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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration (21 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Motor homes are classed as Category B vehicles and therefore are subject to a rate of VRT of 13.3% of their Open Market Selling Price (OMSP). This compares to Category A (passenger) vehicles which are charged at rates between 14% and 36% of their OMSP depending on the level of CO2 they emit. Motor homes also receive preferential treatment vis-à-vis Category A vehicles in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (21 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Revenue has advised me that the Local Property Tax (LPT) ‘unfinished housing estate’ exemption is only available for properties that are located within a housing estate, or part of an estate,  that was prescribed as ‘unfinished’, by the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in Statutory Instrument (SI) No. 91 of 2013. Before...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budgets (21 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: EU Budget payments and public sector receipt data are published annually by the Department of Finance in the Budget Statistics publication. The Budget Statistics, which go back to 1973, can be found on the Department of Finance website. For ease of reference, Ireland's receipts from and contributions to the EU Budget are set out in the following table: Year Public Receipts from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Yield (21 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that estimates are not available of the VAT foregone by online retailers from outside the EU that sell online through internet trading platform companies. Ireland is discussing these issues bi-laterally with a number of Member States and also centrally at EU level at European Council working party level and through an eCommerce Committee. Research and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Data (21 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the figures for the number of households that have paid local property tax (LPT) in 2016 and the number of houses in each band by local authority  is available at the following location . In respect of the number of households that have not paid, the number of deferrals and exemptions are also shown in this link. As noted in the statistics, the estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (21 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Following the decision in relation to re-organisation of Government Departments, the composition of a number of Departments has changed particularly with the establishment of the Department of Rural and Community Development. The Estimates for 2017, published in the Revised Estimates Volume 2017, were voted on by Dáil Éireann in May 2017.  Further Revised...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Foreign Direct Investment (20 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The outline of the US tax reform proposal is expected to be released at the end of September. It is expected that the proposal will include a reduction in the US corporate tax rate. It remains to be seen whether any reduction in the US corporate tax rate would be permanent or temporary in nature. Agreement between the House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and President Trump will be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (20 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The One-Parent Family Tax Credit (OPFTC) was replaced by the Single Person Child Carer Credit (SPCCC) from 1 January 2014. The restructured credit is of the same value as the OPFTC, €1,650 per annum, and also includes the same entitlement to the additional €4,000 extended standard rate band, which increases to €37,800 per annum the point of entry to the higher rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (20 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147, 185 and 192 together. I note the comment made by President Juncker on the requirement of unanimity. There is no official proposal currently for a change on the way tax policy decisions are taken in the EU. Under the EU Treaties, for the European Council to move a policy area such as taxation from unanimity to qualified majority voting it would...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sale of State Assets (20 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As I have stated previously, the sale of shares in AIB held by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund does not result in a beneficial impact to the General Government Balance under the European System of Accounts 2010.  This is due to the fact that it is classified as a 'financial transaction' whereby it is essentially the exchange of one form of asset (shares, equities, loans) for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (20 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In early 2011, as part of the agreement with the External Partners, the Central Bank commissioned a detailed evaluation of the possible loan losses that would be incurred by banks in a severe stress scenario. All the loan books were examined, including the residential mortgage books in Ireland and the UK. The results of this work were key inputs into the capital requirements...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Administration (20 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Dr Don Thornhill was engaged by my predecessor in 2015 to consider the operation of the LPT, and in particular, any impacts on LPT liabilities due to property price developments. The terms of reference for the review required that it also have regard to the overall yield from LPT and its contribution to total tax revenue on an ongoing basis and the desirability of achieving relative...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Costs (20 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, the problem of rising motor insurance premiums was the main impetus for the establishment of the Cost of Insurance Working Group in July 2016. Its report titled the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance was published in January 2017. The Report makes 33 recommendations with 71 associated actions to be carried out in agreed time-frames, which are set out in an Action...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Savings Schemes (20 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It is the responsibility of credit institutions (including those in which as Minister for Finance I have a shareholding interest) and other commercial lenders to raise the funds required for their lending operations, including the provision of residential mortgage loans.  Deposits continue to be the most important source of funding for the provision of mortgage and other...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Pensions (20 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand that the Deputy has clarified that his question relates to Table 1 of Section 3 of the Report on Tax Expenditures 2016. I am advised by Revenue that regarding the first item, the employee contributions to approved superannuation schemes does include contributions by employees in the public sector, though this contribution does not include amounts paid in relation to the PRD....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (20 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Since the referendum in the UK in June 2016, the euro-sterling bilateral exchange rate has appreciated significantly.  I am conscious of the challenges which this is posing for the exporting sectors of the economy, especially those in the more traditional sectors of manufacturing. With regard to the specific concerns raised by the Deputy, the Irish Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT)...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Regulation (20 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Setanta Insurance was placed into liquidation by the Malta Financial Services Authority on 30 April 2014. Setanta Insurance was a Maltese incorporated company and therefore, the Setanta liquidation is being carried out under Maltese law. The Supreme Court delivered its judgment on 25 May 2017 and overturned the previous decisions of the High Court and the Court of Appeal that the Motor...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156, 157 and 174 together. The Review of Ireland’s Corporation Tax Code, which was undertaken by an independent expert, Mr. Seamus Coffey, was published on Tuesday, 12 September 2017.  In the Review, Mr. Coffey makes a number of recommendations in respect of Ireland’s corporation tax code, including a recommendation that a cap of 80%...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (20 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Ireland remains committed to global tax reform and believes that global solutions are needed to ensure tax is paid by companies where value is created.  That is why Ireland has been a committed participant in, and strong supporter of, tax reform efforts led by the OECD through the BEPS process.   The OECD is already carrying out important research into the digital economy, with the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Mergers (20 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 to 161, inclusive, together. A transfer of engagements is a voluntary process whereby all assets, liabilities and undertakings of one or more credit unions are transferred to another credit union.  Sections 129 – 132 of the Credit Union Act 1997 set out requirements relating to a transfer of engagements between credit unions....