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11 records in IE in 1994

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Question· oralPQ 10asked

5 Ms McManus asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, he has for the abolition of service charges in view of the reported comments of the Minister of State at his Department to the effect that he wished to see a fairer system and that local charges were a poorly thought out form of local taxation; the guidelines, if any, his Department has issued to local authorities regarding the treatment of those who are unable or fail to make payments; if he will amend any such guidelines to halt the disconnections of water supply to defaulters in view of the health and social implications of such disconnections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2406/94]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 1994

5 Ms McManus asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, he has for the abolition of service charges in view of the reported comments of the Minister of State at his Department to the effect that he wished to see a fairer system and that local charges were a poorly thought out form of local taxation; the guidelines, if any, his Department has issued to local authorities regarding the treatment of those who are unable or fail to make payments; if he will amend any such guidelines to halt the disconnections of water supply to defaulters in view of the health and social implications of such disconnections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2406/94]

Question· oralPQ 8asked

5 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Welfare the proposals, if any, he has to ensure equity of treatment of cohabiting couples in the social welfare and tax systems in regard to the statement of the Minister of State at his Department of 8 September, 1994; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1620/94]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 1994

5 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Welfare the proposals, if any, he has to ensure equity of treatment of cohabiting couples in the social welfare and tax systems in regard to the statement of the Minister of State at his Department of 8 September, 1994; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1620/94]

Question· oralPQ 9asked

10 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Social Welfare the proposals, if any, he has to introduce alleviation measures to help persons whose family incomes have been reduced suddenly and substantially by the decisions to tax disability benefit and unemployment benefit payments coupled to the decision to reduce tax relief on mortgage interest.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 1994

10 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Social Welfare the proposals, if any, he has to introduce alleviation measures to help persons whose family incomes have been reduced suddenly and substantially by the decisions to tax disability benefit and unemployment benefit payments coupled to the decision to reduce tax relief on mortgage interest.

Question· oralPQ 14asked

12 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE taxpayers and self-employed with incomes in excess of £25,000 for the latest year for which figures are available; if his attention has been drawn to the speech made by an Assistant Secretary of the Revenue Commissioners to the Foundation for Fiscal Studies on 5 November 1993 in which he stated that certain persons earning up to £150,000 per year can use a range of reliefs and incentives to avoid paying any tax whatsoever; his views on whether this is equitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 1994

12 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE taxpayers and self-employed with incomes in excess of £25,000 for the latest year for which figures are available; if his attention has been drawn to the speech made by an Assistant Secretary of the Revenue Commissioners to the Foundation for Fiscal Studies on 5 November 1993 in which he stated that certain persons earning up to £150,000 per year can use a range of reliefs and incentives to avoid paying any tax whatsoever; his views on whether this is equitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Question· oralPQ 12asked

9 Mr. M. McDowell asked the Minister for Finance, in respect of the out-turn for 1993 and the projections for 1994, the total value of Government current expenditure in respect of each of these years; the increase in value in money and percentage terms from one year to the next; the relevant or estimated rate of inflation in respect of the periods; and in relation to the total tax receipts and, within that, income tax receipts for the out-turn for the fiscal year 1993 and the estimates for such receipts for 1994, the amount that each of these receipts will have increased in money and percentage terms over the previous year.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 1994

9 Mr. M. McDowell asked the Minister for Finance, in respect of the out-turn for 1993 and the projections for 1994, the total value of Government current expenditure in respect of each of these years; the increase in value in money and percentage terms from one year to the next; the relevant or estimated rate of inflation in respect of the periods; and in relation to the total tax receipts and, within that, income tax receipts for the out-turn for the fiscal year 1993 and the estimates for such receipts for 1994, the amount that each of these receipts will have increased in money and percentage terms over the previous year.

Question· oralPQ 1asked

1 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the estimate, if any, the Central Statistics Office has made of the size of the black economy in Ireland in view of reports that the inland revenue in the United Kingdom and the Institute of Fiscal Studies estimate that the black economy is worth between 6 per cent and 8 per cent of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 1994

1 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the estimate, if any, the Central Statistics Office has made of the size of the black economy in Ireland in view of reports that the inland revenue in the United Kingdom and the Institute of Fiscal Studies estimate that the black economy is worth between 6 per cent and 8 per cent of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.