Written answers

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

  • Financial Services Regulation
    69. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will introduce statutory rules appertaining to the code of conduct applicable to primary and secondary lenders or their agents (details supplied);...
  • Mortgage Resolution Processes
    70. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank will review its principles for redress and compensation under the tracker examination to reflect the fact that many consumers have employed...
  • Credit Unions
    71. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking or plans to take to create a new strategy for the growth and development of the credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Central Bank of Ireland Data
    72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Central Bank to compile up to date data on the number and value of SME and farm loans held by unregulated loan owners; if the Central...
  • NAMA Portfolio Value
    73. To ask the Minister for Finance the fiscal rules surrounding the expected surplus from NAMA; if it will be considered a financial transaction; if it will be possible to utilise the proceeds...
  • Tax Code
    74. To ask the Minister for Finance his strategy on the EU Commission's proposals to tax digital revenues in each country of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13626/18]
  • Banking Sector
    75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reverse the decision by the previous Government to allow bailed out banks carry forward 100% of losses for two decades in some cases. [13656/18]
  • Project Ireland 2040
    76. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he is satisfied that the targets already identified for 2018 and thereafter in the context of Project Ireland 2040 are achievable and...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    77. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which Home Building Finance Ireland, HBFI, will contribute to delivering more affordable housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Corporation Tax
    78. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date of the decision to appeal a matter (details supplied); and when the appeal will be heard. [13652/18]
  • Motor Insurance
    79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met with representatives from the motor insurance industry with regard to the refusal to insure motor vehicles over ten years of age; and if he will...
  • Corporation Tax Regime
    80. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a study (details supplied) concerning the use of section 110 tax relief in the IFSC; the actions he plans to take on foot of...
  • Insurance Costs
    81. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the latest report of the Cost of Insurance Working Group; if the role of profit of the insurance industry in increasing premiums has been...
  • Illicit Trade
    82. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce additional measures to deal with cross-Border illegal trading in products such as fuels and tobacco; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Brexit Issues
    83. To ask the Minister for Finance the economic impact assessments his Department has commissioned on Brexit. [5754/18]
  • Insurance Costs
    84. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe to implement the report on the cost of employer and public liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13651/18]
  • Credit Union Services
    86. To ask the Minister for Finance the work being undertaken by his Department to implement the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach's recommendation that...
  • IBRC Liquidation
    87. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged with the special liquidator of IBRC regarding the release of internal documents by a former official of the bank (details...
  • Motor Insurance Costs
    88. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist persons faced with increases in the cost of motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11008/18]
  • Brexit Issues
    89. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is planning the way in which a soft border would work on the Border if the EU requires same when the UK exits the customs union. [4562/18]
  • Corporation Tax
    90. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the escrow account to be set up with regard to a matter (details supplied); when he expects the company concerned to start paying into the...
  • Banking Sector Regulation
    91. To ask the Minister for Finance the contacts he has had with the European Central Bank in relation to the regulation of the banks' number of distressed mortgages; and if he will make a...
  • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
    92. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on mortgage write-downs for mortgage holders in view of the willingness of a bank (details supplied) to offer a discount on loans it transfers to...
  • Banking Sector
    93. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the diminution of banking services in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11007/18]
  • Tax Code
    94. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concerns of the Central Bank that cash buyers such as international funds are putting home ownership beyond the reach of families; and his...
  • Banking Sector
    96. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with financial institutions off-loading their description of distressed mortgage loans; his views on the decision by a bank (details...
  • Brexit Issues
    98. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department and the Revenue Commissioners will seek to avoid disruption to Irish Sea movements under duty suspension between here and Great...
  • Corporation Tax
    99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the impact on Ireland and other EU member states of planned changes to taxation in the USA. [5421/18]
  • Pension Levy
    100. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has undertaken a review of the quantum of the reduction in pension benefits payable to persons in the private and commercial sector as a...
  • Lobbying Data
    101. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if he has been personally lobbied by Israeli Ministers on this issue; his plans to address...
  • Tax Code
    102. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 30 January 2018, if he will consider adopting a system similar to the Australian model on inheritance tax whereby...
  • Banking Sector
    103. To ask the Minister for Finance when the public banking investigation report will be published; the engagement his Department has in respect of this issue; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Departmental Communications
    104. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that alternative telephone numbers to 1850 and 1890 in all Departments of the Revenue Commissioners are provided in order that those...
  • Knowledge Development Box
    105. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the apparent contradiction in the approach to research collaborations between the IDA and the Revenue Commissioners...
  • Tax Compliance
    106. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners have audited only five section 110 companies for tax purposes; the action he has taken in ensuring they fulfil all their...
  • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
    108. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations and policies in place to ensure the rental proceeds of buy to let mortgages which are in distress are paid over to the bank which holds the...
  • Brexit Issues
    109. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact he views Brexit will have on the banking and insurance sector; and if the German community bank, the Sparkasse, will shortly be commencing...
  • Tax Compliance
    110. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the revenue compliance of dog breeding establishments; if he will authorise an audit by the Revenue Commissioners for licences of dog breeding...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    111. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials in his Department have examined a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13659/18]
  • Credit Unions
    112. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach on the credit union sector, in...
  • Motor Insurance Costs
    113. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of recommendations of the Cost of Insurance Working Group examining motor insurance; the recommendations which have already...
  • Mortgage Book Sales
    114. To ask the Minister for Finance the contacts he has had with senior management of the main banks in relation to the potential sale of loan books to vulture funds; and if he will make a...
  • Property Tax
    117. To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision on the future of the local property tax will be made. [13937/18]
  • EU Budget Contribution
    118. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the future level of Ireland's contribution to the EU budget and multi-annual financial framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • European Central Bank
    119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the engagements and discussions he has had with other EU leaders on vacancies at the European Central Bank. [9660/18]
  • NAMA Board
    122. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the appointments to the Board of NAMA advertised in January 2018; if he has considered appointing persons with the requisite skill in...
  • Mortgage Book Sales
    123. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to block sales by financial institutions in which the State has a majority share holding to unregulated vulture funds. [11006/18]
  • Corporation Tax
    124. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact of proposed EU tax changes on his Department's estimates of Ireland's corporation tax revenues in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will...
  • Insurance Data
    125. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the national claims information database to be fully up and running; when he expects enacting legislation to be brought forward and passed;...

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