Parliamentary questions

EU Presidency Expenditure

Micheál Martin

64. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis upon which it was decided where to spend the public funding on promoting the Irish Presidency and if moneys were spent on any newspaper supplements or advertisements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33979/13]

EU Presidency Expenditure

Micheál Martin

65. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if moneys were spent on promoting or outlining achievements during Ireland's EU Presidency after the Presidency was concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33980/13]

Departmental Advertising Campaigns

Micheál Martin

66. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list the national and local newspapers that his Department would have placed articles in on a commercial basis in the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33981/13]

EU Presidency Expenditure

Brendan Smith

67. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost associated with publication of the special report on the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the Irish Independent on 5 July 2013, the Metro Herald on 2 July 2013 and any other similar publications, either online or printed, within the past month or planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33988/13]

Emigrant Support Services

Thomas P. Broughan

68. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there will be a further round of emigrant support programmes brought on stream later this year. [34000/13]

Diplomatic Representation Issues

Andrew Doyle

69. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline, in tabular form, the most recent visit that ambassadors and officials from his Department have taken from their various Embassies of Ireland, where they are permanently based around the world, to countries that particular embassies have secondary accreditation to other nations; the general guidelines that are issued from his Department for officials visiting countries where secondary accreditation is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34072/13]

Foreign Conflicts

Brendan Smith

70. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with his European counterparts regarding the current political crisis in Egypt; if the EU is proposing to adopt a common approach on this crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34128/13]

VAT Rates Application

Sandra McLellan

71. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he will maintain the current rate of 9% VAT for the restaurant sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33946/13]

EU Directives

Andrew Doyle

72. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 28 May 2013, if he will detail the representations received by him and his Department from industry stakeholders and organisation regarding the markets in financial instruments directive regarding the expansion or watering down of the directive; if he will provide a full list of the persons and organisations from whom these representations came; the number of meetings he and/or his Department officials have had with stakeholders and interested parties regarding MiFID; with whom they were held and the date on which they took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33996/13]

Vehicle Registration Issues

Joe McHugh

73. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the numbers of new motor-homes that have been registered in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; if he will consider reviewing the decision by the previous Government to introduce VRT in respect of motor-homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34017/13]

Banking Sector Regulation

Clare Daly

74. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that Allied Irish Banks has a valid licence in accordance with the Central Bank Act 1942 and is lawfully entitled to accept deposits. [34076/13]

Fuel Laundering

Heather Humphreys

75. Deputy Heather Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance the number of instances of fuel laundering detected in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Louth, Meath and Donegal for each of the past five years; the number of these cases that were brought to court; the number of convictions arising from these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34077/13]

Credit Unions Regulation

Finian McGrath

76. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if a final report on strengthening the credit union movement has been provided to the troika and the proposals the report contains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34097/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Michael McGrath

77. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if the banks subject to the mortgage arrears resolution targets programme have reported on their compliance with the targets set for 30 June 2013, when the targets will be set for completion of agreements between borrowers and lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34117/13]

Pension Provisions

Michael McGrath

78. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his plans to address the pension deficit at the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34118/13]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Dan Neville

79. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Finance if persons who are council tenants, have inherited a house which is not habitable as a family unit and they need to obtain a mortgage and planning permission to extend the house have an entitlement to mortgage allowance as vacating tenants moving to private ownership; will they have to either buy or build in the new house to become eligible for mortgage allowance. [34133/13]

Tax Collection

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

80. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Finance in July 2011, in response to a parliamentary question, in which he stated that the profits earned from the provision of stallion stud services in the income tax and corporation tax returns for 2009 were €500,000 for income tax and €4 million for corporation tax, if he will supply the corresponding profit figures for 2010, 2011 and 2012. [34162/13]

Tax Collection

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

81. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Finance in July 2011, in response to a parliamentary question, in which he stated that the profits earned from the provision of stallion stud services in the income tax and corporation tax returns for 2009 were €500,000 for income tax and €4 million for corporation tax, if he will quantify the amount of tax paid to the Exchequer on these profits. [34163/13]

Tax Collection

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

82. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the income tax paid on the profits earned from the provision of stallion stud services in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012. [34164/13]

Tax Collection

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

83. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Finance the amount of tax generated by the Exchequer from stallion fees for each of the years, 2008 to 2012 inclusive, since the introduction of the current scheme for taxation of stallion profits and gains on 1 August 2008. [34165/13]