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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 477C of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (Help-to-Buy Incentive) includes a sunset clause for the incentive, coming into effect on 31 December 2019. Any decisions regarding the future of Help to Buy will be made next year in the context of Budget 2020.  As the Deputy may be aware, earlier this year I commissioned an independent Cost benefit Analysis...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 227 to 229, inclusive, together. The requirements for AIB and PTSB to seek the consent of/consult with the Minister for Finance are set out in the banks’ respective Relationship Frameworks. A list of matters which require consultation are included in Appendix 2 of each Relationship Framework. Where “material” is referred to in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Issues of clarity relating to the VAT rating of health food supplements arise from the fact that a small selection of food supplements have historically been applied at the zero rate of VAT by concession of the Revenue Commissioners since the introduction of VAT in 1972.  The majority of food supplements, however, are charged at the 23% standard VAT rate. The expansion...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Meetings (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that, having carried out a search of records of engagements, meetings and correspondence over the course of the past three years, I can confirm that neither I, nor my predecessor, met with Mr David McCourt, Chairman of Granahan McCourt.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2019 (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that two regional budget briefings took place on Wednesday, 17th October 2018. The first session took place in the Athlone Civic Centre, Church Street, Athlone, Co Westmeath and was attended by both myself and Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief, Kevin Boxer Moran.  The second briefing session took place in the Parade Tower,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Local flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to investigate and address, and Laois County Council may carry out flood mitigation works using its own resources. The Office of Public Works ‘Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme’, however, also makes funds available to Local Authorities to undertake minor flood mitigation...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pay Commission has adopted a modular approach to its work programme. Module 1 reported in August 2018 on issues relating to the areas of Nursing and Midwifery, Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors and Hospital Consultants. The Commission has not yet indicated a timeline for completion of Module 2 of its work programme. 

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Programme for Government Implementation (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Programme for a Partnership Government was agreed in May 2016 during the formation of the Government. This is a five year programme of work being undertaken for the duration of the present Dáil. The relevant commitment in the Programme which focuses on the Oireachtas Committee Structure, Resources and Responsibilities, sets out a number of commitments in this area, including Panels...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authority Funding (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department generally does not provide any direct funding to local authorities from its Vote.  The Deputy may wish to note that Dublin City Council received a total of €11,400 over the last two years from my Department’s Open Data Engagement Fund.  This is an annual competitive fund to promote the open data initiative and reuse of the data on the national Open...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The national catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and Management  (CFRAM) Programme, compiled by the OPW in conjunction with the Local Authorities and other partners delivered twenty-nine Flood Risk Management Plans; one for each of the river basins covering the territory of the country. The Plans set out a series of proposed measures to address flood risk and were developed in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Parks (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am satisfied that the Phoenix Park is being fully reinstated following the Papal Visit and that the remedial works were initiated immediately after the event. The works will be completed by the end of October.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Parks Access (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Dublin City Council (DCC) chaired a post-event review meeting on 11 October 2018 which was attended by representatives of the Office of Public Works and all the other agencies involved in overseeing the recent Papal Visit. DCC is the statutory agency responsible for the licensing of such large-scale events and is responsible for the implementation of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Casino at Marino is a designated National Monument. The Office of Public Works is currently undertaking remedial works at the monument in order to address electrical deficiencies and other conservation issues with the fabric of the building. OPW is also engaging with Failte Ireland and the Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht to explore ways to better present this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Programmes (23 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The 2014-2020 EU-funded PEACE and INTERREG programmes will invest over half a billion euros in the border region of Ireland and Northern Ireland over the course of the programming period.  The programmes are managed by the Special EU Programmes Body, one of the North South implementation bodies established under the Good Friday Agreement. The PEACE IV programme has a total value of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2019 (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104, 111 and 113 to 115, inclusive, together. Table 8 found on page 17 of the Economic & Fiscal outlook of Budget 2019sets out the fiscal forecast for 2018-2023. It is presented in the same format as the Exchequer Statement included in the monthly Fiscal Monitor published by my Department. This facilitates a comparison of the end-year outturns against...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My predecessor as Minister for Finance met with representatives from Enet in the Department of Finance on Wednesday 14 December 2016. The meeting was at the request of Enet as a business based in his constituency. The meeting was also attended by officials from the Department. The reasons Enet gave for the meeting was to brief the then Minister on the following issues: - significant...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Finance Act 2000 introduced the gross roll-up taxation regime for investments in certain investment undertakings and life assurance policies. The gross roll-up regime provides for a single level of taxation on investment products. Under the gross roll-up regime, there is no annual tax on income or gains arising within the investment. Instead, tax applies at an investor level upon the investor...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Data (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: At the outset, the Deputy should note that the decision to publish data on liability Irish risk insurance business is an operational matter for the Central Bank of Ireland, and I in my role as Minister for Finance have no influence over it. Notwithstanding this, my officials have had some engagement with the Central Bank on this matter. In response, the Bank has indicated that with the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Statistics Office Reports (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Increasing the availability of data in relation to Employer and Public Liability Insurance is a matter which was discussed by the Cost of Insurance Working Group and its Report on the Cost of Employer and Public Liability Insurance(2018) recommends a number of actions to improve transparency in this area. Among these, Recommendation 1 requires the Central Statistics Office to consider the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The focus of the National Claims Information Database in the first instance will be on private motor insurance claims. However, I recognise that there is a view from some stakeholders that it would be desirable to expand the scope of the database to other lines of business. For this reason, the Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018 has been drafted in such a way as...