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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: No, thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 58 to 63, inclusive, together. I assume the Deputy is referring to Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT). VRT is paid at the time that a vehicle is registered in the State. It is not possible to provide the requested breakdown as the rate of VRT is determined by a vehicle’s CO2 and NOx emissions, not engine size. Revenue’s website have a VRT calculator...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Horse Racing Industry (24 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: It is important to point out that neither I nor the Central Bank have any role in the pricing or provision of insurance products, and that this is a commercial matter which individual providers assess on a case-by-case basis. Government cannot instruct a company to provide insurance cover in any circumstance; this position is reinforced by the EU Single Market framework for insurance (the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (24 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Finance Bill 2021 introduces the ‘Residential Zoned Land Tax’ into the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, giving effect to a measure I announced on Budget day. This measure is part of the suite of measures included in the ‘Housing for All’ Strategy, which was published by the Government in September 2021. The Residential Zoned Land Tax is designed to prompt...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy, that since 2011 there was one staff member in the Department of Finance who had their employment terminated, due to breaches of Departmental and Civil Service standards and professional misconduct.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (24 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Firstly, I must point out that the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) is independent in the performance of his statutory functions. I have no role in the day to day workings of the office or in the decisions which the Ombudsman takes. It is not appropriate for me as Minister to comment on or become involved in an individual consumer’s dispute with a financial service...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, the most recent projection of additional carbon tax revenues provided by my Department for the period 2021 to 2030 amounted to €9.2 billion. The annual breakdown of these receipts was provided in reply to PQ No. 78 of 10 November 2021. As stated in the same PQ reply, projections are point-in-time exercises, and are revised periodically to take account of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Support Services (23 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The objective of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) is to support employment and maintain the link between the employer and employee insofar as is possible. The EWSS has been a key component of the Government’s response to the Covid-19 crisis. The cost to date (18th November) of the EWSS is over €6.3 billion comprising of direct subsidy payments of €5.505...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Strategies (23 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the Strategy for Financial Inclusion developed in 2011. In March 2011, the previous Minister for Finance announced plans to restructure the Irish banking system. As part of the European Commission decision on the restructuring of Bank of Ireland, the State undertook to review the options available to achieve financial inclusion, drawing on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Fuel Grant is regulated by S.I. 635/2015 and provides for payment of a fuel grant based on a the value of excise chargeable per litre rate of fuel. The current value is €0.619 for petrol, €0.515 for diesel and €0.118 for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in respect of the mineral oil taxes applying to these products. An annual...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Support Services (23 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Business Resumption Support Scheme (BRSS) is a targeted support for companies, self -employed individuals, partnerships as well as certain charities and sporting bodies that carry on a trade that was significantly impacted by COVID-19 public health restrictions, including where the impact has continued after the easing of the restrictions. The Scheme is available to businesses that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Communications (23 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the rationalisation and integration of General Service and Departmental Taxes grading structures in Revenue followed an extensive industrial relations negotiation and communications process more than 18 years ago, in the lead-up to Integration Day on 1 January 2003. Revenue has informed me that the final integration proposal offer was published on RevNet,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 236, 237, 238 and 239 together. Section 118(5G) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA 1997) provides for the Cycle-to-Work scheme. This scheme provides an exemption from benefit-in-kind (BIK) where an employer purchases a bicycle and associated safety equipment for an employee. Under section 118B TCA 1997 an employer and employee may also enter into...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I assume that the Deputy's query relates to the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS), which replaced the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) on 1 September 2020. As previously outlined in my reply to Parliamentary Question 34287/21 in relation to the business in question, the EWSS is an economy-wide support to assist eligible employers meet employee wages where trade is negatively...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (23 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, as Minister for Finance, I have no role in the commercial decisions made by any bank in the State. This includes banks in which the State has a shareholding. Decisions in this regard are the sole responsibility of the board and management of the banks, which must be run on an independent and commercial basis. The independence of banks in which the State has a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (23 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank of Ireland has advised that the public can consult the "Register of Mortgage Credit Intermediaries/Mortgage Intermediaries" and the “Register of Moneylenders” by viewing them on the Central Bank of Ireland’s Registers website registers.centralbank.ie/DownloadsPage.aspx, and this website is open to the public on a full-time basis and is accessible by the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (23 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Great Britain was still a member of the Customs Union in 2020 and as such no customs duties were payable on the free movement of goods (within the Union). The table below provides the total (global) VAT and custom duties collected on imports in 2020 and 2021. I am advised that information specific to Great Britain is not presently available. Revenue has advised me that it will be undertaking...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the number of persons who paid the Domicile Levy for the years 2017 to 2020 and the amounts paid is set out in the table below. Returns and payments in respect of 2021 are not due until 31 October 2022. The number of persons for 2018 and 2020 are expressed in the table as less than 10 to ensure taxpayer confidentiality is not compromised. It is not a requirement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (23 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy may be aware that Revenue conducted a comprehensive review of the administratively based Flat Rate Expenses (FRE) regime in 2018 and 2019. Revenue has advised me that the purpose of the FRE review, which involved engagement with relevant representative bodies, was to ensure that the expenses granted to each employment category remain justified and appropriate to modern day...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Bodies (23 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Since inception, HBFI has approved €664m in funding for over 3,000 new homes across 18 counties (as of 30 September 2021), comprising of approximately 62% houses and 38% apartments. Of the units for which funding has been approved by HBFI up to the end of September 2021, 73% is for the private and PRS market (which also includes 107 units for Part v) and 27% for social housing (AHB...

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