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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (7 Sep 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pay Commission published its second report on Tuesday the 4th of September. The Public Service Pay Commission was tasked under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 to conduct a comprehensive examination of underlying difficulties in recruitment and retention of staff in the public service. The Commission adopted a modular approach to its work and the report...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Communications (7 Sep 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy, I can confirm that an 1890 lo-call phone number, in addition to a landline phone number, is available for members of the public to contact my Department. The lo-call number is available in my Department’s Quality Customer Service Charter. The 1890 number provided will incur a cost to persons calling my Department using a mobile phone, the cost of which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (7 Sep 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I have been informed that when the individual in question retired from the public service, on examination of the pension documentation that he submitted, his employer became aware that he had been in receipt of a public service pension in respect of earlier service in the Defence Forces. In light of this information, the employer determined that it was necessary to examine the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (7 Sep 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised that the watercourses in and in the vicinity of Mountmellick are part of the River Barrow Drainage District which the local authority has a statutory duty to maintain.  There are no Arterial Drainage Scheme channels in the Barrow River Basin for which the Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible. Laois County Council (LCC) has confirmed that maintenance works...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (7 Sep 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works is anxious to restore public access to this important Heritage site following the retirement of the previous Keyholder / Caretaker earlier this year and have been attempting to identify a viable local alternative solution to manage the access to the site.  To date however, no proposals have emerged locally which are consistent with the OPW's need to be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (7 Sep 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works manages visitor access to Heritage sites in its care throughout Ireland in a variety of ways.  Seventy sites are manned by Guide staff and are open to the public on either a fulltime or seasonal basis and include some of the most prominent tourist locations nationally such as Newgrange, Rock of Cashel, Kilmainham Gaol etc.    A...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Sep 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 to 229, inclusive, and 231 together. Home relocation On April 11th 2017, the Government agreed the administrative arrangements for a once-off Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme for those primary residential properties that flooded between, or as a result of flooding between 4th December, 2015 and 13th January, 2016. This is a national scheme of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme (7 Sep 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As previously advised the review of the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme was completed in June 2017. All Local Authorities were notified of the revised criteria, which are effective for applications received after 1 June 2017. The revised criteria are available on www.opw.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (12 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, the Cost of Insurance Working Group was established in July 2016. The initial focus of the Working Group was the issue of rising motor insurance premiums and the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance was published in January 2017, containing 33 recommendations with 71 associated actions. In its second phase, the Working Group examined the cost of business...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Costs (12 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: 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 of insurance products, as these matters are of a commercial nature, and are determined by insurance companies based on an assessment of the risks they are willing to accept. This position is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Registration (12 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the company in question recently applied to register for employer’s PAYE/PRSI and Value Added Tax (VAT). The company was immediately registered as an employer but the VAT application was selected for a routine pre-registration inspection in line with Revenue’s risk management protocols for VAT registration. The company did not demonstrate...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Data (12 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Standard Fund Threshold (SFT) is the maximum allowable pension fund on retirement for tax purposes. The threshold was introduced in the Finance Act 2006 to prevent over-funding of pensions through tax-relieved arrangements. Information on the numbers and values of individual pension funds or on individual accrued benefits in pension schemes are not generally required to be supplied to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Yield (12 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89 and 91 together. Regarding Question 32170/18, I am advised by Revenue that an increase in carbon tax from €20 per tonne to €40 per tonne is estimated to yield €424 million per annum (including both additional Carbon & VAT) on a straight line basis. Regarding Question 32172/18, it is assumed that the Deputy is referring to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the amount raised from ending subsidies in the manner suggested by the Deputy are as follows. For Marked Gas Oil (MGO), it is estimated that the equalisation of Mineral Oil Tax (on MGO) to that on diesel for road vehicles would yield in the region of €400 million per annum assuming no behavioural change resulting from the price increase. ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that there is currently no reliable basis to produce an estimate of the potential amount raised from such a levy as Revenue do not hold data on the extraction of these materials.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that to reduce the VRT rate on electric vehicles to 0% would cost approximately €3 million per annum. This is based on the estimated sales of electric vehicles in 2018 and assumes no behavioural change.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Coverage (12 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 94, 97 and 98 together. Both the Minister of State for Financial Services and Insurance, Mr. Michael D’Arcy T.D., and I are well aware of the concerns raised by the Deputies. However, it should be noted that neither I nor the Central Bank of Ireland can interfere in the provision or pricing of insurance products, as these matters are of a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (12 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: 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 of insurance products, as these matters are of a commercial nature, and are determined by insurance companies based on an assessment of the risks they are willing to accept. This position is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Industry (12 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by Revenue that the number of motor homes that were sold in each of the years from 2007 to the end of June 2018 along with the VRT and an estimate of the VAT collected on these sales is provided in the following table. Year New Used VRT € million VAT € million 2007 372 1,167 0.7 5.2 2008 405 993 0.6 5.5 2009 190 823 0.4 2.8 2010 231 605 0.2 3.1 2011 35 261...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Review (12 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In January of this year, I announced a review of the Local Property Tax (LPT) which is looking in particular at the impact on LPT liabilities of property price developments. In that regard the review underway will be informed by the desirability of achieving relative stability, both over the short and longer terms, in LPT payments of those liable for the tax and provide clear direction on the...