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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: It was as one would expect. I do not know whether any more recent information is available. I think they are waiting until the 80% mark is reached before they run the numbers. It was clear that most people were agreeing to pay. The level of deferrals, which we had expected to be 15% or 16%, was coming in at less than 2%. Files have to be returned in respect of exempt properties as well....

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: Although the compliance date for filing on paper has passed, if somebody files a paper return now it will still be accepted. The compliance date for electronic filing is the end of May. Once we get into June, it will be up to Revenue to organise the next phase, which will involve looking at non-compliance. Revenue will have to decide which of the powers available to it should be used to...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: No. It is an initiative of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform at the moment but we will be going to Government with it shortly.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: Obviously, there is a fiscal element to it because Europe is pretty well developed as a fiscal union now between the two-pack, the six-pack, the European semester and the treaty that we passed. All the fiscal measures that require fiscal co-ordination are in place. We will build in the fiscal targets but we will have a wider economic plan that will touch on the various sectors that will...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: I understand it is the EU Presidency.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: A sum of €165,000 for PricewaterhouseCoopers fees for one secondee.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: I am going down through the distribution of costs across the division about which Deputy Boyd Barrett has asked. A sum of €165,000 is provided for the salary of someone who was seconded from PricewaterhouseCoopers in the financial securities risk area. There is a figure of €850,000 in the SEPA standard bank account for provision of legal advice.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: It is the single euro payments area. It is one of the projects. There was another figure of €1.36 million, €1.190 million of which was for credit surveys on small and medium sized enterprises, which we reported on previously. A sum of €0.120 million was for work on mortgage arrears and €0.050 million was for the Credit Review Office. Index No. 207601 was in...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: No, it was for a person who came from PwC and was no longer being paid by PwC and, in lieu, was being paid by the Department of Finance. It was someone with a particular expertise that we seconded for one year and having seconded him we took over responsibility for his salary.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: He was in the financial risk area of the Department assessing financial risk, an important function in the Department.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: It is whatever the pay for the grade would be. The Deputy will know the way public service pay goes. One progresses from executive officer, to higher executive officer, to assistant principal, to principal officer and then assistant secretary. The figure is approximately the gross pay for assistant secretary, including pay and pension contributions. There is no additionality. It is...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: According to my note it includes several projects some of which are condition-linked to the bank recapitalisation programme. I will see if I can get a figure for how far over the staff it would be. I have another note here. EU Regulation No. 26/2012 established technical and business requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and entered into force on the day following...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: Some of it is Presidency related but the monitoring of the banking sector and the various things we had to do in banking is costly as well and there are some expected consultancy costs. The gains for the promissory note are huge. One is dealing with sums of €40 billion and obviously one needs the best possible expertise, both legal and financial. One does not have it in-house all...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: In the consultancy for this year there are three financial inclusion projects: the CPA, the national bank and the e-payments to which I referred in my contribution. Quite a chunk of it on the financial side is there but, of course, there are also the extra staff and the extra expenditure associated with the Presidency.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: A total of €1.4 million has been requested on the Vote to fund the economic planning and reform initiative aimed at equipping Ireland for an exit from the EU-IMF support programme. This €1.4 million has been distributed in four equal amounts of €350,000 to each of the four strategic programmes. We will investigate what reforms are needed across the economic sectors as...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: I am pleased to have the opportunity to appear before the select committee today in connection with the 2013 Estimates for my Department and for the offices under the ambit of my Department, including the Revenue Commissioners, the appeals commissioner and the Comptroller and Auditor General. I will begin by making some general comments in respect of the outputs of my Department during 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 62 together. I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that in excess of 948,522 LPT Returns have been filed up to close of business Monday 20th May 2013. This represents 57% of the total Returns issued. Of the Returns received, 657,157 were filed electronically and 291,365 were paper Returns. As the Deputy will appreciate, with returns being...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Implementation (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: The Finance Act 2010 provided for the application of carbon taxation to mineral oils, natural gas and solid fuel. Carbon tax was applied to petrol and auto-diesel with effect from 10 December 2009, and was extended to other mineral oils and to natural gas from I May 2010. The carbon tax on these products amounts to €20 per tonne of CO2 emitted and, in the case of mineral oils, is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that Section 132 of the Finance Act, 1992 provided for the introduction, from 1 January 1993, of “a duty of excise, to be called vehicle registration tax”. I can assure the Deputy that the legislation in relation to vehicle registration tax is compatible with the provisions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (22 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: While there is no specific exemption from or reduction in the charge to Local Property Tax (LPT) for families dependant on the One Parent Family Payment, the deferral arrangements in the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012, as amended, are focused on particular categories of householders and address cases where there is an inability to pay. For individuals on low incomes or those whose...