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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Inflation in Ireland has been subdued for several years. For example, on a Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) basis, 2017 was the fifth consecutive year of inflation below 1 per cent. This phenomenon is not restricted to Ireland. Low inflation has been a feature of advanced economies in recent years. However, in 2017, inflation on a HICP basis across the euro area accelerated to 1.5...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Bodies Establishment (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 125, 126 and 127 together. In my Budget speech on 10 October 2017, I announced a proposal to establish a new dedicated fund, Home Building Finance Ireland (‘HBFI’) to provide funding on market terms to viable residential development projects whose owners are experiencing difficulty in obtaining debt funding. In answering the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Since the decision by the Central Statistics Office to reclassify 15 Approved Housing Bodies as part of the local government sector, i.e. within the general government, my officials have engaged with these bodies in order to obtain the required inputs to compile the fiscal forecasts for the period 2018 - 2021. These figures are reflected in the Stability Programme Update 2018. For 2018,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: No invoices were received by my Department from Heneghan PR in the years 2007 to 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Investment Bank Loans (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am responding on the basis that the Deputy is seeking information on the average cost of lending from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to the Irish Exchequer.   The National Development Finance Agency (NDFA), which is part of the National Treasury Management Agency, has informed me that the total amount of Exchequer borrowing from the EIB since the start of 2016 is €430...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that Principal Private Residence (PPR) relief applies to a gain on the sale of a property which was occupied by the vendor as his/her main residence. In regard to the specific case, Revenue has already engaged with the person’s tax agent and advised that a claim for PPR relief should be made on the Capital Gains Tax return form (CG1). Once the return is filed...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the VAT rating of goods and services is subject to EU VAT law, with which Irish VAT law must comply. The EU VAT Directive provides that Member States may apply either one or two reduced rates to certain goods and services listed in Annex III of the Directive, including the supply of goods and services intended for use in agricultural production....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic and Monetary Union (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The European Commission published a package of measures on the Future of the Economic and Monetary Union on 6 December 2017. Among them was a proposal on the possible creation of an European Monetary Fund (EMF). This follows on from the Commission's Reflection Paper on the Deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), which was published on 31 May 2017, as part of a series of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Regulation of Lobbying (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will be aware that the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 provides for the establishment and maintenance of a publicly accessible register of lobbying.  Responsibility for the implementation of the Lobbying Act 2015 rests with the Standards in Public Office (Standards Commission). The Standards Commission oversees the implementation of the register, monitors compliance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 and 138 together. Public moneys may be appropriated only on the authority of Dáil Éireann and the Dáil may not vote money unless requested to do so by the Government under Article 17.2 of the Constitution. The appropriation accounts showing the financial transactions of Government Departments and Vote Holding Offices, are prepared...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 157 together. I refer the Deputy to my responses to PQ 54985/17 of 16 January 2018 and PQ 13684/18 of 27 March 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: While my role involves the allocation of capital funding to Departments within which their capital investment programmes are funded, I have no direct role in signing off on individual projects in Waterford City or County Council and so would not have access to the information requested by the Deputy. The OPW may have a number of capital projects underway in Waterford and will reply...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Data (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 and 145 together. The Deputy will be aware that CIB and MABs are under the aegis of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. In terms of my own Department and the bodies under its aegis, the Dáil allocates monies to them through the annual Estimates process. The allocations approved by the Oireachtas enable them to deliver the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 and 151 together. I refer the Deputy to my response to PQ 13684/18 of 27 March 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The paper in question has not as yet been published.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Procurement is a key element of the Government's Reform agenda. The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) was established to drive the reform agenda, adopt a strategic approach to public procurement, leverage the State's spending power and deliver savings for the State. Framework agreements are one of a number of ways in which the OGP engages with the market to achieve value for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Since it was established in 2011, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has not received any invoices from the company in question.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: On 1 January 2018, public service pensions impacted by the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR) qualified for an effective increase by way of a lessening or amelioration of PSPR, as required under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015. I understand that such increases have, in general, been implemented through pension payrolls across...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 155, 160 and 162 together. I would refer the Deputy on my response to PQ 13684/18 of 27 March 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (24 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy 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.