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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Staff (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In September 2018, the Government granted approval in principle for the phased recruitment of an additional 600 Revenue staff to meet the challenges posed by Brexit.  Budget 2019 provided Revenue with the funding needed for 270 of the additional 600 staff to be recruited during 2019 to manage an orderly UK withdrawal. Following the Government decision to give greater priority to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I will draw the Deputy's attention to the contents of a document (details supplied).

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Banking (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will appreciate that Government Departments and Offices in discharging their legal roles and responsibilities operate bank accounts with commercial banks to facilitate payments and receipts generated in the normal course of their activities. Such accounts are "public bank accounts" under Section 18 of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act, 1866 on the basis that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Banking (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The schedule attached to this reply sets out the details of public bank accounts for Irish Prison Service in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019 sanctioned by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform since its establishment in July 2011. As can be seen from the schedule attached to this reply and reflecting the administrative structures in place in the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: There are no plans currently to carry out either geophysical or archaeological examinations at Kilmainham Gaol in respect of the Invincibles' burial place.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: A notification was issued to all Personnel Officers/HR managers in December 2014 advising them that current applications were being put on hold and that further applications for transfer of service under the Public Service Transfer Service and the IASS were not being accepted pending further details from the IASS. A formal notification was not issued to Personnel Officers/HR Managers in June 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I have set out in the following table details of the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content by means of sidebar, above the line and pop website ads in 2018 and to date in 2019. Amount Spent on Social Media Year Campaign Platform Cost  2018 IGEES AP Recruitment  Competition  Facebook and LinkedIn (Pop Website Ads) €553.50...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The details requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table.To date in 2019, there has been no such expenditure. Year Company Amount Spent 2018 Mindshare Media Ireland Ltd. for MyGovID awareness campaign €76,948.91

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: An Office of Public Works (OPW) senior Property Manager has arranged to visit the site referred to by the Deputy during the second week of March.  Once the site visit is complete a decision will be made on the application to remove the burden.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Securitisation is a process by which a financial institution, through the creation of a security, assigns the benefits of its financial assets, such as its mortgage loans, to investors in return for a capital payment by investors.  As such it is a process which can be utilised by institutions for their liquidity, funding, capital or other commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As per Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 28 February 2019, a voluntary payment (such as a staff tip) which is not included in the bill is outside the scope of VAT.   Where a restaurant, hotel, etc. presents a bill for a meal or any other service, all charges included are liable to VAT. This includes an amount or percentage in respect of a service charge regardless of whether...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am aware of the difference between the total taxation that arises in relation to self-employed and PAYE workers and the fact that this difference is due largely to the impact of Employer PRSI.  The example in the ESRI report referred to by the Deputy shows the amount of income tax, USC and PRSI associated with a self-employed person and a PAYE employee, both with annual income of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Book Sales (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: At the time of announcing Project Glenbeigh, PTSB confirmed that within six months the loans would transfer to Pepper Ireland who will then hold legal title to the loans. In addition, Pepper will act as servicer and administrator handling all of the day-to-day management of these loans. Representatives of Pepper, including the CEO, appeared at the debate of the Joint Committee on Finance,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Amusement Machine Licences (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: It is assumed that the Deputy is referring to ‘Amusement Machine Permits’ rather than ‘Amusement Premises Licenses’. I am advised by Revenue that amusement machine operators must hold an ‘Amusement Machine Permit’ as well as an ‘Amusement Machine License’ in respect of each amusement machine. The ‘Amusement Machine License’...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Company Liquidations (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Special Liquidators that the information requested is commercially sensitive and that disclosure could have a detrimental impact on the Bank's ability to maximise loan recoveries. However,  I am further advised that the value of assets now under the control of the Special Liquidators in these jurisdictions greatly exceed the costs incurred in recovering them. As...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Commencement of Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018 was commenced in full on 28 January 2018 under the Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 2 of 2019).  The Deputy will be aware that the Act also provided for amendments to sections 8 and 14 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 and this section has also been...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 81 and 82 together. I am advised by the Central Bank of Ireland that it has authorised 47 debt management firms. A “debt management firm” is defined in Part V of the Central Bank Act 1997 (as amended), and means “a person who for remuneration provides debt management services to one or more consumers, other than an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: There are no public works contracts, managed by the Office of Public Works since 2014, whose final cost has been subject to a confidentiality clause. The standard public works contracts include a general Confidentiality clause which requires the Employer to keep confidential the Contractor’s rates and prices and any other documents provided under the contract which has been notified by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Business, Enterprise & Innovation and its agencies have been working closely with the European Commission including DG Competition since November 2017 through the Irish/EU Technical Working Group on State Aid.  Through the mechanism of the Technical Working Group Ireland has fully utilised the provisions of the State aid framework to enable...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 Administration (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department publishes a major capital projects tracker on the website of the Department, which sets out details of the key projects and programmes being implemented under the NDP. The tracker currently focuses on projects and programmes with a value of greater than €20 million.  Therefore, while it does not provide an exhaustive list of all capital expenditure, the list of...