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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 take the Deputy's point, in that there might have been a different way of explaining what it was for, but the reason I am here is to explain to the Deputy what the money is for and how it is being used. To give the figure some context, various reports were made available on how the court case could have played out. The export reports from the two airlines put forward claims ranging from...

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: None of it is talking place on the Border. It is happening at Dublin Port. It will happen at terminal 10 there and involve measures to enable traffic to be managed better in the event of having to deal with a no-deal Brexit. It will also happen at terminal 7, which entails putting in place an area to facilitate transit and documentary checks. It will happen at terminal 9. Work will also...

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. To provide an example, this funding will provide public offices at terminal 7 where drivers will be able to engage with Revenue staff and obtain additional information to facilitate their movement through the port. Vehicles will be parked in terminal 7 but will require a physical check at terminal 9. Terminal 9 is also where the trucks will be checked for sanitary and phytosanitary,...

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 is the final figure for this year.

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 am hopeful that we will have most of what needs to be done done. The amount of work that took place from quarter 2 of this year up to September was significant. If we were to have to deal with a no-deal Brexit risk again, which remains a possibility for 2020, we will have much of what needs to be done from a physical point of view in place.

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 is the allocation between-----

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 is just the business cases that have come in from the different Departments. For example, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine might say that money will be needed for sanitary and phytosanitary facilities in Rosslare. It is not a central decision and it is more about proposals that come from different Departments and the OPW meeting them.

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 was collected from the airlines.

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: They would have passed it on to differing degrees to people who would have used their flights.

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: No. The airlines believed they were not being treated fairly by the design of this tax.

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: No. The Chairman might remember when this was introduced. There was a €10 standard tax, with a €2 tax for airports within 300 km of Dublin Airport. The view of the airlines at that point was that the design of the tax was unfair and conferred a degree of competitive advantage on other airlines.

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: They would have viewed that the design of the tax facilitated airlines with more business coming from airports more than 300 km away from Dublin. The European Commission formed a view that the tax was not designed properly. It meant that journeys within the European Union were taxed in a different way depending on where the journey began. That Government and its successors became involved...

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 was dropped in 2014. That is why the tax was only collected until 2014. It was moved to €3 in 2011 and stopped in 2014.

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: No.

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 is a final settlement with the airlines. What any citizen chooses to do is his or her business. That is if they want to challenge it. The tax was levied at that point with the understanding that it was legal. In the settlement we reached, there is no admission by the State that the tax at any point was illegal.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency Data (5 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The State Claims Agency (SCA) is part of the National Treasury Management Agency, which is a body under the aegis of the Minister for Finance. As such, the SCA have supplied the information included in this response, and confirmed that it is correct as of 30 November 2019. The information in the report in the following link has been extracted from the National Incident Management System...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (5 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that the information requested is outlined in tabular form for the years 2017, 2018 and for 2019 to-date. 2017 2018 2019 €84,186.78 €59,347.66 €53,368.58 Details for 2016 are currently not readily available, however, I wish to advise the Deputy that a deferred reply will be issued...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Industrial Relations (5 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy, this question has previously received a substantive response under Question No. 410 on 24th July, 2018 (33545/18) and answered under the bailiwick of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Any update on this matter is best sought through that Department.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (5 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are no agency staff employed in the Department of Finance. With regard to the 17 bodies under the aegis of my Department, I am informed that 13 have no staff employed on an agency basis. These are the Credit Review Office, the Credit Union Advisory Committee, the Credit Union Restructuring Board, the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal, Home...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (5 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised that Revolut is authorised in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 and is passporting its services into Ireland on a freedom of services basis. I am further advised that, in the area of financial services legislation, section 33 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010, as amended...