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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by Revenue that the amount of Corporation Tax by sector is available on the Revenue website up to 2016 at: . Sectoral analysis of 2017 receipts is currently being finalised and will be available at that link in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Ireland’s transfer pricing rules are set out in Part 35A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. The rules apply the arm’s length principle to trading transactions between companies within a multinational group. The arm’s length principle is the international transfer pricing standard that OECD member countries have agreed should be used for tax purposes by multinational...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Data (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: At the outset, it is important to understand that as Minister for Finance, my Department does not collect the information that the Deputy is seeking.  The only general guidance available on award levels for whiplash injuries is the Book of Quantum. In that Book, the most common type of neck injury is called a “whiplash” injury which is described as an over extension...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Pensions Data (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that my officials are engaging with the National Shared Services Office, who administer the payroll for staff in the Department of Finance, to compile this information in relation to the staff of the Department of Finance and I will revert to the Deputy within the next two weeks, on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that tax returns up to and including the 2015 tax year did not require rental income to be returned in a manner that separately identified income from residential property lettings and that from other types of property, for example commercial rental property. It is therefore not possible to provide the total value of residential rental income in the manner...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: A breakdown of expenditure by my Department in 2017 in the category of training and development and incidental expenses is set out in the following tables - the first table for Vote 11 (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) and the second table for Vote 39 (Office of Government Procurement). Training and Development and Incidental Expenses - Department of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: A breakdown of travel and subsistence expenditure by my Department in 2017 is set out in the following two tables - the first table for Vote 11 (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) and the second table for Vote 39 (Office of Government Procurement). Department of Public Expenditure and Reform - (Vote 11) Domestic Travel €111,995.05 EU Travel...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts Data (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The following table sets out the grant payments which the Department has made from its Vote (Vote 11) in the period in question.  In these instances, it is considered that a grant is the most effective means of supporting the purposes set out in the table.  This position is kept under review. Grantee 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Purpose of grant Benefacts - - 350,000 650,000 950,000...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform provided grants to Benefacts amounting to €350,000 in 2015, €650,000 in 2016 and €950,000 in 2017 as per the terms of a three year funding agreement.  The Department has provided grants amounting to €407,000 to date in 2018 and expects to issue grants to a total of €950,000 in 2018, as per its current...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the National Shared Services Office that the query raised in relation to the civil service pension for the person in question is being processed and that the individual has been contacted directly to progress this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Ar dtús caithfidh mé a mhíniú gur doiciméad buiséid go príomha é an Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta 2018-2027, atá cuireadh lé chéile mar thacaíocht do na bprionsabail polasaithe atá leagaithe amach go mion insan Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta. Bhí an PFN forbartha laistigh den amscála dhocht, rud a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Mar fheagairt ar cheist an Teachta Dála, ní glacaim leis nach bhfuil a dhóthain Státseirbhísigh i mo Roinn nach féidir leo déileáil le fiosrúcháin agus comhfhreagras trí Ghaeilge. Faoin bPlean Gnímh agus an Chairt do Chustaiméirí tá mo Roinn tiomanta chun iarracht a dhéanamh plé le haon custaiméir ar...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As outlined in my previous response to the Deputy, the location choices in the Civil Mobility scheme, which comes under the remit of my department, and is administered through HR Shared Services, National Shared Service Office are not divided by county or province but by zone.  Applicants may express a preference for mobility for a maximum of 3zones from a list of 46 zones with a choice...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Labour Employer Economic Forum (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, on 5 October 2016, the Taoiseach chaired the inaugural meeting of the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF), which brought together representatives of employers and trade unions with Government Ministers to discuss economic, employment and labour market issues. The aim of the LEEF is to provide a space to discuss areas of shared interest affecting the economy,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In the coming weeks the Government intends to introduce legislation to change the retirement age for people working in the public service. We have an interim arrangement in place in advance of that legislation coming in to give people, who choose to do so, the opportunity to work longer. I expect we will publish that legislation in the coming weeks. I hope we will be able to move that...

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister of State, Deputy Michael D'Arcy, is meeting various stakeholders across the country. He updating them on progress being made to reform insurance and deal with the cost of insurance. It is not true to say that no progress has been made. It is fair to say that some of the more complex matters that require progress are being dealt with by the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (23 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 481 Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provides that companies which make films in Ireland can avail of a refundable tax credit in respect of eligible expenditure incurred on the making of that film.  Eligible expenditure includes amounts incurred on employing individuals and on acquiring goods and services from Irish businesses.  Both aspects must relate to work done in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (23 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that tractors imported from outside the EU are liable to the standard rate of VAT of 23%, and Customs Duty, which can vary from 0% to 16%, depending on the type of tractor being imported. The amount of tax and duty payable at importation will depend on the value of the vehicles. 

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (23 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I would refer the Deputy to my response to PQ 54985/17 of 16 January 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Abolition (24 May 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...