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Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Fuel Rebate Scheme
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
121. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the excise rebate on diesel announced in Budget 2013 will include passenger transport vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58203/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Tax Reliefs Availability
Ged Nash
122. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will publish details of all of the authors, and the relevant publications which have taken advantage of the artist's exemption scheme for non-fiction titles in each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [1024/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Tax Reliefs Availability
Ged Nash
123. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications made for non-fiction works to be considered for inclusion under the artist's exemption scheme; and the number of applications approved by the Revenue Commissioners in each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [1025/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Tax Reliefs Application
Ged Nash
124. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider tightening up the criteria and the application of the artist's exemption scheme for non-fiction publications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1026/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Tax Reliefs Availability
Ged Nash
125. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the number of applications made to the Revenue Commissioners in 2009, 2010 and 2011 for consideration under the artist's exemption scheme; the number of appeals made in relation to initially unsuccessful applications in these years; if he will provide details of the number of successful appeals in these years; the names of those authors whose appeals were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1027/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Fuel Rebate Scheme
Willie O'Dea
126. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the excise rebate on diesel announced in Budget 2013 to bus and coach companies in the forthcoming Finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1045/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Mortgage Interest Relief Application
Patrick O'Donovan
127. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of applicants per county per month that applied for mortgage interest relief on the purchase of homes in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1050/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Vehicle Registration Issues
Patrick O'Donovan
128. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance in view of the recently introduced changes to vehicle licence plates, if he will consider a system to allow the registration of second hand cars whereby purchasers could change the county identifier when they purchase the car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1051/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Vehicle Registration Issues
Patrick O'Donovan
129. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance in view of the recently announced changes to vehicle registration and considering the merger of a number of city and county councils including Limerick, if he has plans to introduce a single identifier for cars registered in those local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1052/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Betting Legislation
Michael McGrath
130. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Betting (Amendment) Bill; the progress that has been made on putting in place the structures to implement the proposed turnover levy on remote betting or Internet betting; if there is a specific timeframe for the introduction of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1060/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Consumer Protection
Joanna Tuffy
131. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the position pertaining in respect of a person if a bank fails to make a timely decision in respect of a complaint to that bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1071/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Liquor Licensing Laws
Michelle Mulherin
132. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Finance the way in which fees payable by a supermarket upon annual renewal of its intoxicating liquor licence are calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1077/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Fuel Rebate Scheme
John McGuinness
133. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the fuel rebate scheme to cover coach and bus operators; the reason this sector was not included in the Budget day announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1117/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Carbon Tax Implementation
Michael McGrath
134. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 20 December 2012, if there is any distinction between the way carbon tax is being extended to smokeless and non smokeless coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1155/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Mortgage Arrears Proposals
Damien English
135. Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Finance in the instance whereby a financial institution (details supplied) has sold all rights, title, interests and benefits of a mortgage loan agreement to another financial institution, how stands a persons rights under the mortgage arrears protection scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1160/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Fuel Rebate Scheme
Jerry Buttimer
136. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance if passenger transport companies will be included in the rebate scheme when the Finance Bill is published and if the rebate will be 13 cent per litre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1178/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Fuel Rebate Scheme
Michael McCarthy
137. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance if a person needs to be in possession of a haulage licence in order to qualify for the fuel rebate measure introduced for hauliers in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1209/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Fuel Rebate Scheme
Denis Naughten
138. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance if the proposed fuel rebate scheme will be extended to vehicles used for the carriage of passengers of category M2 or category M3 as defined in Council Directive 70/156/EEC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1222/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Property Taxation Collection
Mary Lou McDonald
139. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the way the Revenue Commissioner intends to value properties for the property tax; and if he is satisfied that Revenue have sufficient staff to undertake this commitment, particularity in the context of the immediate debacles that followed the centralisation of medical cards applications and student grant applications via Student Universal Support Ireland, and approximately 220 staff having retired from Revenue by February of last year. [1248/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Excise Duties Issues
Michael Healy-Rae
140. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the increase in excise duty on beer, spirits and wine; if he has any plans to re-think the excise duties before the Finance Bill comes into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1262/13]