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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Will that information be included in the FAQ data?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes, and within that we are recognising that flood risk is a significant factor. Just to develop this point further, a large proportion of the revenue raised through this tax will be redirected to the local authorities. That is the objective of a tax like this. I hope this will result in the realisation of how gigantic an issue this is across the State, where homeowners cannot get...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Ms Feehily for that clarification because this is a really important issue for many people. The lowest band of the property tax is between €0 and €100,000. When people are filling in the form and providing a response to the Revenue regarding the market valuation of their property, what proof must they send in?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Nothing at all?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Then what we are saying here is that if people have proof of their inability to obtain insurance due to flooding ---

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: They keep it and then they can use that to underpin the value they put forward if they are asked to provide proof by the Revenue Commissioners in the future.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Ms Feehily. That is a very helpful clarification. In terms of people supplying information to qualify under the financial hardship conditions, I know Ms Feehily is slightly restricted in terms of what she can say at the moment. However, she made a point regarding the need for people to supply lots of information in order to meet the criteria. Is it not the case that an awful lot...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I have no further questions but wish to thank Ms Feehily for the clarification on the flooding issue, which is really important. I look forward to seeing the booklet that includes the FAQ response that we have discussed here.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: If Revenue can put that on the website and include it in future editions of the booklet, that will go an awful long way towards allaying the concerns of many residents who are already having a terrible time.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I am sure the Revenue Commissioners will do their best and putting it on the website will be an important first step.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: That is really important and if we can have the information included in a future edition, that would be great.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I, too, want to focus on a particular issue relating to the operation of the property tax. I am concerned about properties that have been flooded in the past or which face the risk of flooding in the future. There are hundreds of such homes within my constituency and I am aware that this is also an issue nationwide. These houseowners cannot get insurance and are in a situation where the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: A specific example is where somebody cannot insure his or her home, a terrible situation which faces many through no fault of their own. They cannot insure their home because of the risk of it being flooded. How should that person respond to the tax?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I am thinking of a situation where one side of a road has been flooded in the past and could be flooded in the future and the other side of the road does not face that risk. I could name a dozen such roads off the top of my head. What I want to ensure is that there is consistency. If we say the tax is based on market valuation, that is what it should mean. In the case of those who face...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Let me restate that I am referring specifically to cases involving flooding. In a situation where somebody has been refused insurance by his or her own insurance company and by all other insurance companies and he or she can provide material proof of that fact, will this be acceptable to the Revenue Commissioners?

Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Acting Chairman. Just before addressing a core point on the Finance Bill, I will respond to a point made by my colleague, Deputy Ross. As someone who worked in a multinational company myself, I acknowledge Deputy Ross is well aware of the sector's importance. Yesterday, Facebook announced it would create another 100 jobs in the country. I also remind the Deputy that our balance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the need for a secondary level school for educate together; and if his Department has assembled any plans in the provision of such a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9021/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the process of awarding patronage of secondary level schools within the existing boundary of Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9022/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be possible to include a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 in the school building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8801/13]

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: When future historians come to write books about recent events in Ireland and when their readers browse the indexes relating thereto, one of the first phrases they will encounter under the entries relating to Fianna Fáil will be "promissory notes". The promissory notes and the payments relating thereto constituted, as Deputy O'Donnell noted, a booby trap for generations to come, because...