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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Data (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 43 of the Finance Act 1975 provides that any gaming machine which is made available for play in a public place without a Gaming Machine Licence is liable to forfeiture and may be seized. I am advised by Revenue that it started a compliance project in 2017 on the gaming and amusement sector, including compliance with licensing laws. The following table sets out the number of seizures...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer to the Deputy's Oral Parliamentary Question (No. 10) of 28 February 2019 regarding section 44(2) and section 50(3) of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017. I committed that I would follow up on the matter with the Office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman when I received the particulars of the case from the Deputy. At the time I also stated that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 233 to 236, inclusive, together. Section 118(5A) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 exempts employees and directors from benefit-in-kind taxation where an expense has been incurred by an employer on the provision of a monthly or annual bus, rail or ferry travel pass for the employee or director. Section 118B provides that the exemption may also apply to bus,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The House was informed at Second Stage that the intention behind Subsection 5 of Section 5 of the National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018 was to allow for a reduction in the planned €500 million payment into the Fund in any of the years 2019 to 2023. Such a reduction would be justified on the basis of a serious and unforeseen event during the year...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Liquor Licence Fees (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the table below includes the total number of Retailers Off Licences issued during 2018, broken down by licence type. The table also includes the total duty collected for each licence type and sets out the additional amount that would be generated if the cost (per licence) was increased from €500 to €700. License Type Licences Issued in 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Properties (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that I do not hold the title to the referred piece of land. I am also advised that NAMA holds no interest in the identified land either. Considering that neither myself nor a body under my aegis has any legal interest in the referred land it would not be appropriate for me to comment further.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: S128F of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provides for the Key Employee Engagement Programme (KEEP) which came into effect on 1 January 2018. The aim of the incentive is to support SMEs in Ireland in competing with larger enterprises to recruit and retain key employees, by way of a targeted share option programme. Revenue advise me that details of the numbers availing of this programme...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank has advised my Department that it was notified by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority ("Danish FSA") on 7 March 2018 that it (Danish FSA) had ordered Alpha Insurance A/S (“Alpha”) to cease writing new business including renewal of existing contracts and business with immediate effect. The Central Bank was further notified on 9 May 2018 by the Danish FSA...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: This issue relates to a claim by community employment supervisors and assistant supervisorswho 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 examine...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Expenditure (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I can confirm the totals costs incurred by the Office of Public Works (OPW) on security and maintenance on vacant former Garda Stations for the period from 1/1/2018 to 31/12/2018 was €343,956.43 These costs include any maintenance or other actions considered by OPW as being necessary to protect the structure and value of the property asset and/or for health and safety reasons. A...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The former Garda Station at Tubbermore Road, Dalkey, Co. Dublin is in the full ownership of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland (CPW).

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The OPW is in the process of developing a Masterplan for the Custom House in association with Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government that is wide ranging and comprehensive and will include the following issues among others: - Wider Role of the Custom House within Dublin City. - The existing operational Visitor Centre will be enhanced as part of this process. - Additional office...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Regulations (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The eIDAS Regulation (910/2014) on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market sets out to harmonise digital interoperability within the EU. The electronic identification framework consists of a national access point called an eIDAS Node which allows EU and Irish citizens to use their notified eIDs to access public services. My...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Renewal Plan (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Civil Service Renewal Plan was launched in October 2014 which committed to a significant programme of reform across the Civil Service. The plan included 25 headline actions with each of the actions at various stages of implementation and delivery. The implementation of the Civil Service Renewal Plan has been carried out on a phased basis: the first phase of implementation focused on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, general selection competitions within the Irish Civil Service take place by way of; - competitions confined to civil servants in individual departments (Internal promotion) or - from competitions open to civil servants from all departments (Interdepartmental promotion) or - from open competitions for all eligible candidates including members of the public....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Circular 05/2010: Force Majeure and Other Urgent Family Reasons Leave does not make specific reference to domestic violence, however paragraph 13 states An officer may be granted special leave without pay- ........ (b) for up to 2 months to deal with other urgent domestic affairs. The policy does not give specific examples of ‘other urgent domestic affairs’. This means the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I have administrative responsibility for the Civil Service Pension Schemes and exercise a central policy/authorisation role in relation to all other public service pension schemes. Insofar as pension increases are concerned, the main function of my Department is to determine, subject to appropriate Ministerial and Government approval, the pensions increase policy to apply, and to issue...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Further to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 14 February 2019, I have outlined the relevant information in the following table. In doing so, I would like to highlight to the Deputy that the figures I provided in my original reply were inclusive of VAT. Service Total Cost Cost Excluding VAT VAT Expenses External expertise and support on Public Service Reform €36,900.00...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Electronic Commerce (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Although my Department is not participating in a digital signatures working group, nor am I aware of the existence of such a group, there has been some work carried out by my Department in this regard last year. In February 2018, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) within my Department surveyed the current digital signatures, public key infrastructure and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Interdepartmental Working Groups (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Due to the nature of the role of my Department, particularly in relation to the wide programme of management and reform of the Civil and Public Service, it either leads or is represented on a very large number of cross-departmental and other structures. This includes, for example, Working Groups, Interdepartmental Committees, Networks, Advisory Groups / Boards and Programme Boards. As the...