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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (3 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Commissioners of Public Works have no specific immediate plans to retrofit State buildings to conserve water. In the design and construction of modern buildings and in their upkeep of older historic buildings the Commissioners have regard to the highest current standards in regard to water management. Conservation of water in buildings, and limiting its use to essential purposes, is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Correspondence (3 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: There has been no correspondence with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform from a club (details supplied) in relation to a site in Co Sligo.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Museum Projects (3 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The former Garda Station at Kevin Street is not, as yet, surplus to the requirements of An Garda Siochana. It is intended to temporarily accommodate certain policing units in the building over a period of time. Nevertheless, at such time as the building becomes available, the Commissioners will consider its future use in line with our policy on such properties. This includes consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Policy (3 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 to 120, inclusive, and 122 together. Sound public finances are essential to support sustainable economic growth in the State. As outlined in the Summer Economic Statement, published last month, the Government is determined to ensure that the budgetary strategy is based on steady increases in public expenditure underpinned by stable and predictable tax...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (3 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Public Procurement is governed by EU legislation and National rules and guidelines. The aim of these rules is to promote an open, competitive and non-discriminatory public procurement regime which delivers best value for money. The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) has responsibility for developing and setting out the overarching policy framework for public procurement in Ireland. In...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (3 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, a whole of Government approach is being adopted to addressing the impacts of Brexit. Detailed work is taking place across Departments and in State agencies to prepare for the UK’s exit from the EU. This includes contingency planning; engagement with stakeholders; support to companies from the enterprise agencies; and work to exploit any opportunities that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Betting Regulations (28 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, it is a longstanding practice of the Minister for Finance not to comment, in advance of the Budget, on any tax matters that might be the subject of Budget decisions.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (28 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Chief EU Brexit Negotiator, Michel Barnier, visited Dublin on 21 June, this was an important opportunity for the Government and the Commission to take stock of state of play in the Brexit negotiations. President Juncker again emphasised that Ireland has the full backing of the EU and that Irish issues must be dealt with in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability Programme Data (28 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government is committed to establishing the Rainy Day Fund as a fiscal buffer in the event of a major shock to the economy. By spending the €900 million available as per minimum compliance with the expenditure benchmark, it would increase borrowing further by the amounts shown in the table below and would result in not achieving the Medium Term Objective (MTO)...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (28 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 102 together. The Government is committed to establishing the rainy day fund as a fiscal buffer in the event of a major shock to the economy. This will impact on the State’s borrowing by €500 million for each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 and is already captured in the State’s debt. If this €500 million were to be spent...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability Programme Data (28 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The estimates prepared by the European Commission, in its Spring Forecast, and my Department, in the Stability Programme Update 2018, both project a structural deficit of 0.4 per cent of GDP for next year. The impact of spending this €900 million is shown in Line ‘d’ in table 4 of the Summer Economic Statement. The deficit in 2019 would increase from 0.1 per cent of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (28 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, my Department, along with the Department of Rural and Community Development, are responsible for fulfilling the Programme for a Partnership Government to "thoroughly investigate the German Sparkassen model for the development of local public banks that operate within well-defined regions". Local public banking is where the state, or another public body, has...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reports (28 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: It is my understanding that the Deputy is referring to 'Ireland's Corporation Tax Roadmap.' This report relates to the implementation of the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directives and also the recommendations of the ‘Review of Ireland's Corporation Tax Code’, undertaken by Mr Seamus Coffey At present, this report is being finalised and it is my intention to publish it in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (28 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: It is assumed that the Deputy is referring to dividend income from Irish resident companies. I am advised by Revenue that based on tax returns and the yield from Dividend Withholding Tax for 2016, the replacement of all Income Tax, USC and PRSI on dividend income with a flat rate of taxation of 20% is tentatively estimated to be a loss in the region of €95 million. On the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (28 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 and 114 together. I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that based on initial analysis of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) returns filed for the tax year 2016, the latest year available, approximately 410 individuals have availed of entrepreneurial relief with an estimated cost in the region of €20 million. This is provisional and likely to change as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (28 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, Start Up Refunds for Entrepreneurs (SURE) provides a refund of tax paid in the previous six tax years to those previously in PAYE employment, or recently unemployed, where they invest funds into a new company set up by them. I am advised by Revenue that there is no statistical basis on which to estimate the cost of broadening the SURE scheme to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (28 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 and 110 together. As the Deputy will be aware, I made significant changes to the operation of the Employment and Investment Incentive (EII) in Finance Bill 2017 in order to ensure that the incentive accords with Art 21(3) of the European Commission General Block Exemption Regulations (GBER). GBER requires that risk finance aid schemes such as the EII...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Deduction Systems (28 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 111 and 115 together. I am advised by Revenue that the latest information on the cost and number of individuals availing of the Foreign Earnings Deduction (FED) is as follows: Year Numbers €m 2015 472 3.2 2014 144 1.1 2013 135 1 2012 108 0.8 The latest year for which data is currently available is 2015. I am further advised by...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (28 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 112 and 113 together. I am advised by Revenue that information in respect of the additional cost of the credit that would arise if the outsourcing restriction was lifted is not available as there is no reliable basis from tax returns data to allow an estimate of the cost to be produced.  I am further advised by Revenue that details of the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (28 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 116 to 118, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware, I am responsible for employment in the civil service. Other Ministers are responsible for employment in other parts of the public service  PAS undertook competitions in 2016 for Executive Officer and Higher Executive Officer in ICT for the civil service, and approximately 240...