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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Legislation (1 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, the Government agreed on 5 December 2017 that the compulsory retirement age of most public servants recruited before 1 April 2004 should be increased to age 70.  The Attorney General’s Office has been asked to prioritise the drafting of the necessary legislation so that the new compulsory retirement age will become effective as soon as...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (1 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The most recent meeting of the Community Sector Forum took place on 23 November 2017. Previous meetings took place on 24 February 2017 and 7 April 2017. It remains the position that the minutes of these meetings await formal approval by the parties to the Forum and will on such approval be publicly available on my Department's website.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (26 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The decision to grant or refuse credit is a commercial decision on the part of a regulated entity and there is no legal or regulatory barrier that prevents a licensed credit institution from lending to a person or company that may have an issue with their credit history.  However, lenders are required to conduct thorough affordability or creditworthiness assessments.  There are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Application (26 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The legislation governing the administration of Local Property Tax (LPT) provides for a limited number of exemptions from LPT. There is no specific exemption for properties affected in the way described in the Deputy’s question and there are no plans to introduce such an exemption. LPT operates on a self-assessment basis and it is a matter for the property owner in the first...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As you may be aware, the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme provides relief from VAT and VRT (up to a certain limit) on the purchase of an adapted car for transport of a person with specific severe and permanent physical disabilities, payment of a fuel grant, and an exemption from Motor Tax. To qualify for the Scheme an applicant must be in possession of a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (26 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 65 together. "Insider information" as referenced by the Deputy is a form of market abuse. The Central Bank of Ireland has been designated as the single administrative competent authority for the purpose of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 on market abuse. Securities markets activity encompasses a high number of participants engaged in significant...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (26 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the number of properties exempt from Local Property Tax (LPT) up to Quarter 1 2018, by exemption category, is available in the LPT statistics on the Revenue website at:. A breakdown of the cost by individual exemption category is not available but the overall revenue foregone for all LPT exemption categories is estimated at €13m per year.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (26 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I have received the following response from Ptsb: “The Bank’s forbearance information is set out on pages 204 to 206 of its 2017 Annual Report. At 2017 year-end, the Bank had 6,157 (€1,162m) Residential Split Mortgages accounts and 390 (€111m) Residential Buy-to-Let Split Mortgage accounts. As these loans are classified as impaired under Accounting convention,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (26 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I have been advised by the Central Bank of Ireland that while it does collect and publish information on mortgages held by non-bank entities which includes unregulated loan owners, it does not give a breakdown in terms of how many are split mortgage arrangements. The number of split mortgage arrangements are available for PDH and BTLs. At the end of Q4 2017, there were 27,475 PDH mortgage...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Services (26 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Credit Union Act, 1997 (1997 Act) sets out the services that a credit union may provide to its members. In addition, the Credit Union Act 1997 (Regulatory Requirements) Regulations 2016 (2016 Regulations) provides for services exempt from additional services requirements. Where a credit union wishes to provide services to its members, other than those services that are provided for under...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (26 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 70 to 88, inclusive, 90, 91, 96 and 97 together. I would refer the Deputies to my responses to PQ 54985/17 of 16 January 2018 and PQ 13684/18 of 27 March 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (26 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As part of the implementation of Project Ireland 2040, a number of actions are underway by my Department. We have now established the high level Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board, jointly chaired by the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Secretary General of the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, to provide strategic...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (26 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I would refer the Deputy to my response to PQ 54985/17 of 16 January 2018 and PQ 13684/18 of 27 March 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Insurance (25 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank has advised that when an individual(s) applies for a mortgage loan to buy a home, the individual(s) will generally be required to take out mortgage protection insurance. This is a particular type of life assurance taken out for the term of the mortgage and designed to pay it off on the death of the borrower or joint borrower. It is an underwriting consideration for an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (25 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that during 2016 the following expenditure was incurred by the Department in relation to the following training: Certificate for Press Officer - €1,560 MA in Political Communication - €3,600.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Training (25 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that during 2016 the following expenditure was incurred by the Department in relation to the following training: Certificate for Press Officer - €1,560 MA in Political Communication - €3,600.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration (25 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In regard to the case in question, Revenue has confirmed that there was no unnecessary delay in processing the application. Revenue did however make direct contact with the person’s co-purchaser in relation to a matter in respect of the claim.  The matter was subsequently resolved by the co-purchaser and the HTB application was immediately approved and processed.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (25 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the cost of tax relief for health expenses, and the numbers claiming, for the years 2004 to 2015 (the latest year for which data are available) are available on Revenue’s website at https://www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenu e/statistics/tax-expenditures/costs-expenditures.aspx.  I am further advised that, other than for claims in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (25 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As you may be aware, the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme provides relief from VAT and VRT (up to a certain limit) on the purchase of an adapted car for transport of a person with specific severe and permanent physical disabilities, payment of a Fuel Grant, and an exemption from Motor Tax. To qualify for the Scheme an applicant must be in possession of a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Responsibilities (25 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the Minister and Secretaries Act 1924, as amended, the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland (Board of Commissioners) and its powers, duties and functions are assigned to, and administered by, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform as the responsible head of the Board of the Commissioners to Dáil Éireann. The Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 designates the...