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Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have been advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the following numbers of individuals and companies have ceased trading during the period requested by the Deputy: Month Individuals Companies January 2009 1,493 542 February 1,115 406 March 1,112 458 April 1,129 536 May 909 360 June 1,164 517 July 902 262 August 900 414 September 808 275 October 825 216 November 551 155...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that there is no information indicating that the person, whose details were supplied, has not received all his entitlements. However, if the person submits a return of income to the Revenue Commissioners for any year that he considers that he has not received all his entitlements, Revenue can review his individual circumstances.

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 and 169 together. The pay reductions provided for in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009, apply to the instruments setting rates of pay. It is a well established principle that the pay of job or work sharers and those on atypical work patterns is calculated by reference to the whole time equivalent pay rate for the...

Written Answers — Car Scrappage Scheme: Car Scrappage Scheme (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The provisions of the car scrappage scheme as set out in Section 102 of the Finance Bill as published on 4 February 2010, provide that the car being scrapped, must be registered in the State in the name of the registered owner of the new car for at least 18 months previous to the date of scrappage; must be 10 years old or more from the date of first registration; must be scrapped on or after...

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The initial application for a Primary Medical Certificate under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994, is made to the Senior Medical Officer of the relevant local Health Service Executive administrative area. If the Primary Medical Certificate is refused, the person may appeal the refusal to the Medical Board of Appeal, National Rehabilitation...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: As independent bodies, it is a matter in the first instance for the financial institutions themselves, whether covered by the Bank Guarantee Scheme or not, to consider and determine their strategic arrangements, subject of course to necessary regulatory, competition and other relevant requirements. The State's primary consideration continues to be to protect, in the public interest, it's...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have been advised by the Revenue Commissioners that following receipt of the earlier request a review of the person's liability was carried out. The overpayment arising has now been cleared for repayment. PAYE Balancing Statement P21 dated 17 February 2010 and refund cheque will issue to the person concerned shortly. I have been advised by the Revenue Commissioners that following receipt...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the number of claimants availing of the incapacitated child tax credit is 11,000 for the income tax year 2006, the most recent year for which final information is available. I am further advised by the Revenue Commissioners, that they are not in a position to provide the data requested by the Deputy for the years 2007 to 2009. The numbers...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: When in June 2009 I announced major reform of the institutional structures for regulation of financial services in Ireland, I indicated that no change is proposed in the current role and responsibilities of the Registrar of Credit Unions. The Government places immense value on the important role that Credit Unions play in Ireland. The continuing success and the growth of the movement in...

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 182 together. Section 6 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 provides that, in certain limited circumstances, the Minister for Finance may by direction exempt or vary the application of the pay reductions provided for in the Act to public servants or groups of public servants. Representations from a number of...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Prior to 1974 female officers were generally required to resign on marriage and, depending on their service, received a marriage gratuity in lieu of any pension benefits. Following the abolition of the marriage bar, any officer appointed before 1974 has the option of resigning within two years of marriage and receiving a marriage gratuity, preserving benefits if they wish to leave, or of...

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Neither I nor my staff met with representatives of the company specified or sought to influence the bank in its commercial decisions. As the Deputy will be aware a Relationship Framework, pursuant to Section 3 of the Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Act 2009, specifies the relationship between the Minister for Finance as sole shareholder of Anglo, and the bank. Under the Relationship Framework...

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The surplus of the National Lottery is transferred to the Exchequer on a regular basis and is applied each year to part-fund the Exchequer allocations to a specified range of expenditure subheads across various Votes, including sports-related expenditure by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism. Details of the amount transferred and the allocations to the relevant subheads are set out in...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Under EU VAT rules traders who are registered for VAT collect VAT on the goods and services that they sell. In turn such traders are entitled to recover the VAT they incur on their business inputs used in the purchase or production of goods or delivery of services. VAT is a tax on the value added to a supply and the collection and recovery of VAT takes place at each stage of the chain of...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The following table sets out details of all amounts spent by my Department in respect of the hiring or use of outside consultants in 2007, 2008 and 2009. In accordance with the Value For Money Guidelines, Officers are required to report on a biannual basis in respect of all projects, including consultancies, with regard to compliance with all relevant national and European guidelines and...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: This Government is cognisant of the public's concern on the matter of crime and of the need to have adequate Garda resources in place. The staffing levels in An Garda Síochána remain at an extremely high level at circa 14,500 today in comparison to 12,300 in 2005. The Force has not been overly impacted upon by the moratorium on recruitment given that there were, and still are, student...

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: National guidelines for contracting authorities in relation to minimum standards for suitability criteria for construction contractors interested in tendering for public works projects are being developed by my Department and, when available, will be published on the Department's construction website www.constructionprocurement.gov.ie. These guidelines will take account of the principles of...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: My Department does not have a formal policy in relation to staff donating blood during normal working hours. However, a number of the Department's staff have been donating blood to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service on a regular basis for many years. Subject to meeting the business needs of the areas concerned, the Department is happy to facilitate this ongoing practice.

Written Answers — Complaints Procedures: Complaints Procedures (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: My Department maintains a well-publicised, accessible, transparent and simple-to-use system of dealing with complaints about the quality of service provided. Similarly, a simple-to-use system of appeal/review for customers who are dissatisfied with decisions in relation to services is maintained. Complaints about our standards of service delivery addressed to our Quality Customer Service...

Written Answers — Electronic Payments System: Electronic Payments System (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Payments systems deal with the transfer of money (funds) between bank accounts. While each member state has effective payments systems at national level, the integration of the single market in financial services has been hindered by the lack of cross-border interoperability between national payments systems. For some years now the payments industry has been working to improve the dynamics...