Results 161-180 of 1,153 for long speaker:Paschal Donohoe

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (9 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: ...for rent or purchase to meet demand rather than increasing tax revenues. However, before introducing such a tax it is important to have a sound understanding of the quantity, locations and characteristics of long term vacant properties, and the reasons why they are vacant. The recently enacted Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Act 2021 includes, at Section 39A, a requirement...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: ...will be a reasonably influential factor in how he or she allocates his or her time. There is a clear pattern as many of the consultants, until the progress demonstrated today, were waiting a very long time to sign these forms.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Exactly, it is a long-held principle that a person accused of a crime who ends up in criminal proceedings has rights. One of those rights is that one cannot previously have been required to share information that could be self-incriminating. In what I hope would be a rare event of this happening, we are amending the section to ensure that the commissioner would not be required to do...

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: ...will not reduce such a serious and complicated problem that will affect so many people to the level of political catcalls across the floor of the Seanad. I am conscious of what the Bill will do, of how long the problem has been going on and the difficulty it is creating for people. After years of other Governments examining the issue and lamenting the risk, we are trying to create a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (6 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: There has been no change to the application of VAT in respect of the provision of long term hire of a mobile home, which is subject to the standard rate of VAT, currently 23%. As announced in the Budget, the second reduced VAT rate of 9% will increase to 13.5% on certain goods and services, supplies of catering and restaurant services, tourist accommodation, hotel and other holiday...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: ...recent past. Growth rates between 2.5% and 3%, if sustained over time, would still have the ability to make a hugely positive impact on living standards within our economy and would be above the long-term average rate of growth in Ireland.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy. I understand that even in civil law, this is a standard constitutional right that exists. This is a long-standing constitutional privilege that individuals enjoy if they stand accused of a matter. As I said a moment ago, elsewhere in the legislation, particularly in terms of the conduct standards that are laid out, there will be ample opportunity for a regulator to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (8 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Doherty and others. I thank everyone for the way in which this business was conducted. There are differing views. We have been here since 9.30 a.m. yesterday and have worked our way through a long Bill. I have done my best to respond to the issues that have been raised. I thank all of the staff from Revenue and the Department of Finance and everyone else who has been involved.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy. Given the warning that he has issued to me about not speaking for too long, I will try to be quick. In response to the Deputy's first question, I just made the same point in different words. I apologise for two speeches being issued to the committee. I will ensure the same does not happen on budget day. On the Deputy's second point about the use of HAP and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Those categories are charitable bodies; charitable bodies or public bodies providing special needs accommodation; registered nursing homes; properties that have been vacated because of long-term mental or physical infirmity; the residence of a severely incapacitated person; properties that are fully chargeable to commercial rates; unfinished housing estates; properties where there has been...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Implementation (15 Oct 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: ...,000 households who are in receipt of the fuel allowance better off than before the increase in the carbon tax. This ensures that the most vulnerable in society are protected from the increased carbon tax. Alongside this I am providing increases to programmes that help to address the causes of fuel poverty. The Warmer Homes scheme provides free energy efficiency upgrades to households...

Public Transport Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: ...of law can be given to the protocol of 3 June 1999 for the modification of the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail of 9 May 1980. The purpose of the amendment is to expand the Long Title of the Bill to reflect the addition that was made to the scope of the Bill on Committee Stage.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Arts Funding (1 Oct 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: ...is committed to supporting the culture sector and has provided significant capital support for the enhancement and protection of cultural spaces under Project Ireland 2040, the Government's long-term strategy for investment in Ireland’s public infrastructure. Under this programme, the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was allocated almost €1.2 billion for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (21 Sep 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: ...purchase to meet demand rather than increasing tax revenues. However, before introducing such a tax it is of course important to have a sound understanding of the quantity, locations and characteristics of long term vacant properties, and the reasons why they are vacant. The recently enacted Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Act 2021 enables Revenue to collect certain limited...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...for the vast majority of public servants. What that query may refer to is the requirement that those in the pension scheme make greater contributions to their pensions in the future. That is a long-standing feature of the changes we made since the FEMPI legislation was brought in that I have no plans to change.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Programme (16 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, matching definitions for long-term financial service were used in both the Government legislation and the Sinn Féin legislation passed by the Oireachtas last year in relation to this Ombudsman. The Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 provides that ""long-term financial service" means—  (a) subject to paragraph (b), a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: ...that standard payment breaks continue to be part of the wide range of tailored solutions which are being made available to customers upon assessment of their situation. It is in the best long term interests of both the borrower and lender that engagement takes place in relation to a particular loan difficulty and that the most appropriate solution to the individual case is adopted as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: ...about whole-of-life insurance policies in the Seanad in February 2018 were mainly related to the ability of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) to investigate complaints in relating to long-term financial products within the original 6 year timeframe contained in Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017. Following the examination of this issue by my...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: ...in all this, from the time when someone first raised his or her hand to indicate there was an issue to the time when the issue was resolved. Can the Secretary General explain to members how long this took?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (5 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: ...of the Deputy's comments is that the reason the State was trying to build this hospital quickly was that this particular project had been the subject of much debate and discussion for a long time. One of the benefits of the PwC review that is under way is that it may offer further views and insights on this issue. However, the three reasons I have outlined to the committee are the...