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Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Permanent Structured Co-operation
Bríd Smith
152. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the implications of Ireland’s recent endorsement of PESCO with its binding commitment to yearly increases in defence spending for wider international work on disarmament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2956/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Citizenship Status
Frank O'Rourke
153. Deputy Frank O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a decision has been reached on the legal status of a child born here to a mother with subsidiary protection (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3009/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Departmental Contracts Data
Niall Collins
154. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the contingency plans that may now be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3147/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Election Monitoring Missions
Alan Kelly
155. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department organised a briefing for a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade in advance of travel to Azerbaijan in October 2013 to observe the elections there; if so, the name of the person; and the capacity in which he or she travelled. [3300/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Departmental Bodies Data
Éamon Ó Cuív
156. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions were subsumed back into his Department since 2011; the number of such bodies set up by his Department since that date; the names of the bodies in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3405/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Personal Injury Claims
Michael McGrath
157. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount paid out and the number of personal injury claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in each of the years 2010 to 2017; the number of claims that were settled outside of court in each of these years; the number of payments that were as a result of a court judgment in each of these years; the nature of the claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3422/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Human Rights
Seán Crowe
158. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the threats to the life of a person (details supplied) in Argentina and the ongoing repression, intimidation and delegitimisation of the Mapuche; and if he will raise the issue with his Argentine counterpart. [3439/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Comhfhreagras Rannach
Micheál Martin
159. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Micheál Martin den Aire Airgeadais cad é a thuairim i dtaca le comhfhreagras a bhaineann leis an Tástáil Náisiúnta Carranna agus cás duine áirithe (sonraí tugtha). [2938/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy
160. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to widen the criteria to allow a person (details supplied) suffering from a rare syndrome to qualify for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3161/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Property Tax Administration
Catherine Murphy
161. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which local property tax is collected; if arrangements for collection are under review; the way these funds are dispersed nationally; the amount of LPT funds collected granted to each of the local authorities in each of the years 2015 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2762/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Property Tax
Catherine Murphy
162. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the areas and-or elements of the local property tax on which the cross-departmental group on the review of the local property tax is focused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2763/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Motor Tax
Catherine Murphy
163. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which the moneys collected in respect of motor tax are dispersed; the amount and the areas funds are allocated to that are collected in respect of motor tax, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2764/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Tracker Mortgage Examination
Michael Healy-Rae
164. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance when he is next scheduled to meet with the banks regarding the tracker mortgage scandal; and the position regarding the matter in view of the fact a bank (details supplied) is still awaiting a decision. [2780/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Motor Insurance Costs
Charlie McConalogue
165. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Finance the progress made with regard to tackling the cost of motor insurance; the steps that have been implemented to date; the future steps that will be taken in order to reduce premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2791/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Credit Card Interest Rates
Michael McGrath
166. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the amount of interest paid by consumers on credit cards in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2856/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Tax Code
Michael McGrath
167. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his plans to provide tax incentives or State support for persons or couples wishing to downsize to a smaller property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2868/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Corporation Tax
Catherine Murphy
168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the effective rate of corporation tax on oil and gas exploration and production in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2870/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Corporation Tax
Catherine Murphy
169. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the yield to the State in terms of profit resource rent tax from the gas fields in Kinsale, Ballycotton, Seven Heads and Corrib in each of the years since the inception of the tax, by gas field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2872/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Corporation Tax
Catherine Murphy
170. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the yield to the State in terms of corporation tax from the gas fields in Kinsale, Ballycotton, Seven Heads and Corrib in each of the past 20 years, by gas field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2873/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Mortgage Lending
Robert Troy
171. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if a person goes through the bankruptcy process in the UK, the way in which this affects their credit rating and future chances of being approved for a mortgage here. [2928/18]