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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In answering the Deputy’s question, it is useful if I start by giving some historic context. During the height of the financial crisis a key focus of the authorities was on stabilising and ultimately reducing mortgage arrears through the implementation of sustainable mortgage solutions that were agreed with borrowers. This led to the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI)...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by The Revenue Commissioners that it is not possible to provide a definitive answer based on the information provided by the Deputy.  I would point out that the letting of immovable goods is exempt from VAT in accordance with the EU VAT Directive, with which Irish VAT law must comply. Therefore, the rental income received in respect of residential...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Wards of Court (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Constitution provides that there shall be a Comptroller and Auditor General to control on behalf of the State all disbursements and to audit all accounts of moneys administered by or under the authority of the Oireachtas and that the terms and conditions of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General shall be determined by law. Under the Comptroller and Auditor General...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Shared Services (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 88 and 89 together. The National Shared Services Office will respond directly to the Deputy on these matters.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (28 Feb 2018)

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 is being phased in with Phase 1A for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: An inter-Departmental/Inter-Agency Group was established in 2017 to review Ireland's experience of PPPs and to make recommendations on the future role of PPPs, in the context of the new 10 year National Development Plan (NDP).  The NDP summarises the key findings and recommendations agreed as part of the PPP review...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Deputy McGrath for the work he has put into preparing the Bill. Before I get into the details of the Bill I wish to give what is a hugely important issue some further context if time allows me to do so. I wish to do so by acknowledging why people have fears about this matter. I recognise their concerns and I am acting in the best way possible that I can to respond to the concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank has authorised 9 credit servicing firms since the enactment of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015, with a further 2 firms still availing of the relevant transitional provisions provided for by virtue of the legislation.  Details of these firms are available on the Register of Authorised Credit Servicing Firms on the Central Bank...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand this question to relate to the prohibition on surcharging - the practice where a merchant charges an extra fee for receiving a payment made using a payment card - contained in Article 62 of the revised EU Payment Services Directive (PSD2). That Article provides that a payee shall not request charges for the use of a payment instrument for which interchange fees are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 51 and 52 together. I am informed by Revenue that the following persons may be entitled to a repayment of life assurance exit tax - - a permanently incapacitated individual who is exempt from income tax under section 189 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (“TCA 1997”) in respect of income arising from the investment of compensation...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fitness and Probity Regime (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the Central Bank of Ireland that the 2018 disqualification from performing senior management roles in regulated firms, under the Fitness & Probity regime, relates to Mr Michael Walsh. Mr Walsh admitted participation as a non-executive director in certain prescribed contraventions of financial services law by Irish Nationwide Building Society during the period from 1...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am conscious of the difficulties that the absence or withdrawal of flood insurance cover can cause to homeowners and businesses, and that is one of the reasons the Government has been prioritising investment in flood defences over the last number of years.  However, you should be aware that the provision of insurance is a commercial matter for insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 55 and 56 together. I am advised by Revenue that the number of donors and the Exchequer cost of donations to Approved Bodies for the years 2010 to 2015 (the latest year for which data is available), are published in the ‘Cost of Tax Expenditures’ table which is available on Revenue’s website at: . A summary of the information is set...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The measure to allow a farmer to claim relief from stamp duty where he or she sells and purchases land for the purposes of consolidating an existing farm holding has been introduced, subject to a commencement order after a full consideration of any administrative or EU state-aid requirements. For the relief to operate, there must be both a sale and a purchase of land within a period...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Abolition (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In October 2016 my Department published a report on Tax Expenditures which included a review of the appropriate treatment for tax purposes of trade union subscriptions and professional body fees. The review found that a scheme of tax reliefs for trade union subscriptions would fail to meet the evaluation threshold laid down by the Department’s Tax Expenditure Guidelines. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Details of the advertorial content commissioned by my Department and by the bodies under the aegis of my Department in the past 12 months are in the following table. Of the seventeen bodies under the aegis of my Department, I am informed that thirteen did not commission advertorial content in the period requested. It was not possible for one body to respond to this information request in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 61 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Irish Government is committed to the successful implementation of the current PEACE and INTERREG Programmes and to successor programmes post-2020.  I am pleased to be able to advise the House that this ambition is now reflected in the terms of the joint progress report on the Brexit negotiations that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 62 and 63 together. The National Lottery was established under the National Lottery Act 1986 and continues in accordance with the National Lottery Act 2013. A competition for the award of the twenty year licence to operate the National Lottery took place between May and October 2013. On 27 February 2014 the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform granted...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 65 together. I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 262 answered on 16 January 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will appreciate, I have no direct responsibility for the pay arrangements for this cohort of workers who are not public servants.