Parliamentary questions

Airport Security

Joan Collins

51. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if normal policing, security and customs protocols will apply to passengers on the flight to Ireland West Airport Knock in County Mayo containing the Vice President of the United States of America, Mr. Joe Biden, in particular to press, staff and the security detail on board the flight. [16466/16]

Independent Review Mechanism

Micheál Martin

52. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the panel of barristers she appointed in 2014; when they will finish reviewing the cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16479/16]

Peace Commissioners

Charlie McConalogue

53. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process a peace commissioner must follow to apply to become a commissioner for oaths; the fees that are due at each stage of this process and to whom they are payable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16482/16]

Visa Applications

Róisín Shortall

54. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review decisions made under the Syrian humanitarian admission programme to refuse family reunification visas (details supplied); the number of such visas she has issued since the programme began; and if she is satisfied that the guidelines are being applied consistently. [16495/16]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Michael McGrath

55. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 97 and 112 of 8 June 2016, if she will further respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [16518/16]

General Register Office

Catherine Murphy

56. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures a person must follow in registering an international divorce on an Irish registered marriage which was the subject of a divorce in Australia (details supplied). [16547/16]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Brendan Griffin

57. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the handling of a case by An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16556/16]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

58. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the properties her Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of lessors who were involved with the National Asset Management Agency or with any of the State banks; and the details of each lease. [16604/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

59. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will restore stamp 4 status to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16609/16]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

60. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility of a person (details supplied) to remain under the naturalisation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16612/16]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

61. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the eligibility of a person (details supplied) under the naturalisation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16613/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

62. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow under the residency scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16614/16]

Deportation Orders

Bernard Durkan

63. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility of a person (details supplied) to remain; the person's status under the naturalisation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16618/16]

Deportation Orders

Bernard Durkan

64. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to consider revoking a deportation order on a person (details supplied); if she will suspend the process to facilitate a thorough investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16619/16]

Visa Applications

Bernard Durkan

65. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will favourably consider the case of a person (details supplied) under the family reunification scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16620/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

66. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow under the residency scheme and the naturalisation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16621/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

67. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow under the residency scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16625/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

68. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow under the residency scheme; under the Naturalisation Scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16627/16]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

69. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will conclude the process for a person (details supplied) under the naturalisation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16630/16]

Family Reunification Applications

Bernard Durkan

70. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will conclude procedures for persons (details supplied) under the family reunification scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16635/16]

Citizenship Applications

Bernard Durkan

71. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the eligibility of a person (details supplied) under the naturalisation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16637/16]

Revenue Commissioners Resources

Jack Chambers

72. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Finance the status of the drug detector dog service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16383/16]

Customs and Excise Controls

Jack Chambers

73. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Finance the number of mobile X-ray scanners in use by customs officers in detecting drugs; if he plans to increase this number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16388/16]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

John Brady

74. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) who has a pension under the invalidity pension scheme can obtain a certificate under the primary medical certificate scheme so as to recoup vehicle registration tax. [16451/16]

Loan Books Purchasers

Martin Heydon

75. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Finance his plans to assist borrowers whose loans are sold to third parties such as vulture funds; his further plans to protect the rights of borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16417/16]

Tax Collection Forecasts

Pearse Doherty

76. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance why he did not revise the predicted level of tax revenue from budget 2016 upwards, consistent with the out-turn of the stronger 2015 revenue base; the reason for his approach to the 2016 corporation tax forecast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16432/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

77. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the specific estimates of the cost of planned tax reductions or of the amount of new revenue that would be raised from the planned offsetting tax changes for all relevant years, given the warnings raised by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council regarding his taxation proposals contained in the programme for a partnership Government, whereby he commits to the continued phasing out of the universal social charge and states that this and other reductions in personal tax rates will be largely funded through higher taxes in other areas, for example through non-indexation of personal tax credits and bands, [16433/16]

Fiscal Policy

Pearse Doherty

78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will release compliance figures to 2021 that reflect the reality that is incorporating his policy intentions, given the April 2015 spring economic statement in which the previous Government stated that it intended to adopt a fiscal policy stance that would meet minimum compliance with the fiscal rules and acknowledged that tax and spending projections in the stability programme update 2016 from 2017 onwards were purely technical and did not include policy changes consistent with this intention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16434/16]

GDP-GNP Levels

Pearse Doherty

79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views that under the stability programme update projections the debt-to-gross domestic product ratio is projected to fall to 69% of gross domestic product by 2021, but assuming a policy of minimum rule compliance as previously committed to is implemented from 2017 on, the debt ratio would continue to decline but would be around five percentage points of gross domestic product higher by 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16435/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

80. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has conducted a risk analysis of the concentration of corporation tax receipts having risen sharply in recent years, with over 40% paid by ten companies in 2015, up from 21% in 2009 and that in 2015 corporation tax from the top ten companies amounted to over 6% of total tax revenue, approximately the same proportion of total tax revenue accounted for by stamp duty in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16436/16]

Fiscal Policy

Pearse Doherty

81. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason for non-compliance with the budgetary frameworks directive to date and if the Government will enhance the quality of its medium-term budgetary forecasts by providing projections based on a realistic set of assumptions in line with the requirements of the directive and the requirement under the medium-term budgetary frameworks directive that budgetary forecasts also be provided on the basis of envisaged policies and hence the Government’s medium-term fiscal plans would include the major tax and spending priorities outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16437/16]

Stability and Growth Pact

Pearse Doherty

82. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he envisages the deviation stripping out the one-off Allied Irish Banks widening by end-year and by how much, given that his spending projections imply non-compliance with the expenditure benchmark requirements for 2016 when the bank's transaction in 2015 is disregarded, with the associated overspend amounting to approximately €700 million on the basis of current stability programme update plans and given his record of under-provision for a number of Departments, in particular the Department of Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16438/16]

Fiscal Policy

Pearse Doherty

83. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the components of the methodology of the medium-term forecasts that were produced using the European Union commonly agreed methodology; how the forecasts are calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16440/16]

Fiscal Policy

Pearse Doherty

84. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the details of the complementary medium-term baseline estimates and why they are better suited to the Irish economy, given the medium-term forecasts that were produced using the European Union commonly agreed methodology and work already commenced to develop a complementary set of medium-term baseline estimates for the supply side based on methodologies better suited to the characteristics of the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16441/16]

Fiscal Policy

Pearse Doherty

85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the work undertaken or plans to develop a complementary set of medium-term baseline estimates for the supply side, based on methodologies better suited to the characteristics of the Irish economy regarding the medium-term forecasts which are currently produced using the European Union commonly agreed methodology, which is only required for fiscal surveillance and which his Department has long recognised is not appropriate for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16442/16]

Fiscal Policy

Pearse Doherty

86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the assertion by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that there are risks that signs of overheating may again be missed if he exclusively relies on the commonly agreed methodology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16443/16]

Corporation Tax

David Cullinane

87. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the number of registered companies; the number that were liable for corporation tax; the number that paid it and the amount they paid; the number that did not pay it, in each case by payment bands (details supplied) in each of the years 2008 to 2015, in tabular form. [16471/16]

Promissory Notes Negotiations

Catherine Murphy

88. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the schedule for extinguishing the former Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide promissory notes; why the original schedule was accelerated; his efforts to date and in the future to seek a write-down of this odious debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16477/16]

Motor Insurance

Imelda Munster

89. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance his plans to improve value for money and cover for motorists seeking car insurance, given the recent unprecedented and unjustified hikes in premiums and the difficulty many persons are experiencing in obtaining insurance cover. [15622/16]

General Government Debt

Michael McGrath

90. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the composition of the general government debt in terms of Exchequer debt borrowings under the European Union and Ireland's European Union-International Monetary Fund programme, retail debt and other forms, the term to maturity and average interest rate on each component, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16497/16]

Banking Sector Staff

Michael McGrath

91. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff that Allied Irish Banks employs directly or under contract who are solely or primarily working on resolving issues relating to the Central Bank investigation of its handling of tracker mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16499/16]

Central Bank of Ireland Investigations

Michael McGrath

92. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff that Permanent TSB employs directly or under contract who are solely or primarily working on resolving issues relating to the Central Bank investigation of its handling of tracker mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16500/16]

Central Bank of Ireland Investigations

Michael McGrath

93. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff that non-State-owned banks employ directly or under contract who are solely or primarily working on resolving issues relating to the Central Bank investigation of its handling of tracker mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16501/16]

Contingent Capital Notes

Michael McGrath

94. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the amount of contingent convertible capital notes and preference shares that he holds in the covered banks; when he acquired these; the interest payable on each security; their maturity dates; his plans for these investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16502/16]

Banking Operations

Michael McGrath

95. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if Ulster Bank has made a formal application or indicated its plans to change its regulatory or legal status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16504/16]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Michael McGrath

96. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the manner in which banks operate the standard financial statement for customers in financial distress; if there is a commonly applied definition of necessary living costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16505/16]

Central Bank of Ireland Investigations

Michael McGrath

97. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the pace of progress of investigations into the collapse of Irish Nationwide; when they will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16506/16]

Insurance Industry

Michael McGrath

98. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance when he will provide a definitive update on the cost of the collapse of an insurance company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16507/16]

Banking Sector Investigations

Michael McGrath

99. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the amount of loans outstanding from former directors of State-owned banks; if the banks are continuing to collect these loans rigorously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16508/16]

Stamp Duty

Michael McGrath

100. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the revenue generated from residential stamp duty; and the number of individual residential cases in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16510/16]