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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Hazelhatch area of Celbridge, County Kildare was assessed as part of the Eastern Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study. The Flood Risk Management Plans identified the need for a further study of the area to help identify any feasible option to manage the existing flood risk. This further study, being commissioned by Kildare County Council, is carrying out a detailed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The raising of roads in three areas was proposed as part of the Claregalway Flood Relief Scheme. While it has been possible to carry out this work in two locations (Montiagh South and a further stretch of the Montiagh North Road), it has not been possible to identify any practical working solutions to the difficulties associated with raising the third section of road which provides access...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: No EU receipts were received by or channelled through my Department in 2017. My Department normally receives EU receipts in relation to the funding it provides for Technical Assistance for the two North South cross-border PEACE and INTERREG programmes. However no receipts were received in 2017 as the current round of programmes were at an early stage of implementation. My Department is also...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government is committed to the Judicial Council Bill 2017. We have made a number of changes to the law, most notably last year through the passage of the national claims database. To respond to Deputy Breathnach, there should be no co-ordination in how insurance companies deal with claims. As the Deputy will be aware, last year there was a raid to gather evidence of any collusion or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 70 and 76 together. The Central Bank of Ireland Tracker Mortgage Examination requires mortgage lenders to conduct an examination of all tracker mortgage related issues and to provide appropriate redress and compensation to customers which were impacted by contractual or consumer protection failings by their lender.  A key objective of the Examination...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social Insurance Payments (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the person in question submitted their self-employed tax return for 2017 with a reported income in excess of €5,000. Self-employed taxpayers (aged between 16 and 66) who have an annual income greater than €5,000 are liable to pay ‘Class S’ Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) at a rate of 4%, subject to a minimum payment of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe:  I am advised by Revenue that the new administrative arrangements for PAYE (PAYE Modernisation) started on 1 January this year. These new arrangements do not affect the way income tax and other statutory deductions are calculated under the PAYE system, but do change the way employers report payroll information to Revenue. In most cases, there has been a seamless integration of the new...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (CCMA) forms part of the Central Bank’s Consumer Protection Framework.  It is a statutory Code first introduced by the Central Bank in February 2009, with the current CCMA becoming effective from 1 July 2013.  The CCMA provides a strong consumer protection framework, requiring relevant firms to ensure borrowers in arrears or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that it has reviewed the person’s tax situation and is satisfied that there is no error and the position is correct.  The ‘deduction’ from the person’s Occupational Pension is a consequence of a reduction in their tax credits to facilitate collection of the tax due on their State Contributory Pension. The person was not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware this matter is the subject of ongoing legal action. As such it would not be appropriate for the Minister or my department to comment. My officials recieved the following response from the Central Bank of Ireland in regard to your query: "Any information received has been thoroughly considered in the context of our overall supervision of EBS DAC.  Due to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that it cannot review the person’s tax situation for 2018 until they submit their Form P60, which should be provided to them by their employer.  Revenue has also confirmed that it has already made direct contact with the person to assist them in claiming their entitlements. The person is now registered for Revenue’s...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Under Section 28 of the State property Act 1954 (the Act) property held by a body corporate at the time of its dissolution becomes vested in the State in the name of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (the Minister). This excludes property held by the body corporate, in trust, for another. The Minister holds what is often termed a defeasible interest as the property will revert to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised that local flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to investigate and address, and local authorities may carry out flood mitigation works using their own resources. The OPW operates the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme to provide funding to local Authorities to undertake minor flood mitigation works or studies to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, there are a large number of recorded monuments in the country and a significant number may fall within the description of the term "burial mounds". For the purpose of responding to the question therefore, the word "protected" is firstly taken to mean those monuments in the care of the Office of Public Works and protected under National Monuments legislation. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Deer Culls (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In general terms, I wish firstly to advise the Deputy of the general context of the management of the Fallow deer herd in the Phoenix Park. The Office of Public Works has long experience managing the herd gained over many years. This is supported by scientific advice from the School of Biology & Environmental Science at University College Dublin and the Department of Agriculture,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cycling Facilities Provision (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Given the comprehensive nature of this report and the significant engineering options presented, the Office of Public Works is considering the recommendations regarding the cycle and pedestrian paths along Chesterfield Avenue in the context of the Phoenix Park’s historic structure and natural amenities. It is important that regard is had to the wishes and requirements of all users of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputies for all that they have said. As Deputy Pearse Doherty acknowledged, I am in front of this committee regularly. I always do my best to answer any questions the Deputy puts to me even though, frequently, as is the Deputy's right, he may be dissatisfied with the answers that I give. This is my third committee appearance over the past four weeks in addition to the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I have the utmost respect for the multiple, competing pressures of all my colleagues around this table. I appreciate that and know the many duties of each of the committee members. I am committed to resolving this in an orderly way. I am not going to walk out of this committee and create an expectation with the Chairman that this can be done in a minute. That is not the case. The...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: To be crystal clear, the Secretary General has said he will come before this committee. He is crystal clear on this, Chairman. As to the matters that Deputy Doherty has raised on the Committee on Budgetary Oversight, I have been in front of this committee to deal with issues there. I am the person accountable to the Oireachtas and to this committee. The Chairman used the language of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: First, I was not smirking, Deputy McGrath. I do not know what the difference is between a smirk and a grin but whatever I was doing I was doing it because the point Deputy McGrath made at the start of his contribution regarding this committee being the sectoral committee is a point I made myself earlier. This is the committee to which I am accountable and I am in front of all members very...