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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: At the outset, the Deputy should note that unlike third party motor insurance, employer and public liability insurance is not a compulsory requirement in Ireland. Consequently, there is no equivalent arrangement to the Declined Cases Agreement which operates for third party motor cover.   Having said that, the Government is aware of the difficulties that the rising cost of liability...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: General Government Debt (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Table A5 of the Economic and Fiscal Outlook, published as part of the Budget 2018 documentation, sets out the forecast nominal movements to the stock of general government gross debt. The debt is forecast to increase out to end-2019 before declining in 2020. As can be seen from this table the primary drivers behind the increase are the ‘Exchequer borrowing requirement’...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The underspend the Deputy is asking about refers to the Finance Vote Group. There are 4 Votes in the Finance Group: The Department of Finance, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, and the Tax Appeals Commission. A sum of €25m (rounded to the nearest million) is profiled as Capital for the Finance Vote Group in the December 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The terms of a credit agreement will generally set out the rights and obligations of the borrower and lender parties to the contract, including the liability of the borrower for the repayment of the loan. In that context, the Central Bank has advised that, in general, both parties to a joint mortgage are jointly and severally liable for the debt. However, in respect of separated...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank has advised that the scope of the Tracker Mortgage Examination covers all lenders which sold tracker mortgage accounts, including both for the family home and investment properties, up to the end of 2015: - that originated on tracker interest rates; - that had tracker interest rates applied at any stage during the term of the underlying mortgage agreements; and/or - where...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that there are no data available within its systems on the number of employers who employ an apprentice, the salary levels of the apprentices in their employ, the employer’s ability to absorb the credit proposed, or the behavioural changes which may occur if the credit was introduced. It is not possible, therefore, to estimate the cost to the exchequer of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The capital underspend for 2017 for the PER Group with a capital allocation (D/PER, Office of Public Works, National Shared Services Office, Office of Government Procurement and Public Appointment Services) is due in the main to timing/scheduling issues in relation to the National Shared Services Office's implementation of the Financial Management Shared Services Project (€6-7m). ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: An issue which has been under discussion by the Community Sector High Level Forum relates to community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors who have been seeking, through their union representatives, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme. At the April meeting of the Forum, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 69, 71, 72 and 80 together. Supporting growth in our economy is an important priority for the Government, and sound and sustainable public finances are an essential element of achieving that goal. Public expenditure is of particular importance in this regard, in terms of protecting growth through investment in our social and economic priorities by way of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Public Service reform will continue to play a positive role in the country's progress in the future. As the Deputy will be aware, a new phase for public service reform was set out in the framework Our Public Service 2020 published in December. Our Public Service 2020 aims to deliver better outcomes for the public, to support innovation and collaboration and to build public service...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 to 77, inclusive, together. As I announced at Budget 2018, Government has allocated significant increases in public capital investment amounting to €4.3 billion over the period 2018-2021. This was in addition to the additional €2.2 billion for housing already allocated prior to that for the implementation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme Implementation (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I should first explain that both the development of the energy sector and formulation of policy on climate action is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. What I can say is that the review of the capital plan, published last September, concluded that public capital investment is key to supporting the radical societal...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, in my role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have overarching responsibility for workforce planning in and recruitment to the Civil Service. In Budget 2015, it was announced that there will be a targeted programme of recruitment into the Civil Service to address service needs and a shortfall in key skills commencing in late...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, a whole of Government approach is being adopted to addressing the challenges posed by Brexit.  My Department is playing a full part in responding to those challenges. The risks arising from Brexit are reflected in the Government’s National Risk Assessment, which identifies areas where Brexit poses a specific risk, particularly in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: This Department only holds data in relation to the civil service, data in respect of the public service would require individual requests to each Department and public service body. In the civil service over the period 2012-2017 there were 5,412 retirements for a variety of reasons including normal age retirement, ill health and voluntary early retirement. The data available doesn't...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Contracts are put in place by individual contracting authorities.  An analysis of contract award notices, both at national and European level, published on the Office of Government Procurement’s national electronic tendering platform, eTenders, shows no contract award information for the company whose details were supplied by the Deputy. However, companies may trade through a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Public Procurement is governed by EU legislation and National rules and guidelines. The aim of these rules is to promote an open, competitive and non-discriminatory public procurement regime which delivers best value for money. When carrying out procurement procedures, contracting authorities require suppliers to comply with a wide variety of legislation in areas that would include...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Leader's Allowance (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Parliamentary Activities Allowance (formerly known as the Party Leader's Allowance) is provided for in the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act 1938 as amended, most recently by the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Act, 2014. The allowance is paid to the parliamentary leader of a qualifying party in relation to expenses arising from the parliamentary...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tástáil Náisiúnta Carranna (23 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Tá sé curtha in iúl ag na Coimisinéirí Ioncaim dom go bhforáiltear le halt 141(2)(e) agus (f) den Acht Airgeadais, 1992 do na Coimisinéirí Ioncaim rialachán a dhéanamh maidir le comhdhéanamh plátaí cláraithe ar fheithiclí.  Tá rialachán déanta ag na Coimisinéirí Ioncaim ina leith in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility (23 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme provides relief from VAT and Vehicle Registration Tax, an exemption from motor tax and a grant in respect of fuel expenditure, on the purchase of an adapted car for transport of a permanently and severely disabled person within the terms of the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994. The...