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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates Process (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Managing the delivery of public services within allocations and meeting our budgetary targets forms a key part of the responsibilities of every Minister and Department. My own Department is in regular contact with all other Departments and Offices to ensure that expenditure is being managed within the overall fiscal parameters. Monthly expenditure profiles for each Government Department for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has already given a commitment to the Oireachtas to review any PPP policy issues that might be highlighted by the impact of the recent collapse of Carillion, and the subsequent liquidation of Sammon, on the Schools Bundle 5 PPP project. The commitment indicated that the review will be timed to take account of the final outcome of that particular PPP project, and as such will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 30 and 37 together. As the Deputy is aware, the Civil Service Mobility scheme which comes under the remit of my department, and is administered through HR Shared Services, National Shared Services Office, offers an opportunity for staff members to apply for mobility through an open and transparent system. The establishment of the scheme fulfils one of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Review (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As I have previously informed the House, significant public service reforms have occurred in recent years that continue to deliver improved services and value for money across a range of specific areas such as governance, accountability, procurement, shared services, organisational reform and property management. The current phase of public service reform - Our Public Service 2020 , which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The reopening of Ballinspittle Garda Station is scheduled for mid-2019. The Office of Public Works is about to tender for the necessary works that are based on the approved Garda Síochána 'brief of requirements'. It is an operational matter for An Garda Síochána to determine Garda numbers and policing needs for the area.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The EU ‘Floods’ Directive came into force in 2007, and requires the Member States to undertake a Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment to identify the areas of potentially significant flood risk within their territories, to prepare maps of the flood hazard and risk for these areas, and then to prepare Flood Risk Management Plans setting out measures aimed at managing and reducing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: On 6th December 2018, An Garda Síochána (AGS) confirmed final agreement to proposed plans for the reopening of Rush Garda Station. The Office of Public Works is now progressing with the procurement of the required works and these are expected to be completed and handed over to AGS by mid-2019. The actual opening date will be an operational matter for An Garda Síochána.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: All public works projects that are delivered under the Exchequer-funded element of the Government's capital plan must be procured in accordance with the provisions laid down in the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF). The CWMF is maintained by the Office of Government Procurement in consultation with the Government Contracts Committee for Construction. The CWMF is mandated for use on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Outdoor Events Licensing (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works will host 'Bloom in the Park,' which is presented by An Bord Bia, on the June bank holiday weekend. Aside from this, no other large-scale public events or concerts are planned for the Phoenix Park in 2019. As in previous years, the Phoenix Park will host a number of active events such as cycling races, road races and charity walks. All Road Closure Orders relating...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, the River Slaney (Enniscorthy) Flood Relief Scheme is at an advanced stage of planning and design, and it is hoped to proceed to formal Exhibition as required under the Arterial Drainage Acts (ADA) in late March/early April this year, following which, if the scheme proposals are generally well received, the design will be finalised and all required documentation will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that the Baile Mhúirne and Ballymakeera Flood Relief scheme is currently at outline design stage, and the preferred options for the scheme are in the process of being finalised. The River Sullane has a history of freshwater pearl mussels, which have protected status as an Annex II listed species under the EU Habitats Directive. An...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Preparations (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Since the UK referendum on EU membership in 2016, all of our national Budgets have been framed to prepare for the challenge of Brexit, and Budget 2019 set out specific measures aimed at making Ireland Brexit ready. Work across Government has identified key issues arising in each Brexit scenario, in particular based on the Withdrawal Agreement and in the event of a no-deal Brexit. At...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In my role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at a Departmental level. Decisions on how and where those allocations are invested by Departments are a matter, in the first instance, for my Ministerial colleagues. My Department is engaging with the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The request for sanction from the Department of Justice and Equality on this matter estimated total expenditure of €22,000 on fees for the independent panel. This is based on a payment structure which sets a fee per case depending on the level of complexity and takes into account the current level of protected disclosures on hand. The fees range from €300 to €1,000 per...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 59 to 61, inclusive, and 67 together. As the Deputy is aware, the Cost of Insurance Working Group (CIWG), chaired by the Minister of State for Financial Services and Insurance, Mr. Michael D’Arcy T.D., has undertaken an examination of the factors contributing to the increasing cost of insurance in order to identify what short, medium and long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Increases (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the VAT Consolidation Act, the standard rate of VAT applies to all food supplements, which are not foods in the ordinary and everyday meaning of the word. However, a longstanding concession provided through Revenue guidance permitted the zero rating of certain types of food supplements (vitamins, minerals and fish oils). Revenue published new guidance on 27 December 2018 concerning...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The EU and Ireland have said that we are determined to do all we can, deal or no deal, to avoid the need for a border and to protect the peace process. In a no deal, Ireland, the EU and the UK would need to work together to achieve this. But it is preferable for us all to resolve this now, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement. I am informed by Revenue that their preparations do not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Budgets (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 65 together. My Department received a Capital Allocation of €1,890,000 in the 2019 Estimates. Due to changes in the programme structure for 2019 it has been decided to allocate certain support costs such as IT and Office Premises Costs on a 50:50 basis to my Department’s two remaining programmes. As such the Capital Allocation which is a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Budgets (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that their capital expenditure largely relates to Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Continued investment in ICT has been and will continue to be a major driver of and underpinning for significant productivity growth in Revenue, for the provision of optimal service challenges and service for businesses and individual taxpayers and for enhanced governance...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the number of resident non-domiciled taxpayers in Ireland in the period 2014-2016 is set out in the following table. Figures for 2017 will be available later in 2019, when tax returns for that year are processed. As the returns for 2018 will not be filed until late 2019, the information requested in respect of that year will not be available until 2020. Taxpayers...