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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2012: Discussion with European Movement Ireland (21 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the witnesses for coming in and congratulate them for publishing this report. It reminded me of what can happen when a book is published and the person reading it is worried he or she might be mentioned in it. He or she looks at the index to see if his or her name is there and depending on the book, he or she is either disappointed or relieved one way or another. Because we are the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Charities Regulation (21 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is permitted for a registered charity to make a political donation and still be able to receive tax relief on their income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23676/13]

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I have one final question on this matter. Before the legislation is implemented, will the Department be doing any further research to create a new baseline for potential evasion so that as the Bill is implemented by the different bodies, we can understand the progress that is being made in dealing with potentially illegitimate declarations?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Mr. Enright for those answers. Can the Garda Commissioner explain the roll-out of the roster across An Garda Síochána?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: When the Commissioner says it is in pilot, does he mean that it has not been fully rolled out nationally or does he mean it has been rolled out nationally and he is still examining how it is doing?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: So it is in implementation everywhere at the moment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: The Commissioner says it is cost neutral. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to go back to the earlier discussions we had on allowances when the Commissioner participated in a hearing at this committee. Does the Commissioner believe the new roster will have any knock-on impact on the use of allowances within the Garda force?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: When will the pilot period be coming to an end?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I want to ask one question on that and I am not being flippant at all. When is a pilot not a pilot? The committee has had many different hearings in this session regarding the importance of this roster and the impact it will make in the policing of our country. However, it is the first time I have heard it referred to as a pilot. I thought it had all happened and was in operation at the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I will leave it at that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: That was the loop that yielded the 5% figure which we have been discussing.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer to the UK figure which was mentioned by Mr. O'Malley in reply to my questions. The UK figure is 0.7%. Why is there such a big difference? Our figure is approximately 5% and Mr. O'Malley very helpfully explained that figure. There is an eight-fold difference between our figure and the UK figure.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: If I may interrupt Mr. Enright, I ask him to explain to me what was the change in the system in the UK.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Is this the gapping Bill we discussed earlier?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Is there an estimate of how much revenue has been lost through having a higher non-detection rate between the UK and Ireland?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: What is the estimate of how much of the gap will be closed when this Bill is enacted?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Therefore, in our view, the gap in the legislation there is the main reason for the different rates of non-compliance between the UK and Ireland.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Is it known how many such declarations have been made over the past year, for example?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: That figure includes the past owner declarations and the off the road declarations.