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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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 62 and 63 together. The National Lottery was established under the National Lottery Act 1986 and continues in accordance with the National Lottery Act 2013. A competition for the award of the twenty year licence to operate the National Lottery took place between May and October 2013. On 27 February 2014 the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform granted...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 65 together. 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: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will appreciate, I have no direct responsibility for the pay arrangements for this cohort of workers who are not public servants.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will appreciate that it is not possible to report on the meeting in question having regard to the fact that, at the time of the actual finalisation of the reply to this written question, it has yet to take place.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: A senior-level Inter-Departmental / Agency Group was established last year to review Ireland's  experience of PPPs and to make recommendations on the future role of PPPs, in the context of the development of the new 10 year National Development Plan (NDP).   The work of the Review Group is now substantially complete and the key findings and recommendations of the PPP...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (6 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department or the bodies under its aegis have not commissioned advertorial content in the past 12 months.  It should be noted that the Office of Public Works will respond to the Deputy directly.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government believes that a banking system, which in the long run is owned by the private sector, is the best way to meet the needs that the Taoiseach described earlier. It will ensure we can provide loans to families and businesses, as well as ensuring deposits can earn a decent rate of interest. Crucially, it will make sure the kind of link which caused such a catastrophe in our...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I will conclude on this point. At the same time, we must avoid the greatest fears many have had for a while. In addition to the measures to which the Government is committed, I have also asked the Central Bank to give me an independent assessment of the code of conduct on mortgage arrears.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: We are aware of the responsibilities we have to our citizens. That is why we strengthened personal insolvency legislation over the past several years. That is why we set up the Abhaile organisation. We have put in place measures through, for example, the Central Bank, to ensure mortgage arrears are dealt with in the best way possible.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: While I am always aware of the concerns people have on how this issue is dealt with, we must recognise that several years ago this country faced a major crisis in mortgage arrears and non-performing loans. In all those areas, progress has been made. A framework is in place which tries to strike the fairest balance.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I will wait to see the Bill to which Deputy Mattie McGrath referred. The basic questions the proponents of the Bill must ask is where is the money to fund it going to come from and how can we ensure it is not at the expense of many existing arrangements which are serving our citizens well.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: 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. To qualify for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Funding (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Funding for the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General is provided through Vote 8.  The salary costs of the Comptroller and Auditor General are provided from the Central Fund.  Details of each of these funding mechanisms for each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018 are in the following table. Vote 8 – Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General Total...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Compensation Fund (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Setanta was placed into liquidation by the Malta Financial Services Authority on 30 April 2014. As it was a Maltese incorporated company, the liquidation is being carried out under Maltese law. The Deputy will be aware that under the Insurance Act 1964, as amended, monies may be paid out of the Insurance Compensation Fund (ICF), with the approval of the High Court, in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Meetings (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Press Office organises briefings for journalists upon request as part of its normal course of work to explain government business pertaining to the Department of Finance. In such cases, all media outlets are invited to send a representative.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Book Sales (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: At the outset I should emphasize at this stage that no loan has been sold yet and it won’t be known how many loans will be sold for a number of months, nor the composition of these loans. In addition, it is not known to whom the loans will be sold. However, I want and expect PTSB to be transparent with their customers when it comes to this sale process as it evolves. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (28 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In answering the Deputy’s question, it is useful if I start by giving some historic context. During the height of the financial crisis a key focus of the authorities was on stabilising and ultimately reducing mortgage arrears through the implementation of sustainable mortgage solutions that were agreed with borrowers. This led to the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI)...