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Economic Issues: Motion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I congratulate Deputy Noonan on his appointment as the principal Opposition spokesperson on finance. I cannot wish him well in the political sense but I congratulate him on his appointment and I look forward to engaging with him because I am conscious he has always been a champion of the tradition of robust debate in the House, which is, I believe, a good tradition. The Members may wish to...

Economic Issues: Motion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Discussion on the creation of jobs without addressing the more difficult and less popular issues of competitiveness and fiscal stability is simply vacuous. Businesses will not prosper unless we win market share for our goods and services. However, every measure we have taken to regain our competitiveness during the past two years has been opposed tooth and nail on the floor of the House....

Economic Issues: Motion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: There is no iceberg.

Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 108 and 126 together. The Government is committed to the ongoing training, upskilling and development of the staff of the Public Service to ensure that the changes envisaged not only by the Croke Park Agreement but also the Transforming Public Service agenda are implemented. This commitment is part of its long term policy of supporting the development of all...

Written Answers — Illicit Trade in Tobacco: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners, who are responsible for the collection of tobacco products tax and tackling the illicit trade in cigarettes and tobacco products, that procedures are in place to confront the problem of illegal selling of tobacco products in street markets. There is close co-operation with An Garda Síochána and multi-agency operations are mounted where...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Deputy's respondent seems to be asking how many of the recommendations in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes have been acted upon and how many of these recommendations were originated by the Special Group. The answer is that all of the recommendations originate from the exercise conducted by the Special Group although many would, in the...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have been informed by the Revenue Commissioners that a refund of the Income Levy in the amount of €599.69 issued for payment to the bank account of the applicant on 3 June 2010.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The amount paid by my Department in respect of carbon offsets for commercial flights undertaken for official travel by both the Minister for Finance and Minister of State at the Department of Finance for the period 14 June 2007 to 31 December 2009 are set out in the table. Period Ministerial Travel total spend on carbon offsets Minister of States Travel total spend on carbon offsets 14...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The costs of flights for staff headquartered in my Department's decentralised office in Tullamore in connection with events or meetings in Brussels, and which were charged to the Vote in the years in question, were as follows: Year 2008 2009 2010 (to date) € 1,855.51 355.72 105.66 Other travel and subsistence costs in respect of travel to events or meetings in Dublin and Brussels, which...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The below table sets out the total spend by my Department on public advertisements in national and local print media, radio and television for 2009 and to date in 2010. Year Amount 2009 â'¬56,734.90 2010 (to date) â'¬10,114.00

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy is aware arrangements in relation to exceptional liquidity assistance (ELA) are generally between the Central Bank and financial institutions concerned. However, the Central Bank has informed me that similar to other central banks, the Central Bank of Ireland can supply ELA to institutions when that is judged necessary. This facility is not part of regular monetary policy...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The NAMA business plan is a matter for the Board of NAMA. It was published by NAMA yesterday, 06 July 2010, on the NAMA website. I laid copies of the report before both Houses of the Oireachtas and arranged for copies to be sent to each Deputy and Senator.

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The first quarterly report was laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas and published yesterday, 06 July 2010.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Chief Boundary Surveyor is a statutory officer appointed by the Minister for Finance pursuant to Section 1 of the, Boundary Survey (Ireland) Act, 1854. The office is combined with, though subsidiary to, that of Commissioner of Valuation. The level of remuneration paid to the occupier of the combined offices is equivalent to that of Assistant Secretary in the Civil Service. The...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Income tax receipts were 13,177 million euro in 2008 and 11,835 million euro in 2009. The forecast for 2010 is income tax receipts of 11,530 million euro. I understand from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government that the Local Government sector was responsible for a total current expenditure of some 5.1 billion euro in 2008. Local authorities receive current...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Total tax receipts were 40,777 million euro in 2008 and 33,043 million euro in 2009. The forecast for 2010 is total tax receipts of 31,050 million euro. I understand from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government that the Local Government sector was responsible for a total current expenditure of some 5.1 billion euro in 2008. Local authorities receive current funding...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: In accordance with the relevant EU Directive the overall excise duty on cigarettes is made up of a specific (fixed) element and an ad valorem element. Based on the information already available to my Department, and that supplied by the Deputy, Sweden have put forward proposals to move its excise duty on cigarettes from being one based mainly on the ad valorem element to one based mainly on...

Written Answers — Illicit Trade in Tobacco: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 123 and 124 together. I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners, who are responsible for the collection of tobacco products tax and tackling the illicit trade in cigarettes and tobacco products, that they are concerned at the level of cigarette smuggling and the illicit trade in cigarettes. It has to be acknowledged that tobacco taxes in Ireland are...

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Iarnród Éireann is a commercial state body within the ambit of my colleague the Minister for Transport, with whom I will take up this matter. I am concerned to facilitate SMEs tendering for public sector contracts and this must be balanced against the costs of running the tendering competition. I will contact the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: An allocation of €335,000 has been made in respect of my Department for the purpose of staff training and there has been no reduction in this allocation. The total amount spent from this allocation up to the end of June 2010 is €86,500 or 26% of the overall budget. Greater expenditure is normally profiled from the training budget arising from the operation of the refund of fees scheme...