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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Abolition (9 Apr 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 are assigned...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (9 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that information in respect of the annual cost of the Research and Development (R&D) tax credit is available for all years up to 2016 at link, . The publication includes information on the cost of payable tax credits for each of these years. Information in respect of 2017 should be available later in 2019. Where a company has insufficient Corporation Tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (9 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that it operates an appointments service at many of its public offices, including the Sligo office. The appointments service facilitates taxpayers in meeting Revenue officials at a time that best suits individual circumstances and removes the potential for delays or queueing. Revenue has also assured me that the circumstances of elderly taxpayers or those with long...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Data (9 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the number of properties for which exemptions have been claimed are set out in the table by exemption type and show the latest data available at 31 December 2018. EXEMPTION TYPE To end 2018 - No. (000s) Charitable bodies (recreational activities) 0.2 Charitable bodies (special needs accommodation) 7.7 Registered nursing homes 0.3 Properties vacated because...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Statutory Instruments (9 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The original version of S.I. No. 125 of 2009 is stored securely in the Compliance Unit of the Department of Finance.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Sector (9 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Regulation (EC) No. 1606/2002 of the European Parliament (the Regulation) requires all listed European companies to prepare their consolidated financial accounts in accordance with EU adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) - formerly known as International Accounting Standards (IAS) - for accounting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2005. The accounting standard...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (9 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy appears to be referring to the VAT Retail Export Scheme in his question whilst conflating same with Duty Free Sales, post Brexit. The UK’s status as a third country, post Brexit, has the consequence of Duty Free sales and the VAT Retail Export Scheme applying on passenger traffic between the UK and EU. It was hoped that such matters would form part of future...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Trade Data (9 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: A breakdown of individual goods export and import transactions to and from the UK for 2018 is not available from the CSO. However the Central Statistics Office’s (CSO) statistical releases on external trade show that, in 2018, Ireland exported €16.1 billion worth of goods to the UK, and imported €19.8 billion worth of goods from the UK. This represents 11% of total goods...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Trade Data (9 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: A breakdown of goods export and imports transactions to and from the UK by company, individual and firm level is not available from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). However, the CSO has produced a detailed insight into Ireland’s trade with the UK in terms of enterprise size, in their publication titled ‘Irish Traders and the UK 2016’released onthe 3rdof October 2018....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (9 Apr 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 discussion at the Community Sector High Level Forum which was reconvened to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Shared Services (9 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the National Shared Services Office that a design review of the new financial management technology platform was completed recently. This has highlighted a number of process and technical opportunities for improvement of the single finance platform for Government to ensure a quality shared services solution. The programme team are now assessing these opportunities to see what...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (9 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that from 2014 to date, no public tender competitions ran by my Department have disqualified economic operators on the grounds outlined in the question. As such, no claims against the State have been brought on these grounds as a result of any public tender competitions ran by my Department. The information above sets out the position in respect of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (9 Apr 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: Home Loan Scheme (9 Apr 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: Legislative Measures (9 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Article 33 of the Constitution provides that there shall be a Comptroller and Auditor General to control on behalf of the State all disbursements and to audit all accounts of moneys administered by or under the authority of the Oireachtas. The constitution also provides that the Comptroller and Auditor General shall be appointed by the President on the nomination of Dáil...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Preparations (9 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Since the referendum result in 2016, a number of steps have been taken to build up the resilience of the economy so that we have the capacity to deal with adverse economic shocks. These include building up our fiscal buffers by balancing our books, reducing our debt burden and establishing the Rainy Day Fund. The steady increases in public spending implemented in recent years with a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (9 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The details sought by the Deputy are not available centrally. The management of individual contracts is a matter for the relevant contracting authorities and my Department does not have a central coordination role in relation to contracts entered into by all state authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Debt (4 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Central Bank of Ireland that it is aware that a regulated entity has written to a number of buy-to-let (BTL) borrowers in arrears and that it is engaged with that particular entity but cannot comment on the specifics of any individual firm. Any borrower who is concerned or who has received letters should contact their regulated entity directly. If they are not satisfied...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies Data (4 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Details of the number and percentage of women on each State Board under the aegis of my Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019 are in the table: State Board 8th March 2016 8th March 2019 Central Bank Commission 3 – 30% 3 – 30% Credit Union Restructuring Board (ReBo) 2 – 16.66% 2 – 66.66% (Caretaker Board while awaiting dissolution) Financial Services...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (4 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 59 to 63, inclusive, together. I am advised by Revenue that Section 118 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as amended, is the general charging provision for the taxation of benefits in kind. The section provides for a charge to income tax in respect of the provision of certain benefits in kind by a body corporate for a director or employee, which...