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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (11 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Credit and Financial Institutions are obliged to identify and verify their customer’s identity on the basis of documents or information that they have reasonable grounds to believe can be relied upon to confirm the identify of their customer. Institutions often use official documents, like passports or driving licences, in order to verify a customer’s identity. However,...

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

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware the Government has provided a wide range of supports to business over the course of the pandemic. In relation to the increasing cost of heat and electricity for households and businesses a reduction in VAT on the supply of gas and electricity from 13.5% to 9% came into effect from 1 May and will last to 31 October. The measure is estimated to cost €46m....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (11 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department is aware that the number of bank operated ATMs across the country has been declining in recent years. This is mainly because banks have sold, mostly offsite, ATMs to independent ATM deployers (IADs). The latest data from the BPFI shows that in December 2021 there were 1,787 ATMs operated by banks in Ireland. This figure is down from 2,353 in December 2020. IADs are not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (11 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The level of data requested is not available on ATMs operating in Ireland. The Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland (BPFI) collects data on the total number of bank operated ATMs cross the country. This has been declining in recent years mainly because banks have sold, mainly offsite, ATMs to Independent ATM Deployers (IADs) and more recently also due to branch closures. The latest data...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wildlife Conservation (11 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department, currently, has no policy in place to install structures - artificial or otherwise - which may provide shelter and habitat space for wild species. I am advised that the bodies under the aegis of my Department do not currently have such policies in place. However one of these bodies, the Central Bank of Ireland, has an overarching integrated...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency (11 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that it was not possible to collate all of the information sought in the time available and, therefore, I will make arrangements to provide the information to the Deputy as soon as possible and in line with Standing Order 42A.

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...