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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Policies (1 Dec 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: My understanding is that the service cheque scheme to which the details supplied refer, operates primarily by way of direct expenditure subsidy rather than as a tax expenditure measure (albeit that there is an element of a tax refund involved in the example cited). In addition, I believe that schemes of this nature may be directed a range of different social objectives: health care,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (1 Dec 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that there are a number of different file size limitations in place across Revenue’s many online services. These limits are in place to ensure performance and take account of technical limitations. The current limit for uploading supporting documentation for Income Tax Returns is 10MB (megabytes) per file. The Revenue receipts tracker service has a current...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (1 Dec 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Finance I have no direct involvement in the commercial investments considered by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), so it is not appropriate for me to comment on the specific project referenced. I can confirm that the ISIF has a very strong focus on regional development and in particular on enabling the regions to support balanced growth. ISIF and its investees...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (1 Dec 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the VAT rating of goods and services is subject to EU VAT law, with which Irish VAT law must comply. In accordance with the EU VAT Directive farmers can elect whether or not to register for VAT in respect of their farming business. Revenue understands that this farmer is an unregistered farmer and is selling timber to a VAT registered purchaser. Farmers who...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Contracts (1 Dec 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will be aware that the ‘National Public Procurement Policy Framework’ issued by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) in November 2019, sets out the procurement procedures to be followed by government departments and state bodies in accordance with EU rules and national guidelines. The public tendering process is facilitated by the national tendering platform,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (1 Dec 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The EU Payment Accounts Directive was transposed in Ireland by way of the European Union (Payment Accounts) Regulations 2016 (SI 482 of 2016) (PAR). The objective of the Payment Accounts Directive is to improve and develop the internal market for retail banking, through the removal of barriers to a fully integrated market by ensuring transparency and comparability of fees related to a payment...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Rights (1 Dec 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Over the last decade, we have seen a shift in the way consumers and businesses are paying and banking. While historically Ireland has been a relatively cash-intensive economy, significant changes have occurred with a rapid increase in the take-up of electronic payments is evident. The Covid-19 pandemic has acted as a potential catalyst for the move towards digital payments and the move away...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (1 Dec 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that a letter issued to the person concerned on 4 April 2022, advising that the Local Property Tax (LPT) return for their property had not yet been filed, in respect of the valuation period 2022 to 2025. While the person paid LPT through An Post on 19 January 2022 in respect of the 2022 LPT estimated liability, the return remains outstanding. Revenue will contact the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (30 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I can advise the Deputy that my Department does not have any schemes and programmes for which a means test applies. In addition, the bodies under the aegis of my Department have advised they do not have any schemes and programmes for which a means test applies.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Meetings (30 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I can advise the Deputy that the staff of my Department have not attended any joint policing committees and city and county development boards since 2015 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (30 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: It is my understanding that the nature of the Deputy’s request emanates from industrial relations issues in the film industry with regard to provisions within the copyright directive. I am aware that the issue of copyright is an important one for the Irish culture, arts and media sectors. I am also aware that there have been issues raised in relation to intellectual property rights and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (30 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 72 and 73 together. Officers of the Revenue Commissioners have a statutory power under section 141 of the Finance Act 2001 to seize a vehicle as liable to forfeiture where there has been a breach of VRT legislation. Revenue has statutory discretion to restore goods that have been seized as liable to forfeiture. This process is referred to in the Vehicle...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I can indeed. I thank Deputy Doherty. Section 3 extends the Central Bank's existing power to make regulations under section 48 of the Central Bank Act 2013 in order to provide for the senior executive accountability regime. It provides power to the bank to make regulations for the proper and effective regulation of regulated financial service providers. By so doing it aims to introduce a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The sections the Deputy has raised refer to the arrangements for the regulated financial service provider to allocate to PCF holders for the purposes of section 53(b) of the Central Bank Reform Act 2010 responsibility for aspects of its affairs specified in relation under section (2)(bb). I have the material in front of me which I can share with the Deputy as opposed to reading it out here....