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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (3 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government recognises the importance of the SME sector and continues to enhance the already substantial measures to support SMEs in accessing the public procurement market. Significant work has been undertaken by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) to ensure that public procurement is accessible by all businesses, including SMEs. Minister of State O’Donovan, in accordance...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (3 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) – an office within my department – has responsibility for developing and setting out the overarching policy framework for public procurement in Ireland. The OGP has undertaken a number of substantial measures to support SMEs in accessing the public procurement market which include: - proportionate turnover requirements with turnover...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (3 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government recognises the importance of the SME sector and continues to enhance the already substantial measures to support SMEs in accessing the public procurement market. Significant work has been undertaken by the Office of Government (OGP) in this regard including: - proportionate turnover requirements with turnover generally limited to twice the contract value, - the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (3 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government recognises the importance of the SME sector and continues to enhance the already substantial measures in place to support SMEs in accessing the public procurement market. Significant work has been undertaken by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) to ensure that public procurement is accessible by all businesses, including SMEs. Procurement and tendering training and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (3 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am aware that my colleague, the Minister for Health, has provided the Deputy with the cost profile for this project. While the NDP includes some indicative costing information on some projects, it does not allocate funding at project level. Funding of individual projects is a matter for the relevant Department or agency, in the first instance.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (3 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of 23 Acts is set out in the table below: Title Date of enactment Appropriation Act 2013 20th December 2013 Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Act 2013 24th December 2013 Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices)...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (3 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 173 to 175, inclusive, together. The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) and its sector partners in Health, Education, Defence and Local Government, put in place central arrangements (Framework Agreements) through which public bodies (contracting authorities) can purchase common goods and services. In relation to the subject matter of this question,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (3 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Community Sector High Level Forum has extensively examined certain issues pertaining to the Community Employment Sector as a whole having regard to a claim by community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors who have been seeking, through their union representatives, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 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: Fiscal Data (28 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In July 2019, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) published the National Income and Expenditure (NIE) results for 2018. The NIE includes the most recent updated series for gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) in Ireland. The year-on-year percentage growth rates for GFCF in constant (i.e. inflation adjusted) and current prices from the NIE for the years in question are presented in the table....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (28 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 78 together. In July 2019, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) published the national income and expenditure (NIE) results for 2018. The NIE contains the most recent series for gross domestic product (GDP) and related economic statistics for Ireland. The year-on-year percentage growth rates for GDP in constant (i.e. inflation adjusted) and current...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (28 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: With respect to the 2019, we estimate my Department incurred costs of €71.70 related to the printing of materials on behalf of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform which were to be distributed at the National Ploughing Championships.  No costs were incurred in the years 2016 to 2018. There are 17 bodies under the aegis of my Department, 12 of which have not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (28 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As Deputy is aware I have no role in the commercial activities of any bank operating in the Irish market. The Deputy will be further aware, as Minister for Finance, I cannot stop or reverse loan sales even by the banks in which the State has a shareholding. Decisions in this regard, as well as the criteria used to decide the make-up of loans to be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (28 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Tax expenditures may take a number of forms such as exemptions, allowances, credits, preferential rates, deferral rules etc. They are general government policy instruments used to promote specific social or economic policies and are closely related to direct spending programmes. The Department’s Report on Tax Expenditures for 2019, published with the Budget 2020 documentation on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (28 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 my Department has no role in the area of award levels or changes to the Book of Quantum.  The Cost of Insurance Working Group which was established by my predecessor as Minister for Finance, and which is currently chaired...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (28 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Every person resident in Ireland is entitled to a personal tax credit. The amount of that credit depends on the person’s circumstances, for example whether s/he is single, married or in a civil partnership, widowed or a surviving civil partner. Persons in employment are also entitled to receive the additional Employee Tax Credit. Revenue has advised me that it has examined the tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (28 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 84 and 85 together. As the Deputy is aware I have no role in the commercial activities in any bank operating in the Irish market. Officials from my department contacted the Central Bank of Ireland with your queries and received the following response: "The Central Bank of Ireland does not comment on individual firms regulated by the Central Bank....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (28 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government’s Strategy for the development of Ireland's international financial services sector to 2025, 'Ireland for Finance', was launched at the end of last April.  The vision of the Strategy is for “Ireland to be a top-tier location of choice for specialist international financial services and to enhance and protect our future competitiveness”. The Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Staff (28 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I have been advised by the Central Bank that the current number of employees within the Bank aligned to supervising international financial services, including the funds and asset management industries, is 216 as at the end of October with the number of open vacancies being 9 in these areas. These teams are supported by Policy, Inspections and analytics teams which contribute to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Programme (28 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The introduction of an Annual Financial Services Bill was a suggestion from some of the industry representative bodies during the consultation process for the development of Ireland for Finance (IFF), the Government's Strategy for the development of Ireland's international financial services sector to 2025 which was launched on 26th April last. However, there already is a significant...