Michael Noonan
Michael Noonan is the Minister for Finance and a Fine Gael TD for the Limerick City constituency. Noonan was first elected to the Dail in 1981 and held a number of Ministerial positions under the leadership of both Garret FitzGerald and John Bruton, these included Minister for health and Minister for Justice. He also served as leader of Fine Gael from February 2001 until June 2002.
# michael-noonan - Thursday 23 May, 2013
Noonan: US Senate is “misleading” the world on Ireland’s tax rate
The finance minister says the supposed ’2 per cent’ tax rate wrongly implies that Apple’s global profits are all taxable here.
Michael Noonan, Joan Collins and 11 other silver foxes who’ve still got it
They’ve still got it … and they’d still get it.
# michael-noonan - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
Noonan: Mortgage interest rates must increase to ensure profit for taxpayers
The banks would lose more if they lowered their mortgage interest rates below the current amounts, the minister says.
# michael-noonan - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Minister welcomes expansion plans at Capita
As the company opens a new Dublin office, recruitment has started in a number of areas.
# michael-noonan - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Ireland to contribute over €90 million extra to EU budget for 2013
The contribution is part of an overall contribution of €7.3 billion to cover a spending shortfall from 2012.
# michael-noonan - Monday 13 May, 2013
The NAMA advisors who work for free cost €23,000 last year
Hotels, travel and subsistence cost meant that the NAMA advisory group, which works pro-bono, cost thousands of euro last year.
# michael-noonan - Sunday 12 May, 2013
Howlin: ‘Many an important economic issue resolved over a mug of tea’
Brendan Howlin says it would be impossible for one minister to deal with the workload he shares with Michael Noonan.
# michael-noonan - Saturday 11 May, 2013
VAT rules mean Republic can’t match North’s prices for nicotine patches
Michael Noonan says the EU’s laws on VAT mean Ireland can’t offer a discounted rate of VAT to match Northern prices.
Why you can’t see the ‘black book’ that was never used for the banking crisis
The manual is intended for us during financial crises but was not used during Ireland’s banking crisis and neither the Central Bank nor the Minister for Finance will release it, it was revealed this week.
# michael-noonan - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Opponents say Irish Stability Programme Update is further proof that austerity isn’t working
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said that government’s reduced forecast had shown that its current policy of austerity was not working.
# michael-noonan - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
You’ll be charged for your water from October 2014 (if the Troika agree)
Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin want Troika approval to start charging from October 2014, with the first bills in 2015.
Government won’t use Bank of Ireland stake to oppose Boucher’s €843k salary
The taxpayer’s 15 per cent stake in the bank won’t be used to try and stop shareholders approving Richie Boucher’s pay.
# michael-noonan - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
You can now pay the local property tax via… a vending machine
The three approved payment service providers are An Post TaxPay, Payzone and Omnivend.
# michael-noonan - Friday 12 April, 2013
Updated: EU finance ministers agree to delay repayment of Irish bailout loans
All 27 EU finance ministers have now given a green light to extending the maturity of Ireland’s bailout loans by seven years.
# michael-noonan - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
EU finance chiefs to get tablet PCs for ‘paperless’ Dublin summit
EU finance ministers will hand back the tablets after the two-day summit concludes at Dublin Castle this weekend.
# michael-noonan - Sunday 7 April, 2013
Opposition calls on Noonan to clarify Finance Department’s involvement with banks
Fianna Fáil has asked the Minister to make a statement on today’s reports about the current Secretary General John Moran.
# michael-noonan - Saturday 6 April, 2013
Noonan insists IBRC staff can only get statutory redundancy
Staff at the former Anglo Irish Bank have seen previously agreed redundancy packages invalidated following the dramatic liquidation of the financial institution in February.
# michael-noonan - Monday 25 March, 2013
Revenue property tax website cost just under €50,000, says Noonan
Latest figures from Revenue show just over 7,000 people have paid the property tax in its first fortnight.
# michael-noonan - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Noonan insists: ‘We would never hit depositors in Ireland’
Speaking in Brussels ahead of crunch talks on a proposed bailout for Cyprus, Finance Minister Noonan said he expected to reach a deal but that it will be a long night.
# michael-noonan - Friday 22 March, 2013
‘All we’re looking for is a fair deal’ – An IBRC worker on the impact of liquidation
Since the bank formerly known as Anglo Irish Bank was liquidated last month ordinary workers have been left in the dark as to their fate and that of redundancy packages they’d agreed prior to ‘promnight’. Here, an employee speaks out…
# michael-noonan - Tuesday 19 March, 2013
Ireland leads deal with European Parliament on new banking watchdog
The deal with the parliament means that MEPs will now get the ability to pick the leaders of the supervisory board.
# michael-noonan - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Noonan: Claim about strategic mortgage defaulters is ‘wholly anecdotal’
The Finance Minister has dismissed a claim that as many as 35 per cent of mortgage arrears cases in Ireland are a result of strategic default where a borrower chooses not to pay their mortgage.
Eurozone ministers: We’ll change repayment date for Ireland’s bailout loans
The Department of Finance says the move will make it easier for Ireland to emerge from the bailout programme.
# michael-noonan - Friday 15 March, 2013
Pics: 6 steps to successfully placing a bet, with Michael Noonan
The Finance Minister shows us how it’s done…
# michael-noonan - Thursday 14 March, 2013
David Hall: Mortgage arrears plan is a ‘horrific step for mortgage holders’
Hall also said that it was facts and statistics that showed progress on the issue, “not fiction and not spin”.
President Higgins and Michael Noonan to attend Pope Francis’s inauguration
The President will represent Ireland, while the Finance Minister will attend on behalf of the Irish Government.
# michael-noonan - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Cut bankers pay by up to 10% says Michael Noonan
Savings will also be made by reducing pension benefits, new working arrangements and structures that deliver efficiency gains.
Michael Noonan to reveal the plan to tackle mortgage arrears
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the government will make a statement this week about what will be done to help people who have fallen behind on repayments.
# michael-noonan - Saturday 9 March, 2013
Two years’ service means ministers now guaranteed to receive pensions
The government was appointed two years ago today – meaning senior ministers now have enough service for a pension.
# michael-noonan - Friday 8 March, 2013
Finance Minister ‘disappointed’ banks haven’t dealt with personal debt
New mortgage figures show that 94,488 mortgage accounts are in arrears of more than three months.
# michael-noonan - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Self-declared property tax valuations to be returned by end of May
The Revenue Commissioners say the amount of the tax will be determined by the value of a home on May 1.
Noonan: ‘There’s no money tree out in the back garden’
The Finance Minister said yesterday that there is no unidentified source that the government can tap for funding to help close the deficit.
# michael-noonan - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
EU finance ministers confirm deal to delay Ireland’s bailout repayments
Ministers have asked the Troika to come up with a proposal on the best options for extending the maturities of Irish loans.
Noonan confirms Budget 2014 to be brought forward to October
EU finance ministers are meeting in Brussels today to ratify proposals contained in the two-pack, a series of financial governance measures, which the Minister said would mean an earlier budget.
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Deal could delay repayment of Ireland’s EU bailout loans
The detail of extended loan repayments on the EU portion of Ireland’s bailout is still to be worked out but could save the State significant amounts of money in the coming years.
# michael-noonan - Monday 4 March, 2013
Key meeting in Brussels to discuss whether AIB, BoI costs can be recouped
Eurozone finance ministers will today discuss the key question of whether the Euro’s bailout fund will chip in to Ireland’s costs.
# michael-noonan - Sunday 3 March, 2013
Noonan chases Irish version of Greek deal on ECB profits
Any profits the ECB makes on buying Greek bonds are given straight back to Greece – and Ireland may look for similar.
# michael-noonan - Saturday 2 March, 2013
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