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Wed, 22 May 2013
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Property Tax Administration
Kevin Humphreys
62. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of properties registered in Dublin City Council for the local property tax to date; the estimated number of liable properties; the aggregate amount of tax to be returned from those registered thus far; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24500/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Carbon Tax Implementation
Andrew Doyle
63. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline details of carbon taxation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24708/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Tax Code
Andrew Doyle
64. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the current vehicle registration tax is compatible with EU law; the legislative changes he is proposing regarding keeping the tax in line with European Court of Justice opinions and rulings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24730/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Property Tax Exemptions
Seamus Kirk
65. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a means test in respect of the local property tax demand for families dependant on single parent family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24767/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Property Tax Collection
Pat Deering
66. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Finance the reason local property tax liability is taken immediately from customers' bank accounts when the explanatory booklet clearly states payment will not be taken earlier than 21 July 2013, option 2. [24505/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Bank Guarantee Scheme
Martin Heydon
67. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Finance if cash deposits held within approved retirement funds are covered by the bank guarantee scheme; the other protections that exist to protect cash held through private sector pension funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24576/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Housing Grants
Eoghan Murphy
68. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering making the cost of home maintenance and repairs tax deductible, as is done in Sweden, in order to eliminate the growing black economy. [24592/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Property Tax Collection
Billy Timmins
69. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow who have not received their property tax correspondence; if this can be sent as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24594/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Debt Resolution Pilot Scheme
Thomas P. Broughan
70. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the third party service provider that will be selected to operate under the recent launched Framework for a Pilot Approach to the Coordinated Resolution of Multiple Debts owed by a Distressed Borrower; if the Money Advice and Budgeting Service will be selected as the third party service provider in view of the wealth of experience that MABS has in dealing with distressed borrowers; his views on recent reports that a company from the UK is being considered as the third party service provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24603/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Disability Act Employment Targets
Tom Fleming
71. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the target of his Department and subsidiary offices throughout the country regarding employment of persons in the special category with disabilities and if the target being achieved; the total number of employees in that category currently and the percentage of the total workforce in his Department that it represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24614/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
72. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the total debt write down that will be given to developers who bid for their own loans from the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at substantially reduced values; and if the residual debt against those developers will be pursued by the State. [24689/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
73. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 14 may 2013, if he will confirm the restrictions that will be placed on Irish Bank Resolution Corporation borrowers who bid on their own loans after the window for 100% refinancing expires; if such borrowers will be prevented from acting in concert with third party bidders during the bid process as is the case with National Asset Management Agency borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24690/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Financial Services Regulation
Pearse Doherty
74. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 207 and 210 of 23 April 2013, and 195 of 14 April 2013, if he will confirm by year, separately, the salary and benefits and total remuneration of the Financial Regulator for 2011 and 2012. [24691/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
Pearse Doherty
75. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of borrowers who had loans of more than €10 million par value with the Irish Bank Resolution Corportation at 7 February 2013 ; the total par value of such outstanding loans; and the book value of such loans. [24692/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Bank Debt Restructuring
Pearse Doherty
76. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of debt written off by Allied Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB in 2010, 2011 and 2012 as a result of bankruptcies in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24693/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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NAMA Property Rental
Pearse Doherty
77. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an analysis of the €100-120 million per month recurring non-disposal income being reported by the National Asset Management Agency, showing commercial rental income, residential rental income and an outline of the other receipts and in respect of the commercial rental income to indicate the proportion arising from property in the State and from other jurisdictions. [24694/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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NAMA Property Sales
Pearse Doherty
78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance following the announcement by the National Asset Management Agency of the disposal of the so called Project Aspen portfolio of €810 million of loans relating to a developer (details supplied), if he will provide his assessment on the deal which involves NAMA providing staple finance and retaining a stake in the loans; if he will confirm the security NAMA now holds in the loans and if NAMA's security in the loans has been diluted as a result of the sale; and if he will confirm the overall number of NAMA disposals which have involved NAMA retaining an interest in the assets sold. [24695/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Participation
Pearse Doherty
79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 23 April 2013, and further to his statement on 13 May 2013 that it seems to me that if we had one more sale of Irish paper, we would be eligible for outright monetary transactions scheme, if he will outline his basis for believing this to be the case and the reason he does not believe we would be eligible for access to OMT presently. [24696/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Participation
Pearse Doherty
80. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 23 April 2013, and further to his statement on 13 May 2013 that we have not decided in Government yet whether we will apply or not for the Outright Monetary Transactions scheme but it is something that seems to be a mechanism that is working very well and it might be something that we would want to avail of coming out of the bailout, if he will outline the way the OMT mechanism is working and the volume and value of OMT transactions undertaken by the European Central Bank. [24697/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Participation
Pearse Doherty
81. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 23 April 2013, and further to the publication on 14 May 2013 by the National Treasury Management Agency of its May 2013 presentation to investors which includes the statement clarity on Ireland's eligibility for ECB’s new Outright Monetary Transactions, OMT, would be helpful to underpin sustainable market re-entry; his views on whether there is a lack of clarity on Ireland’s eligibility for the ECB’s OMT scheme. [24698/13]