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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Deduction Systems (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that expenditure on furniture and fittings for rental properties, including “white goods” such as a washing machine or a refrigerator, can be claimed against rental income in the form of capital allowances for “wear and tear”. The allowances can be claimed at the rate of 12.5% of the cost of the item or items per year for a maximum of eight...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Agreements (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will be aware that the Commission proposal for an interim Digital Service Tax, which would impose a 3% levy on the turnover of certain companies’ digital activities, failed to find agreement among Member States when it was discussed at ECOFIN in March this year. The focus of the debate on international tax reform has since moved to the OECD, although it continues to be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 to 149, inclusive, together. Revenue acts as the collection agent for the Health Service Executive (HSE) in respect of outstanding liabilities arising from the Ancillary State Support Scheme. This role is provided for by Section 26(2)(b) of the Nursing Home Support Scheme Act 2009. Revenue has confirmed that it provides electronic options for all...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Staff (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: My officials have been involved in discussions with the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission in relation to complex proposals for revised pay terms for staff serving in the grade of Secretarial Assistant. The discussions are based on a claim from SIPTU which represents staff working under the Scheme for Secretarial Assistance. My officials will continue to engage with the Commission on these...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Legislation (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: S.I. No. 56/1981 amended the existing Civil Service Widows' and Children's Contributory Pension Scheme and provided for the admission of established female civil servants to the scheme on terms equivalent to those applicable to male civil servants from 1 June 1981. In effect, that scheme then became the Spouses' and Children's Pension Scheme. Membership of this scheme then applied to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As noted in my response to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 5 November 2019, the individual in this case is subject to application of Section 52 subsections (6) and (7) of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, which imposes a limit on the total amount of pensionable service which can be taken into account when calculating a public servant’s pension...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. The Deputy should note that my Department’s communications planning for 2020 is ongoing and as such detailed cost estimates are not currently available. As is normal practice, other launches and events will take place as the need arises. It is likely this will include planned public information milestones,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Sharing Arrangements (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Further to the clarification provided by the Deputy in respect of this Parliamentary Question, I am advised that there are no Data Sharing Agreements in place between my Department and commercial entities or other private sector bodies whereby personal data is shared with them for their use.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Data (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The following table sets out the number of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests received by my Department from 2016 to date, the number of requests that were refused, the number of requests that were partially granted and the number of requests in which a decision of the Department has been overturned by the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) to date. With regard to the reasons...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Agencies Data (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The bodies under the aegis of my Department and the requested information regarding Board membership for each is set out in the following table. Organisation Number of Board Members Number of vacant positions Obligation to appear before committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas National Shared Services Office 9 0 In...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. This includes the budget allocation in the Revised Estimates for each of the years in question and the number of staff employed in those years. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Vote 11 Department of Public Expenditure and Reform ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Election Expenditure (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The final remuneration that Returning Officers receive for carrying out their duties in respect of the 2019 local and European elections are not available as final accounts from Returning Officers are not due until six months after the election at which point they are then subject to review. The remuneration paid to Returning Officers’ for the 2014 European & Local...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Supplementary)
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I was going to ask if it is okay for Minister Kyne to go first. Is that okay?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Supplementary)
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes, that is correct. I am here to present a proposal for four Supplementary Estimates, two of which come under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Vote group and two of which come under the Department of Finance Vote group. On the public expenditure and reform Vote group, there is a net Supplementary Estimate of €1,000, resulting in a gross Estimate of €5...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Supplementary)
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Supplementary Estimate is required to meet the obligations entered into by the Department in the context of settlement agreements with two airlines - Aer Lingus and Ryanair. Following mediation with Mr. Justice Paul Gilligan, settlements were agreed in respect of both actions. As indicated in the documentation, the total amount amounted to €24 million in full and final settlement...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Supplementary)
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: This refers to the issue that developed in respect of the air travel tax introduced in budget 2009. It refers to a dispute with two airlines, Aer Lingus and Ryanair, that argued that the air travel tax was levied illegally. This tax was developed during the crisis period and was subsequently changed in budget 2011. It has been a longstanding legal dispute between the two airlines and the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Supplementary)
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The air travel tax was collected. All told, between 2009 and 2014, €316 million was collected.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Supplementary)
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: 2014. Some €316 million was collected.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Supplementary)
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: It includes legal fees but it also includes a settlement. The airlines believed they were due to have some of the money collected returned to them. This figure includes legal fees and a settlement. The issue between the two airlines and the State has now been dealt with.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Supplementary)
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The amount that would need to be made available in respect of the settlement was unclear to me. The Deputy will know that Supplementary Estimates refer to expenditure that takes place within a given year. When we prepared the budget last year, I did not know if we were going to be able to settle the case and, if we were, for what amount it would be. It could not be included in the budget...