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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Ombudsman (25 Oct 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of the Ombudsman is a statutorily independent Office and, as such, my Department has no direct involvement in its in-house complaints procedures or in the handling of judicial reviews against that Office. The Office of the Ombudsman has informed me that it was the subject of four separate judicial review applications in 2015, all of which had a common subject matter. Subsequent to...

Finance Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Implementation (26 Oct 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Ireland’s carbon tax covers non-ETS emissions arising from the combustion of fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, for uses outside electricity generation and heavy industry sector. In the context of Ireland’s commitments under the Paris Agreement and other climate obligations the National Mitigation Plan commits to examine the impact of the carbon tax to inform policy on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (26 Oct 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised that, while a breakdown of the receipts from non-residential property Stamp Duty is not presently available, Revenue is undertaking further analysis on this topic and expects to have more detail available in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Forms (26 Oct 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that in recognition of the difficulties experienced by many households and businesses during recent storms that resulted in significant power outages, Revenue announced yesterday, 25 October, an extension in the online Pay and File deadline to midnight on Thursday 16 November 2017. A copy of the Press Release is attached for the Deputy’s information. Revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Data (26 Oct 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 70 and 71 together. The Central Credit Register is established by the Central Bank under the Credit Reporting Act 2013. Part (e) of the definition of credit as set out in Section 2(1) of the Act excludes from the definition of credit that which is provided ‘in connection with the provision of a utility or other service on a continuing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (26 Oct 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The VAT Consolidation Act 2010, as amended, provides for the application of the standard rate of VAT, currently 23%, to the supply of the service of a band. The VAT rating of goods and services is subject to EU VAT law, with which Irish VAT law must comply. In general, the VAT Directive provides that all goods and services must be charged to VAT at the standard rate unless they fall within...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Knowledge Development Box (26 Oct 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the Knowledge Development Box (“KDB”) was introduced with effect from 1 January 2016. Information from Corporation Tax returns for 2016, the bulk of which are presently being filed, will be processed, parsed and analysed in the coming months. Further information on the KDB will then be available in late 2017 or early 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Oct 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit is a very important feature of the Irish Corporation Tax system. The central purpose of the R&D tax credit is to encourage companies to undertake high-value added R&D activity in Ireland, thereby supporting jobs and investment here. A review of the R&D Tax Credit was undertaken by my Department prior to Budget 2016....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (26 Oct 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In Budget 2018 I introduced the Key Employee Engagement Programme (KEEP) with the objective of supporting SMEs in Ireland in competing with larger enterprises to recruit and retain key employees. Share options can provide key employees with a financial incentive linked to the success of the company and may improve the attractiveness of an SME employment offer. A restriction is placed at...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration (26 Oct 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that vehicles which are granted relief from VRT and VAT under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 must continue to be used primarily for the transportation of persons with a disability for a minimum period of required use that ranges from 2 to 6 years, depending on the level of adaptations of the vehicle and the corresponding...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (26 Oct 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will be aware that the Civil Service Mobility scheme is one of a number of arrangements to be put in place to fulfil the requirements of Action 15 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan which calls to ‘Expand career and mobility opportunities for staff across geographic, organisational and sectorial boundaries’. The scheme will generate an open, fair, transparent and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 216A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provides for the Rent-a-Room scheme. Under the terms of this scheme, sums arising to an individual in respect of the letting, for residential purposes, of a room or rooms in his or her home, may be fully exempt from income tax where they meet the conditions of the scheme and where the individual's total gross income from such...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Yield (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the amount of Local Property Tax (LPT) collected broken down by Local Authority for 2016 is available on the Revenue website at: . Information in respect of LPT collection by Local Authority for the first three quarters of 2017 is available at: .

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that it has no record of an application under the scheme from the person concerned.  If that person contacts the Revenue Central Repayments Office, M:TEK II Building, Armagh Road, Monaghan, Telephone LoCall: 1890 60 60 61 advice and assistance will be provided. I am advised by Revenue that, in order to qualify for the Drivers/Passengers with Disabilities...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It should be noted that the Central Bank is responsible for the supervision of regulated financial service providers.  In this context the Central Bank maintains contact with other statutory bodies as appropriate and in its recent update on the tracker mortgage examination the Central Bank indicated that, since the previous March update report, it had met with the Competition and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It is unclear from the Deputy’s question whether the earnings of under €36,000 refer to the pension of one individual or the combined pension income of both individuals in a couple.  It is also unclear if the question refers to Social Welfare pension income and/or to occupational pension income.  The Universal Social Charge is an individualised tax, meaning that a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination Data (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank has advised that it does not have data at the level of granularity as requested by the Deputy. However, at an aggregated national level, the recent Central Bank update on its tracker mortgage examination (see attached www.centralbank.ie/news/article/statement---tracker-mortgage -examination) indicated that circa 13,000 affected customers...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that prior to 2015 Section 481 Taxes Consolidation Act (TCA) 1997, operated by giving relief to individuals and companies investing in the film industry. The information in respect of the tax cost and number of investors who claimed relief under section 481 for the years 2004 to 2015 is available on the Revenue webpage at .   With effect from 2015, the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Staff (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the Central Bank that the Central Bank Commission approved additional complement for 2017 to circa 1,800 staff, which will be a target net increase of 200 staff on the total at end 2016. This expansion included dedicated resources of an additional 28 staff to address specific Brexit-related new business needs within existing divisions. Of these 28 staff, 18 have been...