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Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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Gross National Income
Brendan Howlin
136. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the gross national income impact on gross and net debt, current, past and future, in tabular form; his plans to use this statistical method for budget statements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36003/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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National Debt
Brendan Howlin
137. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the gross and net debt positions as a percentage of GDP and GNI following the publication of the 2016 national accounts update in July 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36006/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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National Debt
Brendan Howlin
138. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the factors influencing the difference between gross and net debt including an arithmetical reconciliation for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36007/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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State Investments
Brendan Howlin
139. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the assessed value of the State’s remaining banking investments by institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36008/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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Gross National Income
Brendan Howlin
140. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the gross debt to gross national income star ratio for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36009/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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Government Expenditure
Brendan Howlin
141. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the percentage share of voted and non-voted expenditure of GDP and GNI for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36010/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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National Debt
Brendan Howlin
142. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the cost of interest repayments on the national debt for each of the years from 2012 and to date in 2017, in monetary terms, as a percentage of GDP, as a percentage of GNI and as a percentage of both voted and non-voted expenditure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36012/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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Government Expenditure
Brendan Howlin
143. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the details of non-voted expenditure in 2016 and to date in 2017; his plans to introduce additional transparency into the deployment of non-voted expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36013/17]
Tue, 11 Jul 2017
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Tax Code
Brendan Howlin
133. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the 2018 and full-year cost or yield of all additional taxation measures announced as part of budget 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32238/17]
Tue, 11 Jul 2017
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Departmental Expenditure
Brendan Howlin
162. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the past five years on photography, advertising, communications advice, public relations, website development, media interview training and preparation; the events, campaigns or policies to which this expenditure related; the company or person to which such payments were made, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32651/17]
Tue, 11 Jul 2017
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Tax Code
Brendan Howlin
163. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a soft drinks industry levy; if the funds raised will be ring-fenced to fund childhood anti-obesity measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32665/17]
Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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Departmental Staff Data
Brendan Howlin
153. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the staffing complement of his Department in whole-time equivalents as at the end of 2016. [29604/17]
Thu, 11 May 2017
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Private Rented Accommodation
Brendan Howlin
63. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the progress of the working group on tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers; the number of times the group has met; the sectorial inputs it has received or requested, other than the public consultation; the timeline for the group to produce a final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22405/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Fiscal Data
Brendan Howlin
216. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a revised estimate of Ireland's gross and net debt to gross domestic product, GDP, ratio, in view of the publication by the Central Statistics Office of Quarterly National Accounts Quarter 4 2016 and Year 2016 (Preliminary) on 9 March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13483/17]
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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Financial Services Sector
Brendan Howlin
225. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance if he has raised Ireland's bid to secure the European Banking Authority with his EU counterparts in bilateral meetings. [2781/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Private Rented Accommodation
Brendan Howlin
138. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the status of action 9 of the strategy for the private rental market which sets out that his Department will establish a working group on tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers in the first quarter of 2017; the terms of reference for the working group; if the working group has met; the membership of the working group; if the group will provide opportunities for outside engagement and submissions; the timeline for the group to produce a final report; if the work of this group will encompass the consideration of tax relief for renters recently referred to by the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government or if that matter will be considered by a separate group; if so, if he will provide the same details requested in relation to the working group on tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2622/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Financial Services Sector
Brendan Howlin
35. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance his Department's current role in engaging with the financial services industry here. [38620/16]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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EU Funding
Brendan Howlin
92. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance if agreements have been reached on the European Fund for Strategic Investments. [1990/17]
Tue, 8 Nov 2016
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Ministerial Appointments
Brendan Howlin
126. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the process which will be followed in appointing the chairperson of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; the date on which this position fell vacant; the date on which he expects the appointment to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33769/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Customs and Excise Controls
Brendan Howlin
126. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the number of drug detection dogs available to the customs service; the location of such dogs; his plans to deploy more drug detection dogs at the points of entry into this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19243/16]