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Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: The House will be aware that agreement has been reached with some of the main public service unions. The negotiations were led by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin. As we move towards the point where the agreement will be put to a ballot among the membership of the unions, they should be given the space to consider it without advice from this House,...

Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: I am not threatening anybody. I simply want to get the job done. Everybody knows the cost base of the public service is too high. Everybody also knows that the cost base of the banks is too high. If we leave the rhetoric aside and get on with the job, we could sort this place out.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: That is due later this year.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: The links to the Holy See have not been broken, severed or cut. The Secretary General at the Department of Foreign Affairs is a fully accredited ambassador to the Holy See. The issue is that he is no longer resident in Rome. However, he is fully accredited and there are normal and good relationships with the Holy See. On the issue of mobility aids, everybody in this House would share the...

Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: I understand it is proposed to deal with this issue in three separate Bills and that part 1 of these will come to the House before the summer and parts 2 and 3 will be introduced later this year.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: I am sure the Pope will be very pleased that Deputy Ross has congratulated him. I notice there is an Old Testament type of rhetoric in the interventions of Deputy Ross here sometimes, with phrases such as "opening the floodgates".

Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: On the legislation to remediate the lacuna arising from Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne's judgment, the heads of the Bill were passed by the Government last Tuesday. The responsibility for this is vested in the Minister for Justice and Equality and he intends to legislate before the summer if possible. There will be a full debate in the House on the Bill.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: The heads of the Bill were cleared last July and the Bill will come before the House later this year.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: There is no particular legislation promised, but if the Deputy is referring to the difficulties that have arisen from the ruling of the Ombudsman under equality legislation regarding persons with disabilities, the Minister for Health and his officials are actively engaged with representatives of the disability groups to ensure that a solution of equal value is brought forward.

Food Safety Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2013: First Stage (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: No.

Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013,copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 11th February 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Forecasts (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Table 9, page C.18 of Budget 2013 sets out the fiscal forecasts for the period 2012-2015. This table includes the figures for the underlying General Government primary balance in nominal terms and as a % of GDP. These figures are presented as follows. 2012 2013 2014 2015 Underlying GG primary balance -7,010 -3,390 745 4,680 Underlying GG primary balance as a % of GDP -4.3...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that there is no change in policy regarding claiming travel expenses for self-employed persons. The position is that self-employed persons may not claim travel expenses in respect of travel from home to work; and that travel and subsistence expenses must be incurred for business purposes as provided for in sections 81 and 114 of the Taxes...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that Regulation 20 of the Income Tax (Employments) (Consolidated) Regulations, 2001 (more commonly known as the PAYE Regulations) obliges an employer, on cessation of an employment, to send a Form P45 to the Revenue Commissioners and give copies of that Form P45 to the employee. An employer who fails to comply with Regulation 20 may, by virtue of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Staff (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: I have been advised that at the date of the appointment of the Special Liquidators there were 978 people employed by IBRC. As the Deputy is aware, following the appointment of the Special Liquidators 809 employment contracts in the Republic of Ireland were terminated and 802 of these employees were re-hired by the Special Liquidators to assist with the liquidation of IBRC. As a result of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Betting Regulations (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: The Revenue Commissioners, who are responsible for processing applications for bookmakers’ licences, inform me that a current certificate of personal fitness is required to allow them to issue a licence. Section 7(1) of the Betting Act 1931 requires a person applying for a bookmaker’s licence and to whom a certificate of personal fitness has been given, to apply to Revenue and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Non-disclosure Agreements (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: While details of any mortgage restructuring agreements is a matter for each individual bank and borrower, the Central Bank has advised that such agreements should not impede consumer’s protections under the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (CCMA), for example: - at the borrower’s request and with the borrower’s written consent, the lender must liaise with a third...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: I have been informed by the Central Bank that the majority of lenders have introduced, or are in the process of introducing a split mortgage arrangement. The split mortgage was one of a number of arrangements suggested by the Inter-Departmental Mortgage Arrears Working Group (Keane Group) Report which was published in September 2011. The concept involves splitting a distressed mortgage...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 46 and 47 together. The recently published Central Bank data on mortgage arrears for the end December 2012 shows that at end-December 2012 out of a total stock of 79,852 private dwelling houses, just over 37,000 restructured mortgage accounts were in arrears. The data shows that the accounts in arrears include accounts that were in arrears prior to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Repossession Rate (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: The Government is very aware of the significant difficulties some homeowners are facing in meeting their mortgage obligations and has put in place a comprehensive strategy to address the problem. As announced yesterday, the implementation of this strategy has further intensified with the Central Bank now setting time bound and measurable targets for banks on their progress in resolving, on a...