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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Status (16 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the maintenance of Boyne catchment drainage schemes completed under the Arterial Drainage Acts of 1945. The Borora River referred to by the deputy forms part of the Boyne Arterial Drainage Scheme. Maintenance works are scheduled on this river in 2020. If there are specific issues of maintenance to be addressed, the local community should...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Legislation (16 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Per section 43(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) is independent. I am therefore not entitled to comment on the manner in which the OIC has exercised its functions in any particular set of circumstances. Section 52 of the 2014 Act creates a criminal offence in relation to the deliberate destruction or alteration of records with an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Legislation (16 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Freedom of Information Act 2014 provides that a formal decision by the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) is conclusive and binding on all parties concerned, including the public body, the requester, as well as any third parties. The OIC is independent in the performance of its functions, and has extensive powers to make necessary inquiries and obtain copies of records for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Status (16 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the maintenance of Arterial Drainage Schemes and catchment drainage schemes designated under the Arterial Drainage Acts of 1945 and 1995. A two kilometre stretch of the river, referred to by the deputy, forms part of the Duleek (Nanny) Arterial Drainage Scheme for which the OPW has maintenance responsibility. In 2017 the OPW carried out...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Decentralisation Programme Data (16 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware the Government announced on 17 November, 2011 that the Decentralisation Programme which was introduced in 2003 should not be continued in the light of the budgetary and staffing outlook. Initial costings of the Decentralisation Programme estimated at a gross cost of approximately €900m in respect of procuring sites and office accommodation for the Programme....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Money Laundering (16 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: A Framework Agreement for the provision of Government Banking Services was established in June 2018 following a competitive tendering process. The successful tenderer has published a report on its internal investigation into money laundering at one of its operations. Remaining cognisant of the responsibility to conduct business in line with applicable laws, rules and regulations, my officials...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (16 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Commissioners of Public Works continues to work with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to see if the building can be reconfigured to free up enough space to meet the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection’s full requirement for Enniscorthy.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Customs and Excise Controls (16 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: This project is currently being examined in the wider context of the requirements from all State agencies operating in Rosslare Europort.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Measures (16 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Table 7 on page 43 of Expenditure Report 2019 provides an estimate of €311 million in respect of the full-year impact of certain Budget 2019 current expenditure measures in the areas of Social Protection, Education, Health, Housing and Justice. These costs are also set out in the following table. Additional Impact in 2020 (€m) Employment Affairs and Social Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (16 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Under Section 28(2) of the State Property Act, 1954, land vested in or held in trust for a body corporate immediately prior to its dissolution, (other than land held by such body in trust for another person) becomes property of the State in the person of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The interest acquired by the Minister is described as a defeasible interest as it may be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank of Ireland has overall responsibility for the protection of financial stability in Ireland and in that context it introduced, in 2015, certain restrictions on residential mortgage lending by regulated financial institutions. The Central Bank has advised that these mortgage measures are now in place as a permanent feature of the market and are operating in line with their...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Defibrillators, other than implantable defibrillators, are liable to VAT at the standard rate, which in Ireland is 23%. Parts or accessories are also liable to VAT at the standard rate. There is no provision under existing VAT law that would make it possible to apply a reduced rate or zero rate to the supply of such products. Under the EU VAT Directive, Member States may retain the zero rate...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Staff (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that it will require an additional 600 staff as a result of Brexit, based on a scenario of a transition period to the end of 2020 and a future trade agreement. These posts will be filled by internal, interdepartmental and open recruitment and a recruitment campaign has started with a view to having 200 officers trained and in place before 29 March 2019. As part of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Garages are not committing an offence simply by charging a higher price than competitors. However, all garages must operate within the bounds of consumer protection and competition law in relation to their pricing policies and practices. I have no function in this area. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the statutory independent body responsible for the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As referenced at the Central Bank’s recent attendance at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, it is the Central Bank's goal to produce a report on the Tracker Mortgage Examination by the end of the year. The Central Bank advises that work is ongoing to progress the Examination to its conclusion, and a date for publication of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Overseas Development Aid (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy is presumably referring to Budget 2018 (as published in October 2017), within which, money was approved by the Oireachtas and drawn down as appropriate during the following year by the relevant Vote. For Budget 2018, the Government announced a total allocation of €707 million to Official Development Assistance (ODA). Just over €500 million is being managed by The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Funding (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department funds the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal, an independent body set up to review decisions where an individuals application for the Primary Medical Certificate is unsuccessful at local HSE level. Payments to fund this Board are made to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, a Catholic voluntary publicly funded hospital under the care of the Sisters of Mercy and jointly...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Funding (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has not providing any funding to such organisations or persons since it was established in 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Flood Risk Management (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group was established in early 2016 by the Government to enhance ongoing co-operation of all State agencies involved with the River Shannon and to add value to the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The Group took a decision in October 2016 to trial the lowering of the lake levels on Lough Allen,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Office of Public Works Projects (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works does not use the Measured Term Maintenance Contract for undertaking works outside the Dublin and city area and engaging in projects beyond the limit of €500,000 on a continued and repeated basis. However, the Measured Term Maintenance Contract has been used outside of the OPW Dublin Regional Maintenance Area on one occasion. In a relatively small number of...