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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (1 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 118(5G) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provides for the cycle to work scheme. This scheme provides an exemption from benefit-in-kind where an employer purchases a bicycle and associated safety equipment up to a maximum of €1,250 (and €1,500 in respect of pedelecs) for an employee to use, in whole or in part, to travel to work. Safety equipment includes helmets,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (1 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 118(5G) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA 1997) provides for the Cycle to Work scheme. This scheme provides an exemption from benefit-in-kind (BIK) where an employer purchases a bicycle and associated safety equipment for an employee. Under section 118B TCA 1997 an employer and employee may also enter into a salary sacrifice arrangement under which the employee agrees to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (1 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 82 to 85, inclusive, together. In relation to Question 17710/21, I am informed by Revenue that the number of category A vehicles that a Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emissions charge was applied to in 2020 and in January and February 2021 is provided in the table below. Vehicle Type year No Revenue raised€ millions ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (1 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: AT the outset, it is important that I remind the Deputy of the fact that the provision of insurance is a commercial matter for insurance companies, which is based on an assessment of the risks they are willing to accept. Consequently, neither I nor the Central Bank of Ireland can interfere in the provision or pricing of insurance products. This position is reinforced by the EU framework for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Funding (1 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Recovery and Resilience Facility makes provision for lending by the European Commission to Member States. Member States must submit an application for a loan to the European Commission before 31 August 2023 (for approval by the European Commission prior to 31 December 2023). No information of the loan terms and conditions is available at this stage. Consideration of whether Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Funding (1 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, on 21st July 2020, Heads of State and Government reached agreement on the €1.074 trillion Post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and €750 billion recovery plan “Next Generation EU” (NGEU), totalling €1.82 trillion. The centrepiece of the NGEU is the Recovery and Resilience Facility, made up of €312.5 billion in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Funding (1 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, on 21stJuly 2020, Heads of State and Government reached agreement on the €1.074 trillion Post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and €750 billion recovery plan “Next Generation EU” (NGEU), totalling €1.82 trillion. The centrepiece of the NGEU is the Recovery and Resilience Facility, made up of €312.5 billion in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Regulations (1 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: In the past number of years, and in particular following the launch of the European Commission’s Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth in March 2018, we have witnessed significant progress at EU level in the area of sustainable finance, with Ireland engaging constructively on the related legislative proposals. This includes agreement on the Taxonomy Regulation in June 2020,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) is a targeted support for businesses significantly impacted by restrictions introduced by the Government under public health regulations to combat the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The support is available to companies, self-employed individuals and partnerships who carry on a trade or trading activities, the profits from which are chargeable...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (1 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that the table below details the gender breakdown by Full Time Equivalent (FTE) for the grades of Assistant Secretary, Director, Principal Officer, Assistant Principal Officer, Administrative Officer, and Higher Executive Officer in my Department at end-March 2021: Summary Grade Female Male Assistant Secretary 1.00...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (1 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 96 together. As the Deputy may be aware, as Minister for Finance, I have no role in the commercial decisions made by any bank in the State. This includes banks in which the State has a shareholding. Decisions in this regard, including the management of branch networks, are the sole responsibility of the board and management of the banks, which must be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by my officials that the Department of Finance has shared the following datasets containing personal data with the Department of Health: Data Shared Data is shared with: Reason for sharing of data Names, email address and telephone numbers of Department of Finance staff based in the Miesian Plaza office premises Directly with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: General Data Protection Regulation (1 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Since 2018, my Department has not received any complaints from a member of the public with regard to GDPR and data information requests, neither directly to the Data Protection Officer or the Customer Services Officer. All data information requests, also known as Subject Access Requests, have been accepted and fully processed as follows: Year Data Information Requests...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (1 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Where e-workers incur certain extra expenditure in the performance of their duties of employment remotely or from home, such as additional heating and electricity costs, there is a Revenue administrative practice in place that allows an employer to make payments up to €3.20 per day to such employees, subject to certain conditions, without deducting PAYE, PRSI, or USC. Revenue have...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I am pleased to have the opportunity to appear before the committee today in connection with the 2021 Revised Estimates for the Department of Finance for Vote 7 and for the other Votes within the finance group: the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, Vote 8, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, Vote 9, and the Tax Appeals Commission, Vote 10. I look forward to an exchange with...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy is right to say that President Biden's proposals have had a very considerable impact on the process under way in the OECD. Ireland's 12.5% tax rate is a very stable, competitive and transparent rate and one I stand behind. Regarding a global minimum effective tax rate, the principles of what that figure is and how it will be implemented have yet to be discussed within the OECD....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: First, we are participating in a negotiation. This is not a debate, it is not an academic process. This is a negotiation which will be unfolding across more than 120 countries within the OECD and clearly the very largest countries within the debate, namely those in the G7 and G20, have made the case for a global minimum effective tax rate. However, while the US Government has said what the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes, I believe it is.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: We would not have got into that level of detail yet because the only expenditure ceiling I published in the SPU was a total Government figure for current spending of 3.5%. I am not aware that it has been broken out at departmental level up to 2025.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I do not have the information to hand to be able to answer that question.