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Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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IBRC Liquidation
Michael McGrath
185. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if there is any performance element built in to the fees agreed with KPMG in respect of the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, for example by reference to the sale of IBRC assets achieved on the open market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8987/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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IBRC Liquidation
Michael McGrath
186. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of KPMG personnel currently engaged on a full-time and a part-time basis on the special liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the third parties that might be supporting KPMG in the special liquidation of IBRC at the present time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8991/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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Banking Sector
Brendan Griffin
187. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he is scrutinising the hospitality and corporate entertainment and other related expenditure by State owned banks; if he will provide the most up to date details of such expenditure; if he will meet with the heads of these banks to receive a full explanation on the reason such budgets still exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9000/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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NAMA Portfolio
Pearse Doherty
188. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the National Asset Management Agency’s primary objective is to maximise returns from the assets it has acquired. [9017/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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NAMA Portfolio
Pearse Doherty
189. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the reported disposal of the National Asset Management Agency’s entire portfolio of assets linked to the borrowers in the North of Ireland is motivated by political or economic considerations. [9018/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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NAMA Operations
Pearse Doherty
190. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his assessment of the impact of the National Asset Management Agency on the economy of the North of Ireland and if that impact has, to date, been positive. [9019/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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NAMA Operations
Pearse Doherty
191. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the differences in approach between the National Asset Management Agency and a potential commercial buyer of its Northern assets, in the context of the impact of differing approaches on Northern Ireland's economy. [9020/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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NAMA Operations
Pearse Doherty
192. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the number of jobs that are presently supported by the National Asset Management Agency in Northern Ireland. [9021/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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NAMA Transactions
Pearse Doherty
193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the revenue generated by the National Asset Management Agency from its disposal of assets in Northern Ireland; and if he will provide his assessment if these disposals are in line with NAMA’s commitment not to hoard or fire sale assets. [9022/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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Financial Services Regulation
Bernard Durkan
194. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which the alleged mis-selling of financial products has been brought to his attention in respect of the sale of such products to consumers over the past ten years to date; if any particular response is required under existing legislation in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9069/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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Tax Credits
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
195. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for a tax certificate to be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9075/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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NAMA Operations
Clare Daly
196. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency can allow a developer a credit line to pursue legal action against home owners trying to protect their homes from faulty and inadequate fire safety mechanisms in their property and yet the same developer has written to other residents in a different estate pleading inability to pay to complete fire safety works in their estate. [9100/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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Carbon Tax Implementation
Michael Healy-Rae
197. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will postpone and review the carbon tax at a time when one in five households is in fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9119/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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NAMA Operations
Terence Flanagan
198. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding ex-Irish Nationwide Building Society residential mortgage holders (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9126/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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Banking Sector
Pearse Doherty
199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of a bank refusing to consider loan applications from anybody benefiting from the family income supplement; his views on whether this practice is arbitrary and discriminatory; and his further views on whether it is in line with best practice and regulations set down by the Central Bank of Ireland. [9177/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
Thomas P. Broughan
200. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if €240 million will be allocated from his Department to Irish Water this year; and if he is aware of what this specific allocation will be used to fund. [9205/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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Tax Reliefs Application
Brian Walsh
201. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of tax relief on gluten-free foods in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; the total amount of this tax relief in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9291/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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Property Tax Administration
Róisín Shortall
202. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the Revenue Commissioners to contact a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9, to arrange payment of their local property tax through a payment service provider or single debit authority. [9315/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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Credit Availability
Jerry Buttimer
203. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance when small and medium-sized Irish businesses will be able to access credit from the German State-owned bank, KfW, Bank für Wohnungswirtschaft AG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9378/14]
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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Tax Credits
Michael McGrath
204. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer in a full year of extending a tax credit of an amount equal to the PAYE tax credit to self-employed persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9383/14]