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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (20 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The most recently available statistics on interest rates charged on new mortgage business in the euro area are detailed in the table. These statistics are harmonised across the euro area, and relate to euro-denominated lending to euro area residents, broken by broad interest rate type; variable and fixed. There is no breakdown available for property type. Therefore, the table relates to rates...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (20 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The VAT implications for Irish traders of the UK’s departure from the EU will depend on the terms of any EU – UK Agreement concerning the relationship between the EU and the UK, including during any transition period. In the event that traders importing goods from the UK are required to make a customs declaration on importation then VAT will become payable at that time together...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that a proprietary director is a director of a company who is the beneficial owner of, or is able either directly or indirectly to control, more than 15% of the ordinary share capital of the company.  As an office holder, a director is taxable on his or her directorship income under Schedule E and is subject to deductions under the PAYE system.  A...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (20 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The remuneration of employees, including casual workers, is chargeable to tax under ‘Schedule E’ and is subject to deduction at source under the Pay as You Earn (PAYE) system, which employers are legally obliged to operate in accordance with Chapter 4 Part 42 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. I am advised by Revenue that because casual workers are subject to the PAYE tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Meetings (20 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: There is ongoing engagement, including formal meetings, between relevant officials at grades ranging from Assistant Principal Officer to Assistant Secretary in the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners with relevant officials in DG Competition on State aid matters of mutual interest across the entire Department.   The Deputy will appreciate that any such...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Properties (20 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, my Department manages and controls the shared accommodation needs of both the Department of Finance and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of Departmental staff occupying accommodation within the State’s buildings portfolio.  My Department is not involved in any direct rental of buildings occupied by staff....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination (20 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank has advised that it is not in a position to comment on lender specific supervisory information due to confidentiality requirements under Central Bank legislation. However, in a more general way the Central Bank advises that its Tracker Examination Framework requires all lenders to identify all impacted mortgage customers and to address customer...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Card (20 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Services Card (PSC), and its online counterpart MyGovID, is the Government’s standard personal identity verification scheme, and it is core to delivering valuable public services to the people who need them in a secure and efficient manner.  The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection is the lead implementation body for the production of the Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Recruitment (20 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I would direct the Deputy to my answer to PQ 52475/17 of 6th December 2017. "The Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC) operates in an independent manner and strictly on the basis of open competition and merit. TLAC is responsible for determining its own procedures and remit, subject to Government decisions as appropriate. All TLAC interviews are conducted by sub-panels of the Top...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 53517/2017 on 14 December 2017. The legislation is on the list of priority legislation for publication in the Spring/Summer Session 2018. 

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (20 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my answer to PQ Ref: 2339/18 on the 18th January 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (20 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: On 16 February last, the Government launched the National Development Plan (NDP) 2018 - 2027 following a special Cabinet meeting at the Institute of Technology in Sligo.  The NDP comprises an investment programme of €116 billion, of which €91 billion relates to Exchequer capital investment and the balance of €25 billion is State-backed investment...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (20 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: There is no general pay review for public servants underway. The Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA) was agreed last year for the period 2018 to 2020. The PSSA however does provide for a more comprehensive examination, by the Public Service Pay Commission, of underlying difficulties in recruitment and retention in sectors and employment streams of the public service...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (15 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As you may be aware, the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme provides relief from VAT and VRT on the purchase of an adapted car for transport of a person with specific severe and permanent physical disabilities, payment of a fuel grant, and an exemption from Motor Tax. To qualify for the Scheme an applicant must be in possession of a Primary Medical Certificate....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (15 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Home Carer's Allowance (as it was then) was introduced in Finance Act 2000, in the context of a move to the partial individualisation of the income tax system.  Such a system limits the transferability of tax bands and credits between jointly assessed spouses/civil partners, with the stated economic objectives of increasing labour force participation among secondary earners and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties (15 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: A differential in the rate of excise applied to petrol and that applied to diesel exists due to diesel being the traditional fuel of business. Commercial vehicles such as heavy goods vehicles had no economically viable alternative and the reduced excise rate on diesel was applied in recognition of this and the role of transport in the wider economy where added...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Communications (15 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy, I can confirm that a normal local landline phone number is provided along with an 1890 phone number for my Department, and that these numbers are available on the www.finance.gov.ie website. As regards the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, I am informed by Revenue that the 1890 LoCall telephone service (which has been available for a number of years) is the best...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (15 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that 161 companies, who have notified Revenue that they are qualifying companies for the purposes of section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA), have not filed financial statements along with their corporate tax returns for 2016. Revenue is, in accordance with its normal compliance management activities, following up on this aspect of non-compliance,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100 and 101 together. Based on 2017 alcohol receipts and applying a simple straight line calculation the following table provides an estimate of the impact on the Exchequer in the event that alcohol consumption fell by 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% respectively. Total excise receipts (€ million) Total Reduction (€ million) Total excise receipts for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Appeals Commission (15 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Tax Appeals Commission (TAC) is an independent statutory body tasked with managing appeals in relation to the adjudication of tax disputes. The Commission was established on 21 March 2016 following the commencement of the Finance (Tax Appeals) Act 2015. The following table outlines the number of cases heard from September, 2017 to January, 2018, by tax type and the number of cases heard...