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Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Legal Cases (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Special Liquidators that a settlement agreement was entered into between the parties to the proceedings and, due to the confidentiality provisions in the settlement agreement, its terms cannot be referred to.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Legal Cases (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Since the date of the Special Liquidation in 2013, IBRC has reduced the number of legal cases under active management from over 1,100 to approximately 82 sets of legal proceedings (comprising 63 cases as defendant, 19 recovery and enforcement actions) and one alternative dispute resolution case. Many of these proceedings are high profile and/or are of significant value, involving former...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Operations (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: On 11 March 2015, Life Company Consolidation Group Limited (“LCCG”), through its Irish subsidiary, Life Company Consolidation Group Ireland Limited, acquired the entire share capital of IBRC Assurance Company Limited (“IBRCAC”) from IBRC (in Special Liquidation). Following the sale in March 2015 IBRCAC was renamed Harcourt Life Assurance Company Limited. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Regulation (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, credit unions are regulated and supervised by the Registrar of Credit Unions at the Central Bank who is the independent regulator for credit unions. Within his independent regulatory discretion, the Registrar acts to support the prudential soundness of individual credit unions, to maintain sector stability, and to protect the savings of credit union members. ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 135 to 142, inclusive, together. I understand that all of these questions relate to the potential sale of one specific company.  I have been advised by Revenue that due to Revenue’s requirement to protect taxpayer confidentiality under section 851A Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, and due to the fact that this transaction has not yet taken place, it...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecasts (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that a Ready Reckoner providing estimated impacts for potential changes to a wide range of taxes and duties is available at www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/documents/statistics/ready-recko ner.pdf. Regarding your question on stamp duty, the Ready Reckoner provides the estimated impact of increasing the rate of Stamp Duty on the excess of considerations on residential...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Internships (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Department of Finance does not offer unpaid internships. The Economics Division of the Department of Finance has offered a twelve week paid internship to the successful candidate in its Economic Policy Competition each year since 2014. This is an essay-based competition that assesses undergraduate students’ understanding of the Irish economy. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (‘EII’) is a scheme that is covered by Article 21 of Commission Regulation No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014, declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (referred to as the “General Block Exemption Regulation” or “GBER”). Revenue has...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cyber Security Protocols (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In relation to my Department, I wish to advise that ICT services are provided by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. On behalf of my Department the OGCIO has specialist resources, with the appropriate skills and expertise, tasked with managing cyber security. OGCIO implements a defence-in-depth...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Operations (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has developed a business continuity management system policy framework on business resilience and continuity management, and also has an incident management plan, which sets out the Department's pre-determined actions to providing a response system to an incident or emergency occurring that could potentially affect its operations.  Work is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Chapter 4 of Part 42 of the Taxes Consolidation Act (TCA) 1997 imposes a legal obligation on all employers to make deductions at source under the PAYE system from the payment of emoluments to employees and to report these amounts to Revenue as they are being paid. I am advised by Revenue that part-time lecturers/teachers/trainers are generally engaged under a contract of service...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that a person’s Irish tax position depends on the source of the taxable income involved and the tax residence and domicile position of the individual. For example, where a person is tax resident and domiciled in Ireland, s/he will be liable to Irish income tax on his or her worldwide income.  This is subject to any relief afforded by a Double Taxation...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: VAT is governed by the EU VAT Directive, with which Irish VAT law must comply. The VAT Directive provides that VAT registration thresholds may only be raised by Member States to maintain their value in real terms, that is, they may only be increased in line with inflation. Our VAT thresholds were increased to their current values, €37,500 for services and €75,000 for goods, on 1...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme provides relief from VAT and VRT (up to a certain limit) on the purchase of an adapted car for transport of a person with specific severe and permanent physical disabilities, payment of a Fuel Grant, and an exemption from Motor Tax.  To qualify for the Scheme an applicant must be in possession of a Primary Medical...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The creation of the National Surplus (Exceptional Contingencies) Reserve Fund (known as the Rainy Day Fund) forms part of the Government’s policy to stabilise the public finances and increase the State’s resilience to external economic shocks. The Fund is intended as a reserve which may be drawn upon under certain circumstances, outlined under section 9(2) of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Special Assignee Relief Programme (SARP) was introduced in Budget 2012 as part of a strategy to promote Foreign Direct Investment into Ireland, and to allow us to compete internationally to attract highly skilled and mobile executives who act as key decision makers within organisations.   The measure provides income tax relief on a portion of income earned by employees, who...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Yield (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the estimated yield from increasing Excise on diesel to the same level as that of petrol is shown on page 21 of the Revenue Ready Reckoner available at: .

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Data (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Standard Fund Threshold is the maximum allowable pension fund allowed at retirement for tax purposes and was introduced in Finance Act 2006 to prevent over-funding of pensions through tax-relieved arrangements.   Information on the numbers and values of individual pension funds or on individual accrued benefits in pension schemes is not generally required to be supplied...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Yield (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: VAT returns are submitted to the Revenue Commissioners. As regards calculating the VAT impact of below cost sales of alcohol, separate figures are not available for input VAT on goods that were subsequently sold at a discount because traders’ VAT returns show only the total input VAT and the total output VAT for the period covered by the return.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Training Fund (6 Sep 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As indicated in the Budget 2019 Tax Policy Changes the increase from 0.9 per cent to 1.0 per cent in the National Training Fund levy is expected to yield an additional €74m in 2020. The increase in the levy, therefore increases fiscal space as a discretionary revenue raising measure. Fiscal space represents the additional capacity arising from the permitted expenditure growth rate...