McGrath, MichaelThursday, 19 July 2012 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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Order of Business
Question put: “That the proposal for dealing with No. 12 be agreed to.”
Voted No 
Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages
Amendment put.
Voted No
Written Answers - Broadband Services
Asked the minister: the average broadband speeds available to residential and business customers in towns of less than 10,000 persons and in the open countryside; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Credit Review Office
Asked the minister: if he has plans to review the effectiveness of the Credit Review Office; if he will provide details of any such review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Tax Reliefs
Asked the minister: if approval given by Fáilte Ireland to a company (details supplied) of development and marketing plan under section 495(6) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 for the purpose of applying for relief u...
Written Answers - Bank Branch Closures
Asked the minister: if he or the Central Bank of Ireland has received proposals for branch closures from the covered institutions; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of closures proposed for each covered insti...
Written Answers - Liquor Licences
Asked the minister: if he will provide details of the number of validly renewed alcohol licences in the off-trade and on-trade for each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement ...
Written Answers - Financial Services Regulation
Asked the minister: the position regarding the Central Bank of Ireland investigations into possible mis-selling of payment protection insurance by regulated entities; if he will confirm the scale of the problem; and whe...
Written Answers - Tax Yield
Asked the minister: the amount of money received in 2012 from the levy imposed on private pension funds; and if he will provide a breakdown of the way that revenue is to be spent in 2012.
Written Answers - National Asset Management Agency
Asked the minister: if he will provide details of the number of court cases that the National Asset Management Agency has taken or plans to take to secure reversal of asset transfers by NAMA debtors which the agency bel...
Asked the minister: if he will provide details of the number of inquiries and formal applications made to the National Asset Management Agency by debtors and tenants for a rent reduction since the issuing by NAMA of the...
Written Answers - Mortgage Arrears
Asked the minister: if he will provide a progress report on the implementation of the Keane report on mortgage arrears.
Written Answers - Banking Sector Regulation
Asked the minister: the position regarding the reports completed by a company (details supplied) into certain corporate governance matters at the former Irish Nationwide Building Society; if the reports have been referr...
Written Answers - National Treasury Management Agency
Asked the minister: if he will provide details of the number of persons employed by the National Treasury Management Agency, showing the details for National Asset Management Agency staff separately, who received bonus ...
Written Answers - Bank Guarantee Scheme
Asked the minister: if he will show separately for each covered institution the amount of senior bonds, presenting figures separately for secured and unsecured, repaid since the original bank guarantee of September 2008...
Asked the minister: the amount of losses that have been imposed to date on subordinated bondholders at the covered institutions since the introduction of the original bank guarantee in September 2008; and if he will mak...
Written Answers - Exchequer Deficit
Asked the minister: his estimate, based on all currently available information, including the projected deficits for 2013, 2014 and 2015 set out in the recent stability programme update and the maturity of Government bo...
Written Answers - Tax Code
Asked the minister: the cost to the Exchequer of each of a 5 cent, 10 cent and 20 cent reduction in tax excise and VAT included on consumer liquid motor fuels.
Written Answers - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Asked the minister: the amount of funding left in the discretionary portfolio of the National Pensions Reserve Fund; if he will confirm his plans for this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Banks Recapitalisation
Asked the minister: if the issue of burden sharing with senior bondholders was raised by the ECB, in the context of the recapitalisation of the Spanish banking system, at the meeting of eurozone finance Ministers on 9 J...
Written Answers - Revenue Commissioners Investigations
Asked the minister: if he will provide details of the Revenue Commissioners’ investigation under way into a syndicate of almost 200 individuals using an intricate offshore tax avoidance scheme; if he will provide an ind...
Written Answers - National Asset Management Agency
Asked the minister: the amount of fees incurred by the National Asset Management Agency in respect of the appointment of receivers to the National Asset Management Agency debtors in each of the years 2010, 2011 and to d...
Written Answers - Banks Recapitalisation
Asked the minister: the values he or the National Pensions Reserve Fund place on the State’s share holding in any of the covered institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Bond Markets
Asked the minister: when Ireland will return to the international bond markets in view of the IMF requirement that there must be certainty concerning the funding of a programme country at least 12 months in advance of w...
Written Answers - Bank Debt Restructuring
Asked the minister: if he has set a target level down to which to bring Ireland’s debt to GDP ratio, as an outcome of the negotiations currently under way in respect of Ireland’s banking debt; and if he will make a stat...
Written Answers - Departmental Correspondence
Asked the minister: if he has any plans to publish correspondence between his Department and the ECB in the autumn of 2010 dealing with the question of the then Irish Government’s efforts to impose losses on senior bond...
Written Answers - Central Bank Investigations
Asked the minister: if he will provide a detailed update on the ongoing investigation by the Central Bank into certain matters at the former Anglo Irish Bank and the former Irish Nationwide Building Society; if he will ...
Written Answers - Economic Growth
Asked the minister: when he will officially review the growth forecast for 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Revenue Commissioners Investigations
Asked the minister: if he will provide details of the number and overall value of civil court judgments secured by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of taxation liabilities in each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and t...
Written Answers - Fiscal Policy
Asked the minister: his views on the overall composition of the fiscal adjustment in budget 2013, with a breakdown between capital and current spending and taxation measures, in view of the commitments in the memorandum...
Written Answers - Mortgage Arrears
Asked the minister: if he will provide details of the percentage of banks' mortgage books, including both owner-occupier and buy-to-let mortgages, in arrears of 90 days or more; and if he will make a statement on the ma...
Written Answers - Credit Unions
Asked the minister: if he will provide details of the recapitalisation of credit unions to date; if he is satisfied that the recapitalisation fund will be sufficient to withstand losses that the sector is facing; the po...
Written Answers - Tax Code
Asked the minister: if he remains committed to honouring the programme for Government commitment not to increase income tax rates or to adjust bands or credits for the remainder of the lifetime of this Government.
Written Answers - Bank Codes of Conduct
Asked the minister: if he will outline, for each covered institution, the bank's policy in regard to the acceptance of gifts or hospitality by its senior management from the bank’s debtors; the policy of the Central Ban...
Written Answers - Bank Debt Restructuring
Asked the minister: if he is reassured that IBRC is using every possible opportunity, with particular regard to the review and renewal of loan agreements, to ensure the maximum security is put in place in respect of the...
Written Answers - Tax Collection
Asked the minister: the approximate number of income tax cases for which no income tax liability will arise in 2012; the proportion of all income tax cases this represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
Asked the minister: the persons registered for payment of the domicile levy; his views on the operation of the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Fuel Laundering
Asked the minister: the progress made to date in relation to tackling the illegal sale of diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Tobacco Smuggling
Asked the minister: if he is satisfied that the Revenue Commissioners have sufficient resources to combat tobacco smuggling; the progress made to date in tackling the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matt...
Written Answers - Banks Recapitalisation
Asked the minister: if he will provide Allied Irish Banks' outstanding maturity schedule of bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Economic Growth
Asked the minister: the reason the Central Statistics Office in 2012 has revised the GDP projections for 2009 and 2010; if he will outline the impact of the revisions published by the CSO on the end of year General Gove...
Written Answers - Pension Provisions
Asked the minister: if he will hold discussions with the pension industry with a view to securing a reduction in the fees charged or management and administration of pension funds as a means of offsetting the negative e...
Written Answers - Mortgage Applications
Asked the minister: the number of persons who have applied for residential mortgages to the banks each year for the past five years; the number of approvals; the corresponding numbers to date in 2012; and if he will mak...
Asked the minister: the current duration for which mortgage approval is valid once granted for each of the covered banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - European Stability Mechanism
Asked the minister: when Ireland will make its first capital contribution to the European Stability Mechanism; the size of the contribution; the way it will be funded; the dates on which future contributions are due to ...
Written Answers - Economic Growth
Asked the minister: if he is concerned by the contraction in GNP over the past three quarters; the implications of this trend for employment and future taxation revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Sale of State Assets
Asked the minister: if he will clarify the agreement with the EU-IMF-ECB in relation to the sale of State assets, including details of what has been agreed on the value of assets to be sold and the timeframe for their s...
Written Answers - Flood Relief
Asked the minister: if he will provide details of the funding allocated to Cork County Council and Cork City Council for each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 in respect of flood alleviation works; if h...
Written Answers - Carer’s Allowance
Asked the minister: the position regarding a carer’s allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
Written Answers - Programme for Government
Asked the minister: if she remains committed to honouring the programme for Government commitment not to reduce basic social welfare rates during the remainder of the lifetime of this Government.
Written Answers - Non-Principal Private Residence Charge
Asked the minister: the number of properties registered for the non-principal private residence tax; the proportion this represents of all residential properties in the country; his views on the level of compliance with...
Written Answers - House Prices
Asked the minister: when the register of residential house prices envisaged in discussions with the troika will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Drug Seizures
Asked the minister: if he will provide details of the number of drug seizures in Cork City and county for 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and the quantity, type and value of drug seizures involved.
Written Answers - National Lottery Funding
Asked the minister: the position regarding the national lottery grant application in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork.
Written Answers - Hospital Waiting Lists
Asked the minister: the position regarding an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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