Parliamentary questions

Living City Initiative

Seán Crowe

52. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the lobbies or approaches by individuals or bodies, including other Departments, that were made to him in advance of the Finance Bill 2013 being drafted in relation to the Living City initiative; the status of the EU state aid review of the potential scheme now it has been written into legislation; the other cities he has identified for this scheme following on from the pilot scheme; and if he will outline the number of Georgian houses in Limerick and Waterford versus Dublin or other counties. [10575/13]

Corporation Tax

Robert Troy

53. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he has altered his view on the common consolidated corporate tax base; the current status of talks in relation to the CCTB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10625/13]

Tax Reliefs Abolition

Colm Keaveney

54. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons that have claimed relief under section 14 of the Finance Act 2012; the cost of providing the relief; the estimate he would place on the increased investment and the increased employment opportunities that have been generated by the special assignee relief programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10494/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Jonathan O'Brien

55. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance his views on the decision to provide a €1 billion credit facility from the National Asset Management Agency for the use of the special liquidator of IBRC; when the decision was made; the credit facility that is intended to be used for; the way €1 billion, if used, will be repaid to NAMA; if he had to seek permission to use NAMA for such a credit facility from another entity such as the ECB; if the funding of the credit facility comes from cash assets at NAMA; and if NAMA can still meet its bond repayments due at the end of 2013. [10583/13]

Banking Sector Regulation

Micheál Martin

56. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if negotiations are ongoing with the EU and ECB in respect of dealing with loss making tracker mortgages held by the covered banks; his views on the way the issue can be dealt with in a way that supports the viability of the banking sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10610/13]

Sale of State Assets

Michael Colreavy

57. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Finance the effects on the Exchequer and Central Fund of the sale of Irish Life. [10570/13]

Credit Unions

Michael Moynihan

58. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the credit union sector regarding the implications for fixed deposit investment products held by its members arising from the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the role of the regulator in protecting the interests of credit unions in the liquidation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10617/13]

Budget 2014

Richard Boyd Barrett

59. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if, following the recent Irish Bank Resolution Corporation-promissory note deal, it is his intention to pass on the benefit of the claims that €1 billion in savings in the form of a less severe budget adjustment in budget 2014; if so, if he will quantify the amount of any such new adjustment target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10630/13]

IBRC Investigations

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

60. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance his views on the delayed investigation by CARB into the role of Ernst and Young's auditing of Anglo Irish Bank's books, which awaits the completion of other investigations by the Director of Public Prosecutions; and his views on whether Ernst and Young should continue operating as normal when such a serious investigation is pending. [10572/13]

Credit Unions

Dessie Ellis

61. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Finance the total volume of Irish Credit Union deposits or bonds in the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and if he will outline the impact of the liquidation of IBRC on credit unions. [10576/13]

EU-IMF Programme of Support

Thomas P. Broughan

62. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance the remaining obligations, if any, Ireland has to the troika for budget 2014 under the terms of the 2010 bailout; if the backstop supports from the eurozone agencies, he recently referred to from January 2014, would come with further commitments to cut public services and raise taxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10559/13]

IBRC Staff

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

63. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Finance the safeguards that are in place with regard to staff at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation who have been re-employed by the special liquidator to prevent privileged information being passed to potential purchasers of IBRC assets during the liquidation period. [10578/13]

Credit Review Office Appeal Numbers

Mary Lou McDonald

64. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the take-up from small and medium sized enterprises in using the Credit Review Office; and if he will outline the way he implemented the recommendations in the review of the office. [10564/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Seán Crowe

65. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he or his Department has exchanged correspondence or had direct communication with the ECB or European Commission following the decision to use a further €16 billion of National Asset Management Agency's unallocated bonds in the purchasing of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation's assets following liquidation. [10574/13]

Property Taxation Application

Joe Higgins

66. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he has conducted a poverty impact study on the effect of the property tax on homeowners dependent on payments from his Department. [4104/13]

Banking Sector Remuneration

Gerry Adams

67. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the delay in the publication of the Mercer report on bankers’ salaries; the total cost to date of the report; and the estimated final cost. [10562/13]

Credit Availability

Bernard Durkan

68. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has had discussions with the lending agencies here with a view to ensuring the ready availability of adequate working capital to the industrial, commercial and retail sectors with particular reference to the need to ensure that overdraft and-or working capital facilities are made available in a way to retain and expand various components of the sectors thereby contributing to national economic recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10591/13]

IBRC Staff

Dessie Ellis

69. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Finance the terms under which the senior executives of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation are being rehired on short contracts to assist the special liquidator; if the executives are receiving the same monetary terms as their old contracts; and the number being rehired. [10577/13]

Sale of State Assets

Sean Fleming

70. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the number of external consultants currently engaged by his Department providing advice in respect of the proposed sale of State assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10404/13]

Sale of State Assets

Willie O'Dea

71. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance the amount of expenditure incurred in 2012 in respect of advice and preparatory work connected with the sale of State assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10406/13]