Written answers

Tuesday, 2 October 2018

  • Tax Exemptions
    161. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners does not inform married couples or couples in a civil partnership on reaching 65 years of age of their possible...
  • Tax Credits
    162. To ask the Minister for Finance when the earned income tax credit will be increased from its 2018 level of €1,150 to €1,650 as promised in the Programme for a Partnership...
  • Tax Code
    163. To ask the Minister for Finance if steps will be taken on terms of taxation changes in order to ensure farmers will not be penalised when they commit to restoring the stock values over the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    165. To ask the Minister for Finance the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to his Department for 2018; the way in which it is being spent; if it is behind or ahead of...
  • Customs and Excise Controls
    166. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of goods entering here from outside the EU that are physically checked on entry that is red; the proportion of goods that are electronically...
  • Imports Data
    167. To ask the Minister for Finance the value and volume of goods entering here each year from Northern Ireland and Britain, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39413/18]
  • Banking Sector
    170. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason some mortgage holders have been written to by their banks demanding photo identification; if there have been recent legal or regulatory changes...
  • Tax Code
    171. To ask the Minister for Finance if equalisation of exit tax with deposit interest retention tax, DIRT, will be introduced in Budget 2019, further to correspondence from a person (details...
  • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data
    172. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 182 and 183 of 7 September 2018, the SMEs that received loan funding by firm size of fewer than 10 employees; 11 to 49...
  • VAT Rate Increases
    174. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the changes in the VAT rate for cookery schools between 2016 and 2018 from 0% to 21%; the rationale for this change in view of the fact that in...
  • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
    175. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Tax Code
    176. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce legislation to allow local authorities to introduce a transient occupancy tax on hotel rooms; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Exchequer Returns
    177. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the €600 million quoted by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council for the cost of tax indexation by tax heading, that is, income tax, USC,...
  • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
    178. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness campaigns to date in...
  • Fuel Rebate Scheme
    180. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 25 September 2018, his plans to review the terms of the diesel rebate scheme in view of the rising costs of fuel...
  • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
    181. To ask the Minister for Finance if allegations that a company (details supplied) has inflated expenses on a film production here in order gain a larger tax rebate under the section 481 tax...
  • VAT Rate Application
    182. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 24 October 2017, if audit examinations have been carried out by the Revenue Commissioners to establish if there is...
  • Tax Code
    184. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the application of withholding tax on peer to peer lending; the responsibilities of the SME receiving the lending and of the peer to...
  • Commencement of Legislation
    185. To ask the Minister for Finance when section 46 of the Finance Act 2015 will come into effect. [40079/18]
  • Ministerial Meetings
    186. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to meet the president of the World Bank. [40080/18]
  • Tax Code
    187. To ask the Minister for Finance if the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) will be addressed in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40099/18]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    188. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of his Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championships 2018; the number of staff deployed from his Department for the week; and the cost...
  • Labour Employer Economic Forum
    190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the sixth meeting of the Labour Employer Economic Forum; the issues discussed; and the social partners and Government...
  • Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
    191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an action (details supplied) under the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
    192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Office of Public Works Projects
    193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the progress on the expanding of the car parking facilities at Clonmacnoise monastic site. [39607/18]
  • Superannuation Schemes
    194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the Civil Service spouses and children superannuation scheme satisfies the Employment Equality Acts on the ground of...
  • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
    195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public...
  • Budget 2019
    196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a budget 2019 submission by an organisation (details supplied) will be given consideration; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Pension Provisions
    197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 7 September 2018, the reason a pension is not being paid in full to a person (details...
  • Public Service Pay Commission
    198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Public Service Pay Commission will conclude; and when and the way in which its recommendations will be implemented. [39748/18]
  • Public Procurement Contracts Data
    199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual volume in millions of public funds spent on the procurement of goods, services and capital projects for each of the years...
  • Public Relations Contracts Data
    200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of procurement contracts tendered annually in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [40005/18]
  • Office of Public Works Projects
    202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will arrange for the OPW to carry out essential works on Lough Suedy, Ballymore, County Westmeath (details supplied).; and if he...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of his Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championships 2018; the number of staff deployed from his Department for...

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