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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Targets (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The end-June Exchequer returns showed that the cumulative target for tax revenue in the first half of the year has been achieved (over by 0.7% or €168 million). In year-on-year the terms tax revenue performance has been solid, with receipts up 5.4% or €1,276 million. This provides a level of confidence that the end 2018 tax revenue target of €54,175 million will be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Development Plan (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, under the expenditure benchmark capital increases are smoothed over a four-year period. As such, in order to assess the impact of capital smoothing on the proposal submitted by the Deputy, actual capital expenditure in 2016 and 2017 and the planned expenditure for 2018 must be included in the calculations, as these impact on 2019, 2020 and 2021. The following table...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that despite the fact that on three separate occasions a phased payment application form was provided to the person concerned, the completed form and supporting documentation required has not been provided to Revenue. Given the fact that the person concerned has been afforded numerous opportunities to put forward a payment proposal and has failed to do so, I am...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that having regard to the circumstances of the person concerned, a temporary 6 month stay on collection was agreed in January 2018. If the person concerned wishes to now seek a deferred payment arrangement it will be necessary to complete an application for such an arrangement and provide the required supporting documentation. The person concerned should make...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, securitisation allows banks transfer the risk of some loans to other banks or long-term investors such as insurance companies and asset managers. This allows banks to use the capital that was set aside to cover the risk in those loans to create and sell new loans. The reputation of securitisation was tarnished during the global financial crisis due to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Advisers Data (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Special Adviser Ms Deborah Sweeney acts as my Press Adviser. Ms Sweeney's salary is the 4th point of the Principal Officer (Standard) PPC scale. Ms Sweeney's appointment was made in line with "Instructions to Personnel Officers - Ministerial Appointments for the 32nd Dáil" which include "Guidelines on staffing of Ministerial Offices" issued by the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: A sum of €25 million is currently profiled as Capital for 2019 for the Finance Vote Group. Allocations are made under two Votes; €23 million to the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and €2 million to the Department of Finance. My Department's Capital Allocation provides for the routine acquisition of IT equipment and systems and certain premises expenses relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputies may be aware that the film tax credit was re-structured with effect from 1 January 2015, following a review of the relief published by my Department in 2012. Prior to 2015, film relief took the form of an investor tax relief which provided an incentive to individual and corporate taxpayers to invest in Irish film production. The restructured relief, available from 2015 on, takes...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The information sought by the Deputy on the relief for small breweries is outlined on the following table: Relief for Small Breweries: 2005 to 2017 Year Total Repaid/remitted (€) Total No. of Claimants 2005 186,704 5 2006 294,357 7 2007 242,302 8 2008 351,500 9 2009 286,848 10 2010 251,997 10 2011 420,304 17 2012 840,651 20 2013 1,112,897 20 ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Smuggling (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 171 and 172 together. I am advised by Revenue that combatting the illegal tobacco trade has been, and continues to be, a priority for them. Their actions against this form of criminal activity include a range of measures to identify and target those involved in the smuggling, supply or sale of illicit products, with a view to disrupting the supply...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 173 to 175, inclusive, together. Co-ordination of the whole-of-Government response to Brexit is being progressed through the cross-Departmental coordination structures chaired by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This includes ‘no deal’ contingency planning. Such planning provides base line scenarios for the impact of Brexit across...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that traders are not required to separately identify the yield generated from a particular activity or product type on the VAT3 return. Therefore, it is not possible to provide an estimate of the cost of reducing the VAT rate on the list of products supplied by the Deputy. For the Deputy’s general information, the VAT rating of goods and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: General Data Protection Regulation (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 to 179, inclusive, together. The right of an individual to access their personal data forms a fundamental part of the right to data protection. The Deputy will be aware that article 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sets out the rights of an individual with regard to accessing their personal data. Details on how an individual can make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Report on Local Public Banking that was prepared by my Department and the Department of Rural and Community Development has now been published. While the Report concludes that there is not a compelling case for the State to establish a new local public banking system, along the lines proposed, there is a commitment from the Government to continue to consider other means by which the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Data (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that it has reviewed its records for the person in question and has confirmed that they are correctly recorded against their current employment, with a start date of 29 May 2017. Revenue has no other start date on record for the person in respect of that employment. Revenue has also advised me that it has no role to play in respect of Medical Card entitlements...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Sharing Arrangements (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Data Sharing and Governance Bill is the responsibility of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. It was published on 8 June 2018 and is currently at Report Stage in the Seanad. The Department of Finance is supportive of this Bill, the purpose of which is to promote and encourage data sharing between public bodies by providing a statutory framework for data sharing for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The former Garda station on Roche’s Road, Wexford closed on 22 September 2017. The Garda authorities do not have an on-going requirement for the property having relocated to the newly built Garda station on Mulgannon Road, Wexford. The OPW's policy with regard to non-operational (vacant) State property including the former Garda station, Roche’s Road, Wexford is to: 1....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Data (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 184 to 186, inclusive, together. The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme was the largest ever flood risk study carried out in the State and covered 300 areas believed to be at significant flood risk. The CFRAM programme culminated with the launch on 3 May 2018 of 29 Flood Risk Management Plans, which proposed 118 new outline...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Recruitment (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Appointments Service (PAS) is an independent statutory recruitment body for the civil service. PAS carry out general service competitions for the Civil Service and in many cases establish Irish language streams in those competitions. Depending on the competition, those candidates who have indicated an interest in Irish will either be processed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Papal Visit (11 Jul 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works and the Department of An Taoiseach are in ongoing discussions regarding the visit of Pope Francis. Intensive planning of all the many elements of the Papal visit is continuing and evolving daily. For that reason and with further contracts yet to be agreed it is not possible to estimate accurately the cost involved.