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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Nursing Home Fees (14 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Revenue’s role in the Nursing Home Support Scheme is confined to that of collection agent for the Health Service Executive (HSE) in respect of loan funding that falls due for repayment. The repayment date for monies loaned is set out in the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Collection and Recovery of Repayable Amounts) Regulations 2009 (Statutory Instrument No. 436 of 2009), which...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (14 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government acknowledges the continuing cost pressures on parents, particularly those with young children. In recognition of these cost pressures, a number of support measures are already in place to ease the burden on working parents. These include various tax-exempted child-care related supports provided by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and measures such as the Working...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (14 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the full year cost of increasing the Earned Income Credit from €1,350 to €1,500, for taxpayer units in receipt of gross income of up to €60,000, is estimated at €19 million in a full year. This estimate assumes that all affected taxpayers have the capacity to fully benefit from the increase in the credit. Therefore, €19 million...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (14 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I can confirm that my Department has incurred the below costs in respect to advertising in all forms to date in 2019. Business Unit Supplier Details Amount Central Bank Policy Unit/Banking & Financial Stability Division Merc Partners Print newspaper advertisement highlighting the job vacancy for role of Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland €10,000 +VAT (€12,300)

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (14 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As set out in my reply to PQ 18042 of 18/04/2019 I understand that written submissions have been received from both the Employer and relevant staff associations and more recently, on 5th March last, oral presentations were also made to the Commission by both parties. Following this, the Commission has indicated that it expects to complete its examination of recruitment and retention matters...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Redeployment (14 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, the Civil Service Mobility scheme which comes under the remit of my department, and is administered through HR Shared Services, National Shared Services Office, offers an opportunity for staff members to apply for mobility through an open and transparent system. The scheme will support the needs of the business, increase career development opportunities and facilitate...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Government Expenditure (14 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government Expenditure Ceiling for 2018 was first published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in Expenditure Report 2016. The Budget 2017 and Budget 2018 adjustments to the 2018 ceiling reflect decisions to prioritise additional spending measures supported by discretionary revenue measures as well as increasing public investment in infrastructure. In addition, the Revised...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (14 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy regarding advertising costs for my Department is set out in the table below. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Costs Advertising ICT specialist posts €5,323.00 Office of Government Procurement Stand at Transforming Public Services event €1,230.00 Strategy document design and booklet printing €3,542.00 Standard...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Home Loan Scheme (14 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan launched on 1 February 2018. Prior to its launch, an initial tranche of €200 million of long-term fixed-rate finance was borrowed by the Housing Finance Agency to provide funds for the scheme to local authorities. When the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan was initially being developed it was estimated that the drawdown of loans under the scheme would...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (14 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128, 131, 136 and 138 together. The Government has approved the appointment of the Preferred Bidder for the National Broadband Plan, to deliver high speed broadband to all premises in Ireland, irrespective of location, through a combination of commercial investment and State intervention. The Department of Communications, Climate Action and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Broadband Plan (14 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 129 and 130 together. As the Deputy is aware, Government records are confidential to Government. The Deputy will appreciate that in order to respect the rules in relation to Cabinet confidentiality, I am circumscribed in terms of outlining the content of the Government’s detailed discussions on the National Broadband Plan and what, specifically, was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (14 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: This issue relates 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 a pension scheme. The matter was the subject of extensive discussion at the Community Sector High Level Forum which was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Broadband Plan (14 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Spending Code requires that Sponsoring Agencies (i.e. those bodies that are responsible for delivering projects) prepare an economic appraisal such as a cost benefit analysis (CBA) or a cost effectiveness analysis for projects with an estimated cost in excess of €20 million before the relevant Sanctioning Authority (usually the body providing the funding) makes a decision on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (9 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Help to Buy incentive (HTB) is scheduled to expire on 31 December 2019. This is provided for in Section 477C of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. As is normal, the role and operation of the incentive will be examined in the context of the forthcoming Budget and Finance Bill process. It would be premature at this point to anticipate the outcome of that examination.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (9 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that where consanguinity relief is not available, the full amount of stamp duty relieved under the ‘young trained farmer’ relief counts towards the amount of State aid that may be granted in the context of the application of Article 18 of the EU Agricultural Block Exemption Regulations. That article imposes a €70,000 ceiling on the amount of State...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (9 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: This issue relates 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 a pension scheme. The matter was the subject of extensive discussion at the Community Sector High Level Forum which was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (9 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: On 5 December 2017, the Government made the decision to increase the compulsory retirement age to 70, for public servants recruited prior to 1 April 2004. Primary legislation was necessary in order to bring that change into effect. It was made clear at the time that until such legislation was enacted, the compulsory retirement age of 65, which applied to the vast majority of this cohort,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (9 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 50 and 53 together. This issue relates 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 a pension scheme. The matter was the subject of extensive discussion...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (9 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 sets out a specific schedule of measures and dates in respect of deductions made under the FEMPI Acts including provisions in respect of the implementation of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 (PSSA). This scheduled further lessening of the PSPR impact on pensions means that from 1 January 2019 all pensions up to €39,000 per...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (9 May 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In order to address the question, I would first advise the Deputy of the existing pension increase policies in place for public service pensions. The current pension increase policy applying to pensions awarded under pre-existing public service pension schemes (i.e. excluding the Single Pension Scheme) was agreed as part of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 (PSSA). This...