Written answers

Tuesday, 12 March 2019

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

 
  • Brexit Expenditure
    57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding expended by his Department in promoting and hosting all Getting Ireland Brexit Ready events to date; the costs associated with...
  • Northern Ireland
    58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to a family (details supplied) since a British Supreme Court ruling. [11930/19]
  • Election Monitoring Missions
    59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if information on a series of matters (details supplied) regarding the types of person on the 2019 election observation roster will be...
  • Middle East Issues
    60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recently published UN report that indicated the actions by Israeli authorities in respect of protests in Gaza may amount to...
  • Passport Applications Data
    62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons from Great Britain and Northern Ireland who have applied for an Irish passport in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to...
  • Legislative Measures
    65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to update the Passports Act 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11729/19]
  • Northern Ireland
    66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the issue of a referendum on a united Ireland or a Border poll is included on the risk register of his Department; if the risk committee...
  • Human Rights
    67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he advocated for the strengthening of corporate accountability and increased regulation of the activities of...
  • Election Monitoring Missions
    68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the recently issued appeals terms of reference would apply to a person (details supplied); if the independent appeals panel will review...
  • Diplomatic Representation
    70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be prioritising visits to affected communities in Colombia in view of the new embassy in place in Bogota and his commitment to...
  • Climate Change Policy
    71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 5 March 2019, the number of grants made versus loans, that is, quantity and monetary value...
  • Election Monitoring Missions
    72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 6 March 2019, if additional concerns (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a...
  • Foreign Conflicts
    73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the suppression of protests in Sudan by the government of President Al-Bashir; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Northern Ireland
    74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting in the Irish Embassy in London with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Karen Bradley; the...
  • Official Engagements
    75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the dinner he attended in the Irish Embassy in London on 6 March 2019; the guests who attended; the issues that were...
  • Northern Ireland
    79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with the British Foreign Minister and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the way in which the victims of...
  • Brexit Issues
    83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received an update on the meetings that the British Attorney General has been having with EU officials on the withdrawal treaty and...
  • Insurance Coverage
    85. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to insurance companies increasing premiums or not covering persons who are renting rooms to students as part of the rent-a-room...
  • Mortgage Lending
    86. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules the Central Bank has in place on promotional and other material relating to mortgage offers; if the Central Bank has power to instruct that such...
  • Financial Services Sector
    87. To ask the Minister for Finance if the car finance model being investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK in which credit brokers are paid commission based on interest charged...
  • Insurance Costs
    88. To ask the Minister for Finance when the next quarterly update from the cost of insurance working group will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11505/19]
  • Personal Injury Claims
    89. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate claims harvesting companies in the area of personal injuries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11527/19]
  • Revenue Commissioners
    90. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners will not accept correspondence from agricultural colleges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Tax Code
    91. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue generated by the sugar sweetened drinks tax since its introduction; if he will provide a revised estimate of the revenue raised from the tax in a...
  • VAT Rate Application
    97. To ask the Minister for Finance the work being undertaken in respect of addressing anomalies in food and drink VAT rates as part of deliberations on upcoming changes to VAT law at EU level;...
  • Tax Code
    99. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the threshold band of inheritance tax payable for nieces and nephews in view of the high rate of tax that they are liable to pay on...
  • Motor Insurance Data
    100. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by policy holders by way of insurance premiums in each of the years since 2010 in respect of class 1 business motor insurance in tabular form;...
  • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
    104. To ask the Minister for Finance if banks are required to offer customers in mortgage distress the option of applying for the mortgage to rent scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • EU Budget Contribution
    105. To ask the Minister for Finance the EU contributions to be made by Ireland in each of the next five years; the estimated figure if the contributions were based on best forecasts; and if he...
  • Insurance Compensation Fund
    106. To ask the Minister for Finance when persons (details supplied) will receive the remaining 35% of their entitlements following the collapse of a company; and if he will make a statement on...
  • EU Directives
    107. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a derogation in the proposed transposition process of IORP II for small single member pension schemes as was provided in the previous directive...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    108. To ask the Minister for Finance the views of the Central Bank on potentially expanding the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; if he requested the Central Bank to provide a formal opinion...
  • Revenue Commissioners Resources
    109. To ask the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided for the purchase of an additional mobile X-ray scanner for the Revenue Commissioners; and the additional equipment that has been...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    110. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Italian counterpart, Mr. Giovanni Tria. [11812/19]
  • Public Interest Directors Data
    111. To ask the Minister for Finance the banks in which he or the State has a share holding; the role of public interest directors who can be appointed by him in respect of the banks; the details...
  • Insurance Costs
    114. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made to establish a national claims database as recommended by the cost of insurance working group; and if he will make a statement...
  • Insurance Coverage
    117. To ask the Minister for Finance if the working group identified in Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 5 March 2019 has identified areas in which there should be increased provision of flood...

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