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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Is the Deputy asking how many of them there are?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: There are approximately 15,000 such people. They do pay the USC.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: No, I do not have any plans to change the way in which we structure pension payments beyond the changes we have already made. "No" is the short answer to that question. To address the two other points which the Deputy put to me, in respect of mobility I made the point earlier that I think it is improving. It is not that I think that. It is improving. There must be a trade-off however....

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank all Deputies for their contributions on this important section. I will make a number of overall points about the Bill that are pertinent to the section being debated. The first point is broad. The Bill looks to deliver wage restoration for the overwhelming majority of public and civil servants. By the end of the lifetime of the agreement, 90% of State employees will have their...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: On a point of order, I have already said that I am accepting the amendment. At what point do we move on from debating an amendment that I have accepted to debating the section?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Funding (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938 as amended most recently by the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Act, 2014, and the Electoral Act 1997 certain payments are made from the Central Fund to political parties. These are laid out below in tabular format. The payments are contingent on the request/approval of the Department of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Pensions (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the matter of eligibility for the contributory or non-contributory State pension is determined by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP) and not one in which Revenue has a direct involvement. However, I am advised by Revenue that eligibility for a State pension may be impacted where there is unpaid Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI).

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Lending (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I have been informed by the Central Bank that in February 2015 a lending restriction review initiative was commenced, whereby credit unions subject to a lending restriction that are satisfied they have made the necessary improvements and have embedded these improvements in robust risk sensitive lending practices, could apply for a review of their lending restriction. The closing date for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that on foot of a compliance intervention undertaken by them following receipt of VAT 3 returns, it was established that an additional tax liability was due from the school concerned. In accordance with the provisions of The Code of Practice for Revenue Audit and other Compliance Interventions, interest of €2,613 was due in the case in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that having regard to taxpayer confidentiality obligations under section 851A of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997, I am unable to comment on the specific case referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that having regard to taxpayer confidentiality obligations under section 851A of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997, I am unable to comment on the specific case referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I have been advised by the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) that it does not have a statutory role to prescribe the rates that mortgage lenders charge on their loans. A healthy commercial banking system that is in a position to provide finance to customers and is resilient to economic and financial market shocks, needs to be able to generate sustainable profits over the long term...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Assessments (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Local Property Tax (LPT) is payable on the market value of residential properties at 1 May 2013. The 2013 valuation is relevant until the next LPT ‘valuation date’, which is 1 November 2019 and is unaffected by any changes in property prices or any repairs/alterations that take place to the property during this period. Revenue has confirmed that the person in question filed her...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has informed me that it operates a discretionary performance-related payments scheme for eligible employees, which includes staff assigned to the State Claims Agency. The scheme rewards exceptional performance having regard to the employee’s own performance, the performance of the employee’s area of responsibility and the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The precise customs arrangements that will apply after Brexit will depend on the outcome of negotiations between the EU and UK. Evidently the closest trading relationship between the UK and EU is best for Ireland. Ireland’s position is that a future EU-UK Free Trade Agreement should be comprehensive and ambitious and as wide as possible in its scope, while ensuring a level playing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Freedom of Information Data (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Finance received 383 Freedom of Information requests in 2017 up to 1 December 2017. 334 have been closed, of which: - 63 were granted in full, - 120 were part granted, - 82 were refused (including refused on the basis that no relevant records were identified), - 43 were withdrawn or handled outside FoI, and - 26 were transferred. 49 requests are currently open...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Freedom of Information Data (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Finance received 383 Freedom of Information requests in 2017 up to 1 December 2017. 334 have been closed, of which:- - 259 were completed within the due date, taking account of suspension of the period of consideration for payment of deposits, third party consultation, or clarification of scope - 75 were completed outside the due date

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Private Partnerships Cost (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Finance has no public private partnership projects and is not responsible for Government public private partnership policy.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (5 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by Revenue that section 473A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provides for tax relief at the standard rate of income tax in respect of qualifying fees paid by an individual for a third level education course, including a postgraduate course. For all years, the colleges must have complied with a Code of Standards laid down by the Minister for Education and Skills and the...