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Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Brexit Issues
Joan Burton
86. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the further preparations and contingency plans his Department has put in place in the event of a British exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34096/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Tax Code
Joan Burton
87. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the status of the proposed medium term tax strategy document; if it will be presented to the Houses of the Oireachtas by July 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34097/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Financial Institutions Levy
Joan Burton
88. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full report on the way the annual €150 million banking levy will be calculated as it extends to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34098/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Programme for Government Implementation
Joan Burton
89. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance when he envisages the help-to-buy scheme as proposed under the programme for Government will be launched; the amount the scheme will cost; the level of assistance that will be offered under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34099/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Programme for Government Implementation
Joan Burton
90. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the status of the ongoing review of the Central Bank mortgage lending limits as specified in the programme for Government; the role of his Department in the review process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34100/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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State Banking Sector
Joan Burton
91. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he expects that the State will still move to sell off all or part of a bank (details supplied); the estimated timeframe for this; the expected yield to the Exchequer; if this yield will be ring fenced for a particular purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34101/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Tax Code
Joan Burton
92. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance his plans for reforming the current tax arrangements for the self employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34102/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Stability Programme Data
Joan Burton
93. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the status of the proposed development of alternative models for forecasting medium term potential growth as has been suggested by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council as an additional safeguard for detecting overheating in the economy. [34103/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Programme for Government Implementation
Joan Burton
94. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he has requested the Central Bank to procure an independent assessment of the arrears and negative equity loan books of the banks as per the recent programme for Government commitment; when this process will begin and conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34104/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Public Interest Directors
Joan Burton
95. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he has ceased appointing new public interest directors to the banks; the reform of the procedures for the appointment of bank directors by the State that are currently being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34105/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Fuel Laundering
Joan Burton
96. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance his plans to increase enforcement and sanctions for fuel laundering in view of the programme for Government commitment and the estimates in the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly report on cross-Border crime of the loss to the Eexchequer by fuel fraud to be in the range of €140 to €260 million per year; if he has met his Northern Irish counterpart on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34106/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Tax Code
Joan Burton
97. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance when he envisages a new tax on sugar drinks will be introduced; the estimated annual yield from such a tax; the rate at which he considers the new tax should be set and the types of drinks included within its scope; the preparation currently being undertaken by his Department in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34107/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations
Joan Burton
98. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent comments by the Governor of the Central Bank (details supplied) that technological innovation may alter the role of central banks in managing the money supply and acting as a lender of last resort in the context of widespread adoption of private sector digital currencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34108/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Credit Availability
Joan Burton
99. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the most recent quarterly bank watch study from ISME on the ability of small and medium firms to get loan approval and access to credit; his views on the refusal rate of 35% for requests for credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34109/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Corporation Tax Regime
Joan Burton
136. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the work his Department has carried out in ensuring that a minimum effective tax rate is paid by companies offsetting substantial losses accrued against their tax liabilities during the crash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34400/16]
Wed, 9 Nov 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
Joan Burton
103. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the building of a school (details supplied); when construction is likely to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33963/16]
Tue, 8 Nov 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
Joan Burton
215. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the community employment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33317/16]
Tue, 8 Nov 2016
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Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
Joan Burton
216. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who was made redundant in May 2016 and received statutory redundancy in July 2016 is eligible for the back to education allowance on a level 8 course commencing in September 2017 where the person applies to the CAO for said course in November 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33318/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Credit Union Lending
Joan Burton
100. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has had discussions with the Irish League of Credit Unions regarding the establishment of a special purpose vehicle, SPV, to enable credit unions to invest surplus funds in to facilitate lending to the SME sector; if his Department is developing a structure for such a SPV for the credit union movement's surplus funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32564/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Third Level Staff Recruitment
Joan Burton
126. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to continue or amend the employment control framework, ECF, currently in place for higher education institutions; if he will consider a phased withdrawal of the ECF to ease the restriction on staffing in higher education institutions; if he will ensure that arts humanities departments have the same capacity to recruit academic staff as science technology engineering and maths departments in any amendment of the ECF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32576/16]