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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will be aware that tax compliance rates in Ireland are consistently high with the vast majority of taxpayers and businesses meeting their payment and returns filing obligations on a timely basis. However any non-compliance, by even a minority of individuals or sectors, deprives the Exchequer of much needed funds and puts compliant businesses at a competitive disadvantage.  ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: A review of the appropriate treatment for tax purposes of trade union subscriptions and professional body fees was carried out by my Department in 2016 and included in the 2016 report on tax expenditures published on budget day 2016. The review may be found at the following link: () The review concluded that: "...analysis of the scheme using the principles laid down by the Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 282 and 285 together. I refer the Deputies to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 53517/2017 on 14 December 2017. The legislation is on the list of priority legislation for publication in the Spring/Summer Session 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department provided grants totalling €1.95 million to Benefacts in the period 2015 to 2017 and concluded a further funding agreement with Benefacts at the end of last year. Under this agreement a grant of €950,000 was provided for in 2018. This grant was included in the 2018 Estimate for my Department, which was discussed at the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The ten-year National Development Plan (NDP) has been put in place to underpin the implementation of the National Planning Framework (NPF) to support the development of all counties and regions, both urban and rural areas. The NDP sets out an investment programme of €116 billion, aligned to the ten National Strategic Outcomes (NSOs) detailed in the NPF which are critical to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 289 and 290 together. As part of the negotiations last year leading to the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 all parties acknowledged “issues of concern relating to the increased length of salary scale for post 2011” new entrants and committed to examining these issues within 12 months of the commencement of the agreement. In general...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The information the Deputy has requested on the recruitment of Administrative Officers in the civil service is set out in the following file. Administrative Officers recruited by Department 2010 - 2017 (Source - National Shared Service Office, April 2018) Dept  2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Agriculture, Food & the Marine 1 3 2 1 7 12 10 Attorney General's Office ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy on expenditure on consultancy and related matters is being compiled and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has not enacted or published any pieces of legislation which originated in work carried out by the Law Reform Commission in the last 10 years.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Data Sharing and Governance Bill is a priority for the Government in the spring/summer legislation programme. The purpose of the Bill is to promote and encourage data sharing between public bodies by providing a statutory framework for data sharing for legitimate and clearly specified purposes that are compliant with data protection law; and to improve the protection of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Regulator (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 297 and 304 to 308, inclusive, together. I have been advised by the Office of the National Lottery Regulator as follows: Pursuant to Clause 8.12 of the Licence to operate the National Lottery, the Operator is required to prepare the sales code of practice, and submit the Code to the Regulator for approval. Schedule 5 of the Licence further provides that the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I can confirm to the Deputy that there are no Clerical Officers or Clerical Assistants on temporary contracts in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties Data (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As part of the Public Service Reform Plan, one of the actions under the Government's Property Asset Management Delivery Plan was the creation of an Intra-State Property Register. The Office of Public Works hosts this Register, which is a work-in-progress. The Register contains basic details of properties held by 94 public bodies. While the Office of Public Works hosts the Register, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My colleague, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, has responsibility for the delivery of the Government’s Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, Rebuilding Ireland.  The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) has assisted the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation to one aspect of the plan through the establishment of a...

National Infrastructure Bill 2018: First Stage (18 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: No.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (18 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: AIB has provided me with the following response: " One of AIB’s core objectives in restructuring customers in financial difficulty has been keeping viable businesses operating and supporting associated employment. Once a customer is meeting its commitments under a restructure agreement including fully cooperating with the Bank, assessment of advancing additional money would be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Freedom of Information Act 2014 provides a very broad definition of public bodies at Section 6(1) and further provides that all new public bodies comprehended by this definition will automatically come under freedom of information (FOI) legislation, unless specifically exempted by order. This reversed the system under previous legislation whereby new bodies would have to be brought into...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the opportunity to be here today to discuss the draft stability programme update. As the Chairman said, this sets out our forecasts for Ireland and is the first update of our projections since budget 2018. It is presented in draft form. I look forward to hearing the views of the committee members. The final version will be submitted to Brussels later this month. I wish to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The summer economic statement will be in early July. At that point we will be in a position to provide an indication on how we believe the economy will perform next year. What I will be doing at that point is not just talking about what kind of resources may or may not be available, but I will also be speaking about what I believe will be the right budgetary policy for the economy for next...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I will take the last question first. Climate change fines do not form part of any liability that I expect to develop for next year. I will have to come back to the committee with potential scenarios beyond that, which I will do. It is correct to say that the potential for liabilities to be created via potential fines is a factor that I am considering, but I have not put figures against it...