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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department is compiling the information requested by the Deputy. However, due to the time constraint in identifying all relevant costs, including those associated with attendance at a number of conferences abroad, I will revert to the Deputy with the full details in line with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has incurred no spending in advertising and or sponsorship in respect of conferences external and internal, in each of the years 2017 and 2018, and to date in 2019. With regard to the amount available in the remainder of 2019 to fund same, my Department has not made a specific allocation for advertising and or sponsorship in respect of conferences, however we expect spend to be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I would like to advise the Deputy that two (2) members of staff of the Department of Finance attended the Summit in 2017 and that no staff member attended the Summit in 2018. The total cost was €700.00. (seven hundred euro). The Department did not undertake any advertising or sponsorship at the Summit. As the Deputy may be aware there are eighteen (18) bodies under the aegis of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) is Ireland’s National Promotional Institution (NPI). The SBCI’s goal is to increase the availability of appropriately priced, flexible funding to viable Irish SMEs. The purpose of the SBCI is to deliver effective financial supports to Irish SMEs that address failures in the Irish credit market, while encouraging and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The VAT rating of goods and services is subject to the requirements of EU VAT law, with which Irish VAT law must comply. I have been advised by the Revenue Commissioners that there has been no change in the position in relation to the VAT treatment of cookery schools between 2016 and 2019. Where a cookery school is providing courses for educational or vocational purposes, any such course...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Board (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 25 of the NAMA Act provides that it is for the Minister for Finance to appoint the Chairperson of the Board of NAMA. This appointment may be made from amongst one of the existing ordinary members of the Board or the Minister may appoint a new member to assume the role of Chairperson. As currently constituted, there are seven members of the NAMA Board and two vacancies arising from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 481 TCA 1997 provides a 32% payable credit for eligible expenditure on film production in Ireland. It is available to Irish and international film production companies that are resident in the State or in an EEA State and carry on business in the State through a branch or subsidiary. A number of significant changes were made to the credit as part of 2018 Finance Bill process. In...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Rebate Scheme (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Diesel Rebate Scheme has been in place since 2013. Under this scheme Revenue will repay some of the mineral oil tax paid by a qualifying road transport operator on diesel purchases when the diesel is purchased within the State and used in the course of business transport activities in qualifying motor vehicles. Qualifying applicants can claim a rebate under the scheme when the VAT...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that data in relation to non-routine dental expenses are aggregated together with other health expenses in filed tax returns. As a result, it is not possible for Revenue to provide the information requested.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Staff (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In September 2018, the Government granted approval in principle for the phased recruitment of an additional 600 Revenue staff to meet the challenges posed by Brexit. Budget 2019 provided Revenue with the funding needed for 270 of the additional 600 staff to be recruited during 2019 to manage an orderly UK withdrawal. Following Government decision to give greater priority to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 134 and 135 together. I am advised by Revenue that Table 1 includes a breakdown by tax heading of debt that was subject to Appeal before the Tax Appeals Commission at 31 January 2019 while Table 2 includes a breakdown by tax heading of debt that was subject to Insolvency Proceedings (Liquidations, Receiverships and Examinerships) at the same date. Where tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by Revenue that the proportion of total cigarettes by standard pack size and multi-pack size is provided in the following table for each of the past ten years. A further breakdown cannot be disclosed for confidentiality reasons. The information is provided in respect of the period where a tobacco tax stamp is issued rather than the period when the actual sale of the product...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank does not comment on individual cases. If customers are unhappy with the service received from a firm which is regulated by the Central Bank, they are entitled to make a complaint by writing directly to the firm concerned. Depending on their circumstances, the complaints handling provisions of either the Consumer Protection Code ("the Code") or the Central Bank (Supervision...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, the Cost of Insurance Working Group (CIWG), now chaired by the Minister of State for Financial Services and Insurance, Mr. Michael D’Arcy T.D., was established in July 2016 and has undertaken an examination of the factors contributing to the increasing cost of insurance in order to identify what short, medium and long-term measures could be introduced to help...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Funding (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Finance is primarily responsible for Ireland’s EU Budget contributions. However, it does not receive any EU funds, nor are EU funds for other Departments channelled through the Department of Finance.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 140 and 141 together. At the outset I wish to emphasise that I am very aware of the financial strain which the cost of insurance is placing upon businesses in particular in the leisure and mart sectors. As part of the Cost of Insurance Working Group’s (CIWG) formal consultation process, there was engagement between the CIWG and representatives...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council (PSD2) was transposed into Irish law through the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 6 of 2018) by the common transposition deadline of 13 January 2018. From that date, all authorised credit institutions that provide payment services must comply with the provisions of the Directive. In...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my responses to his previous questions on 3rdJuly 2018 and 9thOctober 2018 in relation to this matter. I previously outlined the power that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has to waive his interest in property if he thinks it would be proper to do so in all the circumstances of the case. In my most recent reply I stated that the CSSO were awaiting material...

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

Paschal Donohoe: As Deputies will be aware 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...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The deliberative process between An Garda Síochána and OPW to finalise proposals for the re-opening of Bawnboy Garda Station is on-going. Upon final 'sign-off' by An Garda Síochána, OPW will submit the necessary Part 9 planning application and progress the procurement of works required to re-open the Station, which it is expected will take place in 2019.