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

Paschal Donohoe: A number of entrances and gates to the Phoenix Park were removed using the Measured Term Maintenance Contract. The removal was considered necessary in the interest of public health and safety considerations due to the Papal visit to the Phoenix Park. The circumstances of this work were exceptional and urgent. The Measured Term Maintenance Contract provided the most appropriate solution in...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The Measured Term Maintenance Contract was awarded following a competitive tendering process in line with procurement legislation. The contract provides for the delivery of building fabric maintenance and minor works. The pricing document includes rates for a wide variety of works.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2019 (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104, 111 and 113 to 115, inclusive, together. Table 8 found on page 17 of the Economic & Fiscal outlook of Budget 2019sets out the fiscal forecast for 2018-2023. It is presented in the same format as the Exchequer Statement included in the monthly Fiscal Monitor published by my Department. This facilitates a comparison of the end-year outturns against...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My predecessor as Minister for Finance met with representatives from Enet in the Department of Finance on Wednesday 14 December 2016. The meeting was at the request of Enet as a business based in his constituency. The meeting was also attended by officials from the Department. The reasons Enet gave for the meeting was to brief the then Minister on the following issues: - significant...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Finance Act 2000 introduced the gross roll-up taxation regime for investments in certain investment undertakings and life assurance policies. The gross roll-up regime provides for a single level of taxation on investment products. Under the gross roll-up regime, there is no annual tax on income or gains arising within the investment. Instead, tax applies at an investor level upon the investor...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Data (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: At the outset, the Deputy should note that the decision to publish data on liability Irish risk insurance business is an operational matter for the Central Bank of Ireland, and I in my role as Minister for Finance have no influence over it. Notwithstanding this, my officials have had some engagement with the Central Bank on this matter. In response, the Bank has indicated that with the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Statistics Office Reports (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Increasing the availability of data in relation to Employer and Public Liability Insurance is a matter which was discussed by the Cost of Insurance Working Group and its Report on the Cost of Employer and Public Liability Insurance(2018) recommends a number of actions to improve transparency in this area. Among these, Recommendation 1 requires the Central Statistics Office to consider the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The focus of the National Claims Information Database in the first instance will be on private motor insurance claims. However, I recognise that there is a view from some stakeholders that it would be desirable to expand the scope of the database to other lines of business. For this reason, the Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018 has been drafted in such a way as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Liability Insurance (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Increasing the availability of data in relation to Employer and Public Liability Insurance is a matter which was discussed by the Cost of Insurance Working Group and its Report on the Cost of Employer and Public Liability Insurance(2018) recommends a number of actions to improve transparency in this area. Among these, recommendation 4 tasks the Department of Finance, through the data...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Expenditure (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The breakdown of the difference between the Exchequer balance and general government balance is shown in Annex 3, Table A1 in the Budget 2019 Economic and Fiscal Outlook publication. The table shows how the balance of -€315 million was arrived at in 2018 and a breakdown for all years 2017 – 2023. The Central Statistics Office is responsible for defining the general...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am very familiar with the situation at Portrane and I have visited the area. Fingal County Council is leading on this issue, as it is a matter for local authorities in the first instance to assess and address problems of coastal erosion in their areas. In response to serious coastal erosion problems at The Burrow, Portrane, Fingal County Council is implementing interim emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Glashaboy Flood Relief Scheme has been submitted by the Office of Public Works to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for formal Confirmation under the Arterial Drainage Acts. The approval process can take up to six months, as the Minister is required to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and, in this regard, will procure independent specialists to review the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Meetings (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I have not had any meetings with the people in question. The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, which is a Division of my Department, has met the company on eight occasions during that time to discuss network operational issues. This was because OGCIO is responsible for Government Networks and enet is one of the contractors for the delivery of same. OGCIO routinely meet...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Crossmolina Flood Relief Scheme Public Exhibition was held from the 21st May 2018 until 22nd June 2018, in line with the requirements set out in the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 and 1995. The project team is currently preparing responses to the observations received from the various Government Departments and the general public, which were received throughout the Public Exhibition. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform databank, , sets out appropriations-in-aid for each Vote analysed between, non-pay, pay, pensions, and capital. Appropriations-in-aid are Departmental receipts which, as set out in Public Financial Procedures, need not be paid directly into the Exchequer, but which may be retained to defray the expenses of the Vote to which they refer. These...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Government Expenditure (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Following the change in the budgetary timetable introduced in 2013, each December the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services (REV) sets out gross and net voted expenditure allocations for each Vote for the following year. A key responsibility of each Government Minister and their Department is to manage the delivery of public services within these voted allocations. Throughout the...

Finance Bill 2018: Order for Second Stage (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Two weeks ago I made my Budget Statement in the House. I noted that a decade had passed since the financial crisis. In a dynamic and ever-changing global environment, the Irish economy continues to strengthen and grow. A record number of our citizens have jobs. Our public finances are balanced. We have made progress and the darkest...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Bodies (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed that none of the bodies under the aegis of my Department have an involvement in or have representatives attending Saudi Arabia’s Future Investment Initiative. Regarding State-backed banks, my Department does not hold the information that the Deputy is requesting. However, officials from my Department have contacted the banks in question and have received the following...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As indicated in my budget speech, there has been no change to the application of the 9% VAT rate in respect of the provision of facilities for taking part in sporting activities including golf or physical education activities. Therefore, the VAT treatment of visitor fees and membership fees has not changed.