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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (28 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My understanding is that the Deputy is referring to correspondence, dated 18 August 2015, from the then Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, Patrick Honohan, to the then Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan TD, following a request under Section 6A of the Central Bank Act 1942.  I sought the views of the Central Bank on this matter and they have advised...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Staff (28 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that under the current Department of Public Expenditure & Reform guidelines on Ministerial Appointments my predecessor was entitled to the following supports: Permitted under DPER guidelines Number of staff assigned to the Minister Special Advisors – 2 Civilian Drivers – 2 Parliamentary Assistant – 1...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Agencies Data (28 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, the Public Appointments Service, the Office of Public Works, the State Laboratory, the Office of the Ombudsman and the Regulator of the National Lottery are all tax compliant.  PAS and OPW have up to date tax clearance certificates.  The State Laboratory supply their customers with their tax numbers and access codes and the customer uses...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (28 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The management of the tendering process and the administration of the contract once awarded is a matter for each contracting authority. Public contract details, therefore, are held by the individual contracting authority concerned. This public procurement process is facilitated through the national eProcurement portal www.etenders.gov.ie which is managed by the Office of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (28 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department has published details of this matter on its website: Please find, in addition, the following table outlining the costs for those measures on which agreement was reached in the course of the recent negotiations and which will only fall to be payable should the Agreement be ratified later this year.  Measure Cost per annum The...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Business Committee for arranging this opportunity to make a statement on FEMPI. As the House is aware, I am obliged under legislation to review the operation and effectiveness of the FEMPI legislation, having regard to the overall economic conditions in the State and our national competitiveness, and then to consider whether the relevant Acts continue to be necessary, having...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Not true. That is wrong.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank all Deputies for the contributions they have made in the course of the debate. I want to address some of the claims that have been made about the path of action I am taking on behalf of Government if such a path of action is endorsed by a majority of the unions that are currently balloting on the extension of the Lansdowne Road agreement. I wish to record a number of points which...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I do not even think many of the Deputies criticising me were aware of that-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: -----let alone bringing up the fact that it will be gone. As part of my commitment on further steps, I will be meeting the representative bodies for pensioners in the coming period, as I promised to do. I have already met some of them. I will look at what further progress we can make on this. It is also a point which has been raised by Fianna Fáil in the context of the...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In fairness, Deputy Cullinane did do so, which I acknowledge. The fact is that those who joined pre-2013 will see changes in their wages of between 6% and 7.4%. Anyone who joined after 2013 will see wage changes of between 7% and 10% across the duration of this agreement, if ratified. That was not acknowledged by any of the Deputies across the House who claim to speak the loudest about...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: This illustrates the challenge in seeking to make progress on this issue. A 1% change in the cost of all of the public services in our State would be €160 million.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Is it buttons?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: That says something about the value the Deputy places on the public purse.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It says something about her attitude to the journey our country has gone through that she describes €160 million as buttons.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The sum of €160 million is the cost of a 1% increase to all of those who work in our public services. The cost of dealing with the issue of equalising pre and post-wage scales across the period of 2013 in a single year would be €206 million. If I had come into the House and said that I was prioritising dealing with that matter ahead of those others who work in the public...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: If I had come into the House and said that I wanted to do both, let us be absolutely clear that the other changes we would need to make in our tax code and in how we provide services would also be rejected by all of those who are calling and arguing for all of this legislation to be abolished in one single move.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: For those who have made that call on me and who claim to stand up for and represent the workers, I will pay them a compliment that they will not afford to most other Members in this House. I will pay them the compliment of saying that I believe their desire to represent those workers is authentic. So is mine. So is the desire of other Members of the House who understand that there are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The risk and sensitivity analysis chapter in the Stability and Programme Update and Budget publications includes a section containing links to more detail and information about contingent liabilities. This implements an IMF recommendation to enhance Ireland’s fiscal management and reporting following an IMF evaluation in 2013. The recommendation was to publish a comprehensive annual...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: A number of policy initiatives have been taken in recent Budgets to provide a supportive regime for entrepreneurs and the self-employed. A new Earned Income Credit was introduced in Budget 2016 and then increased from €550 to €950 in Budget 2017.  The tax credit is available to taxpayers with active self-employed trading or professional income and to business owners or...