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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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As outlined in my previous response to the Deputy, the location choices in the Civil Mobility scheme, which comes under the remit of my department, and is administered through HR Shared Services, National Shared Service Office are not divided by county or province but by zone.  Applicants may express a preference for mobility for a maximum of 3zones from a list of 46 zones with a choice...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Labour Employer Economic Forum (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, on 5 October 2016, the Taoiseach chaired the inaugural meeting of the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF), which brought together representatives of employers and trade unions with Government Ministers to discuss economic, employment and labour market issues. The aim of the LEEF is to provide a space to discuss areas of shared interest affecting the economy,...

Other Questions: National Development Plan (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The capital allocations made in budget 2018 and the national development plan were informed by the extensive evidence base collated and published on the Department's website in 2017 as part of the mid-year capital review. The evidence base included a macroeconomic analysis, an assessment of progress to date on the 2015 plan, departmental submissions, a public consultation process, an...

Other Questions: National Development Plan (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes I do, having published the evidence on it.

Other Questions: National Development Plan (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The work on the evaluation of projects and making choices within the national development plan will be more of a responsibility of the implementation board that has been set up for Ireland 2040. It has already met once and any decisions that are made - for example, on the allocation of funds from the four funds that have been set up to drive new work and new activity to make Ireland 2040...

Other Questions: Public Sector Reform Review (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: It is an essential element of what we are looking to do. Last December I published the public service plan of 2020 that laid out what we are looking to do in how we deliver services. Only last month I published a performance report that laid out what every Government Department is meant to do and the progress that has been made to date in delivering against those targets.