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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, including economic forecasting.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: It would be helpful.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: That is what I was going to suggest. I thank the Minister. With regard to the 415 employees, there is Exchequer pay of just above €30 million. The line below the one relating to that concerns Exchequer pensions, which amount to €250,000 in respect of ten employees. Could the Minister explain that?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister want me to move on?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: No problem at all. Let me move abroad with the next question. Questions have been asked about tariffs, but there is also the matter of the implementation of the BEPS process. Could the Minister outline the undertaxed profits provision rule, which relates to any jurisdiction that does not apply a minimum effective tax rate of 15%? We know some jurisdictions may calculate it in a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I could not agree more with the Minister. Could he state the time at which it will become real for Revenue to apply the tax? Will it be later this year? Let me move on to the subject of the Comptroller and Auditor General. I will group some of my questions. Could the Minister clarify whether the Comptroller and Auditor General has sought additional staff resources from Revenue? With...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Not just on IT, but any wasteful spending the Minister is aware of.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: My final question again relates to the Revenue Commissioners and the €12.8 million spend. Will the Minister explain what subhead 8 is, which is vehicles in frontier management expenses? I presume it relates to having Revenue officials on the road.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding allocated for the Dublin Metro for 2026 in the expenditure projection in the Annual Progress Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28077/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance if the number of properties declared as vacant is falling, each year for which data is available; the total number of exemptions provided each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28358/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by introducing a tax on residential property owned by a company, at a rate of 10, 20, and 30 times the LPT. [28359/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 21 May 2025, to clarify that credit servicing firms, regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, are permitted to hold legal title of mortgages without owning the underlying loan related to the mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28360/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Central Bank of Ireland to collect the data regarding the number of legal titles held by credit servicing firms in relation to Irish property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28361/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 21 May 2025, to clarify a section 110 special purpose vehicle that holds only the loans related to residential mortgages but is not the subject under subsection (5A) on section 110; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28362/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance if insurance companies providing home insurance under the consumer protection code are required to inform customers of the consequences of being underinsured specifically in relation to the industry use of the average clause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28399/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance if NTMA would be permitted to maintain the employment of the NAMA CEO at the same terms and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28400/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 21 May 2025, if, in his view, the consultancy report by a company (details supplied) into value for money of the bike shed represented value for money at a cost of €20,500 excluding VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28401/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average time between unannounced searches by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) where files and evidence are collected, and CCPC receiving permission from the courts to examine the evidence collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28078/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding an additional school accommodation scheme application made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27754/25]