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Written Answers — Public Sector Recruitment: Public Sector Recruitment (25 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The moratorium on recruitment and promotion was introduced by the Government at the end of March 2009. The moratorium allows for certain general exemptions in the Education and Health Sectors for the filling of certain key posts as well as for the Local Authorities in relation to fire, health and safety, Interreg and beach warden posts. Information in relation to the posts covered by these...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have by informed by the Office of Public Works that they lease car parking spaces for a number of Departments and Offices falling under the Office of Public Works remit. In the period 1st January 2009 to 31st December 2009, based on the information available to the Office of Public Works for the assignment of space in leased buildings to the Departments/Offices involved, the total...

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (25 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The legal basis for the Deposit Guarantee Scheme in Ireland is set out in the European Communities (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 168 of 1995) as amended. These Regulations implement the European Union Directive on Deposit Guarantee Schemes (94/19/EC) as amended. The Deputy will be aware that the Irish Deposit Guarantee Scheme covers 100% of retail deposits with all...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (25 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that there is no record of any correspondence having been received from either HMRC or the taxpayer in relation to their tax affairs.

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (25 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the following table contains the information requested by the Deputy regarding prosecutions and convictions in respect of unlicensed trading contrary to the Auctioneers and House Agents Act 1947. The figures cover the years 2008 to date. It should be noted that there is no direct correlation between the institution of proceedings and the number...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (25 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that in accordance with section 10(1) of the Value-Added Tax 1972 (as amended), the amount on which Value-Added Tax is chargeable is the total consideration receivable by the supplier, "including all taxes, commissions, costs and charges whatsoever" but not including the value-added tax itself. As the Deputy will be aware, VAT is an EU wide tax and...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (25 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the person in question has been asked to provide documentation in support of the One Parent Family Credit. On receipt of the supporting documentation the claim will be dealt with.

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (25 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The reply recently given by the Taoiseach was in response to questions about payments by that Department, and set out the total paid by that Department in relation to the Moriarty Tribunal, up to end-April 2010. The reply which I gave on 1 April 2010 set out the total paid by the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, up to...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (25 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have been advised by the Revenue Commissioners that they have noted the additional material supplied by the parties, but that it does not provide grounds for further mitigation of the interest due. The stamp duty return is a standard process and must be completed in all cases to enable Revenue to stamp an instrument, whether a penalty is charged or not. Given the circumstances of the case,...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (26 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: As regards the Civil Service for which I am directly responsible, prior to 1974 female officers were required to resign on marriage and, depending on their service, received a marriage gratuity in lieu of any pension benefits. Following the abolition of the marriage bar, any officer appointed before 1974 has the option of resigning within two years of marriage and receiving a marriage...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (26 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Government announced the establishment of an investigation into the banking crisis on 19 January 2010. This investigation will have two stages. For the first stage, the Government has commissioned two separate preliminary reports: · One report is being prepared by Professor Patrick Honohan, Governor of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland, on the performance of...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (26 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy is aware under the Relationship Framework the Board of the bank is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Bank, including in this context the appointment of consultants. I am informed by the Bank that it did not appoint the company, referred to in the Deputy's question, to carry out a forensic examination into their accounts. However, in October 2009, the bank did...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (26 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: There have not been any formal discussions at EU level on the formation of an independent EU ratings agency. A proposal to establish such an agency would present a number of important issues which would need to be examined very carefully. I would like to bring the Deputy's attention to the fact that the EU has already agreed on a regulatory regime for Credit Rating Agencies and that this new...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (26 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I meet senior personnel in the Offices and Agencies within the ambit of my Department as appropriate from time to time. The records in my office indicate that I have met formally with the Financial Regulator on four occasions in the period since May 2008. The Minister of State at my Department has also met the Financial Regulator on occasion over the same period.

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (26 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Revenue's power to attach, in certain circumstances, third party debts owing to a defaulting taxpayer is set out in section 1002 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. The number of Notices of Attachment issued by Revenue for 2008, 2009 and Jan – Apr 2010 is set out in the table below. Year Number 2008 2362 2009 3199 Jan - Apr 2010 1331 The Deputy's question refers to attachment orders...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (26 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Solvency II Framework Directive was published in the EU Official Journal on 17 December 2009. The most essential features of the Directive are: (i) the introduction of an economic/risk based approach to the measurement of assets and liabilities. Capital requirements will be determined by an evaluation of a company's level of risk using a consistent set of measurement principles,...

Written Answers — Tobacco Smuggling: Tobacco Smuggling (26 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners, who are responsible for the collection of tobacco taxes and for tackling the illicit trade in tobacco products, that it is not possible to provide a reliable estimate of tobacco consumption on which duty has not been paid. This is because there is no proven internationally recognised method for determining this figure. Accordingly there is no...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (26 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The basis for the Pensions Insolvency Payment Scheme (PIPS) is set out in the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2009. The principal qualifying conditions are that the sponsoring employer must be insolvent (in accordance with the definition used in the Protection of Employers (Employers' Insolvency) Act 1984) and that the defined benefit pension scheme must be winding up in deficit – the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (26 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Under the provisions of the Tax Acts, a person in receipt of rental income is assessed to income tax on the net amount of the rents received (i.e. the gross rents less allowable expenses incurred in earning those rents). In computing the net amount of the rents received, only those deductions that are specified in section 97(2) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 are allowable. The main...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (26 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I assume that the concerns of the credit unions, to which the details supplied by the Deputy refer, relate to amendments to Section 35 of the Credit Union Act 1997 contained in the Central Bank Reform Bill 2010. Section 35 of the Credit Union Act 1997 imposes limits on credit unions in relation to longer-term lending. The restrictions contained in Section 35 are an important asset and...