Parliamentary questions

JobPath Implementation

David Cullinane

1. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that persons on JobPath schemes operated by Turas Nua are prevented from transferring to community education schemes; how she will rectify this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6499/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Denis Naughten

2. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of clerical officer posts that have been filled by transfers in Co. Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6619/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Denis Naughten

3. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will make a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the carer's allowance scheme; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6287/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Applications

Bernard Durkan

4. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will increase rent support for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6289/16]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Finian McGrath

5. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6296/16]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Finian McGrath

6. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the age of retirement and pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6297/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Paul Murphy

7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on rent supplement in 2015; the number of households assisted; the average monthly rent supplement paid per household in County Dublin and outside County Dublin; and the number of households on rent supplement in January and December 2015. [6301/16]

Rural Social Scheme Expenditure

Finian McGrath

8. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of providing an additional 600 places under the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6327/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

9. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6349/16]

Public Sector Pensions

Brian Stanley

10. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors. [6381/16]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Martin Ferris

11. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to allow persons selected under the JobPath scheme (details supplied) to qualify for advertised community employment schemes and to take up any employment they are offered. [6390/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals

Finian McGrath

12. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to support an appeal by a family (details supplied) in Dublin 3 under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6431/16]

Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications

Brendan Griffin

13. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will grant an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the partial capacity benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6441/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Charlie McConalogue

14. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will make a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6443/16]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Darragh O'Brien

15. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to ensure that a claim by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin under the invalidity pension scheme is processed without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6448/16]

Passport Applications

Pat Breen

16. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to put special provisions in place to facilitate first-time passport applicants, given the requirement for them to submit a public services card with their application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6468/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Tom Neville

17. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6481/16]

Water Conservation Grant Data

Brian Stanley

18. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total amount paid out in water conservation grants in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6505/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

19. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a jobseeker's allowance is payable to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6523/16]

Widow's Pension Eligibility

Denis Naughten

20. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in amending a PRSI contribution record for a person (details supplied) to facilitate eligibility under the widows, widower's or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6558/16]

Severe Weather Events Expenditure

Mattie McGrath

21. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total funding drawn down to assist victims of the recent flooding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6567/16]

One-Parent Family Payment Payments

Bernard Durkan

22. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to restore the one-parent family payment whilst applications under the domiciliary care allowance and the carer's allowance are pending for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6574/16]

Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Eligibility

Billy Kelleher

23. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been awarded partial capacity benefit of 75% will not receive a top-up of the remaining 25%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6582/16]

Social Welfare Appeals

Billy Kelleher

24. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in forwarding the file of a person (details supplied) in County Cork to the appeals office to facilitate the case in proceeding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6583/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Pat Breen

25. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6597/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Pat Breen

26. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision to a person (detail supplied) in County Clare under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6599/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Eoin Ó Broin

27. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why Intreo is writing to recipients of long-tern rent supplement and stating that it will suspend their payments if they do not transfer across to the housing assistance payment scheme, HAPS; the action she will take against those recipients who cannot access HAP accommodation or who do not wish to take up HAP accommodation as it will lead to a longer period waiting for a council or an approved housing body allocation. [6600/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Pat Breen

28. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6603/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Pat Breen

29. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6604/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Pat Breen

30. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6606/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Pat Breen

31. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6607/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Pat Breen

32. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6608/16]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Pat Breen

33. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6613/16]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Pat Breen

34. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6614/16]

Disability Allowance Applications

Pat Breen

35. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6618/16]

Disability Allowance Applications

Pat Breen

36. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6620/16]

Disability Allowance Applications

Pat Breen

37. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6621/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Data

Thomas P. Broughan

38. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons aged between 18 and 25 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, by €100, €144 and €188, as of 1 April 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6630/16]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

39. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the details of each statutory instrument signed; each contract entered into; each tender issued; each tender awarded; each State board appointment made by her or by an agency of her Department from 1 January 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6697/16]

Post Office Network

Mary Butler

40. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why she issued correspondence encouraging social protection recipients, especially jobseekers who work casually and part time, to use banks and financial institutions instead of post offices to receive payments; if this is undermining the post office network; if she will respond to concerns raised by persons who wish to continue to use their post office in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6707/16]

Disability Allowance Applications

Tom Neville

41. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6765/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Denis Naughten

42. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person in receipt of a widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's pension who falls ill is not entitled to illness benefit even though that person pays the required stamp; if this is a barrier to persons returning to work; the specific prohibition in the Social Welfare Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6821/16]

Social Welfare Overpayments

Bernard Durkan

43. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for an overpayment to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6840/16]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Pat Deering

44. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details given) in County Carlow was not eligible for more than 14 months employment on a community employment scheme. [6856/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility

45. Deputy Brid Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has lost an entitlement to a rent allowance; why this person cannot receive support from a community welfare officer; and why, if this person and a partner were aged 26 years plus and in receipt of social protection payments and rent allowance, they would have a greater income than they have at present. [6887/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Thomas P. Broughan

46. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to immediately raise rent supplement limits in line with market rent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6904/16]

State Properties Data

Peadar Tóibín

47. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the details of vacant State properties and land, including car parks not in use, owned by her Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department by square footage, by location, by local authority, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6920/16]

Community Employment Schemes Administration

Jack Chambers

48. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the policy changes she has initiated in respect of community employment schemes in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6948/16]

Community Employment Schemes Administration

Jack Chambers

49. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why some members of the public who are over 55 years of age have been granted extensions to their participation in community employment schemes while others who are also over 55 years of age have had their community employment schemes terminated, given that they believe this is below the five years that they expected when they signed up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6949/16]

Community Employment Schemes Data

Jack Chambers

50. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in, and the location of, community employment schemes in Dublin 15 in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6950/16]

Public Sector Pensions

Jack Chambers

51. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to address the anomaly whereby those who must retire from the public sector at 65 years of age do not receive a pension until they reach 66 years of age and instead receive dole payments in the intervening months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6951/16]

Disability Allowance Applications

Pat Breen

52. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision on a claim by a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6954/16]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

53. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6976/16]

Social Welfare Appeals

John McGuinness

54. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [7000/16]

Illness Benefit Eligibility

Thomas Pringle

55. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if persons on illness benefit from before 2009 prior to changes in criteria and who are on long-term illness benefit will be assessed under new guidelines and only be awarded benefit for a maximum of two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7039/16]

Community Welfare Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

56. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how she will assess the impact on the changes in service provision arising from the withdrawal of Community Welfare Service access to customers; when such impact assessments will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7065/16]

Community Welfare Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

57. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will implement a homeless persons support unit in Counties Kildare, Meath and Wicklow to cope with the increasing number of homeless persons presenting; how the service will accommodate the interim support needs of this cohort; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7066/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Robert Troy

58. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the carer's allowance scheme. [7171/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Bernard Durkan

59. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will restore a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7180/16]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Bernard Durkan

60. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7182/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure

Bernard Durkan

61. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will increase rent support in line with market trends for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7183/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

62. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if rent support remains available or outstanding to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7184/16]

Free Travel Scheme Administration

Willie O'Dea

63. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to make changes to the free travel scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7202/16]

One-Parent Family Payment Data

Willie O'Dea

64. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of lone parents who are no longer eligible for the one-parent family payment and who are in receipt of the jobseeker's transition payment as a result of changes to the one-parent family payment and who are in receipt of the family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7203/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Willie O'Dea

65. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of households to date that have had their rent supplement increased above the agreed thresholds by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7204/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Willie O'Dea

66. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of housing assistance payment recipients and households and the number of households she envisages transitioning from rent supplement to the HAP by the end of 2016, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7205/16]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Clare Daly

67. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her policies regarding the provision of cover staff, or funding for cover staff, in her Department's disability allowance section so that cover is provided for persons on sick leave and inordinate delays in processing of claims are prevented. [7228/16]

Departmental Funding

Jim Daly

68. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the grants available to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7245/16]

Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

69. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the status of meetings held since November 2015 with the insurance industry; if he has reached agreement in respect of homeowners being refused flood cover because of the perceived threat of flooding; if he will advise residents accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6509/16]

Property Tax Administration

Jack Chambers

70. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Finance to initiate a working group to address the issue of persons in private estates or apartments having to pay full management fees and property tax on their net income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6941/16]

Motor Insurance

Róisín Shortall

71. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to curb the escalating costs of motor insurance; the working groups he has established to deal with this issue; when he established these; the constituent members; the remit of the working groups; the expected outcome of their work; the deadline they are working to; the extent to which he has consulted motorist interest groups on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7156/16]

NAMA Portfolio

Paul Murphy

72. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of acres of residential land the National Asset Management Agency controls directly or has an interest in through loans owed to it by county. [6302/16]

NAMA Portfolio

Paul Murphy

73. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of residential units the National Asset Management Agency owns, controls, or has an interest in, directly or indirectly, and the number of such residential units that have been sold on to investment funds and to real estate investment trusts since the agency was established. [6303/16]

NAMA Social Housing Provision

Paul Murphy

74. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the expenditure by the National Asset Management Agency on providing social housing and on providing offices to date, by year; and the agency's projected annual spend on social housing and offices in 2016 and in 2017. [6304/16]

NAMA Debtors

Paul Murphy

75. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of debtors who have exited the National Assets Management Agency to date; the number of these who have repaid their debts in full; the total original debts owed to the agency by such exited debtors, and the amount recovered by the agency from them. [6305/16]

NAMA Loan Book Value

Paul Murphy

76. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the final amount the National Assets Management Agency is expected to recover on its debts relative to the €74 billion of loans it acquired; and the amount recovered to date by year. [6306/16]

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Paul Murphy

77. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the annual cost of tax relief for real estate investment trusts since they were established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6307/16]

Tax Reliefs Costs

Paul Murphy

78. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the annual cost of tax relief and exemptions availed of by private landlords, including mortgage interest relief, for each of the years 2011 to 2015. [6308/16]

Tax Reliefs Costs

Paul Murphy

79. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the projected cost of the exemption from capital gains tax for property sold after being acquired and held for seven years. [6309/16]

Local Authority Members' Remuneration

Niall Collins

80. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance if the lump sum paid to local authority members who retired at the 2014 local elections is taxable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6338/16]

IBRC Liquidation

Michael McGrath

81. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the special liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. [6343/16]

NAMA Social Housing Provision

Frank O'Rourke

82. Deputy Frank O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance the policy initiatives he has introduced to facilitate the National Asset Management Agency in providing social housing units; the number of such units these policy initiatives will provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6362/16]

Tax Code

Frank O'Rourke

83. Deputy Frank O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance his plans to change the tax system for distressed debt and other financial assets so that speculation on distressed residential debt is penalised rather than rewarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6363/16]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Bernard Durkan

84. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance the financial assistance he will provide to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with reference to the purchase of a specifically adapted vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6373/16]

Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles

Pearse Doherty

85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the income, gains and associated taxes paid in respect of qualifying investor funds investing in real estate since their introduction; the tax paid by their associated shareholders by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6395/16]

Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles

Pearse Doherty

86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the income, gains and associated taxes paid in respect of Irish collective asset management vehicles investing in real estate since their introduction; the tax paid by their associated shareholders by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6396/16]

Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles

Pearse Doherty

87. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered anti-avoidance measures in respect of Irish collective asset management vehicles investing in real estate, given the recent revelations concerning massive profits being made in property located here and funnelled through these vehicles, resulting in the Exchequer being deprived of corporation tax, income tax and capital gains tax earned on profits from source assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6397/16]

Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles

Pearse Doherty

88. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered anti-avoidance measures in respect of qualifying investor funds investing in real estate, given the recent revelations concerning massive profits being made in property located here and funnelled through these vehicles, resulting in the Exchequer being deprived of corporation tax, income tax and capital gains tax earned on profits from source assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6398/16]

Tax Reliefs Data

Pearse Doherty

89. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 308 of 26 May 2015 to provide the composition of the €480 million of discretionary non-pension deductions and reliefs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6399/16]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

90. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance why Corporation Tax receipts are 87% ahead of target in the first three months of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6400/16]

Banking Operations

Clare Daly

91. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his knowledge of the Bank of Ireland's involvement with the US Government's contractors, Dyncorp, organisers of Central Intelligence Agency rendition flights through Iridian Asset Management Limited Liability Company, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the governor and company of the Bank of Ireland in 2009. [6429/16]

State Claims Agency

Thomas P. Broughan

92. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance the names of the barristers he appointed to each of the State Claims Agency panels; the fees each barrister received in 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6451/16]

VAT Yield

Thomas P. Broughan

93. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT he collected from the sale of new residential units in 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6452/16]

Property Tax Administration

Pearse Doherty

94. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if owners of more than one property, which are each subject to the local property tax, may pay all their tax liabilities through the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6461/16]

EU Directives

Pearse Doherty

95. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of submissions made in respect of the 4th European Union Anti-Money Laundering Directive and Funds Transfer Regulation - Public Consultation on member state discretions, the number which were in favour of a fully public register of beneficial owners, the number which were opposed to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6484/16]

Financial Services Regulation

Mattie McGrath

96. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of claims that the Central Bank of Ireland is turning default and judgment mortgages into derivatives and selling them to investment funds at the behest of the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6530/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

97. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 138 and 139 of 6 April 2016, if he will provide further details of each of the tax credits referred to and the associated revenue generated from the tapering out of these tax credits, that is, a detailed breakdown of the composition of the €618 million and €872 million respectively. [6536/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

98. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the personal, pay as you earn, and earned income credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000. [6537/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

99. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the personal, pay as you earn, and earned income credits by 2% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €150,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €150,000. [6538/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

100. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the personal, pay as you earn, and earned income credits by 5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €120,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €120,000. [6539/16]