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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank have advised that when an individual(s) applies for a mortgage loan to buy a home, the individual(s) will generally be required to take out mortgage protection insurance. This is a particular type of life assurance taken out for the term of the mortgage and designed to pay it off on the death of the borrower or joint borrower.  It is an underwriting consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has no capital projects and therefore no such projects were announced during the months in question.  The department has had some routine capital expenditure confined to the acquisition of IT equipment and systems and certain premises expenses relating to the buildings it occupies.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that the number of Clerical Officers in full time employment in my Department as of 31 May 2017 by county, is contained in the following table. Number of Full time Clerical Officers Location 19 Dublin 14  Offaly

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that 13 full time Clerical Officers in my Department have retired, resigned or been promoted between the period 1 January 2015 to 31 May 2017. See the following table. - Dublin Offaly Retired 2 Resigned 5 Promoted 4 2

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that 25 Clerical Officers were appointed to my Department between 1 January 2015 to 31 May 2017, all of whom commenced on a full time basis. See the following table. Number of Clerical Officer appointments 1 Jan 2015 – 31 May 2017 Location 21 Dublin 4 Offaly

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that 18 temporary Clerical Officers were appointed to my Department between the period 1 January 2015 to 31 May 2017. Number Duration of appointment Location 1 26.01.2015 – 20.02.2015 Dublin 1 26.01.2015 – 06.03.2015 Dublin 5 26.01.2015 – 02.04.2015 Dublin 1 26.01.2015 – 08.05.2015 Dublin 2 26.01.2015 –...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that Irish Real Estate Funds (IREFs) must operate IREF withholding tax on the happening of certain taxable events.  This includes the cancellation, redemption or repurchase of units as a result of liquidation. The amount on which the IREF withholding tax is operated is the portion of any amounts so distributed which relate to Irish property profits.  Any...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Supervision (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the 2017 IFS 2020 Action Plan commits my Department to conduct a public consultation on the potential regulation of crowdfunding in Ireland, having regard to emerging international best practice and in the context of the EU Commission Action Plan on Building a Capital Markets Union. IFS 2020 is the Government’s five-year strategy for driving the growth...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Regulation (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My role as Minister for Finance is to ensure the legal framework for credit unions is appropriate for the effective operation and supervision of credit unions. The Registrar of Credit Unions at the Central Bank is the independent regulator for credit unions.  Within her independent regulatory discretion, the Registrar acts to support the prudential soundness of individual...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Regulation (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Credit unions operate under a not-for-profit mandate, have a community focus and a volunteer ethos. These are the distinctive features that set credit unions apart from other financial organisations. In line with its ethos, the Credit Union Act 1997 provides for a limitation of remuneration for specific posts within a credit union. This matter is governed by Section 68 of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Relief from the payment of Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) is provided for under the Finance Act 1992, s.134(1)(a) and Vehicle Registration Tax (Permanent Reliefs) Regulations 1993, Reg 4, (S.I. No. 59/93). In order to qualify for relief an applicant must meet a number of eligibility criteria including the possession and actual use of the vehicle outside the State for at least six months...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that a Costs of Tax Expenditures table is available on the Revenue Statistics webpage at . This table provides an annual breakdown of the cost to the Exchequer for the ‘Exempt Rental Income from Leasing of Farm Land' for the years 2009 to 2014, the latest year for which data are presently available. The table will be updated in due course as newer data become...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Expenditure (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that, based on personal Income Tax returns filed for the year 2014, the latest year for which complete information is available, and making certain assumptions, it is estimated that the cost of increasing the level at which landlords can claim interest repayments against tax for residential rental properties from 80% (the amount allowable in 2017) to 100% is in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Contract Plans (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As I stated previously in replies to questions regarding this issue, Personal Contract Plans (PCPs) are a form of Hire Purchase and both the Central Bank and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) have certain functions and legal powers in relation to the provision of hire-purchase agreements.  The statistics requested by the Deputy are not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budgets (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Until it formally withdraws from the European Union, the UK remains a full EU Member, with all of its existing rights and obligations including in relation to the EU Budget. Brexit is likely to involve complex discussion on the Multiannual Financial Framework, particularly as the UK is an important net contributor to the EU Budget. Therefore, Brexit will have a significant impact on EU...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As requested, please find information on the staffing complement of my Department in whole time equivalents as at the end of 2016. My Department is also responsible for the National Shared Services Office "NSSO" and the Office of Government Procurement "OGP" and I have provided the information in relation to these organisations separately. - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The rates of pay for Secretarial Assistants were last increased on 1 September 2008 in line with similar such pay revisions for grades in the public service with whom the Secretarial Assistants would have a correspondence for pay movement purposes. However, Secretarial Assistants are employed on a direct contractual basis by Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas as well as by qualifying...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government’s overall Capital Plan was published in September 2015.  The details and county location of capital projects announced under the Capital Plan since March 2017 can be provided by the relevant Ministers and I understand that the Deputy has put this question down to all Ministers.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 to 180, inclusive, together. I can confirm that the recruitment of Temporary Clerical Officers "TCOs" and Clerical Officers "COs" in my Department, is controlled by the relevant circulars issued by my Department. My Department is also responsible for the National Shared Services Office "NSSO" and the Office of Government Procurement "OGP" and I have...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (27 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The management of the tendering process and the administration of the contract once awarded is a matter for each contracting authority. Public contract details, therefore, are held by the individual contracting authority concerned. This public procurement process is facilitated through the national eProcurement portal www.etenders.gov.ie which is managed by the Office of...