Parliamentary questions

Money Laundering

Pearse Doherty

159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the fourth revision of the Anti-Money Laundering Directive will prevent him in any way from establishing a publicly available register of beneficial owners of companies and trusts here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35268/14]

Universal Social Charge Application

Pearse Doherty

161. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward legislation to amend the universal social charge rates payable on 1 January 2015. [35303/14]

White Paper on Receipts and Expenditures

Pearse Doherty

172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the date on which the White Paper on receipts and expenditures will be published. [35748/14]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Pearse Doherty

343. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the provision of wheelchair equipment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [35221/14]

Planning Issues

Pearse Doherty

477. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the paper on vacant land tax sent to him by Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35852/14]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Pearse Doherty

487. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent by his Department or Donegal County Council on a scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35286/14]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Pearse Doherty

488. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of times his Department has approved the sending to tender of a scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal; the dates of each approval; the outcome of each tender; and the reason in each case it did not proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35287/14]

Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration

Pearse Doherty

509. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of public notices taken out by his Department or local councils to inform people of their liability to the non-principal private residence charge since its introduction and during its lifetime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35751/14]

Credit Union Restructuring

Pearse Doherty

238. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the persons that own the old Newbridge Credit Union building now occupied by PTSB; and if PTSB is not the owner, if it is paying rent to any State body and the amount of that rent. [33631/14]

Credit Union Restructuring

Pearse Doherty

239. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he is going to proceed as previously promised with allowing the common bond areas of Kilcullen, Kildare Town and Rathangan Credit Unions be extended to cover the Newbridge area following the loss of the town's credit union. [33632/14]

VAT Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

243. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if there are any legal constraints to reducing the VAT charged on defibrillators to 9%; and his plans to reduce the VAT rate on defibrillators. [33798/14]

VAT Rate Application

Pearse Doherty

244. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the State of amending the VAT directives to allow for a 0% VAT rate on voluntary rescue activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33844/14]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Pearse Doherty

245. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform's report on hearings on matters relating to mortgage arrears resolution processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33921/14]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

253. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the way the apportionment exercise to determine the price of a property for stamp duty purposes in mixed sales is carried out, monitored and verified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34163/14]

Exchequer Revenue

Pearse Doherty

318. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 15 July 2014, the way in which the new corporation tax relief scheme for films will operate; and the financial implications for the Exchequer. [34642/14]

Coillte Teoranta Lands

Pearse Doherty

464. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of land at Kilcooley Estate, County Tipperary that Coillte owns or has owned in the past ten years; and the details of leasing or sales arrangements on any Coillte lands at that address. [34165/14]

Coillte Teoranta Staff Remuneration

Pearse Doherty

465. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the property advisers used by Coillte; the measures in place to prevent a conflict of interest in their roles as auctioneers, solicitors and so on and in their role as Coillte advisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34166/14]

Personal Insolvency Act

Pearse Doherty

580. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the Personal Insolvency Act 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33376/14]

Liquor Licensing Laws

Pearse Doherty

625. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to enact sections 9 and 16 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33778/14]

Tobacco Control Measures

Pearse Doherty

764. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the revenue that would be raised by charging a €500 tobacco licence fee on retailers. [33845/14]