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Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Tax Credits
Bernard Durkan
117. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose retirement benefit pension has been taxed at the higher rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41461/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Financial Services Regulation
Dominic Hannigan
118. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Finance if this debt restructuring firm (details supplied) is regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41464/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Price Inflation
Terence Flanagan
119. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance the price differential between items priced in the UK and here;the actions he will take to help reduce this price difference for consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41470/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
120. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the tax take both as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms by year from 1992 to 2011. [41513/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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National Debt
Pearse Doherty
121. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the national debt as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms from 1992 to 2011. [41514/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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National Debt
Pearse Doherty
122. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual cost of servicing the national debt in nominal terms and as a percentage of gross domestic product. [41515/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Household Debt Statistics
Pearse Doherty
123. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form household debt as a percentage of household income for each year from 1992 to 2011. [41516/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Household Debt Statistics
Pearse Doherty
124. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form household debt as a percentage of disposable household income for each year from 1992 to 2011. [41517/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Pension Provisions
Simon Harris
125. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Finance his position regarding pension AVCs; and his plans for alterations in the immediate future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41541/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Mortgage Interest Rates Issues
Simon Harris
126. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Finance having regard for the failure of Irish banks, in State ownership or where the State has significant share holdings, his view on the need for the European Central Bank cuts in interest rates to be passed on to mortgage holders, the action he will take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41542/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Banking Sector Regulation
Simon Harris
127. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Finance the degree to which the European Central Bank interest rate reductions have been applied to business loans across the banks in which the State holds a significant shareholding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41543/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Credit Review Office Appeal Numbers
Simon Harris
128. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Finance the total number of referrals to the Credit Review Office; the number of appeals that have overturned the original decision; the breakdown of this number by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41563/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Credit Ratings
Derek Nolan
129. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the progress made to date on setting up a Central Credit Register; when legislation on the matter will be published; when the register will be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41566/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
130. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the percentage of income tax paid in 2011 by the top 1%, 5%, 10%, 20% and 50% of earners. [41573/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
131. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the percentage of income earned in 2011 by the top 1%, 5%, 10%, 20% and 50% of earners. [41574/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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National Debt
Kevin Humphreys
132. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance the annual interest payments on the national debt from 2007 to 2011; the projected annual interest payments on the national debt for 2012; the projected annual payments from 2013 to 2016; if these are inclusive of the promissory note payments, sinking fund contributions and debt management expenses; if not, if he will provide the annual projected costs for these for 2012 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41575/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures
Michael McGrath
133. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance apart from the recent case which has been referred to An Garda Síochána, if National Asset Management Agency has since its inception identified any other possible breaches of confidentiality whereby commercial agency belonging to the agency has been used or removed in an unauthorised fashion by an employee of the agency and, if so, if he will provide details of the number of such cases and if he will make a comprehensive statement of the action taken in each case. [41627/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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NAMA Staff Transactions
Michael McGrath
134. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has, since its inception, approved the sale of any property in the agency's portfolio to an employee or a direct family member of an employee of the agency; if so, if he will provide details of the number of such transactions which it has approved; if such properties were for sale on the open market and if he will provide details of the nature of the transactions concerned. [41628/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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NAMA Staff Transactions
Michael McGrath
135. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance altogether apart from the recent case which has been referred to An Garda Síochána, if the National Assets Management Agency has since its inception identified any other unapproved purchases of properties in the agency's portfolio by a serving or former employee of the agency; if so, if he will provide details of the number of such cases; and if he will make a statement on the action taken in each case. [41690/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Mortgage Interest Relief Application
Tony McLoughlin
136. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Finance if mortgage interest relief claimants who purchased for the first time between 2004 and 2008 have yet benefitted from the new increases in the level of mortgage interest reliefs as set out in Budget 2012; if there is a delay in relation to the processing of this increased benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41698/12]