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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that charitable organisations can claim a repayment of VRT and VAT paid on specially constructed or adapted vehicles under the Drivers/Passengers with Disabilities scheme. The scheme is provided for by the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations, (S.I. No 353 of 1994, as amended). The adapted vehicles must be used to transport a person...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Supervision (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank of Ireland continues to supervise banks as part of its ongoing supervisory engagements on credit risk matters which includes their compliance with the Code of Practice on Lending to Related Parties 2013 (available here: ). In order to guard against abuses in lending to related parties and to address possible conflicts of interest, the Central Bank requires that such...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the numbers of companies availing of the research and development (R&D) tax credit in the years 2015 and 2016, by range of the value of credit used, is set out in Table 1. Table 1 - No. of companies availing of R&D tax credit by range of credit used (euro) €1 – €50,000 €50,001-€100,000 €100,001 - ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Yield (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 56 of the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 provides for the zero-rating of supplies of qualifying goods and services, of intra-Community acquisitions and of imports from outside the European Union by certain accountable persons.  Accountable persons who qualify are those with a turnover from zero-rated intra-Community supplies of goods, exports of goods outside the European...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I assume the Deputy is referring to retirement relief from Capital Gains Tax on the sale or transfer of assets used in a business or farm. I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that it is not possible to accurately estimate the potential Exchequer cost from changing the age limits and relief thresholds in respect of retirement relief as it would depend on future transfers of assets...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Sector (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In 2015 the Government launched "A Strategy for Ireland's International Financial Services Sector 2015-2020"(IFS2020). The Strategy was a whole of government approach to the continued development of our international financial services sector and was developed to address the increasingly competitive and ever changing nature of international financial services. IFS2020 is currently led by...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme Administration (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Cycle To Work Scheme is essentially an environmental measure. It was introduced on that basis to help lower carbon emissions, reduce traffic congestion, encourage more employees to cycle to work and to help improve health and fitness levels.   The current limit of €1000 covers a wide range of bicycles, including electric bicycles, and is therefore sufficient to cover many...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The RandD Tax Credit is a very important feature of the Irish Corporation Tax system. The central purpose of the R&D Tax Credit is to encourage companies to undertake high-value added RandD activity in Ireland, thereby supporting jobs and investment here.   I am informed by Revenue that it is not possible to accurately estimate the potential revenue that would be raised by...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by Revenue that the amount of Corporation Tax by sector is available on the Revenue website up to 2016 at: . Sectoral analysis of 2017 receipts is currently being finalised and will be available at that link in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Ireland’s transfer pricing rules are set out in Part 35A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. The rules apply the arm’s length principle to trading transactions between companies within a multinational group. The arm’s length principle is the international transfer pricing standard that OECD member countries have agreed should be used for tax purposes by multinational...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Data (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: At the outset, it is important to understand that as Minister for Finance, my Department does not collect the information that the Deputy is seeking.  The only general guidance available on award levels for whiplash injuries is the Book of Quantum. In that Book, the most common type of neck injury is called a “whiplash” injury which is described as an over extension...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Pensions Data (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that my officials are engaging with the National Shared Services Office, who administer the payroll for staff in the Department of Finance, to compile this information in relation to the staff of the Department of Finance and I will revert to the Deputy within the next two weeks, on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that tax returns up to and including the 2015 tax year did not require rental income to be returned in a manner that separately identified income from residential property lettings and that from other types of property, for example commercial rental property. It is therefore not possible to provide the total value of residential rental income in the manner...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: A breakdown of expenditure by my Department in 2017 in the category of training and development and incidental expenses is set out in the following tables - the first table for Vote 11 (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) and the second table for Vote 39 (Office of Government Procurement). Training and Development and Incidental Expenses - Department of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: A breakdown of travel and subsistence expenditure by my Department in 2017 is set out in the following two tables - the first table for Vote 11 (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) and the second table for Vote 39 (Office of Government Procurement). Department of Public Expenditure and Reform - (Vote 11) Domestic Travel €111,995.05 EU Travel...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts Data (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The following table sets out the grant payments which the Department has made from its Vote (Vote 11) in the period in question.  In these instances, it is considered that a grant is the most effective means of supporting the purposes set out in the table.  This position is kept under review. Grantee 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Purpose of grant Benefacts - - 350,000 650,000 950,000...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform provided grants to Benefacts amounting to €350,000 in 2015, €650,000 in 2016 and €950,000 in 2017 as per the terms of a three year funding agreement.  The Department has provided grants amounting to €407,000 to date in 2018 and expects to issue grants to a total of €950,000 in 2018, as per its current...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the National Shared Services Office that the query raised in relation to the civil service pension for the person in question is being processed and that the individual has been contacted directly to progress this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Ar dtús caithfidh mé a mhíniú gur doiciméad buiséid go príomha é an Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta 2018-2027, atá cuireadh lé chéile mar thacaíocht do na bprionsabail polasaithe atá leagaithe amach go mion insan Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta. Bhí an PFN forbartha laistigh den amscála dhocht, rud a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Mar fheagairt ar cheist an Teachta Dála, ní glacaim leis nach bhfuil a dhóthain Státseirbhísigh i mo Roinn nach féidir leo déileáil le fiosrúcháin agus comhfhreagras trí Ghaeilge. Faoin bPlean Gnímh agus an Chairt do Chustaiméirí tá mo Roinn tiomanta chun iarracht a dhéanamh plé le haon custaiméir ar...