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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Meetings (8 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As you may be aware meetings between the management and union side interests to the Community Sector Forum took place on 24 February 2017, 7 April 2017 and 23 November 2017.  It remains the position that the minutes of these meetings await formal approval by the parties to the Forum and will on such approval be publicly available on my Department's website.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Licence Sale (8 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: One of the objectives relating to the sale of the National Lottery licence for a 20 year period was to generate significant up-front proceeds for the State. Proceeds of €405m were used to fund a range of expenditure projects and served to reduce the need for any further tax increases at that time.   Equality of treatment of bidders was a core principal of the competitive...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (8 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 262 answered on 16 January 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (8 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) has overall policy responsibility for the European Structural and Investment Funds. In addition,  DPER has administrative responsibility for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The information in relation to the ERDF which was requested by the Deputy is set out below. In relation to the other funds listed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Wards of Court (8 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I do not accept that the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 28 February 2018 and the advice received by the Public Accounts Committee in 2001 are in conflict. My reply of 28 February is that it is constitutionally impermissible to proceed with a PAC recommendation to legislate to give the Comptroller and Auditor General oversight in respect of wardship funds, which are...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (8 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question no. 54985/17 answered on 16 January 2018

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (8 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In respect of the Parliamentary Question filed by the Deputy, please find below the relevant information in tabular format relative to the Press Office of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: 2015 Number of Staff 3 Staff Grade 1 Assistant Principal 1 Executive Officer 1 Clerical Officer Date New Position came into existence N/A. Pre 2015. N/A. Pre 2015. N/A. Pre 2015. 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Recruitment (8 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has no panel in place for Head of Communications or a similar role nor are there any plans to make such an appointment.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: EU Funding (8 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) has overall policy responsibility for the European Structural and Investment Funds. In addition,  DPER has administrative responsibility for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The information in relation to the ERDF which was requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. In relation to the other funds listed...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Deputy McGrath for the work he has put into preparing the Bill. Before I get into the details of the Bill I wish to give what is a hugely important issue some further context if time allows me to do so. I wish to do so by acknowledging why people have fears about this matter. I recognise their concerns and I am acting in the best way possible that I can to respond to the concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank has authorised 9 credit servicing firms since the enactment of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015, with a further 2 firms still availing of the relevant transitional provisions provided for by virtue of the legislation.  Details of these firms are available on the Register of Authorised Credit Servicing Firms on the Central Bank...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand this question to relate to the prohibition on surcharging - the practice where a merchant charges an extra fee for receiving a payment made using a payment card - contained in Article 62 of the revised EU Payment Services Directive (PSD2). That Article provides that a payee shall not request charges for the use of a payment instrument for which interchange fees are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 51 and 52 together. I am informed by Revenue that the following persons may be entitled to a repayment of life assurance exit tax - - a permanently incapacitated individual who is exempt from income tax under section 189 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (“TCA 1997”) in respect of income arising from the investment of compensation...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fitness and Probity Regime (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the Central Bank of Ireland that the 2018 disqualification from performing senior management roles in regulated firms, under the Fitness & Probity regime, relates to Mr Michael Walsh. Mr Walsh admitted participation as a non-executive director in certain prescribed contraventions of financial services law by Irish Nationwide Building Society during the period from 1...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am conscious of the difficulties that the absence or withdrawal of flood insurance cover can cause to homeowners and businesses, and that is one of the reasons the Government has been prioritising investment in flood defences over the last number of years.  However, you should be aware that the provision of insurance is a commercial matter for insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 55 and 56 together. I am advised by Revenue that the number of donors and the Exchequer cost of donations to Approved Bodies for the years 2010 to 2015 (the latest year for which data is available), are published in the ‘Cost of Tax Expenditures’ table which is available on Revenue’s website at: . A summary of the information is set...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The measure to allow a farmer to claim relief from stamp duty where he or she sells and purchases land for the purposes of consolidating an existing farm holding has been introduced, subject to a commencement order after a full consideration of any administrative or EU state-aid requirements. For the relief to operate, there must be both a sale and a purchase of land within a period...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Abolition (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In October 2016 my Department published a report on Tax Expenditures which included a review of the appropriate treatment for tax purposes of trade union subscriptions and professional body fees. The review found that a scheme of tax reliefs for trade union subscriptions would fail to meet the evaluation threshold laid down by the Department’s Tax Expenditure Guidelines. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Details of the advertorial content commissioned by my Department and by the bodies under the aegis of my Department in the past 12 months are in the following table. Of the seventeen bodies under the aegis of my Department, I am informed that thirteen did not commission advertorial content in the period requested. It was not possible for one body to respond to this information request in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 61 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Irish Government is committed to the successful implementation of the current PEACE and INTERREG Programmes and to successor programmes post-2020.  I am pleased to be able to advise the House that this ambition is now reflected in the terms of the joint progress report on the Brexit negotiations that...