Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Foreign Earnings Deduction

Pearse Doherty

141. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the policy of the State-backed banks in applying discounts to foreign earnings when assessing a mortgage application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23962/16]

Foreign Earnings Deduction

Pearse Doherty

142. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank or his Department placing a cap on the discount applied to foreign earnings by banks to encourage returning emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23963/16]

Economic Data

Pearse Doherty

146. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the steps his Department will take in preparing new measures for economic growth that reflect economic activity, while stripping out aircraft leasing, inversions and other activities which distort the picture of our economic growth, in light of last week's growth figures, which were discredited both nationally and internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23973/16]

Economic Growth Rate

Pearse Doherty

147. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance in view of last week's revised 2015 GDP growth figure of 26.3% and its impact on our debt to GDP ratio, if the Minister's Department has conducted risk analysis as to whether this improvement in our debt to GDP ratio could move very fast in the opposite direction in the medium term as a result of multinational corporations reversing some of their recent decisions or reclassification directives from the EU, leaving our ability to borrow in a precarious position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23974/16]

EU Budget Contribution

Pearse Doherty

152. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the impact of the 26.3% increase in GDP on Ireland's annual contribution to the EU budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22625/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

173. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the single personal, that is, no taper for married portion of credit entitlements €1,650 pay as you earn, and earned income credits by 0.7% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €170,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €170,000 and introducing a levy of 2% and 4% on income over €170,000. [22095/16]

Fiscal Data

Pearse Doherty

183. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline the revised figures for fiscal space in each of the years 2017 to 2021 in light of the recently revised CSO figures for GDP growth for 2015 to 26.3%. [22356/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

196. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the process by which companies are designated as section 110 companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22464/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

197. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the qualifying assets relevant to section 110 companies and when each of these assets was designated as qualifying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22465/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

201. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the PAYE and self-employed tax credits by €400 each and tapering out the increase from €55,000 to €65,000, by 10% per €1,000, resulting in no entitlement to the increased credit over €65,000. [22579/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

202. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the PAYE and self-employed tax credits by €300 each and tapering out the increases from €50,000 to €70,000, by 5% per €1,000, resulting in no entitlement to the increased credit over €70,000. [22580/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the PAYE and self-employed tax credits by €400 each and tapering out the increases from €50,000 to €70,000, by 5% per €1,000, resulting in no entitlement to the increased credit over €70,000. [22581/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

204. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the PAYE and self-employed tax credits by €300 each and tapering out the increase from €55,000 to €65,000, by 10% per €1,000, resulting in no entitlement to the increased credit over €65,000. [22582/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

205. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the PAYE and self-employed tax credits by €200 each and tapering out the increase from €55,000 to €65,000, by 10% per €1,000, resulting in no entitlement to the increased credit over €65,000. [22583/16]

EU Meetings

Pearse Doherty

206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to report on his meeting with EU Commissioner Vestager; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22624/16]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Pearse Doherty

62. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the timeframe and the means by which he will implement the programme for Government commitment to establish a new national service to standardise the supports available to borrowers in mortgage arrears, with powers and resources needed to advise, assess, negotiate and recommend solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21659/16]

Insurance Industry Regulation

Pearse Doherty

63. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the membership of his Department's task force reviewing the insurance environment; the number of times it has met; and the attendance at each meeting. [21660/16]

Insurance Industry Regulation

Pearse Doherty

64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he received a first report from his Department's task force reviewing the insurance environment focusing on the compensation issue; and when he will publish the report. [21661/16]

Insurance Industry Regulation

Pearse Doherty

65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number and nature of his modules his Department's task force reviewing the insurance environment intends to cover; the timeframe in which each one is scheduled to conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21662/16]

Mortgage Data

Pearse Doherty

67. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the situation for Irish mortgage holders who have a tracker mortgage linked to the European Central Bank rate with a British bank no longer operating here (details supplied) in view of the likelihood of Britain leaving the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21732/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

189. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed. [20579/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

190. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the European Union Commission has ever attempted to or actually imposed fines on Ireland because of the State's vehicle registration tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20625/16]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

191. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised through vehicle registration tax for each of the past seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20626/16]

State Banking Sector

Pearse Doherty

199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the net change in value of shares held by the State in each bank in which he has shares since the referendum on Britain leaving the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20798/16]

European Investment Bank

Pearse Doherty

203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of names put to him to bring to Government for the post of Ireland's appointee as vice-president of the European Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20865/16]

European Investment Bank

Pearse Doherty

204. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of applicants there were for the post of Ireland's appointee as vice-president of the European Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20866/16]

European Investment Bank

Pearse Doherty

205. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the names of the two independent external third parties with appropriate senior level experience of the public service, banking and finance, and European Union Institutions appointed as part of the selection process for Ireland's appointee as vice-president of the European Investment Bank. [20867/16]

Insurance Costs

Pearse Doherty

90. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views that insurance premium increases in areas apart from motor insurance may be linked to core underwriting losses and an environment of very low investment returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20402/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

93. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the fees or any other form of remuneration paid to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20243/16]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

96. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of the special liquidation of IBRC to date; and the estimated final cost. [20337/16]

IMF Loan

Pearse Doherty

83. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance why Ireland repaid only 81% of its International Monetary Fund loan earlier and the potential saving in repaying the remaining loan earlier than scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19882/16]

Vehicle Registration

Pearse Doherty

88. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of an increase in incidences of workers who are resident in the South and employed in the North being stopped by customs officials for suspected non-payment of vehicle registration tax in respect of vehicles which, as part of an employment entitlement, are registered in the North and have been provided to them through a rental scheme administered by a third party on behalf of their employer; the efforts being made by customs officials to afford such workers, who have applied for the relevant tax exemption and are awaiting for a decision in respect of an appeal, the opportunity to have their cases determined in a timely and just manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19974/16]

Mortgage Lending

Pearse Doherty

122. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide the use of the exceptions under the Central Bank's lending rules by a bank (details supplied) by the amount under the loan-to-value rules, in tabular form; the amount under the loan-to-income rule and the amount that was granted to buy-to-let mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19163/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

135. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the personal, pay as you earn and earned income credits by 0.7% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €170,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €170,000. [19332/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

136. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the personal, pay as you earn and earned income credits by 0.7% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €170,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €170,000 and introducing levies of 2% and 4% on income over €170,000. [19333/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

137. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the pay as you earn and earned income credits by 5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000 and introducing levies of 2%, 4% and 5% on income over €140,000. [19334/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance regarding the CAT group A threshold, the total annual number of persons who availed of the group A threshold in each of the years from 2010 to 2014, in tabular form; the total value claimed through this threshold; and the total number of persons whose claims exceeded this threshold, broken down into regions (details supplied) as per the Revenue Commissioners organisational chart. [19337/16]

Fiscal Data

Pearse Doherty

152. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide a recalculation of the fiscal space available over the next five years based on the figures noted in the information box on the possible economic impact of a British exit from the European Union in the Summer Economic Statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19741/16]

Central Bank of Ireland

Pearse Doherty

153. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance how the loan-to-income and loan-to-value rules under the Central Bank's macro-prudential lending rules interact with each other; if there is a formula in place that limits the leeway for exceptions that can be used under one rule at the expense of the other; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19784/16]

Budget Targets

Pearse Doherty

78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will release an updated version of the summer statement, given Britain voting to leave the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18996/16]

Water Charges Yield

Pearse Doherty

79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance for details on how water charges were treated in the summer statement financials over the five year period 2017 to 2021 with regard to revenue projections, expenditure projections, fiscal space projections and allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18997/16]

Revenue Commissioners Staff

Pearse Doherty

70. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the recruitment process used to fill a recent vacancy for a clerical officer position based at the Office of the Revenue Commissioners in Donegal town; if this post was filled using the central applications facility central transfer list; if not, why this method was not utilised to recruit for this vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18662/16]

Ministerial Meetings

Pearse Doherty

78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has been invited to the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs dialogue hearings and his response to any invitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17946/16]

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments

Pearse Doherty

79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the value of investments the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has made in fossil fuel-related investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17947/16]

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments

Pearse Doherty

80. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the value of investments the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has made in companies involved in hydraulic fracturing here or elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17948/16]

Tax Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

89. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the payment of a domicile levy here enables a person to claim exemption from tax liability in the United States of America under the double taxation clauses in the 1997 treaty between the two countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18315/16]

Tax Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

90. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases in which Irish persons have attempted to claim exemption from foreign taxation on the basis that they have paid the domicile levy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18316/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

91. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid the domicile levy and the amount that was collected from the levy in 2015; his plans to increase the levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18317/16]

Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears

Pearse Doherty

2. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the programme for Government commitment to deal with the mortgage crisis by working with the Central Bank to amend the code of conduct on mortgage arrears to include an obligation on providers of mortgage credit to provide a range of sustainable arrears solutions and to put the code of conduct on a statutory basis. [17748/16]

Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision

Pearse Doherty

48. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the progress made in providing a solution to those persons in areas that have recently flooded whereby they can access flood insurance at affordable prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17537/16]