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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Energy Efficiency (15 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) is actively participating in the Public Sector Energy Reporting Programme and reports all of its energy consumption through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's (SEAI) Monitoring and Reporting online system. The 2017 Annual Report on Public Sector Energy Efficiency Performance, prepared by the SEAI, sets out details of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (15 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pay Commission has adopted a modular approach to its work programme for its present exercise focused on recruitment and retention issues in the public service. As the Deputy will be aware, the first module was published by the Commission in August 2018 and deals with issues relating to Nursing and Midwifery, Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors and Hospital Consultants. ...

Dublin (North Inner City) Development Authority Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Organisations, like Dublin City Council and the new infrastructure body, which have responsibility for the management of lands, would have these powers peeled away from them and put into this new body. The reason I am so concerned about this approach is that we have had it before with the docklands in this constituency. We have had new bodies put in place whose main role over time has...

Dublin (North Inner City) Development Authority Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I will make three points regarding where the debate on this issue stands in order to articulate my deep and continuing support for the communities of the north-east inner city and also to emphasise the reason I believe this Bill represents the wrong approach. For too long, the communities in the north-east inner city did not receive the supports that were needed. In that context, the view...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (14 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the role of its Large Cases High Wealth Individuals (HWI) Division and Medium Enterprises Division (MED) is to encourage and ensure compliance with tax legislation for the case base within their area of responsibility. These Divisions have been established as part of Revenue’s decision, in the overall context of risk, to realign its resources to give a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Increases (14 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I would point out that no legislative change has been made to the VAT rating of food supplements. Furthermore, the interpretation by the Revenue Commissioners as to which food supplements apply at the zero rate of VAT and the standard rate of VAT has been fixed since 2011. Revenue has only ever allowed basic vitamins, minerals and fish oils to apply at the zero rate and this has not changed.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (14 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the details requested have now issued to the person concerned. Revenue has also advised me that the delay in dealing with this matter occurred because the email correspondence items referred to by the Deputy did not deliver into its caseworking system. Revenue has investigated the reason for the delivery failure and will make direct contact with the Deputy in this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Foireann Roinne (14 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Mar is eol don Teachta, Is comhlacht reachtúil neamhspleách é an tSeirbhís um Cheapacháin Phoiblí a fheidhmíonn mar sholáthraí seirbhíse comhroinnte earcaíochta agus soláthair d’eagraíochta cliaint sa Státseirbhís agus sa tseirbhís phoiblí. Tá córas iarratais agus scrúduithe ar...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Finance Act 2017 amended sections 598 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, and section 89 of the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 to allow that the leasing of agricultural land for solar energy production may be considered qualifying agricultural activity for CGT retirement relief and CAT agricultural relief. These measures apply to disposals made on or after 1 January 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158, 164 and 169 to 171, inclusive, together. The legislation governing the deductibility of expenses incurred in employment is set out in section 114 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA), which provides that for an expense to qualify as a deduction against income from an office or employment, the expense must be wholly, exclusively and necessarily...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (13 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I note the Deputy’s question on behalf of his constituent in relation to the tracker mortgage issue and the matter of local public banking. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department, along with the Department of Rural and Community Development, published a Report on Local Public Banking at the beginning of July this year. The findings of the Report are that there was not a compelling...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Betting Regulations (13 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As announced in the Budget I have increased the rate of betting duty from 1 per cent to 2 per cent for all bookmakers and the rate of betting intermediary duty from 15% to 25% on the commission earned for betting intermediaries. These measures will take effect from 1 January 2019. The rate of betting duty at 1% on the amount of bets wagered in Ireland is at an all-time low, and betting...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (13 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I can inform the Deputy that it would be normal practice for a Department official to accompany the Minister and/or Minister of State at meetings with business and other leaders. My Department's 'Record Management Guidelines' provides that all formal meetings should be properly documented or minuted. The Department's internal 'Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 Policy' document provides...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (13 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Employment and Investment Incentive (“EII”) is an incentive whereby investors can claim relief for investments in qualifying companies. EII is a State Aid. It was a notified aid up to October 2015, after which it came within the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER). A number of changes to EII were necessary to ensure that it is consistent with GBER. ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Compensation Fund (13 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank of Ireland has advised me that it was notified by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority on 7 March 2018 that it had ordered Alpha Insurance A/S to cease writing new business including renewal of existing contracts and business with immediate effect. It was further notified on 9 May 2018 that the liquidators of the insurance company Alpha Insurance A/S had filed a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (13 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 165 and 166 together. The first Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD), presented in January 2016 and agreed by all Member States in July 2016, provided for five separate anti-avoidance measures to be transposed on an agreed schedule between 2018 and 2023. One of these measures was the introduction of Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) rules, or the alignment of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data (13 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) is Ireland’s national promotional institution. The SBCI’s goal is to increase the availability of appropriately priced, flexible funding to viable Irish SMEs. The SBCI uses an on-lending model. This means it does not lend directly to SMEs. The SBCI works with both banks and non-bank finance providers providing low cost...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Life Insurance Policies (13 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I have been made aware of the issue raised by the Deputy through a number of recent parliamentary questions and I have considerable sympathy for people in this specific situation. However, as Minister for Finance, I am responsible for the development of the legal framework governing financial regulation. Neither I nor the Central Bank of Ireland can interfere in the provision or pricing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data (13 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) is Ireland’s national promotional institution. The SBCI’s goal is to increase the availability of appropriately priced, flexible funding to viable Irish SMEs. The strategic mission of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) is to deliver effective financial supports to Irish SMEs that address failures in the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (13 Nov 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised that Sections 99 and 202 of the NAMA Act prohibit NAMA from disclosing confidential debtor information, including information on the assets owned by its debtors. It is therefore not possible to provide information on the location of residential units owned by debtors. I am advised that NAMA’s acquired loan portfolio was initially secured by some 22,735 residential units in...