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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: ...years, lawyers can decide that they want to mediate, negotiate and settle but those options were out of the question earlier on. The costs mount up and we are not really competent to say that the fees paid out are fair. I presume the Minister of State will say that they are market prices but to the man or woman on the street, the market prices are almost incomprehensible. Is the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (18 Nov 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax generated by the Exchequer from stallion fees income for each of the years 2007 to 2011, inclusive, and 2012 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43757/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licence Fee Payments (9 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 298 and 299 together. The licence fee is distributed in accordance with Section 123 of the Broadcasting Act 2009, to both RTÉ and TG4 in order to facilitate the pursuit of their public service objectives which are also set out in the 2009 Act. An Post pays the Department all TV licence revenues collected from sales and the Department of Social Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 303 and 304 together. The table below outlines details of fees paid for professional services as defined by the deduction of withholding tax by my Department between 1stJune 2013 and 31stMay 2014. My Department administers a very diverse, complex and extremely technical brief. It has a total complement of around 250 full time equivalent staff of whom a limited...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Staff Training (9 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: The table below sets out a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for employees of my Department from 1 September 2013 to the end of June 2014. Third Level Fees Course Cost BSC (Hons) Computing IT & Mathematics €3,200 Doctorate in Governance €10,000 Doctorate in Governance €9,598 MSc Forensic Computing &...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Sector Regulation (9 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...scheme(s) designed to support the production and transmission of high quality programming based on Irish culture and heritage to be funded from the allocation of 7% of the net television licence fee receipts. To the end of 2013 it has allocated a total of €122m. The non-profit community radio stations receive a significant amount of publicly funded support from the Broadcasting...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Exports (9 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...export between Ireland and the UK. The cost benefit analysis was carried out by my Department with the assistance of NewERA and the ESRI. AECOM consultants assisted in the process and their fee was €43,080, excluding VAT. Additionally, Doyle Kent Planning Partnership were appointed as planning consultants to assist with the Renewable Electricity Policy and Development Framework...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Staff Rehiring (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ... 2014(to date) 2 €99,144 In addition to the above a retired member of an Garda Síochána is employed by me as Civilian Driver at an annual salary of €32,965. The abatement principle, which ensures that the fee paid plus pension does not exceed the rate of pay the pensioner would receive if he/she had continued service in their former post, applies as appropriate.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Consultancy Contracts Data (3 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...sensitive. BEC consultants Assistance with statutory assessment of Environmental Statements and Natura Impact Statements accompanying applications for geophysical surveys including 2D/3D offshore Seismic Surveys and exploration drilling applications (six reports completed in 2013) €18,266 (€3,044 fee payable for each report received) April 2013 Reports published on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas Exploration (26 Jun 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ..., Ballycotton and Seven Heads fields off the coast of Cork. There is no commercial production of oil in the Irish offshore. The revenue generated for the State from the production from these gas fields is received in the form of rental fees, royalty payments (with the exception of the Seven Heads Gas field) and corporation tax. Profits from these three gas fields are taxed at a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Service Broadcasters (26 Jun 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: RTÉ is funded through both a Grant-In-Aid for a proportion of television licence fee receipts and through the commercial revenue it generates. TG4 is funded by way of a combination of direct exchequer Grant-In-Aid, television licence fee receipts and commercial revenue. Both Public Service Broadcasters are funded on an annual basis. In regard to the actual mechanism for helping to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord Gáis Privatisation (17 Jun 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...be known following the restructuring of BGÉ in line with the Gas Regulation Act 2013 and the re-financing of BGÉ's debt, which is required following this major transaction and restructuring process. The final details on fees associated with the sale of Bord Gáis Energy have yet to be finalised and as I previously advised the Deputy, once the fees are finalised, they will be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Service Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: RTÉ is funded through both a Grant-In-Aid for a proportion of television licence fee receipts and through the commercial revenue it generates. TG4 is funded by way of a combination of direct exchequer Grant-In-Aid, television licence fee receipts and commercial revenue. Both Public Service Broadcasters are funded on an annual basis. In regard to the actual mechanism for helping to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (6 May 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...might well have other business, was €37,000 per annum at the height of the boom in 2004. Last year, the average was €68,000 per annum. That is because the social welfare contract provides for a fee per transaction coupled with the explosion in unemployment since the economic crash. Clearly, incomes significantly increased on foot of the fee per transaction arrangement. I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Community Radio Stations Funding (6 May 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...especially important in the context of news and current affairs. Over the last number of years, there have been calls from a wide range of media organisations in relation to the future distribution of licence fee funding. Before considering any wider distribution of public funds than that which applies at present, I would have to be convinced that such a distribution would represent a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licence Fee Collection (30 Apr 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: .... In accordance with Section 142 of the Act, any premises at which a television is located requires a TV Licence regardless of its use. Currently, only one class of licence and one level of licence fee exist and this covers any number of devices so long as they are all in the same property (residential or commercial). In 2011, my Department carried out an internal evaluation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Legal Costs (15 Apr 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...in total in 2011 and 2012 where my Department sought legal services, which arose because of the need for specialist legal expertise or because of legal challenges. There was no expenditure on legal fees by my Department in 2013. Total legal costs incurred to date in 2014 amounted to €9,225 and it is estimated that a further €12,000 will be paid on legal costs this year ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Service Provision (10 Apr 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...) 2082175. Any decision to enter into a contractual arrangement with a private commercial company is a matter of consideration for the individual concerned. The Deputy will note that there is no provision for a waiver of the television licence fee in the Broadcasting Act 2009.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Legislation (11 Mar 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...under consideration in my Department which will require amendment of the Broadcasting Act 2009. The Programme for Government commits to examining the role and collection of the TV Licence fee and to the introduction of a household based Public Service Broadcasting Charge, to be applied to all eligible households and applicable businesses regardless of the device used to access content or...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Broadcasting Charge Introduction (11 Mar 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...to the collection agent, which I will bring to Government in due course. As the Deputy will appreciate, the replacement of the existing funding system based on the collection of television licence fees with one based on the imposition of device-independent charge on eligible households and businesses is a complex process and the logistics involved require thorough attention. Identifying...