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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (11 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Lifetime loans are regarded as a niche product, provided by regulated entities, usually to those aged 60 years and over. The Central Bank has advised me that it does not publish figures on lifetime loans. However, the Deputy may wish to note that, if a regulated entity wishes to engage in the provision of lifetime mortgages or home reversion schemes then, in addition to the requirements...

Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: What the Bill before the House does is provide a legislative basis for a number of changes to the main Covid supports that were announced by the Government since the end of last year and that are currently being implemented by the Revenue Commissioners on an administrative basis. Members will recall that the additional public health restrictions in place at the end of last year necessitated...

Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I will reply to the points made by different Senators. Senator Kyne inquired about the taxation of the pandemic recognition payment and whether tax can be alleviated on payments that were made in the past. The pandemic recognition payment should not have had taxed paid on it. When the Government made the announcement on it, we implemented it on an administrative basis through the Revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 and 267 together. 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 VAT Directive a school that is engaged solely in the provision of children’s or young people’s education is exempt from VAT. As is the case with all VAT exempt...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government’s strategy ‘Housing For All’ includes an action for my Department to collect data on vacancy with a view to introducing a Vacant Property Tax. The timeframe for delivery on this commitment is the second quarter of 2022. The Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Act 2021 enabled Revenue to collect certain information in relation to the occupancy status...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Minister for Finance, I have no role in the day to day operations of any bank operating within the State including banks in which the State has a shareholding. Decisions in relation to commercial matters such as the application of interest rate charges are the sole responsibility of the board and management of the banks, which must be run on an independent and commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Health and the Public Appointments Service, with input from Department of Finance officials, issued a call for expressions of interest from medical practitioners to participate in the Board. Following an extension of the deadline, the call closed on April 29th 2022. Applications have been received and will be now be assessed to identify any suitable nominees, with a view to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The facilities available in Leinster House are a matter for Facilities Management at the Houses of the Oireachtas. As Minister for Finance, I do not have a role in the day to day operations of any bank operating within the State, including those in which the State has a shareholding. Decisions in relation to the provision of ATM services at different locations are commercial matters and are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Prize Bonds (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) have supplied the table below that shows the total number of prizes won by Prize Bond holders on a monthly basis in each of the past two years to date: Prize Bond Winners from May 2020 to April 2022 Date No of Prizes per Month May-20 26,445 Jun-20 21,504 Jul-20 ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Defective Building Materials (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has established an Independent Working Group to examine the issue of defective housing. Officials from my Department participate in this Working Group. The objectives of the group are to identify the scope of relevant significant defects in housing, to evaluate the scale of housing affected, to propose a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 and 270 together. I am advised by Revenue that the available information in relation to the cost of tax relief on pension contributions is available on the Revenue website at: www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/documents/statistics/tax-expendi tures/costs-tax-expenditures.pdf. The information includes the number of taxpayers availing of the relief as well...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that most PAYE taxpayers affairs can be managed online, and Revenue provides a full range of online services to support this. These services, which include an online communications channel through the MyEnquiries system, are available 24/7, are easy to use and are fully secure. Revenue also provides a PAYE Helpline telephone service operating from 9.30am to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social Media (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 to 274, inclusive, together. I wish to advise the Deputy that of my Department’s social media posts during the timeframe specified, none were exclusively in languages other than English or Irish, nor did any posts feature languages other than English or Irish. 1% of social media posts were exclusively in Irish, and 1.2% of posts featured...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Process (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As part of the annual Budgetary process, my Department, along with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (PER), publish a wide range of documents. With these publications we try to strike a balance between ensuring sufficient technical detail on one hand, and making the material accessible to the general public on the other. In this regard we are constantly trying to improve the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Debt Warehousing Scheme has offered valuable and practical liquidity support to individuals and businesses, assisting them with their cash-flow during the difficult trading periods associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.  The objective of the scheme is to support the long-term economic viability and survival of the participants/businesses concerned.  The Deputy will be aware that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ukraine War (10 May 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.  In that respect, my Department has not awarded any contracts in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Contracts (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department does not currently employ any external persons or firms to deal with public relations. Public relations for the Department of Finance are handled by staff based within the Press Office.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the findings of a survey conducted by the Alliance for Insurance Reform during April 2022. While the survey is an indicator, I would note that it appears to only survey the Alliance’s own members and therefore cannot be said to be representative of the total market. The National Claims Information Database (NCID), managed by the Central...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: For capital acquisitions tax (CAT) purposes, the relationship between the person giving a gift or inheritance (i.e. the disponer) and the person who receives it (i.e. the beneficiary) determines the maximum amount, known as the “Group threshold”, below which CAT does not arise. Any prior gift or inheritance received by a beneficiary since 5 December 1991 from within the same...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (10 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Universal Social Charge (USC) was designed and incorporated into the Irish taxation system in 2011 to replace two other charges, namely the Health and Income Levies. Its primary purpose was to widen the tax base and to provide a steady income to the Exchequer to provide funding for public services. The USC is an individualised tax, meaning that a person’s liability to the tax...