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Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: In previous years, we did the switch analysis anyway and I believe we finalise it around the time of the Finance Bill.

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: Yes.

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: We did publish them in full.

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: Is the Deputy talking about the monthly Exchequer figures?

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: I apologise but I must leave as there is something I must do. My officials will remain and while they obviously do not wish to answer policy questions, they will answer any technical question members put to them. If the committee wants me to return at any stage-----

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: I can do that. Just give me a bit of notice and I will come back. However, I had this appointment before the arrangements were made.

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: It is unavoidable and I must go.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: I am advised by Revenue that the total number of dog units in operation in Revenue is currently 17. The dogs are trained to locate a variety of contraband including narcotics, tobacco and cash.  The total number of dog units is sufficient for current day-to-day operations but is kept under constant review.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: I am advised by Revenue that the total number of mobile x-ray scanners in operation by Customs Officers is currently three.  Two of these are mobile container scanning systems, while the third is a mobile baggage scanner.  The total number of mobile x-ray scanners is sufficient for current day-to-day operations but is kept under constant review. Revenue is currently in the process...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme provides relief from VAT and VRT (up to a certain limit) on the purchase of an adapted car for transport of a person with specific severe and permanent physical disabilities, payment of a fuel grant, and an exemption from Motor Tax. The criteria to obtain a primary medical certificate to qualify for the Disabled...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Loan Books Purchasers (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: The Deputy will be aware that the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act, 2015 was enacted on 8 July 2015. It was introduced to fill the consumer protection gap where loans were sold by the original lender to an unregulated entity. The 2015 Act introduced a regulatory regime for a new type of entity called a 'credit servicing firm'.  Credit Servicing Firms are now...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecasts (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: I assume the Deputy is referring to the tax revenue forecast set out in the recent Stability Programme Update. As the Deputy will be aware, it was forecast in Budget 2016 that overall tax revenues for this year would grow by 5.8 per cent to approximately €47.2 billion and were profiled on that basis. As part of its earlier preparations for the Stability Programme Update, the 2016 tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: My officials are currently completing work on the Summer Economic Statement to be published shortly by the Government.  This Statement will reflect the tax and spending priorities set out in the Programme for a Partnership Government (PPG). As the Deputy is aware, in the PPG there is a commitment to ask the Oireachtas to continue to phase out the USC as part of a wider...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 81 together. Ireland complies with the requirements of the Budgetary Frameworks Directive, which was adopted as part of the 'Six Pack' reforms of the Stability and Growth Pact in 2011. In line with these provisions, we have established a credible medium term budgetary framework that ensures our fiscal planning follows a multiannual perspective....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: GDP-GNP Levels (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: The Government will shortly be publishing the Summer Economic Statement. This will reflect the tax and spending priorities set out in the Programme for Partnership Government. The statement will reflect information on debt-to-gross domestic product ratio taking into account second round macro-economic and fiscal effects.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: The concentration risk regarding corporation tax receipts was examined as part of the Economic Impact Assessment of Ireland's Corporation Tax Policy, a significant piece of research that was commissioned and undertaken by my Department over the course of 2014, resulting in the publication of eight  reports as part of Budget 2015. Included in this research was the report...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability and Growth Pact (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: As the Deputy will be aware, assessment of our compliance with the budgetary provisions of the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact, is conducted with reference to two complementary pillars, namely the expenditure benchmark and our annual improvement in relation to the structural balance. These ensure we are at, or are on the adjustment path towards our medium term objective of a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 83 to 86, inclusive, together. My Department's macroeconomic forecasts, as published in the 2016 Stability Programme (SPU) in April, include a number of elements, principally estimates of demand in the economy, and also of the productive capacity, or supply side. The EU fiscal rules essentially seek to ensure sensible and sustainable budgetary...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: I am informed by Revenue that the number of registered companies is available at . It should be noted that this information reflects the total number of companies on record for the year irrespective of whether the company is trading and therefore obliged to file a Corporation Tax return for the year. The tables show, by range of tax liability, the number of companies with a Corporation Tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Promissory Notes Negotiations (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Noonan: I assume the Deputy is referring to the bonds issued to the Central Bank of Ireland in February 2013 to replace the IBRC Promissory Notes which were extinguished as part of that transaction. The Central Bank of Ireland is independent in the exercise of its functions and the management of it's investment holdings are a matter for the bank themselves, neither I nor the...