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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) is provided for in section 28 of the recently enacted Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020.  Of necessity, the underlying legislation and the scheme itself were developed quickly, having regard to the overarching, urgent Government objective of getting much needed financial assistance to employers and employees, where...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar T.D. and I, along with the Minister for Business, Enterprise & Innovation, Heather Humphreys T.D., met with the Chief Executives of the five Irish major retail banks earlier this month. Furthermore, the Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Michael Creed TD, has engaged the banks on the specific liquidity and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: At the outset you should note that neither I, as Minister for Finance, nor the Central Bank of Ireland can interfere in the provision or pricing of insurance products or have the power to direct insurance companies to provide cover to specific individuals or businesses.  This position is reinforced by the EU framework for insurance (the Solvency II Directive) which expressly prohibits...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Job Losses (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will be aware that as Minister for Finance, I am precluded from intervening in how Bank of Ireland manages its day-to-day business and relationship with any of its customers.  Decisions in this regard are solely the responsibility of the board and management of the bank which must be run on an independent and commercial basis. The independence of the banks in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: Defibrillators, other than implantable defibrillators, are liable to VAT at the standard rate, which in Ireland is 23%. Parts or accessories are also liable to VAT at the standard rate. There is no provision under existing VAT law that would make it possible to apply a reduced rate or zero rate to the supply of such products. Under the EU VAT Directive, Member States may retain the zero...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: When first introduced on 1 May 2018, Sugar Sweetened Drinks Tax (SSDT) applied to water and juice based drinks which contained added sugar and a total sugar content of 5 grams or more per 100 millilitres. I brought forward legislation in Finance Act 2018 to extend the SSDT scope to also include certain plant protein drinks and drinks containing milk fats with added sugar. From 1 January 2019,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the yield from Sugar Sweetened Drinks Tax (SSDT) since its inception in 2018 to April 2020 is shown in the following table. The projected yield for SSDT in 2020 is €32.5 million. €m 2018 16.3 2019 33.0 2020 (4 Months) 10.2

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 108 to 111, inclusive, and 113 to 115, inclusive, together. I am advised that each year since 2009, Revenue, in conjunction with the HSE’s National Tobacco Control Office, has commissioned Ipsos MRBI to conduct independent market research among smokers about the source of their cigarettes. The purpose of this research is to estimate the volume of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the most recent month for which data are available is April 2020. The net Excise duty receipts for April for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 together with the relevant increase or decrease are shown in the following table. April 2018 April 2019 April 2020 April 2020 compared to April 2019 April 2020 compared to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Advertising (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I can advise that my Department has had no expenditure to date in 2020 on advertising on the social media platforms referred to by the Deputy. There are 17 bodies under the aegis of my Department. Of these, 14 have had no expenditure on advertising on these social media platforms to date in 2020; these bodies are the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, Credit Review...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has issued guidance to civil and public service employers regarding annual leave during COVID-19. Although social distancing and COVID-19 is expected to continue for a number of months, managers should realise the importance of making sure that employees are still using their annual leave entitlement. Taking a break from work from a health...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Children's Hospital (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 121 to 123, inclusive, together. In reply, I would inform the Deputy that questions in relation to the costs associated with the National Children’s Hospital are proper to my colleague the Minister for Health in the first instance. I have engaged in no particular correspondence with the Minister for Health or the two Boards referred to in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: As part of the restrictions introduced to limit the spread of COVID-19, people are urged to stay at home wherever possible. The majority of prize winners have been able to claim prizes at retail agents and claim centres around the country. However, in order to claim a high tier prizes (i.e. €15,000 and over) winners have needed to present themselves at National Lottery HQ to make...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Correspondence (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, the National Shared Services Office (NSSO) administer the pensions of retired civil servants.  I understand that the NSSO has now written directly to this individual on the 29th of May to address his specific concerns relating to the interaction of pension and taxation issues.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Allowances (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: Travel and subsistence arrangements for the Civil Service are agreed between the official and staff side representatives under the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme for the Civil Service. The rates are designed to recoup travelling officers for expenses genuinely incurred in respect of work related travel where the official uses their own car on official business. The rates agreed for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Wage Subsidy Scheme (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) is the responsibility of the Income Tax side of my Department and the TWSS is administered by Revenue. As at 28 May, Revenue report that the cumulative value of payments made under the scheme is €1,132million. This is to be met from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Vote. Separate to payments under the TWSS, Revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Data (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: Due to the fact that the Revised Estimates Volume (REV) for 2020 had not been voted on prior to the dissolution of Dáil Éireann earlier this year, spending by Departments and Offices thus far in 2020 has been operating under the ‘four-fifths’ rule that applies under the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965. With the exception of Vote 37 Employment Affairs...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising (3 Jun 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy for my Department and the bodies under its aegis is set out in the following tables. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform  2020 Advertising Campaign Title Social Media Platform Used Cost PEACE PLUS Stakeholder Information Events Facebook *£1,800.00 PEACE...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: Once I have brought the matter to the Cabinet tomorrow, I will be able to update the House on my proposal on maternity leave and the interaction between that and the wage subsidy scheme. In case I did not make it clear enough earlier in the afternoon, I wish to clarify that when I said the consideration of the future of maternity leave could take time, I meant that in the context that, when...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: If the sum of €350 to which the Deputy is referring is the pandemic unemployment payment, that should not be going to an employer. It should be going directly to a citizen in the form of a direct payment. However, the Deputy may be referring to the income support scheme. The legislation that was passed by this House gives the Revenue Commissioners a lot of power to - when, as it...