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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Repossessions (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank started collecting and publishing Mortgage Arrears and Repossession statistics in September 2009 and so it is only possible to provide the figures for repossessions by financial institutions from Q4 2009 onwards.  I have attached a table with the figures requested by the Deputy.  More generally, the latest Residential Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions...

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

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by The Revenue Commissioners that the VAT rating of goods and services is subject to EU VAT law, with which Irish VAT law must comply. In accordance with the EU VAT Directive, the supply of the rental of a disability aid is considered to be a service of hiring and is liable to VAT at the standard rate, currently 23%. The VAT Directive provides for particular categories of goods...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Abolition (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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: .

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The estimates of fiscal space at the time, as shown in Table 4 of the Summer Economic Statement 2017, include annual contributions of €0.5 billion to the rainy day fund for 2019 - 2021.  These are in row d. These estimates of fiscal space will be updated in the Summer Economic Statement 2018, following the publication of the European Commission's Spring forecasts, when we will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Regulations (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Officials in the Department of Finance have referred the Deputy's question to the banks and have received the following responses: AIB: The Mortgage Credit Directive on FX loans states that where a customer is dependent on non-euro income or assets to repay their mortgage, if the rate of exchange deviates by more than 20% from the exchange rate at the time the customer applied for their...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budget Contribution (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, the European Commission is yet to publish its proposal on the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), which is due to be released in early May. Once the proposal has been published, officials from across all Departments will study it in-detail to assess its implications for Ireland. The MFF will then be subject to intense negotiations over...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the refund of tax due to the individual concerned has been paid to their bank account on 4 April.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 217, 229, 239 and 254 together. Firstly, I wish to make clear that decisions on the Central Bank's print works and the fulfilment of its Eurosystem obligations for provision of its quota of banknotes are a matter for the Central Bank, which is statutorily independent under national legislation and EU treaties. I am advised by the Central Bank that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Applications (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that relief under the Home Renovation Incentive (HRI) scheme is applied in equal amounts (50%) over the two tax years following the year in which the expenditure is incurred. Revenue has advised me that the person in question claimed relief under the HRI scheme on 2 January 2018 in respect of expenditure incurred in 2017. The maximum relief due to the person is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The One-Parent Family Tax Credit (OPFTC) was replaced by the SPCCC from 1 January 2014. It is essential to review all tax reliefs, credits and incentives in order to ensure that they are properly targeted and if necessary re-focused in order that they can achieve the socio-economic objectives that are set for them within a system of finite fiscal resources. A provision that allowed, under...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that it cannot quantify or refund any tax until all outstanding returns are filed. In regard to the specific case to which the Deputy is referring, Revenue has requested the person in question to file their outstanding returns on a number of occasions but to date they have failed to do so. Once the person files the returns Revenue will...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The move towards a system of individualisation commenced in 1999, and is now integral to the overall income tax system. When first announced, the stated purposes of individualisation were to ease the burden on single persons which accounted for 65% of the work force, to take workers on the average industrial wage out of the higher rate of tax and more generally to facilitate a reduction in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) holds the AIB and Bank of Ireland shares on behalf of the State. Dividend payments are therefore made to the ISIF. Dividend payments from Permanent tsb would be made direct to the Exchequer. Regarding proceeds from dividends, these are typically recorded as property income in the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010) framework and not as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware in 2017 AIB paid a dividend of €250m to the State in respect of the financial year 2016. As part of its recent annual results for 2017 the bank proposed a dividend of €326m of which the State will receive €231m (71%) if approved by shareholders at the forthcoming AGM on 25 April 2018. In the case of Bank of Ireland the bank has proposed a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224 and 225 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consultancy Contracts Data (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy for 2015, 2016, and Quarters 1 through 3 of 2017 are contained in documents that are already published on my Department’s website. The information requested for Q4 2017 is contained in the following table. The nature of my Department's work is such that, from time to time, reliance on specialist advice is the optimal route. In using such...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Data (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the details as regards consultants and information technology external resources contracted to undertake IT related work is as follows: Companies working on projects in each of the years 2015 to 2017 2015 2016 2017 Vendor Vendor Vendor Accenture Accenture Accenture Deloitte Deloitte Deloitte Eir eCom Eir Ergo Eir Ergo Fujitsu Ergo Fujitsu SQS Fujitsu...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, Revenue is precluded by virtue of the provisions of section 851A of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 from providing public comment on the tax affairs of both individuals and other entities, such as corporates. As a result, Revenue is, on occasion, prevented from providing a detailed breakdown of data which would facilitate the identification, with a degree of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, the calculation of fiscal space decouples expenditure growth from revenue developments. Fiscal space represents the additional capacity arising from the permitted expenditure growth rate that is available for expenditure increases and/or tax reductions.  Fiscal space may be increased through the introduction of discretionary revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the Central Bank that the position remains that it is committed to disposing of the floating rate notes acquired as part of the IBRC liquidation as soon as possible, provided financial stability conditions permit. As the Deputy is aware the Bank is statutorily independent therefore decisions around sales are a matter for the Bank itself.