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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (27 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department of Finance did not engage any agency staff over the past five years.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity (27 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 to 97, inclusive, together. I am advised by Revenue that the construction sector continues to feature prominently in its overall compliance intervention activities and a comprehensive programme of site visits has operated, across both publicly funded and private developments, for several years. A key focus of these visits is the identification and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that information relating to the changes to the Capital Acquisitions Tax B and C thresholds is published on their Ready Reckoner. For convenience, the link to this is as follows: Pages 17 and 18 shows the yield or cost of changes to the Capital Acquisitions Tax B and C thresholds. Where the exact changes sought by the Deputy are not provided, they can...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Over the past 18 months, Revenue has been conducting a comprehensive review of the administratively based Flat Rate Expenses (FRE) regime.  Revenue has advised me that the purpose of the FRE review, which involved engagement with relevant representative bodies, is to ensure that the expenses granted to each employment category remain justified and appropriate to modern day employments...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Career Breaks (27 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have responsibility for the non-pay terms and conditions for the Civil Service. Other Ministers are responsible for the non-pay terms and conditions in the wider public service. A Special Civil Service Incentive Career Break Scheme was introduced in 2009. There are no current plans to reintroduce this scheme or something similar. Staff can...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (27 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has not engaged the services of agency staff in the last five years.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am taking it that that the Deputy is referring to the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR), a reduction applied to public service pensions above certain exemption thresholds, which was introduced on 1 January 2011 under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2010. A three-stage partial reversal of PSPR was provided for in the FEMPI Act...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 151 and 172 together. Section 5 of Finance Bill 2019 provides for the introduction of a targeted and time bound income tax credit for permanent members of the Irish Naval Service. This is a once-off measure that will apply in 2020 only, in respect of service carried out in 2019. It is based on the design of the existing Fisher Tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency Data (26 Nov 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 report, and confirmed that it is correct as of 31 October 2019.  The following figures relate to claims which have been concluded and where damages have been paid across the Clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153 to 155, inclusive, together. The One-Parent Family Tax Credit (OPFTC) was examined by the Commission on Taxation in 2009, and its role in supporting the labour market participation of single and widowed parents was acknowledged. The Commission therefore recommended that the credit should be retained, but that it should be allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Over the past 18 months, Revenue has been conducting a comprehensive review of the administratively based Flat Rate Expenses (FRE) regime.  Revenue has advised me that the purpose of the FRE review, which involved engagement with relevant representative bodies, is to ensure that the expenses granted to each employment category remain justified and appropriate to modern day employments...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (26 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Irish VAT legislation does not provide a zero rate for food supplement products; instead they are subject to the standard rate of VAT (23%). Shortly after the introduction of VAT, Revenue allowed the zero rate to be applied to certain food supplement products (vitamins, minerals and fish oils). This concessionary approach expanded as the market developed over the years and resulted in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Review (26 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Earlier this year, the review of the Local Property Tax was completed by my Department in conjunction with the Departments of the Taoiseach, Public Expenditure & Reform and Housing, Planning & Local Government and the Revenue Commissioners and the report was published in April (available at ).  In accordance with its terms of reference, the review focused on the impact of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (26 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I assume the Deputy is specifically referring to the Central Bank macro prudential rules on residential mortgage lending.  These mortgage lending measures have been put in place by the Central Bank by way of regulations made by the under section 48 of the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013.  While the 2013 Act requires the Bank to consult me before making...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Special Savings Incentive Scheme (26 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The special saving incentive account (SSIA) scheme opened on 1 May 2001 and entry closed on 30 April 2002. The accounts fully matured after a five year period between 1 May 2006 and 30 April 2007. The total cost of the scheme was €3.061bn. The following is a breakdown of the yearly cost of the scheme; Year Cost 2001 €71m ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (26 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: VAT is a tax on consumption and is applied to supplies made by a person and not to supplies received by them.  This is a feature of the VAT system itself, and as the Deputy will be aware it is not possible under EU VAT law, with which Irish VAT law must comply, to introduce VAT exemption based on services received, nor to introduce an exemption based on the recipient of a service....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (26 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the Capital Gains Tax receipts from individuals located in County Kerry for the years requested by the Deputy can be found at link: The same information for Capital Acquisitions Tax can be found at link: Revenue has also confirmed that information on Dividend Withholding Tax paid in respect of dividends on shares held by shareholders located in County Kerry is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (26 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, my officials contacted the Central Bank for the information requested.  The Bank informed my Department that, since the Central Bank Reform Act 2010, which amended the Central Bank Act 1942, it has no role in promoting or monitoring competition in the Irish insurance market.  However, the Central Bank was in a position to provide the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Data (26 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: My officials consulted with the Central Bank of Ireland on the Deputy’s question.  In response, the Bank indicated that it does not have a role in monitoring the number of businesses that cannot obtain a quote for public and employer liability insurance and therefore does not have such data. I am very much aware that there are certain businesses that are having difficulties...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (26 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: At the outset, it is important to note that as Minister for Finance, I am responsible for the development of the legal framework governing financial regulation and therefore my Department does not have access to the type of information being sought by the Deputy.   My officials contacted the Central Bank on this matter and were advised that pursuant to Section 33AK of the Central...