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Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (8 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 179 together. The amount paid under the fuel duty rebate scheme for public transport vehicles in each month in 2007 and to date in 2008 is set out in the table that follows this reply. The cost of the relief under the fuel rebate scheme for public transport vehicles, in terms of excise foregone, is approximately €30 million per annum. As the Deputy...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The number of staff serving in my Department in wholetime equivalent terms at 30 June 2008 was 615.17. There are no Officers without office space or workstations.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I assume the Deputy is referring to a voluntary early retirement scheme. No such scheme is available to staff in the Civil Service. However, there are other arrangements which make provision for retirement earlier than normal pension age in certain circumstances. Arrangements for cost-neutral early retirement were introduced in 2005 under Department of Finance Circular 10/2005 and are...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (8 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that on 9 May 2008 the Vehicle Registration Tax Appeals Officer informed the applicant that a review of the refusal decision could be undertaken if she could substantiate her claim with further documentation. To date no such documents have been produced. Regarding the payment of vehicle registration tax by instalments there is no provision for such...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (8 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that, having regard to the position set out in the previous reply to the Deputy, it is still their intention to cease the issue of TDCs from Jan 2009. To accommodate those Employers requiring a TDC after this date Revenue intends to provide an enhanced version of the existing TDC on their website www.revenue.ie later this year. This will allow an...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (8 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186 to 189, inclusive, together. In accordance with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, communications between the board and the relevant Minister are conducted through the chairperson of the board. In this case, the relevant Minister for FÁS is the Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment. As a board member or a member of an audit...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (8 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Accounts of state agencies, other than Departments and Offices staffed by civil servants, do not generally show administrative costs separately from other expenditure. In relation to my Department and offices under its aegis, including the Special EU Programmes Body, the following table sets out the gross administrative budget estimate for each such body in 2008 and the vote with which it is...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Salary levels of all staff in my Department are above the national minimum wage.

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (8 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The amount of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) received for each year over the past ten years is set out in the table below. The rate was reduced from 40% to 20% in Budget 1998 and the amount of CGT raised by the Government rose from €245.2m (1998) to €452.2m (1999). In addition to the CGT rate applicable to capital gains, a number of other factors impact upon the CGT yield in any particular year,...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (8 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The total Exchequer yield from corporation tax in each of the years requested by the Deputy is as follows: Year Million € 1998 2,622 1999 3,441 2000 3,887 2001 4,156 2002 4,803 2003 5,161 2004 5,332 2005 5,492 2006 6,683 2007 6,391 Since 1998, the corporation tax rate in Ireland was steadily reduced from 38% to 121⁄2% as applicable from 1 January 2003; this rate continues...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (8 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Since joining the Community in 1973 to the end of the financial year 2007, Ireland has received 60.1 billion euro in payments from the EU Budget. Adjusted to current values this sum equates to 96.7 billion euro.

Written Answers — Credit Union Accounts: Credit Union Accounts (8 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Section 125 of the Finance Act 2006 (now Section 891B of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997) empowered the Revenue Commissioners, with the consent of the Minister of Finance, to make regulations requiring certain financial institutions, such as banks, credit unions, investment funds and assurance companies, to make automatic annual reports to the Revenue Commissioners in relation to certain...

Written Answers — Departmental Surveys: Departmental Surveys (8 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: In the time available it has not been possible to collate the requested information. This is currently being compiled by my Department and will be forwarded directly to him.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (8 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that a notice of assessment for the tax year ending the 31 December 2007 issued to the person in question on 3 July 2008.

National Development Plan: Motion (9 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: That is a great plan, cut taxes and spend more.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (9 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The benefit-in-kind system on company cars was substantially revised in 2004. Under the revised system the benefit to an employee of a car provided by his or her employer is calculated by reference to the original market price of the car and the employee's annual business mileage. For example, where an employee's annual business mileage is 15,000 miles or less the benefit of the car is...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am not aware of any study having been carried out into the cost to the Exchequer on average of dealing with Parliamentary Question and I am less than convinced that any such study would result in a meaningful average cost. As the costs of answering a parliamentary question vary according to the nature and phraseology of the questions asked, an average cost for any period on the basis of...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (9 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I understand from the Chief State Solicitor's Office that it is in correspondence with the applicant's solicitor and that, as noted in my reply to the Deputy on 1 July last, it is awaiting certain information to progress this matter. I should also explain to the Deputy that this type of case normally involves the Chief State Solicitor taking out letters of administration and advertising for...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (9 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104 and 105 together. From the outset the Government made it clear that participation in the decentralisation programme is voluntary. Across the public service, recruitment and promotion practices are being managed in a way that facilitates the achievement of the Decentralisation Programme in an efficient manner. Agreement has been reached with the unions...

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (9 Jul 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: In response to the Deputy's question I can confirm that neither myself nor the Minister of State have any plans to visit Beijing in an official capacity, to coincide with the 2008 Olympic Games. Similarly, there are no plans in relation to advisers or Department officials.