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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Health Insurance (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The position is that tax relief is available already for dental treatment as set out beneath. Section 470 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provides for income tax relief, at the standard rate, to individuals who pay for medical insurance to an approved insurer. Qualifying medical insurance policies can be for health insurance, dental insurance and health and dental insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Tax Reliefs Application (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: Tax relief in respect of health expenses is provided for under section 469 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. Section 469 defines "health expenses" as "expenses in respect of the provision of health care including the services of a practitioner". For the purposes of Section 469, health care does not include routine dental treatment. Where an individual incurs health expenses in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: As I indicated to the Deputy in the question to which he refers, it is established Government practice to use exemptions or incentives in the tax system in limited circumstances where there are demonstrable market failures and where a tax-based incentive is more efficient than a direct expenditure intervention. Despite the recent developments brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Wage Subsidy Scheme (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that all cases which have applied for refunds under the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) and which were rejected on the basis of failing to meet the eligibility criteria are reviewed by Revenue. The TWSS builds on data returned to Revenue through its real-time PAYE system. It must be accepted that the underlying legislation and the scheme itself cannot be tailored...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 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. In the context of the need for immediate implementation of the TWSS, the scheme necessarily had to build on data returned to Revenue through its real-time PAYE system. The key conditions of the scheme, as prescribed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Insurance Industry (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I am aware that there have been many concerns expressed about how the insurance industry is responding to the needs of its business policyholders in these difficult times, in terms of honouring business interruption claims and also with regard to whether forbearance and other flexible measures are being offered to them. I and my officials have been engaging with the sector in an effort to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will be aware that the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) was legislated for in section 28 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 and that the TWSS is an emergency measure to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy. Of necessity, the underlying legislation and the scheme itself were developed quickly, having regard to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy suggests extending the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) to a particular business sector. The TWSS is provided for in section 28 of the recently enacted Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (The Act). The underlying legislation and the scheme itself were developed having regard to the Government objective of providing assistance to employers and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dental Services (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 58 and 88 together. In March this year, Revenue announced that it was suspending debt collection and the charging of interest on late payment for the January/February and March/April 2020 VAT periods and the February, March and April 2020 PAYE (Employer) periods, which has been extended to include the May/June 2020 VAT period and May and June 2020 PAYE...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Revenue Commissioners Staff (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that its telephone helpline services are currently curtailed due to the COVID-19 related restrictions. Further information regarding these services is available on Revenue’s website at link www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/communications/covid19/revenue-s ervices, which may be of assistance to the Deputy. Revenue is, however, continuing to provide a full service in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) is an emergency measure to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy. The scheme builds on data returned to Revenue through its real-time PAYE system. It must be accepted that the underlying legislation and the scheme itself cannot be tailored to meet every individual unique set of circumstances for either employers or employees. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 65 together. 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. In the context of the compelling need for immediate implementation of the TWSS, the scheme necessarily had to build on data returned to Revenue through its real-time PAYE system....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Credit Unions (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: First of all, I wish to inform the Deputy that both I and my officials have engaged extensively with the credit union representative bodies since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. I spoke with the credit union representative bodies, by conference call on 23 March 2020 and again on 22 April 2020 to discuss the challenges and emerging issues facing the credit union sector as a result...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Home Building Finance Ireland (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The details sought by the Deputy are set out in the following table for the period 28 January 2019 to 19 May 2020. In relation to the cash value and the number of units of accommodation identified at the applications stage, for a variety of reasons these numbers can vary significantly from the applications finally considered by HBFI and therefore I am advised by HBFI they are not in a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vehicle Registration Tax (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 69 together. I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that, in respect of registrations and examinations carried out in the National Car Testing Service Centres, a resumption proposal has been submitted by the Road Safety Authority to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport that would see a limited number of Centres resume on 8 June 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Banking Sector (27 May 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. The Taoiseach emphasised the important role of the banking sector in supporting the gradual re-opening of the Irish economy by ensuring a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Banking Sector (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I have not had any communication with the bank referred to by the Deputy in relation to the carrying out of property valuations. It should be noted that the European Union (Consumer Mortgage Credit Agreements) Regulations 2016 (SI 142 of 2016) places certain requirements on mortgage lenders in relation to the standards of, and used by, property appraisers when carrying out a property...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) was introduced by the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020. This scheme provides the payment of income supports to employers in respect of eligible employees where the employer’s business activities have experienced significant negative disruption due to the coronavirus pandemic. The TWSS is operated by employers...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71 and 76 together. The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) was is provided for in section 28 of the recently enacted Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020. The TWSS is an emergency measure to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy. Of necessity, the underlying legislation and the scheme itself were...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 28 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 sets out the qualifying conditions required for access to the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS). The legislative requirements are that; - the business is suffering significant negative economic impact due to the pandemic, - the employees were on the payroll at 29 February 2020, and - the employer had fulfilled...