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Question· writtenPQ 183asked

183. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the impact in increased revenue from the introduction of three new tax bands of a rate of 50% for tax cases of more than €100,000, a rate of 60% for income of more than €135,000 and a rate of 70% for income of more than €200,000; the amount of extra income tax that would be raised; and the estimated effective tax rate paid by these different groupings as a result. [46354/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012

183. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the impact in increased revenue from the introduction of three new tax bands of a rate of 50% for tax cases of more than €100,000, a rate of 60% for income of more than €135,000 and a rate of 70% for income of more than €200,000; the amount of extra income tax that would be raised; and the estimated effective tax rate paid by these different groupings as a result. [46354/12]

Question· writtenPQ 148asked

148. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank of Ireland through the Central Statistics Office propose to begin working on compiling a wealth audit in 2013; the way the CSO will conduct the audit and the assets that will be included. [45930/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012

148. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank of Ireland through the Central Statistics Office propose to begin working on compiling a wealth audit in 2013; the way the CSO will conduct the audit and the assets that will be included. [45930/12]

Question· writtenPQ 145asked

145. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who declare themselves to be non-resident for tax purposes in Ireland on their tax forms; the amount of tax these persons are currently paying; the amount of these being monitored by Revenue due to being considered high-worth persons; and the nature of this monitoring. [45867/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012

145. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who declare themselves to be non-resident for tax purposes in Ireland on their tax forms; the amount of tax these persons are currently paying; the amount of these being monitored by Revenue due to being considered high-worth persons; and the nature of this monitoring. [45867/12]

Question· writtenPQ 129asked

129. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the mines from from which the metals are sourced for the production of euro coins here; and if these mines abide by appropriate health and safety standards and employment practices. [45736/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012

129. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the mines from from which the metals are sourced for the production of euro coins here; and if these mines abide by appropriate health and safety standards and employment practices. [45736/12]

Question· oralPQ 83asked

83. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) has received any directors fees from November 2011 to June 2012 given reports that he has not attended meetings over this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45202/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2012

83. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) has received any directors fees from November 2011 to June 2012 given reports that he has not attended meetings over this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45202/12]

Question· writtenPQ 102asked

102. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 4 October 2012, regarding Section 535 of theTaxes Consolidation Act 1997 and the CGT exemption, if payments for crash repairs which exceed the €1,270 threshold and have been paid by the insurer directly to the insured and not paid to the garage or shop, have a tax liability; if there is not also an outstanding VAT liability on the moneys paid by the insurer but not paid to the garage or shop and regarding the tax neutral aspect, the number of such claims requesting that a payment to be treated as tax neutral have been received by the Revenue Commissioners. [45368/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2012

102. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 4 October 2012, regarding Section 535 of theTaxes Consolidation Act 1997 and the CGT exemption, if payments for crash repairs which exceed the €1,270 threshold and have been paid by the insurer directly to the insured and not paid to the garage or shop, have a tax liability; if there is not also an outstanding VAT liability on the moneys paid by the insurer but not paid to the garage or shop and regarding the tax neutral aspect, the number of such claims requesting that a payment to be treated as tax neutral have been received by the Revenue Commissioners. [45368/12]

Question· writtenPQ 22asked

22. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the revelations contained in the New Zealand made television documentary Who Killed Trent Keegan, by Melting Pot Studios and carried on TVNZ which details the encroachment on the land of the Masai people by safari companies; the death in suspicious circumstances of a New Zealand citizen of Irish decent Trent Keegan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44723/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2012

22. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the revelations contained in the New Zealand made television documentary Who Killed Trent Keegan, by Melting Pot Studios and carried on TVNZ which details the encroachment on the land of the Masai people by safari companies; the death in suspicious circumstances of a New Zealand citizen of Irish decent Trent Keegan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44723/12]

Question· writtenPQ 426asked

426. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current payment levels of the household charge nationally; the figures by county; the number of households liable in each county; and the percentage of registration in each county and nationally. [44588/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2012

426. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current payment levels of the household charge nationally; the figures by county; the number of households liable in each county; and the percentage of registration in each county and nationally. [44588/12]

Question· writtenPQ 61asked

61. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the rent supplement scheme caps in view of an increasing number of tenants being forced out of their homes and localities due to the lower limits imposed since the beginning of the year. [44500/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2012

61. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the rent supplement scheme caps in view of an increasing number of tenants being forced out of their homes and localities due to the lower limits imposed since the beginning of the year. [44500/12]

Question· writtenPQ 67asked

67. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the allocated number of teachers currently in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will acknowledge that two teachers are necessary for this school. [43966/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2012

67. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the allocated number of teachers currently in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will acknowledge that two teachers are necessary for this school. [43966/12]

Question· writtenPQ 157asked

157. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the basis for the development of our renewable energy resource has been funded by the Irish State through the Sustainable Energy Ireland, the Department of the Marine, the Marine Institute, the HMRC in UCC and the ESB; his views on whether his Departments present plans for the development of the resources will enable multinational energy corporations including those based in Ireland to extract large profits from the development of this resource with no payback to the Irish taxpayer for their investment in this resource over decades. [43802/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2012

157. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the basis for the development of our renewable energy resource has been funded by the Irish State through the Sustainable Energy Ireland, the Department of the Marine, the Marine Institute, the HMRC in UCC and the ESB; his views on whether his Departments present plans for the development of the resources will enable multinational energy corporations including those based in Ireland to extract large profits from the development of this resource with no payback to the Irish taxpayer for their investment in this resource over decades. [43802/12]

Question· writtenPQ 156asked

156. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources noting Irelands potential deliverable renewable energy resource identified by Sustainable Energy Ireland and referred to again by the private sector Irish Wind Energy Association in the context of the potential for the creation of 30,000 jobs in this sector, his views on whether this resource did not require prospecting or drilling costs with associated tax concessions and other surrender of publicly owned resources to attract private sector companies; and his plans to enable the State sector including the ESB to develop the offshore wind industry using European Investment Bank funding. [43801/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2012

156. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources noting Irelands potential deliverable renewable energy resource identified by Sustainable Energy Ireland and referred to again by the private sector Irish Wind Energy Association in the context of the potential for the creation of 30,000 jobs in this sector, his views on whether this resource did not require prospecting or drilling costs with associated tax concessions and other surrender of publicly owned resources to attract private sector companies; and his plans to enable the State sector including the ESB to develop the offshore wind industry using European Investment Bank funding. [43801/12]

Question· writtenPQ 140asked

140. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection in view of the ongoing difficulty that workers are having in securing their holiday entitlements from the administrator (details supplied) if she will intervene and resolve the issue as a matter of urgency. [43661/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2012

140. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection in view of the ongoing difficulty that workers are having in securing their holiday entitlements from the administrator (details supplied) if she will intervene and resolve the issue as a matter of urgency. [43661/12]

Question· writtenPQ 34asked

34. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on reports that he intends to seek a further 10,000 redundancies by 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43361/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2012

34. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on reports that he intends to seek a further 10,000 redundancies by 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43361/12]

Question· writtenPQ 362asked

362. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who will shortly face homelessness in view of the fact that they cannot find a new home in their locality within their newly allocated rent allowance cap and their landlord will not reduce the rent to the amount requested. [43229/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 October 2012

362. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who will shortly face homelessness in view of the fact that they cannot find a new home in their locality within their newly allocated rent allowance cap and their landlord will not reduce the rent to the amount requested. [43229/12]

Question· writtenPQ 361asked

361. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who will shortly face homelessness in view of the fact that they cannot find a new home within their new allocated rent allowance cap and their landlord will not reduce the rent to the amount requested. [43228/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 October 2012

361. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who will shortly face homelessness in view of the fact that they cannot find a new home within their new allocated rent allowance cap and their landlord will not reduce the rent to the amount requested. [43228/12]

Question· writtenPQ 77asked

77. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that, when car insurers are authorised by way of written consent for the insured including specific instruction to pay the garage/shop for windscreen replacement, and, following said instruction the insurer settles the claim by sending payment to the insured rather than the garage/shop, and, the insured does not subsequently make payment to the garage/shop, that in this case, the insured has incurred a tax liability under Section 535 and 536 of the Taxes Consolidation Act (1997) and that the insurer by not issuing payment to the garage/shop is in contravention of Statutory Instrument 651 of 2003 EC (Fourth Motor Insurance Directive) Regulations, Road Traffic Act (1961) and Consumer Protection Code 2012. [42431/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 2012

77. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that, when car insurers are authorised by way of written consent for the insured including specific instruction to pay the garage/shop for windscreen replacement, and, following said instruction the insurer settles the claim by sending payment to the insured rather than the garage/shop, and, the insured does not subsequently make payment to the garage/shop, that in this case, the insured has incurred a tax liability under Section 535 and 536 of the Taxes Consolidation Act (1997) and that the insurer by not issuing payment to the garage/shop is in contravention of Statutory Instrument 651 of 2003 EC (Fourth Motor Insurance Directive) Regulations, Road Traffic Act (1961) and Consumer Protection Code 2012. [42431/12]

Question· writtenPQ 59asked

59. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Nevin Economic Research Institute estimate that 29,000 jobs will be lost if he proceeds with a fiscal adjustment of €3.5 billion which prioritises cuts in government spending. [42255/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2012

59. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Nevin Economic Research Institute estimate that 29,000 jobs will be lost if he proceeds with a fiscal adjustment of €3.5 billion which prioritises cuts in government spending. [42255/12]

Question· writtenPQ 58asked

58. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance noting the Memorandum of the US Senate Permanent Sub-Committee on Investigations regarding US based multinational companies use of tax havens to avoid US taxes on profits derived from Intellectual Property and that Irish registered companies are central to this alleged tax evasion, if he will take action, including implementing recommendations of the Mahon Report to prevent Irish legal firms facilitating transparent tax evasion. [42253/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2012

58. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance noting the Memorandum of the US Senate Permanent Sub-Committee on Investigations regarding US based multinational companies use of tax havens to avoid US taxes on profits derived from Intellectual Property and that Irish registered companies are central to this alleged tax evasion, if he will take action, including implementing recommendations of the Mahon Report to prevent Irish legal firms facilitating transparent tax evasion. [42253/12]

Question· writtenPQ 511asked

511. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on waiting times for orthodontic procedures across the State; if he will indicate if a willingness of persons on the lists of hospitals where the wait is longer may be accommodated in hospitals with shorter waiting times if they indicate a willingness to travel for their procedure; if a review of the way to reduce orthodontic waiting times is underway; and if so, the progress that has been made [41236/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2012

511. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on waiting times for orthodontic procedures across the State; if he will indicate if a willingness of persons on the lists of hospitals where the wait is longer may be accommodated in hospitals with shorter waiting times if they indicate a willingness to travel for their procedure; if a review of the way to reduce orthodontic waiting times is underway; and if so, the progress that has been made [41236/12]

Question· writtenPQ 149asked

149. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a report in 2005 by the National Back Pain Association UK that considered that the backward sloping chairs that are used in nearly all schools are the main cause of back pain; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Standards Authority of Ireland is proposing that this backward slope be increased from -5 degrees to -10 degrees. [41348/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2012

149. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a report in 2005 by the National Back Pain Association UK that considered that the backward sloping chairs that are used in nearly all schools are the main cause of back pain; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Standards Authority of Ireland is proposing that this backward slope be increased from -5 degrees to -10 degrees. [41348/12]

Question· writtenPQ 46asked

46. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health in relation to kidney transplant operations in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, at which the waiting time for the procedure has increased from three to six months to 14 months, the measures taken to reduce this delay; the additional resources allocated; his views on the context of the urgent nature of this operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37888/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2012

46. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health in relation to kidney transplant operations in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, at which the waiting time for the procedure has increased from three to six months to 14 months, the measures taken to reduce this delay; the additional resources allocated; his views on the context of the urgent nature of this operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37888/12]

Question· writtenPQ 24asked

24. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health in relation to kidney transplant operations in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, where the waiting time for the procedure has increased from three to six months to 14 months, his views on the 70 patients who as of 31 May 2012 are at an advanced stage of work-up to have this procedure done with live donors; the number of those 70 patients thart are pre-emptive patients; and the difference in waiting times for those patients having the same procedure done privately at the same hospital [37887/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2012

24. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health in relation to kidney transplant operations in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, where the waiting time for the procedure has increased from three to six months to 14 months, his views on the 70 patients who as of 31 May 2012 are at an advanced stage of work-up to have this procedure done with live donors; the number of those 70 patients thart are pre-emptive patients; and the difference in waiting times for those patients having the same procedure done privately at the same hospital [37887/12]

Question· writtenPQ 106asked

106. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have participated in the jobbridge scheme; the age bands of the participants; the breakdown of placements by company size; the breakdown of participants by type of company, private or public and so on; the percentage of those who started a jobbridge placement that have gained employment; the percentage of those who finished a jobbridge placement that have gained employment; the percentage of these jobs that are with the company where they did their internship; if monitoring 5% of all internships is enough to avoid abuse of the scheme; the number of full time dedicated monitors that are on the scheme; the number of monitoring visits that have been conducted; the number of internships that have been ended by jobbridge monitors due to abuse of the scheme by the host or not meeting the standard agreement; if any organisations have been ruled ineligible for the scheme; the number of applications to jobbridge that have been rejected because the host organisation had recently advertised the position as a paid job; the companies which have advertised or hired the most interns; the most common reasons cited by interns who leave the programme early; the amount jobbridge cost the State including and excluding the regular welfare payments to participants; if host organisations have been successful in returning the monthly compliance information; the percentage that have not; the penalty to the host organisation for failing to do so; and if their failure has an effect on the payment to the intern. [41030/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2012

106. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have participated in the jobbridge scheme; the age bands of the participants; the breakdown of placements by company size; the breakdown of participants by type of company, private or public and so on; the percentage of those who started a jobbridge placement that have gained employment; the percentage of those who finished a jobbridge placement that have gained employment; the percentage of these jobs that are with the company where they did their internship; if monitoring 5% of all internships is enough to avoid abuse of the scheme; the number of full time dedicated monitors that are on the scheme; the number of monitoring visits that have been conducted; the number of internships that have been ended by jobbridge monitors due to abuse of the scheme by the host or not meeting the standard agreement; if any organisations have been ruled ineligible for the scheme; the number of applications to jobbridge that have been rejected because the host organisation had recently advertised the position as a paid job; the companies which have advertised or hired the most interns; the most common reasons cited by interns who leave the programme early; the amount jobbridge cost the State including and excluding the regular welfare payments to participants; if host organisations have been successful in returning the monthly compliance information; the percentage that have not; the penalty to the host organisation for failing to do so; and if their failure has an effect on the payment to the intern. [41030/12]

Question· writtenPQ 512asked

512. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will amend Statutory Instrument No. 242 of1945 arising from the Section 44 of the Transport Act 1994 which governs the terms of the occupational pension scheme of the CIE group of companies particularly the specification that employees who if over 50 years may not enter the pension scheme. [40550/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2012

512. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will amend Statutory Instrument No. 242 of1945 arising from the Section 44 of the Transport Act 1994 which governs the terms of the occupational pension scheme of the CIE group of companies particularly the specification that employees who if over 50 years may not enter the pension scheme. [40550/12]

Question· writtenPQ 276asked

276. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the reason that when Bord Na Móna made a number of employees redundant in September 1992 the company's superannuation committee instead of preserving the pensions of the redundant employees reimbursed them their contributions minus tax; and the reason that no employers contributions were included in the pension reimbursement. [40634/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2012

276. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the reason that when Bord Na Móna made a number of employees redundant in September 1992 the company's superannuation committee instead of preserving the pensions of the redundant employees reimbursed them their contributions minus tax; and the reason that no employers contributions were included in the pension reimbursement. [40634/12]

Question· writtenPQ 162asked

162. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make available from the Office of Public Works all details, including maps, of a land swap between the OPW and Wexford Borough Council; and if he will confirm that this land swap was the same as had been originally arranged in 1992/1993 (details supplied). [40315/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2012

162. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make available from the Office of Public Works all details, including maps, of a land swap between the OPW and Wexford Borough Council; and if he will confirm that this land swap was the same as had been originally arranged in 1992/1993 (details supplied). [40315/12]