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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (26 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I would refer the Deputy to my responses to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 16 January 2018, and Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 27 March 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Capital expenditure allocations by Ministerial Vote Group for the years 2018-2022 were published in Annex 1 of the National Development Plan (NDP). These ceilings were reflected in the 2019 Summer Economic Statement. Capital allocations for individual votes within these Vote Groups for 2019 will be published in Budget 2019. The €1.5 billion in additional capital...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Summer Economic Statement (26 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 to 135, inclusive, together. The Summer Economic Statement set out €2.6 billion in pre-committed expenditure for 2019. Of this, €1.1 billion relates to current expenditure on demographics, carryover costs of 2018 expenditure measures and the Public Service Stability Agreement. The remaining €1.5 billion relates to capital...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Capital expenditure allocations by Ministerial Vote Group for the years 2018-2022 were published in Annex 1 of the National Development Plan (NDP). As detailed in Annex 1, capital expenditure will increase by €1.5 billion between 2018 and 2019. These ceilings were reflected in the 2018 Summer Economic Statement. Details of the projects to be delivered by the totality of funding in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Details of the Gross Voted Capital Expenditure sought by the Deputy, in tabular form as requested, are as follows: 2019 Gross Voted Capital Allocation, as published in: € million Building on Recovery 2015 4,600 SES 2016 5,915 SES 2017 6,570 NDP 2018-2027 7,269No additional gross voted capital expenditure for 2019 was allocated in SES 2018.  Gross voted capital...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Net capital issues at the end of May 2018 amounted to €1,427m, which was €280m (16%) behind the profile of €1,707m.  It is expected that spending will be on target by the end of the year. Details of the major capital projects due to be delivered in 2018, and which are funded from this expenditure, are published in the Major Capital Projects Tracker on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Details of the Gross Voted Capital Expenditure allocated and spent in 2016 and 2017, in tablular form as sought by the Deputy, are as follows:  € million 2016 2017 Revised Estimates Volume Allocation 3,967 4,540 Outturn 4,213 4,536**Note: the 2017 outturn figure is provisional as appropriation account figures are not yet available. The primary reason for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Foireann Roinne (26 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Ag glacadh le cineál na bhfeidhmeanna agus na hoibre, níl leibhéal ard de theagmháil dhíreach ag mo Roinn le, agus ní sholáthríonn sí scéimeanna na seirbhísí go díreach do, daoine ón bpobal i gcoitinne. Soláthraíonn an Roinn seirbhísí go príomha trí Bhéarla, agus cuirtear...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Built Heritage Investment Scheme (26 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Following the announcement in April this year that a capital funding stream will be available to the Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht for National Monuments, the review of spending priorities within the National Monuments estate has begun with a view to determining which Monuments need to be addressed by the OPW and the extent to which funding support can be made available by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (26 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In reply to the Deputy’s question, I wish to inform him that no personnel in my Department have been removed from their position, transferred to another role or had their employment terminated in the past four years on the grounds listed. In its commitment to providing efficient and well managed services, my Department and the wider Civil Service require personnel to adhere to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (27 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The State pension, including an increase for a qualifying adult dependent, is chargeable to income tax. Where an individual is entitled to the State pension and such pension is increased by virtue of that individual having a qualifying adult dependant, it remains one pension for tax purposes. This position was not changed by Finance (No.2) Act 2013, which inserted Section 126(2B) into the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (27 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy is asking what impact an increase in exchequer capital expenditure – in addition to existing National Development Plan (NDP) commitments - of c. €1.2 billion, €0.96 billion and €1.02 billion would have on fiscal space in 2019-2021 respectively. Compared with the figures in Table 3 of the 2018 Summer Economic Statement, the increases would use fiscal...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (27 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the proactive role that the Alliance for Insurance Reform is taking in regard to the issue of the cost of insurance, particularly for businesses.  I can assure the Deputy that my Department and I are both very conscious of the impact that the volatility in insurance prices in the last few years has had on consumers and businesses and am well aware of the issues raised by the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Injury Claims (27 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Allegations of companies engaging in “claims harvesting” practices were brought up during the consultation process for the Cost of Insurance Working Group’s Report on the Cost of Employer and Public Liability Insurance.  The Working Group in turn put some of the points raised to the Law Society of Ireland.  The Law Society stated that it actively enforces...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (27 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Finance, I am responsible for the development of the legal framework governing financial regulation.  Neither I nor the Central Bank of Ireland can interfere in the provision or pricing of insurance products, as these matters are of a commercial nature, and are determined by insurance companies based on an assessment of the risks they are willing to accept.  This...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Summer Economic Statement (27 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The following is a breakdown of ‘pre-committed fiscal space for expenditure’ in Table 3 of the Summer Economic Statement: € billions 2019 2020 2021 Demographics 0.4 0.4 0.5 Public Service Stability Agreement 0.4 0.3 0.2 Carryover of Budget 2018 measures 0.3 0.0 0.0 Capital expenditure* 1.0 1.0 1.1 Pre-committed Expenditure 2.1 1.7 1.8 *This is the amount in fiscal...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Trade Union Membership (27 Jun 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 Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (27 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to clarify for the Deputy that ‘claims management companies’ are not a specific authorisation category for Central Bank of Ireland Regulated Financial Service Providers (RFSPs). Activities such as ‘loss assessing’ and ‘claims handling’ on behalf of a policyholder are considered to be regulated activities under the European...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Electric Vehicles (27 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The question raised by the Deputy is a matter for response by the Office of Public Works. The OPW have prepared a co-ordinated reply.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (27 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My department does not have a role in Public Sector transfers. Public Servants are employed under different legislative provisions and terms and conditions to Civil Servants. A Public Servant may apply for positions through an open recruitment competition for the Civil Service. You will be aware that my department are currently developing a Civil Service Mobility scheme. This is one...