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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Liability Insurance (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 4 tasks the Department of Finance, through the data...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Expenditure (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The breakdown of the difference between the Exchequer balance and general government balance is shown in Annex 3, Table A1 in the Budget 2019 Economic and Fiscal Outlook publication. The table shows how the balance of -€315 million was arrived at in 2018 and a breakdown for all years 2017 – 2023. The Central Statistics Office is responsible for defining the general...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am very familiar with the situation at Portrane and I have visited the area. Fingal County Council is leading on this issue, as it is a matter for local authorities in the first instance to assess and address problems of coastal erosion in their areas. In response to serious coastal erosion problems at The Burrow, Portrane, Fingal County Council is implementing interim emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Glashaboy Flood Relief Scheme has been submitted by the Office of Public Works to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for formal Confirmation under the Arterial Drainage Acts. The approval process can take up to six months, as the Minister is required to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and, in this regard, will procure independent specialists to review the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Meetings (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I have not had any meetings with the people in question. The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, which is a Division of my Department, has met the company on eight occasions during that time to discuss network operational issues. This was because OGCIO is responsible for Government Networks and enet is one of the contractors for the delivery of same. OGCIO routinely meet...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Crossmolina Flood Relief Scheme Public Exhibition was held from the 21st May 2018 until 22nd June 2018, in line with the requirements set out in the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 and 1995. The project team is currently preparing responses to the observations received from the various Government Departments and the general public, which were received throughout the Public Exhibition. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform databank, , sets out appropriations-in-aid for each Vote analysed between, non-pay, pay, pensions, and capital. Appropriations-in-aid are Departmental receipts which, as set out in Public Financial Procedures, need not be paid directly into the Exchequer, but which may be retained to defray the expenses of the Vote to which they refer. These...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Government Expenditure (18 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Following the change in the budgetary timetable introduced in 2013, each December the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services (REV) sets out gross and net voted expenditure allocations for each Vote for the following year. A key responsibility of each Government Minister and their Department is to manage the delivery of public services within these voted allocations. Throughout the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank of Ireland has overall responsibility for the protection of financial stability in Ireland and in that context it introduced, in 2015, certain restrictions on residential mortgage lending by regulated financial institutions. The Central Bank has advised that these mortgage measures are now in place as a permanent feature of the market and are operating in line with their...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Defibrillators, other than implantable defibrillators, are liable to VAT at the standard rate, which in Ireland is 23%. Parts or accessories are also liable to VAT at the standard rate. There is no provision under existing VAT law that would make it possible to apply a reduced rate or zero rate to the supply of such products. Under the EU VAT Directive, Member States may retain the zero rate...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Staff (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that it will require an additional 600 staff as a result of Brexit, based on a scenario of a transition period to the end of 2020 and a future trade agreement. These posts will be filled by internal, interdepartmental and open recruitment and a recruitment campaign has started with a view to having 200 officers trained and in place before 29 March 2019. As part of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Garages are not committing an offence simply by charging a higher price than competitors. However, all garages must operate within the bounds of consumer protection and competition law in relation to their pricing policies and practices. I have no function in this area. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the statutory independent body responsible for the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As referenced at the Central Bank’s recent attendance at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, it is the Central Bank's goal to produce a report on the Tracker Mortgage Examination by the end of the year. The Central Bank advises that work is ongoing to progress the Examination to its conclusion, and a date for publication of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Overseas Development Aid (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy is presumably referring to Budget 2018 (as published in October 2017), within which, money was approved by the Oireachtas and drawn down as appropriate during the following year by the relevant Vote. For Budget 2018, the Government announced a total allocation of €707 million to Official Development Assistance (ODA). Just over €500 million is being managed by The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Funding (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department funds the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal, an independent body set up to review decisions where an individuals application for the Primary Medical Certificate is unsuccessful at local HSE level. Payments to fund this Board are made to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, a Catholic voluntary publicly funded hospital under the care of the Sisters of Mercy and jointly...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Funding (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has not providing any funding to such organisations or persons since it was established in 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Flood Risk Management (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group was established in early 2016 by the Government to enhance ongoing co-operation of all State agencies involved with the River Shannon and to add value to the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The Group took a decision in October 2016 to trial the lowering of the lake levels on Lough Allen,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Office of Public Works Projects (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works does not use the Measured Term Maintenance Contract for undertaking works outside the Dublin and city area and engaging in projects beyond the limit of €500,000 on a continued and repeated basis. However, the Measured Term Maintenance Contract has been used outside of the OPW Dublin Regional Maintenance Area on one occasion. In a relatively small number of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Office of Public Works Projects (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: A number of entrances and gates to the Phoenix Park were removed using the Measured Term Maintenance Contract. The removal was considered necessary in the interest of public health and safety considerations due to the Papal visit to the Phoenix Park. The circumstances of this work were exceptional and urgent. The Measured Term Maintenance Contract provided the most appropriate solution in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Office of Public Works Projects (17 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Measured Term Maintenance Contract was awarded following a competitive tendering process in line with procurement legislation. The contract provides for the delivery of building fabric maintenance and minor works. The pricing document includes rates for a wide variety of works.