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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (12 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: For the purposes of the Central Bank residential mortgage lending rules, a first time buyer is defined as a borrower to whom no housing loan has ever before been advanced. Where the borrower under a housing loan is more than one person and one or more of those persons has previously been advanced a housing loan, none of those persons is a first-time buyer. However, the Central Bank also...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (12 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I have been advised by the Central Bank of Ireland that their quarterly Residential Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions Statistics only includes data on residential mortgages secured on property on Ireland. Loans for commercial purposes would not be included in the statistics.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration (12 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that contrary to the position as conveyed to the Deputy, the person concerned was not in possession of nor had he applied for an exemption from Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) when the vehicle concerned was seized by Revenue in February 2017. In June 2017 Revenue wrote to the individual outlining the release terms for the vehicle which included the condition...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions (12 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89 and 90 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2018 was enacted on 24 December 2018 and commenced on 21 January 2019 and amended Part V of the Central Bank Act 1997 to expand the activity of credit servicing to include holding the legal title to credit granted under a credit agreement and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Data (12 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: It was not possible for the Central Bank of Ireland to provide the information sought in the time available and, therefore, I will make arrangements to provide the information to the Deputy in line with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Construction Industry (12 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has not undertaken analysis of this nature, and I am not aware of any such analysis by either the Central Bank or the National Treasury Management Agency. My Department’s assessments of the principal economic and fiscal risks are set out twice yearly in Stability Programme Update in April and in the Budget Economic and Fiscal Outlook in October each year. It is not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (12 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Appointments Service (PAS) is an independent, statutory body which provides professional recruitment and selection services to the civil service.   The Temporary Clerical Officer (TCO) competition for 2019 is currently underway and candidates are assigned as and when vacancies are notified to PAS.  The number of positions available to any...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (12 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am reading this question as referring to moves under the redeployment scheme. As the Deputy will be aware, the various Public Service Agreements (PSAs) provide for agreed redeployment arrangements to apply in the civil service and in other parts of the public service. Redeployment is primarily a mechanism for the transfer of surplus staff to areas where appropriate vacancies exist....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (12 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: It is important that Ireland’s statutory National Minimum Wage and the Living Wage concept are not confused. The Living Wage has no legislative basis and is therefore not a statutory entitlement. It currently stands at €11.90 per hour, to be reviewed this month, according to the Living Wage Technical Group 2018 document. The National Minimum Wage is a statutory entitlement...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (12 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 to 99, inclusive, together. As the Deputy is aware, under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 (PSSA), it was agreed by all parties that there would be an examination of remaining salary scale issues in respect of post January 2011 recruits at entry grades. The discussions were informed by a Report, of March 2018 to the Houses of the Oireacthas...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies Data (12 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the Institute of Public Administration that the Finance and Strategy Committee met twenty five times in total between 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019. Details of the date and attendees of each meeting is provided in the following table: Year Number of  Finance and Strategy Meetings  Date of Meeting  Chair  Members in Attendance  Apologies ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (12 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) that they are in compliance with the relevant corporate governance standards which apply to the organisation. I am also advised that the organisation’s Board are committed to ensuring that a corporate culture which supports high governance standards is fostered and maintained.  The IPA is a Company Limited by...

National Development Plan: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following:"notes:— the significant progress made in implementing the National Development Plan (NDP) as detailed in the first Project Ireland 2040 Annual Report published on 2nd May, 2019; — that climate action and the transition to renewable energy is already a key priority in the NDP...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Yield (11 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Revenue raised from carbon tax is remitted to the Exchequer and therefore used to fund public services, including measures to address energy poverty such as the National Fuel Allowance Scheme and the Better Energy Warmer Homes Schemes.   To date carbon tax revenues have not been hypothecated for any exclusive purpose. Hypothecation in general is not a feature of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (11 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 140 together. In the last number of Budgets, the Government has been introducing targeted changes to the income tax system within available resources to make steady and sustainable progress in reducing the income tax burden, focusing on low and middle income earners.  This has been done by making targeted changes to the Universal Social Charge...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (11 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that geographical data in relation the Help to Buy (HTB) is categorised by the county of location of the relevant property rather than the county of residence of the claimant prior to the purchase. To the start of May 2019, the following claims were made in relation properties located in the counties the Deputy refers to: County  Start May 19 Donegal...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (11 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The background to this issue is that up to 31 December 2011, admissions to open farms and built and natural heritage facilities were treated as a short-term letting of an immovable good and were therefore exempt from VAT. Following a number of CJEU cases, Revenue issued a notice in mid-2011 that such admissions could no longer be treated as exempt and would be liable to VAT at the standard...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Pension (Contributory) (11 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The question of entitlement to a State Contributory Pension, including the amount to be paid, is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and Revenue has no role to play in this regard. However, Revenue does provide the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP) with PRSI related information in respect of individual taxpayers,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Yield (11 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: A breakdown by category of Excise Exchequer Receipts, as shown in the fiscal monitor, is not available. However, I am advised by Revenue that the following table sets out the net duty receipts in respect of commodities liable to Excise for the months of April 2018 and April 2019, together with the increase or decrease. - April April Change - 2018 2019 - €m €m €m...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Yield (11 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the amounts of Excise Duty received on Beer, Spirits, Wine and Cider in the first quarters of 2019 and 2018 are published on the Revenue website at the following link: .