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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 276 and 277 together. The head of my Department’s Brexit/EU/North South Unit is responsible for co-ordinating Brexit issues in the Department. The Principal-led Unit oversees Brexit work across the Department and acts as the contact point with the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and other Government...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Arts Funding (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Cork Event Centre project was included in the Exchequer Stimulus package announced in Budget 2014. The project is being part-funded from the proceeds of the National Lottery licence transaction with an Exchequer grant of €12m being provided through the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Overall responsibility for the management and delivery of the project lies...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Card (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, I can confirm that neither my Department nor any of the bodies under its aegis have plans to make services or payments dependent on the mandatory use and production of the Public Services Card. The Public Services Card offers a standard way of identifying customers that will reduce the administrative burden both on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy points out, the employees concerned are not public servants. Questions relating to the Community Employment scheme and the State pension age should be addressed to my colleague, the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 283 and 284 together. The Programme for a Partnership Government committed to additional capital investment over the period of the Capital Plan to 2021, to be allocated on the basis of the outcome of the review of the Capital Plan. As set out in the Summer Economic Statement 2017, Government will invest a further €4.1 billion in key...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government concluded negotiations with the unions and associations representing public servants on the 8th of June this year, and the Workplace Relations Commission issued a set of proposals entitled the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020. This draft Agreement provides for the further phased unwinding of the FEMPI measures over a number of years. The current...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 286 to 292, inclusive, and 294 together. Last May the Government published a document setting out in detail its approach and the structures it had put in place to ensure a strategic and whole-of-Government response to Brexit. 'Ireland and the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union: The Government’s Approach'...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Brexit issues in my Department are the responsibility of the Department's Brexit/EU/North South Unit. There are currently no posts vacant in the Unit.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), for which my Department has responsibility, place a priority on stakeholder engagement through a variety of structures. A key feature of ESIF Programmes, including the cross-border PEACE and INTERREG programmes, is the Programme Monitoring Committees which are comprised not only of representatives of Government Departments...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has responsibility for the EU-funded cross-border programmes, PEACE and INTERREG. The Department has been working with the Managing Authority for the two programmes - the Special EU Programmes Body, one of the North South bodies established under the Good Friday Agreement - on the implications of Brexit for the Programmes. Research undertaken or commissioned by the SEUPB and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Mid-Year Expenditure Report sets out the pre-Budget expenditure ceiling for my Ministerial Vote Group of €943 million for current expenditure and €176 million for capital expenditure. This represents the spending baseline for examination of my Department's budgetary priorities for 2018. As outlined in the Mid-Year Expenditure Report, the increases planned in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme provides relief from VAT and Vehicle Registration Tax (up to a certain limit), an exemption from motor tax and a grant in respect of fuel, on the purchase of an adapted car for transport of a person with specific severe and permanent physical disabilities. To qualify for the Scheme an applicant must be in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the provision of enhanced online and telephone services has resulted in a reduced demand for the traditional 'walk-in' services to public offices. The number of personal callers has fallen by 64% since 2008. Taxpayers are choosing different channels to the traditional 'walk-in' services and are getting the information and assistance they require in a way that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Seafarers’ Allowance is granted to individuals who meet the qualifying conditions as set out in Section 472B of the Taxes Consolidation Acts 1997.  In order to qualify for the allowance, a taxpayer must be a “qualifying individual” who holds a “qualifying employment ....... the duties of which are performed wholly on board a sea-going ship on an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Plastic Bag Levy (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that information in respect of tax collection, including the amount collected for the environmental levy on plastic bags, is available on the Commissioners' website at: . The most recently available figures available are for 2016. I am further informed that it is not possible for Revenue to provide the VAT collected from plastic bags sold above the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme provides relief from VAT and Vehicle Registration Tax (up to a certain limit), an exemption from motor tax and a grant in respect of fuel, on the purchase of an adapted car for transport of a person with specific severe and permanent physical disabilities. To qualify for the Scheme an applicant must be in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme provides relief from VAT and Vehicle Registration Tax (up to a certain limit), an exemption from motor tax and a grant in respect of fuel, on the purchase of an adapted car for transport of a person with specific severe and permanent physical disabilities. To qualify for the Scheme an applicant must be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Consultation Process (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 and 97 together. Each year my Department receives a large number of such submissions  from a wide range of groups and individuals. These are considered by the relevant officials in the context of Budget process. However the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice of the Minister for Finance to discuss the details of measures which may be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: National Debt is the net debt incurred by the Exchequer after taking account of cash balances and other financial assets. General Government Gross Debt (GGD) is a measure of the total gross consolidated debt of the State compiled by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). It is the standard measure used for comparative purposes across the European Union. The primary component of General...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that there has been direct contact with the person concerned in this matter. When a completed tax return that is required from the person concerned is received by Revenue then the matter of processing any refund of tax overpaid can be finalised.