel by IBRC since the appointment of the special liquidators; the name and amount paid to each... - Banking Sector Data
96. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has a policy on whether bank ATM machines should dispense €10 notes to persons; the practice of retail banks here in dispensing... - Mortgage Data
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of unregulated loan owners in the Irish mortgage market for PDHs and BTLs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53756/17] - Small and Medium Enterprises Data
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of SME loans owned by unregulated loan owners; the number of unregulated loan owners in the market here that own SME loans; the number of SME loans... - Mortality Data
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgages here that are classified as sub-prime; the number of sub-prime lenders currently operating in the market; the value of sub... - Central Bank of Ireland Data
100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Central Bank has a record of the number of commercial loans that have been sold on by the original underwriter; if so, the details of same; if... - Credit Register Establishment
101. To ask the Minister for Finance when the central credit register will be fully operational; the steps that have been taken to date in its implementation; if personal contract plans and hire... - Personal Contract Plans
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of personal contract plan providers, PCPs, here; the number and value of PCPs currently in existence; the number and value of PCPs that are behind... - Financial Services Regulation
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of payday loan providers here; the number and value of loans outstanding to payday loan providers; the number and value of payday loans in arrears;... - Legislative Programme
104. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be a second Finance Bill; if so, when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53763/17] - Revenue Commissioners Data
105. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount owed by businesses to the Revenue Commissioners under each tax heading; the age profile of the arrears; and the steps the Revenue Commissioners are... - Central Bank of Ireland Staff
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contract outsourced staff employed at the Central Bank; the roles they perform; the daily salary of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
107. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of small and medium enterprise debt outstanding from the latest available data; the amount which is in arrears; the amount classified as... - Central Bank of Ireland Data
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the fines greater than €100,000 imposed by the Central Bank on financial institutions over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Staff Data
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the staffing levels in his Department by division; the staffing levels in 2015 and 2016; the number of vacancies by division; the length of time these... - Revenue Commissioners Staff
110. To ask the Minister for Finance the staffing levels in the Revenue Commissioners by functional area; the staffing levels in 2015 and 2016; the number of vacancies by functional area; the... - National Treasury Management Agency Staff
111. To ask the Minister for Finance the staffing levels currently in the NTMA by functional area; the staffing levels in 2015 and 2016; the number of vacancies by functional area; the length of... - Central Bank of Ireland Staff
112. To ask the Minister for Finance the staffing levels in the Central Bank by functional area; the staffing levels in 2015 and 2016; the number of vacancies by functional area; the length of... - IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
113. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and overall value of IBRC PDH residential mortgages sold by the special liquidator; the details of each transaction including the identity of the... - IBRC Loans
115. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and overall value of IBRC commercial loans sold by the special liquidator; the details of each transaction including the identity of the purchaser;... - Bank Guarantee Scheme Bond Repayments
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount received to date in respect of fees for the 2008 bank guarantee scheme and the eligible liabilities guarantee scheme; the proceeds received from... - Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
118. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has issued guidance to financial institutions in terms of assessing loan applications on the issue of considering evidence of gambling... - IBRC Loans
119. To ask the Minister for Finance if following their appointment the special liquidator of IBRC changed the interest rates being charged by the bank on commercial loans; and if he will make a... - IBRC Liquidation
122. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the special liquidation of IBRC; the details of the portfolio that is remaining; the estimated timeframe; the financial outturn from the... - Mortgage Data
123. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of rent receivers appointed to date in respect of buy-to-let properties for each of the State-supported banks; the number of buy-to-let properties... - Corporation Tax
124. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross amount of corporation tax paid in 2017 by the top ten multinational groups as measured by corporation tax paid; the proportion this represents of... - NAMA Loan Book Value
125. To ask the Minister for Finance the book value and estimated market value of the loan assets held by NAMA; the details by geographic area, for example, Ireland, the UK and so on; if a... - Credit Union Lending
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and purpose of public funding that has been required to date by the credit union sector; the amount collected from credit unions by way of the... - Insurance Data
128. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made and accepted, respectively, for declined insurance in each month of 2017 and each year since 2014 in tabular form; and if he... - Tax Yield
129. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent reduced income tax receipts to November 2017; the way in which these tally with recent gains in employment; and if he will make a... - State Aid Investigations
130. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the escrow account for the tax liability of a company (details supplied) to be in operation; when the full payment will be received; the... - Tax Collection
131. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners can arrange for a deferral of payment in respect of income tax owed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will... - Negative Equity Mortgages Data
132. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of households in negative equity; his views on the implications of this for the wider economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54016/17] - Tax Yield
133. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of increasing the lifetime limit for CGT entrepreneur relief to €1 million, €5 million, €10 million and €15... - Small and Medium Enterprises Data
134. To ask the Minister for Finance the average Irish SME loan lending rate; the average EU rate; and the rate for each EU 27 member state based on available data in tabular form. [54131/17] - NAMA Operations
135. To ask the Minister for Finance the spending commitments or paying down of debt the Government has entered into with regard to the profits arising from the winding down of NAMA; and if he... - Central Bank of Ireland Staff
136. To ask the Minister for Finance the staff numbers in the Central Bank in each of the years 2008 to 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54146/17] - European Central Bank
137. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Central Bank and his Department's staff seconded to the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54147/17] - Departmental Expenditure
139. To ask the Minister for Finance the photography costs for his Department in each year since March 2011, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the list of... - Public Relations Contracts Data
140. To ask the Minister for Finance the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external public relations firm;... - Consultancy Contracts Data
141. To ask the Minister for Finance the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the... - Departmental Advertising Expenditure
142. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns published specifically in... - Departmental Expenditure
143. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on photography, advertising,...
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