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Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Trade Missions Participation
Pearse Doherty
47. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide further details on the recent Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Canada, led by Minister of State, Deputy Costello; the objectives of the mission; the persons the trade mission met; and the suspected benefits for Ireland arising from the mission. [30783/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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NAMA Loan Book
Pearse Doherty
80. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency did not take on outstanding development levies owed by developers when bad loans were transferred to the agency; and in view of the fact that these outstanding levies are now considered to stand at €750 million and some individual councils are trying to pursue individual householders, if he has considered the possibility of NAMA dealing with local authorities in cases in which the outstanding debt is from a developer who is now in NAMA, with a view to transferring the debt at a discount into NAMA. [30872/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Credit Unions Issues
Pearse Doherty
81. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the losses incurred by a credit union (details supplied) in County Waterford as a result of the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30891/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
82. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if tax credits for high income earners were phased out with a reduction of half the credits for income earners between €100,000 and €150,000; by three quarters for income earners between €150,000 and €200,000; and the abolition of tax credits for income earners in excess of €200,000; and further, to set out the impact this would have on the average tax take from salary earners in each of those categories for example €125,000, €175,000, €225,000. [30922/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Tax Credits
Pearse Doherty
83. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost or saving to the Exchequer that could be made if the use of tax credits was abolished and the system instead returned to tax free allowance up to a cut-off point, followed by the standard and marginal tax rates. [30923/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
84. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the current tax treatment of discretionary trusts and the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if the once-off charge for establishing a trust was increased by 1% and the annual tax of the trust was increased by 0.5%. [30925/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Tax Credits
Pearse Doherty
85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the income tax system in Britain where the personal allowance is only applicable up to an income of £100,000; if he has considered abolishing tax credits for income earners in excess of €100,000 and if so, the amount it would raise for the Exchequer. [30927/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Excise Duties Yield
Pearse Doherty
86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing excise duty on fuel by five cent in the litre. [30928/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
88. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any expressions of interest in the establishment of REITs in Ireland since the passing of the Finance Act. [30979/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
89. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the possibility whereby applicants using the export repayment scheme calculator could provide details of car registration number for definitive verification on whether a car may already have been the subject of VRT repayments (details supplied). [30982/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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State Banking Sector
Pearse Doherty
91. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the market value of his shares in AIB and Bank of Ireland respectively. [31110/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Social Welfare Code Issues
Pearse Doherty
139. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the annual cost of introducing two weeks paid paternity leave. [30931/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Alcohol Pricing
Pearse Doherty
220. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if an analysis has been undertaken of the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if minimum alcohol pricing was introduced in off-licences, with drinks companies then levied for the increased price portion. [30926/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Health Service Training and Development
Pearse Doherty
128. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if there is a cost-benefit analysis of overseas training and development courses provided to staff of his Department and the Health Service Executive, and funded by the State, for the years 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30393/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
Pearse Doherty
137. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that persons appointed at senior executive or advisory level in the special delivery unit are paid through overseas companies; his views on whether this is a method of avoiding paying income tax in this jurisdiction; if this method of payment has been or is being used elsewhere in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30392/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
183. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to take further steps on the treatment of private pensions, specifically with regards to the way they are taxed, for example, if he will look for pension tax reliefs to be standardised; for the earnings ceiling to be further capped; or consider increasing the imputed distribution rates from super pensions such as ARFs. [30652/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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VAT Rates Application
Pearse Doherty
189. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the case of a shopkeeper in County Donegal from whom Revenue has demanded a tax payment in respect of the sale of mass cards on a non-profit basis and subject to VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30135/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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NAMA Loan Book
Pearse Doherty
193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown in geographical terms by region and country, percentage and value of the properties underlying the National Asset Management Agency loans in 2012 and to date in 2013. [30235/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Tax Collection
Pearse Doherty
194. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the names of the top ten companies managed by the Revenue's Large Cases Division. [30250/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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EU Funding
Pearse Doherty
195. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline Ireland's financial contribution to the EU for the past ten years. [30251/13]