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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Data (4 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The head of my Department’s Brexit/EU/North South Unit is responsible for coordinating Brexit issues in the Department.  The Unit oversees Brexit work across the Department and acts as the contact point with the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade and other Government Departments.  It is represented on the Inter-Departmental Group on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Appointments to State Boards (4 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am assuming the deputy is referring to vacancies on State Board. Guidelines on appointments to State Boards were issued in November 2014 and since then all vacancies on State Boards are advertised on the portal, www.stateboards.ie, operated by the Public Appointments Service (PAS).  Each vacancy sets out specific and detailed criteria and the PAS operate a transparent assessment system...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: This illustrates the challenge in seeking to make progress on this issue. A 1% change in the cost of all of the public services in our State would be €160 million.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Is it buttons?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: That says something about the value the Deputy places on the public purse.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It says something about her attitude to the journey our country has gone through that she describes €160 million as buttons.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The sum of €160 million is the cost of a 1% increase to all of those who work in our public services. The cost of dealing with the issue of equalising pre and post-wage scales across the period of 2013 in a single year would be €206 million. If I had come into the House and said that I was prioritising dealing with that matter ahead of those others who work in the public...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: If I had come into the House and said that I wanted to do both, let us be absolutely clear that the other changes we would need to make in our tax code and in how we provide services would also be rejected by all of those who are calling and arguing for all of this legislation to be abolished in one single move.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: For those who have made that call on me and who claim to stand up for and represent the workers, I will pay them a compliment that they will not afford to most other Members in this House. I will pay them the compliment of saying that I believe their desire to represent those workers is authentic. So is mine. So is the desire of other Members of the House who understand that there are...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank all Deputies for the contributions they have made in the course of the debate. I want to address some of the claims that have been made about the path of action I am taking on behalf of Government if such a path of action is endorsed by a majority of the unions that are currently balloting on the extension of the Lansdowne Road agreement. I wish to record a number of points which...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I do not even think many of the Deputies criticising me were aware of that-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: -----let alone bringing up the fact that it will be gone. As part of my commitment on further steps, I will be meeting the representative bodies for pensioners in the coming period, as I promised to do. I have already met some of them. I will look at what further progress we can make on this. It is also a point which has been raised by Fianna Fáil in the context of the...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In fairness, Deputy Cullinane did do so, which I acknowledge. The fact is that those who joined pre-2013 will see changes in their wages of between 6% and 7.4%. Anyone who joined after 2013 will see wage changes of between 7% and 10% across the duration of this agreement, if ratified. That was not acknowledged by any of the Deputies across the House who claim to speak the loudest about...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Not true. That is wrong.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Business Committee for arranging this opportunity to make a statement on FEMPI. As the House is aware, I am obliged under legislation to review the operation and effectiveness of the FEMPI legislation, having regard to the overall economic conditions in the State and our national competitiveness, and then to consider whether the relevant Acts continue to be necessary, having...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The risk and sensitivity analysis chapter in the Stability and Programme Update and Budget publications includes a section containing links to more detail and information about contingent liabilities. This implements an IMF recommendation to enhance Ireland’s fiscal management and reporting following an IMF evaluation in 2013. The recommendation was to publish a comprehensive annual...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: A number of policy initiatives have been taken in recent Budgets to provide a supportive regime for entrepreneurs and the self-employed. A new Earned Income Credit was introduced in Budget 2016 and then increased from €550 to €950 in Budget 2017.  The tax credit is available to taxpayers with active self-employed trading or professional income and to business owners or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Supervision (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 81 to 83, inclusive, together. As I stated previously in a reply to a question regarding this issue on 20 June the Government has no formal role in the commercial decisions of the banks as to their future business model and whether or not they will close particular branches.  While I regret the closure of any bank branches, the Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It is the responsibility of regulated financial service providers in the first instance to satisfy themselves that the contracts they enter into with consumers are compliant with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements A key legal provision is the EC (Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts) Regulations 1995 (as amended). These Regulations apply to any term in a contract...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The NAMA Act 2009 introduced Section 396C of the Taxes Consolidation Act (TCA 1997).  The purpose of the section was to restrict NAMA participating institutions in offsetting their losses against a maximum of 50% of their taxable profits in a given year. At the time, the Government had a limited role in the banking system. However, by the introduction of the second...