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Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Banking Sector Investigations
Pearse Doherty
224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that his Department has issued all material held by it to the gardaí investigating potential fraud at Anglo Irish Bank. [31769/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Banking Sector Investigations
Pearse Doherty
225. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the former Government appointee to Anglo Irish Bank (details supplied) was aware of the existence of recorded phone conversations at Anglo Irish Bank which appeared to reveal a concerted attempt to defraud the Irish State by bank employees; and if so, if he alerted the previous or the current Government to the existence or content of these tapes. [31770/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Banking Sector Issues
Pearse Doherty
226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has made inquiries regarding the existence of other recorded phone calls in existence in the other State owned, or proportionately owned State banks, around the time of the guarantee; and if he has sought such information. [31771/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Irish Nationwide Report
Pearse Doherty
227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when he plans to publish the report into Irish Nationwide, commissioned in 2009. [31773/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Banking Sector Investigations
Pearse Doherty
228. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views that the auditors working for Anglo Irish Bank at the time of the banking guarantee, who gave it a clean audit and have since been found to have a prima facie case to answer even by their own regulatory body, the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board, have supplied all of their relevant material, from phone call recordings, minuted meetings, emails and so on to the Garda investigation team on Anglo Irish Bank, and/or to his Department; and if this material has been requested. [31774/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
234. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue lost to the Exchequer as a result of tax free lump sums allowed upon retirement; and the way these lump sums are treated for tax purposes. [31806/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Tax Credits
Pearse Doherty
235. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of increasing the PAYE tax credit by €5 per week for all income earners below €60,000 per annum. [31807/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Fuel Laundering
Pearse Doherty
236. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the money that could be saved for the Exchequer if fuel dyeing was discontinued. [31808/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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National Treasury Management Agency Remuneration
Pearse Doherty
242. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if any bonuses were paid to National Treasury Management Agency staff in 2011 and 2012, and if so, to whom and the amount of each bonus. [31828/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Fuel Laundering
Pearse Doherty
245. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer each year as a result of diesel laundering. [31940/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Fuel Laundering
Pearse Doherty
246. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered ending the process of dyeing diesel and instead offering a rebate to farmers, transport firms, hauliers and so forth, to compensate for accessing the more expensive diesel type. [31941/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Departmental Staff Numbers
Pearse Doherty
248. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of senior staff in his Department who were in the Department at the time of the banking guarantee in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31964/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Departmental Staff Numbers
Pearse Doherty
249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of senior staff in his Department, who were there at the time of the banking guarantee and who are in the same positions they held at the time. [31966/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Fuel Laundering
Pearse Doherty
252. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of one excise duty for all diesel including green diesel, with a rebate system for agricultural and other users of green diesel; and if he will set out the financial ramifications of such a move. [32002/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Companies Law Issues
Pearse Doherty
259. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Irish Government made information regarding yearly profits and tax payments by corporations including subsidiaries available to the public or is the Government planning to do so before the end of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32040/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Companies Law Issues
Pearse Doherty
260. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Irish Government made information regarding the beneficial owners of companies including subsidiaries, trusts and foundations available to the public or is the Government planning to do so before the end of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32041/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Companies Law Issues
Pearse Doherty
261. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Irish Government is requiring multinational companies including subsidiaries to provide an annual report on their turnover, number of employees, subsidies received, profits and tax payments on a country by country level for all countries in which they operate, or is the Government planning to introduce such reporting before the end of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32042/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Mutual Assistance Requests
Pearse Doherty
262. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of requests for information regarding tax matters that the Irish Government has received from non-OECD countries in each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32043/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Mutual Assistance Requests
Pearse Doherty
263. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of the requests for information regarding tax matters received from non-OECD countries in each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 which were sent from one of the least developed countries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32044/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Mutual Assistance Requests
Pearse Doherty
264. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases the information requested by a non-OECD country was provided by the Irish Government to the non-OECD country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32045/13]