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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that it currently has three mobile x-ray scanners, a ‘backscatter van’ scanner, and a specialist vehicle that contains both x-ray and radiation detection technology. All the scanners are mobile and can be deployed to both frontier and internal operations. The ‘backscatter van’ scanner is Revenue’s most recent acquisition, having...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Bank CEO Date AIB Colin Hunt 19/02/2019 PTSB Jeremy Masding 26/03/2019 BOI Francesca McDonagh 01/04/2019

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Having regard to the Deputy's reference to an "equivalent change for taxpayer units with one partner in work", I have assumed for the purposes of this response that the estimated cost requested is for an increase to the standard rate cut off point for all income tax bands of €14,700, which would bring it to €50,000 for a single person, €59,000 for a married one income...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: An inter-departmental working group was established in February 2018 to examine and report on options for the amalgamation of USC and PRSI over the medium-term. The working group completed their work, in line with their terms of reference and their report was submitted to me in late 2018. The Report addresses a range of options for how amalgamation could be achieved, but also has identified...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Reports (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I would draw to the Deputy's attention that the analysis published in the Central Bank's Financial Stability Note “Who invests in the Irish commercial real estate market?: An overview of non-bank institutional ownership of Irish CRE” includes available data on Irish-resident institutional investor holdings of residential real estate, as well as commercial real estate. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Documents Issuance (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the person concerned is registered for Income Tax as a Self-Assessed taxpayer. Revenue also confirmed that a ‘Notice of Assessment’ for 2018 issued to the person on 14 June 2019. The ‘Notice of Assessment’ is the appropriate statement of income and tax liabilities for Self-Assessed taxpayers while the ‘P21 Balancing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The new administrative arrangements for PAYE (PAYE Modernisation) commenced on 1 January 2019 and Revenue has advised me that 167,000 employers, including many smaller employers, are successfully reporting pay and deductions details in respect of 2.7m employees via the new format. PAYE Modernisation represents the most significant change to the PAYE system since its introduction more than...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Defence Forces Remuneration (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pay Commission was established to advise Government on public service remuneration policy. In the current phase, the second phase of the Commission's work, it was tasked by its Terms of Reference to undertake an examination of whether, and to what extent, there are difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff in key areas of the public service identified in its first...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The level of ambition set out in the Climate Action Plan will require significant investment across the entire economy. However, much of this investment was already anticipated and provided for through the commitments included in the NDP, which include over €30bn for climate action and sustainable mobility. The Government has agreed that the cumulative Exchequer costs of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government has committed to increasing public capital investment to about 4% of GNI* and then maintaining public investment at this level over the remaining period of the National Development Plan (NDP). The NDP has pledged that €21.8 billion will be invested in the low carbon transition. This includes €7.6 billion in Exchequer funding and €14.2 billion of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: While there is no standard taxonomy in place internationally to determine exactly what might qualify as green spending, it is clear that the items contained within Strategic Outcome 8 in the National Development Plan on Transition to a Low-Carbon and Climate-Resilient Society (€21.8 billion) would meet any reasonable definition of green expenditure. For example, Ireland's...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Please see the below Tables. Table 1 provides a full breakdown of costs in relation to the PSSA , on a yearly basis and also by pay band. Table 2 provides a breakdown of costs in relation to the reversal of outstanding FEMPI measures. As the dates by which these payments must be made are not fixed, but dependent on the timeframes outlined in the act and detailed below, it is not possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: This issue relates to a claim by community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors who have been seeking, through their union representatives, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme. The matter was the subject of extensive discussion at the Community Sector High Level Forum which was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As set out in the most recent fiscal monitor, total gross voted expenditure at the end of May was just over €26 billion. This is €145 million, or 0.6%, below profile. Gross voted current expenditure is €65 million below profile. Of the 17 ministerial Vote groups, 12 are below profile on current expenditure. Gross voted capital expenditure was also below profile...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: It is precisely because I am responding to the points made by IFAC that, even though spending is below profile both from the point of view of Government as a whole and of many of our Government Departments, I am still acknowledging that a change in health expenditure occurred in May. The fact that we are still below profile is important but I have to signal to the House, the Oireachtas, and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Debt (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As indicated in our annual report on debt last year, while our debt to gross domestic product ratio has been declining, this is primarily due to an increase in national income, rather than a reduction in the debt itself. At the end of 2018, our debt ratio as a percentage of GDP was 64.8%. Measured by GNI*, that figure was 107%. The Department of Finance suggests that Ireland will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The consequence I was referring to in my earlier remark was the understandable debate that has now arisen regarding the variation in our in-year spending for the implementation of the budget. It is particularly varied in respect of spending in the Department of Health. On the point Deputy Cowen made regarding reliance on corporation tax receipts, I have acknowledged and do acknowledge that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: It is correct to say that there is a risk but that is why we are continuing on our journey to ensuring that this reliance does not build.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10, 15 and 16 together. To allow a debate, I have covered some of the points Deputy O'Brien already raised with me in earlier questions in the answer I have provided. He knows what I am going to say. I know other Deputies have supplementary questions that perhaps we can deal with now.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I and other Government Ministers will of course engage with the iterative process that the Minister, Deputy Bruton, has outlined. We will see if there are further choices that we need to make within the current figures and parameters of the national development plan to better meet the objectives laid out in the plan launched on Monday. I differ with Deputy Eamon Ryan regarding what he has...