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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Disabled Drivers & Disabled Passengers Scheme provides relief from Vehicle Registration Tax and VAT on the purchase and use of an adapted car, as well as an exemption from motor tax and an annual fuel grant. The Scheme is open to severely and permanently disabled persons as a driver or as a passenger and also to certain charitable organisations. In order to qualify for relief, the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the records of the persons concerned have been corrected for 2022 ensuring the appropriate tax credit and rate band allocations are correctly applied to the active PAYE employment on record for this period. Revenue have confirmed to me that any Income Tax previously over-deducted in this active employment has since been refunded in full to the person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 471, 472 and 473 together. The 2009 Commission on Taxation reviewed the One-Parent Family Tax Credit and acknowledged that it played a role in supporting and incentivising the labour market participation of single and widowed parents. However, in its recommendations, the Commission concluded that the credit should be retained but that it should be allocated to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Help to Buy (HTB) is an incentive to assist first-time purchasers with the deposit they need to buy or build a new house or apartment. The incentive gives a refund on Income Tax and Deposit Interest Retention Tax (DIRT) paid in the State over the previous four years, subject to limits outlined in the legislation. Section 477C Taxes Consolidation Act (TCA) 1997 outlines the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the VAT rating of goods and services is subject to the requirements of the EU VAT Directive, with which Irish VAT law must comply. In general, the VAT Directive provides that all goods and services are liable to VAT at the standard rate, currently 23% in Ireland, unless they fall within categories of goods and services specified in the Directive, in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the receipts raised from the Sugar Sweetened Drinks Tax (SSDT), since its introduction in 2018 and up to 31March 2022, are broken down by applicable SSDT band in the following table. The Deputy should note that the receipts for 2021 and for 2022 to March are provisional at this time and may be revised. SSDT Band 1 SSDT Band 2 ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 477, 503 and 506 together. Carbon Tax receipts by commodity for the years 2010 to 2020 are published on the Revenue website at the following link: www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statis tics/excise/receipts-volume-and-price/excise-receipts-commod ity.aspx. I am advised by Revenue that the provisional amounts raised through the Carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 478, 479 and 480 together. This Government recognises the importance of credit unions. The Programme for Government contains commitments to: - Review the policy framework within which credit unions operate; - Enable and support the credit union movement to grow;  - Support credit unions in the expansion of services, to encourage community...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are currently six employees of the Department of Finance seconded to other organisations who continue to be paid by my Department. These employees are seconded as follows: -Department of Foreign Affairs - London Embassy - Assistant Secretary x 1 - Finance Attaché (Assistant Principal - AP) x 1 - Berlin Embassy - Finance Attaché (AP) x 1...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I can confirm that my Department does not currently run apprenticeship programmes and is not engaged in the training of apprentices. The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners are bodies under the aegis of my Department. The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General is registered as a national apprenticeship employer. Two apprentices from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: There is currently one member of staff within my Department with a rate of pay below €12.30. This staff member holds the role of Service Officer. It should be noted that the staff of my Department are paid in line with Government pay policy, and that this staff member will move above the rate of €12.30 per hour when they move to the next increment step of their respective salary...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Apr 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 Irish legislation, agricultural equipment is liable to VAT at the standard rate, currently 23%. There is no discretion under the Directive for Ireland to reduce the rate of VAT on these goods. Farmers may elect to register for VAT or be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Residency (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: SI. No. 60/1993 does not give any specific weighting to the presence of an individual in the State on any specific days of the month or year. I am informed that while Revenue does not ‘deem’ a presence in the State over a specific period in this context, a person wishing to avail of the exemption under SI. No. 60/1993 has the onus of proof. To fulfil this, the person must...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the number and value of refunds of compromise penalties is not recorded in the Revenue Commissioners systems as previously outlined in the answer provided to Dáil Questions 225 (Ref No. 17257/22) and 227 (Ref No. 17259/22). Each application for a refund of a compromise penalty is examined on a case by case basis and any refund that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Disabled Drivers & Disabled Passengers Scheme provides relief from Vehicle Registration Tax and VAT on the purchase and use of an adapted car, as well as an exemption from motor tax and an annual fuel grant. The Scheme is open to severely and permanently disabled persons as a driver or as a passenger and also to certain charitable organisations. In order to qualify for relief, the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Home Building Finance Ireland was established to increase the supply of new homes for owner-occupiers, renters and social housing by providing funding on commercial terms to housebuilders for commercially viable developments throughout Ireland.  To March 2022, HBFI has approved funding of €1,129m across 81 projects in 20 counties.  This funding will support the building of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and or Ministers of State in the Department of Finance in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, were as follows: Minister for Finance Pay Voluntary Surrender Of Pay* Expenses 2020 (from 23 July 2020)** €36,940.35 -€9,929.00 ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As part of the Government’s response to Covid-19, Budget 2021 brought the VAT rate for Hospitality and Tourism related services and goods down from 13.5% to 9%. This was initially planned for 14 months, from 1 November 2020 to 31 December 2021. This was then extended to 31 August 2022 in recognition of the difficulties facing these sectors. This extension provides support for a further...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that there are currently 16 employees of the Department of Finance on secondment out to another organisation, and 32 employees seconded into the Department from other organisations. Secondment arrangements within the Department of Finance follow the guidelines set out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Secondment Policy for the Civil Service....