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Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Corporation Tax Regime
David Cullinane
264. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance if companies which derive their profit from market transactions only, such as non-integrated stand-alone companies, and companies that derive their profits through internal dealings between companies of the same corporate group or between parts of the same company, such as integrated companies, are subject to corporation tax on their taxable profit at the standard corporate tax rate under the ordinary rules of taxation of corporate profit here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1103/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Corporation Tax Regime
David Cullinane
265. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance if the territoriality principle obviates the need for the Revenue Commissioners to determine the allocation of assets used, functions performed and risks assumed by a non-resident company through its branch and through the other parts of the company, including intellectual property held by the company as a whole, for the purposes of determining the amount of such source income in line with the arm’s length principle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1104/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Tax Credits
Michael McGrath
266. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons claiming the home carer tax credit and the cost to the Exchequer in each of the years 2013 to 2016; if he will provide an estimate of the number of persons that may be entitled to the credit but are not claiming it; the circumstances in which the Revenue Commissioners provide the credit automatically; if the Revenue Commissioners have plans to increase awareness of the credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1113/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Motor Insurance Regulation
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
267. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a regulation obliging car insurance companies to accept no claims bonuses, or other evidence of safe driving records, of returned emigrants when they are being provided with quotes for car insurance. [1160/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Motor Insurance Regulation
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
268. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that car insurance companies do not discriminate against returning emigrants when offering quotes, particularly, but not limited to, tackling the unfair practice of treating returned drivers with safe driving records while abroad as new drivers. [1161/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Retail Sector
Clare Daly
269. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the options that exist for consumers who request exact change from retailers in a circumstance whereby the retailer has applied rounding and the retailer fails to return it on the basis that he or she has no 1 cent or 2 cent coins; and if a system to subsequently redeem the exact change value in such a situation currently exists. [1163/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Tax Yield
Catherine Murphy
270. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of stamp duty on debit cards and-or ATM cards for the past five years, broken down by year and amount collected per year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1176/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Tax Yield
Catherine Murphy
271. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of stamp duty on credit cards and charge cards for the past five years, broken down by year and amount collected per year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1177/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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State Aid Investigations
Pearse Doherty
272. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when the transfer of money from a company (details supplied), as per the EU state aid ruling, to an escrow account will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1178/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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State Aid Investigations
Pearse Doherty
273. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the way in which the amount to be transferred from a company (details supplied) to an escrow account, as per the EU state aid ruling, will be calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1179/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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State Aid Investigations
Pearse Doherty
274. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount to be transferred from a company (details supplied) to an escrow account, as per the EU state aid ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1180/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Motor Insurance Regulation
Michael McGrath
275. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has reached agreement with the insurance industry and is proceeding to implement the recommendations of the Report of the Review of the Framework for Motor Insurance Compensation in Ireland published by his Department on 22 July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1213/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Departmental Staff Data
David Cullinane
276. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007 to 2015. [1225/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
Clare Daly
277. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he will designate properties remediated under the pyrite remediation scheme as new builds for the purposes of the help-to-buy scheme, in recognition of the fact that in essence they have been rebuilt and in view of the fact that these properties could not be sold prior to the works. [1236/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Proposed Legislation
Pearse Doherty
278. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to publish a Finance Bill before budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1293/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
279. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to legislate to impose penalties for enablers of offshore tax evasion or non-compliance as happened recently in Britain (details supplied); his views on the suitability of that legislation to Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1294/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Income Inequality
Noel Rock
280. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance the gross income figure of workers and self-employed ##persons for 2015 and 2016 as compared to 2007, specifically detailing the top 10% of earners and bottom 10% of earners on a percentage change of income basis as per a document (details supplied) from 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1313/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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VAT Rate Application
Richard Boyd Barrett
281. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the reason VAT is charged on the PSO levy on utility bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1390/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Tax Credits
Michael Healy-Rae
282. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) and implement a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1411/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Property Tax Deferrals
Niamh Smyth
283. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan who availed of the option to have their property tax deferred until 2018; the reason stated for this deferral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1450/17]