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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Budget 2018 estimate of the public service pay bill is €17.4bn. This includes the 2018 cost of the Public Service Stability Agreement. The costs of the PSSA in subsequent years are: - 2019 - €370m - 2020 - €339m There are carryover costs associated with the Agreement of €227m in 2021. However, the actual level of the public service pay bill for the years 2021...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Standards Commissioner (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Sector Standards Bill 2015 provides for the establishment of the Office of the Public Sector Standards Commissioner and the holder of that office shall be known as the Public Sector Standards Commissioner. It provides that the appointment of the Commissioner shall be made by the President on the advice of the Government following a resolution passed by both Houses. It...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As requested by the Deputy, the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) in general Civil Service grades at the end of September 2017 (latest reconciled numbers) are set out in the followed table. GRADE NUMBERS Secretary General 28 Deputy Secretary 12 Assistant Secretary General 142 Principal Officer 771 Assistant Principal 2,238 Administrative Officer  642 Higher Executive...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The number of full-time equivalents in general Civil Service grades at the end of September 2017 (latest reconciled numbers) are set out in the following table. GRADE NUMBERS Secretary General 28 Deputy Secretary 12 Assistant Secretary General 142 Principal Officer 771 Assistant Principal 2,238 Administrative Officer 642 Higher Executive Officer 4,364 Executive Officer (Including...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Data (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 and 170 together. My Department received 227 requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 from 1 January 2017 to 1 December 2017.Of these, 142 requests were fully or partially granted, with 25 being refused. The remainder of the requests include requests that are not yet due for answer, have been withdrawn by the requester and...

Other Questions: Tax Code (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: 12 o’clock I have outlined to the Deputy the reason those changes were made. I have given him a commitment that any records for the period in question that are available will be shared. A recognition of the change to the tax code that was made in last month's budget is entirely missing from the points made by Deputy Boyd Barrett. In light of the understanding we now have of how...

Other Questions: Tax Code (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 and 12 together. Capital allowances for intangible assets were introduced in Finance Act 2009 to support the development of the knowledge economy and the provision of high quality employment. When the capital allowances were introduced, to ensure that a measure of tax remained in charge annually, a restriction was provided to cap the amount of income...

Other Questions: Tax Code (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I have not commented on any engagement or action that may have been taken by an individual company in the Paradise Papers, and it is not appropriate for me to do so. However, something that emerges from the papers is that they show how quickly large international companies can respond to changes in tax codes in any jurisdiction and if further efforts are to be made to increase the efficiency...

Other Questions: Banking Sector Regulation (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I confirm that the Central Bank of Ireland is now engaged in this matter. It would not be appropriate for me to indicate what the status of this engagement is, nor can I do so, because the bank is leading that work as the independent Central Bank of Ireland. The Deputy will be aware of the legal protections in place for firms which have been affected by this issue. They include the...

Other Questions: Banking Sector Regulation (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: No, I have not discussed this matter with Ulster Bank. The reason is that this matter and the work being done on it are being handled by the Central Bank. I must recognise the authority and role of the Central Bank in the matter. Given its seriousness, I first want the Central Bank to conclude the work under way before I make any further comment.

Other Questions: Banking Sector Regulation (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am aware of the Deputies' views on this matter and the way in which the issue has unfolded and been dealt with in the United Kingdom. I am also aware of the consequences for many of the companies and firms that dealt with the group. There may be a point in the future at which I or the Central Bank can say more about the work the bank is doing, but I cannot do so while the work is ongoing....

Other Questions: Banking Sector Regulation (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I met victims of the tracker mortgage issue after the Central Bank had done a substantial amount of work in dealing with the issue. As that work was unfolding, I met a number of people who were affected by the issue because I believed it was the appropriate thing to do. I am open to engaging with people on this matter in the near future. However, given the Deputy's recognition of the...

Other Questions: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's two points about the availability of credit for SMEs outside Dublin I reiterate the point I made, that 85% of the funding available to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland for lending is made available through its intermediaries to SMEs located outside the capital city. This points to the fact that it has been successful in supporting SMEs in rural Ireland...

Other Questions: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I was asked several questions. If I did not answer the questions put to me, the Deputy would say I was not answering her questions.

Other Questions: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Briefly, that is why we are setting up home building finance Ireland early next year to provide funding for the kind of projects to which the Deputy referred.

Other Questions: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Home building finance Ireland will not be lending through the pillar banks or intermediaries. It will lend directly to companies that can provide a viable business plan, that are deserving of funding and that need funding. They will not do it through intermediaries for the reason identified by the Deputy. Those involved in running home building finance Ireland and those who will be making...

Other Questions: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: They are the same question and I am happy for them to be taken together.

Other Questions: Banking Sector Regulation (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 32 together. I am informed by the Central Bank that, while it cannot generally comment on interactions with regulated firms, the Ulster Bank Ireland designated activity company is engaging with the bank in relation to this matter.  As the Deputy is aware, in November 2016, RBS announced a new complaints review process overseen by an independent...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Funding (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: We will consider the baseline issue in the context of the review that will start in the new year but we have made no decisions in respect of how the tax will be structured beyond the dates I have indicated. We will put the group in place to make recommendations to me and I will decide on what to do well in advance of the decision point for 2019. My objective is to ensure stability in regard...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Funding (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It is not a fundamental flaw in the structure. The structure is as it is because it has a historical link. When the fund was being organised and the structure for the LPT was being put in place, the Department looked back at funding that was previously received by local authorities, through the local government fund, by means of a general purpose grant. I then considered the level of...