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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Yield (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the aggregate value of receipts collected from Carbon Tax, plus the Excise and VAT on petrol, auto diesel and other products that carry a carbon charge, is estimated at €3.5 billion for 2018. A breakdown of these receipts is provided in the following table. € Millions Light Oils 598 Heavy Oils 1,565 LPG 0.20 Carbon Tax 431 VAT 858 Total 3,452

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: It is assumed that the Deputy is referring to the number of used vehicle imports. I am advised by Revenue that the total number of used vehicles imported into the State in 2016 and 2017 is provided in the following table. The table also includes the amounts of Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) collected by Revenue in respect of those vehicles for the years in question (all imported vehicles...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Freedom of Information Data (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, the following table outlines the Freedom of Information requests processed by my Department in 2018: Freedom of Information Requests processed by Dept. Total Processed 389 Granted 44 Part Granted 206 Refused 80 Transferred 12 Withdrawn 33 Handled outside of FOI 14

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that VAT is charged on the full consideration which the supplier is entitled to receive in return for goods or services supplied. What constitutes consideration for a supply of goods or services is defined in EU VAT law and consists of everything that the supplier is entitled to receive including taxes, duties, levies and charges, excluding the VAT...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency Data (25 Jun 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 20th June 2019. Table 1 shows the number of active claims managed by the SCA in relation to historical child sexual abuse claims as recorded...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Proposed Legislation (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As I announced last week, I received the agreement of Cabinet to begin the process of drafting heads of a Central Bank Amendment Bill. This follows extensive preparatory work by my officials, in consultation with the Central Bank, over the past year. Any new regulatory regime must be practicable and proportionate, and the issues being addressed by this legislation are complex and required...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Claims (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: At the outset, it is important to clarify that the main recommendation (recommendation 11) of the Cost of Motor Insurance Report was to establish the National Claims Information Database (NCID) on a legislative basis to facilitate a more in-depth analysis of annual trends in motor insurance claims. This was seen as key to developing an understanding of how claims costs are impacting...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that they identify businesses that trade with the UK by analysing the VAT Information Exchange System (VIES) data and that they have now analysed VIES data from 2018. This has identified that approximately 92,000 businesses traded with the UK during this period. On further examination of the data, Revenue have identified that 65,400 of these businesses do not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that it currently has three mobile x-ray scanners, a ‘backscatter van’ scanner, and a specialist vehicle that contains both x-ray and radiation detection technology. All the scanners are mobile and can be deployed to both frontier and internal operations. The ‘backscatter van’ scanner is Revenue’s most recent acquisition, having...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Bank CEO Date AIB Colin Hunt 19/02/2019 PTSB Jeremy Masding 26/03/2019 BOI Francesca McDonagh 01/04/2019

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Having regard to the Deputy's reference to an "equivalent change for taxpayer units with one partner in work", I have assumed for the purposes of this response that the estimated cost requested is for an increase to the standard rate cut off point for all income tax bands of €14,700, which would bring it to €50,000 for a single person, €59,000 for a married one income...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: An inter-departmental working group was established in February 2018 to examine and report on options for the amalgamation of USC and PRSI over the medium-term. The working group completed their work, in line with their terms of reference and their report was submitted to me in late 2018. The Report addresses a range of options for how amalgamation could be achieved, but also has identified...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Reports (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I would draw to the Deputy's attention that the analysis published in the Central Bank's Financial Stability Note “Who invests in the Irish commercial real estate market?: An overview of non-bank institutional ownership of Irish CRE” includes available data on Irish-resident institutional investor holdings of residential real estate, as well as commercial real estate. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Documents Issuance (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the person concerned is registered for Income Tax as a Self-Assessed taxpayer. Revenue also confirmed that a ‘Notice of Assessment’ for 2018 issued to the person on 14 June 2019. The ‘Notice of Assessment’ is the appropriate statement of income and tax liabilities for Self-Assessed taxpayers while the ‘P21 Balancing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The new administrative arrangements for PAYE (PAYE Modernisation) commenced on 1 January 2019 and Revenue has advised me that 167,000 employers, including many smaller employers, are successfully reporting pay and deductions details in respect of 2.7m employees via the new format. PAYE Modernisation represents the most significant change to the PAYE system since its introduction more than...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Defence Forces Remuneration (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pay Commission was established to advise Government on public service remuneration policy. In the current phase, the second phase of the Commission's work, it was tasked by its Terms of Reference to undertake an examination of whether, and to what extent, there are difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff in key areas of the public service identified in its first...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The level of ambition set out in the Climate Action Plan will require significant investment across the entire economy. However, much of this investment was already anticipated and provided for through the commitments included in the NDP, which include over €30bn for climate action and sustainable mobility. The Government has agreed that the cumulative Exchequer costs of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government has committed to increasing public capital investment to about 4% of GNI* and then maintaining public investment at this level over the remaining period of the National Development Plan (NDP). The NDP has pledged that €21.8 billion will be invested in the low carbon transition. This includes €7.6 billion in Exchequer funding and €14.2 billion of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: While there is no standard taxonomy in place internationally to determine exactly what might qualify as green spending, it is clear that the items contained within Strategic Outcome 8 in the National Development Plan on Transition to a Low-Carbon and Climate-Resilient Society (€21.8 billion) would meet any reasonable definition of green expenditure. For example, Ireland's...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (25 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Please see the below Tables. Table 1 provides a full breakdown of costs in relation to the PSSA , on a yearly basis and also by pay band. Table 2 provides a breakdown of costs in relation to the reversal of outstanding FEMPI measures. As the dates by which these payments must be made are not fixed, but dependent on the timeframes outlined in the act and detailed below, it is not possible to...