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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Levy (19 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 159 together. The Pension Scheme Levy was introduced in 2011. For the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 the rate was 0.60% of the scheme assets. For the year 2014 the rate was 0.75% of the assets and for the year 2015, the final year of the levy, the rate was 0.15%. Under the legislation, the payment of the levy was treated as a necessary expense of a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (19 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am aware of the concerns raised by the Deputy in relation to the financial strain which the cost of insurance is placing on some community and voluntary organisations. However, the Deputy should note that as Minister for Finance, I am responsible for the development of the legal framework governing financial regulation and that neither I nor the Central Bank of Ireland can interfere in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (19 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Under Part IIIC of the Central Bank Act 1942 (as amended) (“the Act”), the Central Bank may hold an inquiry to determine whether or not a financial service provider is committing or has committed a suspected prescribed contravention. The Central Bank may also hold an inquiry to determine whether or not a person concerned in the management of a regulated financial service...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (19 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand that the Deputy is alluding to report "The Missing Profits of Nations" by G. Zucman, T. Tørsløv and L. Wier, that examines attribution of profits by mutlinationals around the world. In the first instance, I reject any assertion that Ireland is a tax haven. The report does not provide any definition of a tax haven and appears to assert that Ireland, and many other...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (19 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: All public works projects that are delivered under the Exchequer-funded element of the Government's capital plan must be procured in accordance with the provisions laid down in the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF).  The CWMF is mandated by circular and was developed to assist contracting authorities in meeting their ongoing procurement requirements.  It provides an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (19 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my answer to PQ No. 214 (ref. 23422/18) on the 29 May 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (19 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand from HR Shared Services, who received the application for a preserved pension from the individual concerned, that the application is being processed and that the pension lump sum will be paid shortly and the pension commenced with appropriate arrears paid.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (19 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 to 170, inclusive, together. The unwinding of the emergency FEMPI legislation commenced with the Lansdowne Road Agreement 2016-2018 and will be completed under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018 -2020 (PSSA). In relation to the PSSA, the measures agreed were given legal effect through the enactment of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The following table outlines the amounts paid by my Department for the services of the company named in the question from 1stJanuary 2016 up to and including 13thJune 2018. YEAR Payment Date Project Name Amount Paid 2018 22.03.18 Regulation of Lobbying Act, Appeal Officers Competition €1,536 12.06.18 Public Notice of Flood Defence Schemes / Plans €5,842 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Consultation Process (19 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Details of all public consultations held by my Department, and the bodies under the aegis of my Department, are outlined in the following table. Department Of Public Expenditure and Reform Year Title of Public Consultation: Responses Cost 2011 Regulation of Lobbying Bill 61 €3,719.83 Comprehensive Review of Expenditure 1,000+ Nil 2012 None N/A N/A 2013 Review of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Correspondence (19 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has not received any documentation in relation to Cork Event Centre in the last three months. However, my Department has been made aware by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht that it is in ongoing correspondence with Cork City Council in relation to the project.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (19 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department issued circulars in December 2017 and January 2018 authorising the application to qualifying public service pensions of certain public service pay increases, and giving guidance on the implementation of those pension increases. DPER Circular 20/2017, which issued in December 2017, authorised public service pension increases with effect from 1 September 2017, by reference to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Legislation (19 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my answer to PQ 24451/18 on the 12 June 2018. When I wrote to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform about pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill earlier this year, the Committee responded indicating that, while it did not intend to undertake pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill, it would engage fully on the draft legislation in the context of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (19 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As voted by the Houses of the Oireachtas and published in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2018, the estimate of the amount required for the operation of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for 2018 is €43,502,000 (net).

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Freedom of Information Data (14 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: To date, 185 FOI requests have been processed by the Department of Finance since January 2018. Five FOI requests were appealed to the Department requesting Internal Review; four affirmed the original decision, while one varied the original decision. One FOI request was appealed directly to the Office of the Information Commissioner and was subsequently withdrawn by the requestor. To date...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration (14 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 62 and 63 together. I am informed by Revenue that section 130 of the Finance Act 1992, as amended by section 53 of the Finance Act 2017, provides that EU category N1 vehicles with 4 or more seats and to which a BE Bodyworks code has not been assigned will be included in the Category A rate from 31 July 2018. Those N1s with 4 seats or more and which have...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (14 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department, along with the Department of Rural and Community Development, are responsible for the task of fulfilling the Programme for a Partnership Government commitment 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: Credit Union Regulation (14 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I can advise the Deputy that the following funds are in place which can be utilised under certain conditions to provide stabilisation, resolution or member deposit protection support respectively to credit unions. 1. The Credit Institutions Resolution Fund (CIRF) The CIRF was established under Section 10(1) of the Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) Act 2011 (2011 Act). The...

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

Paschal Donohoe: Revenue have informed me that they are bound by taxpayer confidentiality in accordance with Section 851A of the TCA 1997 and thus can not provide any information that might disclose the tax affairs of any individual taxpayer or business, including in regard to any third party. The vast majority of taxpayers are voluntarily compliant and Revenue assume that recipients of income from the...

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

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that it has not started a specific investigation of the type described by the deputy but that the rental sector, including businesses or taxpayers operating through online websites, are subject to the same level of risk analysis and intervention scrutiny as any other commercial entity. The risk analysis includes examination of data that is extracted from multiple...