Written answers
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Department of Finance
Legislative Programme
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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231. To ask the Minister for Finance the sections and parts of all legislation brought forward by his Department in each of the past four years that have yet to be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25178/18]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware the Oireachtas, when enacting legislation, in many instances provides a discretion to the relevant Minister in respect of the appropriate time to commence an Act, or certain provisions of an Act.
I set out in the attached table details of legislative provisions passed by the Oireachtas since 1 January 2013 but which are not yet formally commenced and for which I, as Minister for Finance, have lead responsibility.
| - | Act | Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Finance Act 2017 | ss. 12(1) & 12(2), 68(1) | Section 12 concerns allowances for childcare and fitness centres. Section 68 relates to amendments to farm consolidation relief. |
| 2. | s. 3 | s. 3 shall come into operation on the day on which the State becomes a member of the Bank in accordance with the terms of the Agreement | |
| 3. | Finance Act 2016 | s. 19 s. 28 | s. 19 relates to balancing allowances and balancing charges s.28 relates to disposals of business or farm on "retirement" |
| 4. | Finance Act 2015 | s. 46 | s. 46 relates to a requirement to make electronically a return or make a claim, submission or declaration for the purposes of any requirement of excise law. |
| s. 76 | s. 76 requires a property agent to include in a return of information the tax reference number of each property owner and the Local Property Tax (LPT) number in respect of each residential property. | ||
| 5. | Finance Act 2014 | s. 74 | s. 74 relates to relief from stamp duty for certain leases of farmland. |
| 6. | National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 | s. 5 (in part) | s. 5 relates to amendments to Acts specified in Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the Act. |
| s. 6(a) | s. 6(a) provides for the repeal of the National Pensions Reserve Fund Act 2000 (other than s. 30). | ||
| s. 6(d) | s. 6(d) provides for the dissolution of the Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2009 (other than sections 9 and 11 to 13). | ||
| s. 50 | s. 50 provides for the dissolution of the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission. | ||
| s. 54 (in part) | s. 54 relates to the transitional provisions in Schedule 4. | ||
| Schedule 1 | Part 2, Item (1)(b) – relates to the deletion from Schedule 2 to the Ombudsman Act 1980 of “National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission” Part 4, Items (2)(b), 2(c), (4), 7(b), 7(c), 9(b), 9(c), 10(b), 12(b), 12(c), 12(d) – relate to amendments to the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 Part 8 – relates to the amendment of the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 | ||
| Schedule 2 | Part 1, Item 1(b) – relates to amendments of the Ethics in Public Office (Prescribed Public Bodies, Designated Directorships of Public Bodies and Designated Positions in Public Bodies) Regulations 2004 Part 2, Item 1(b) – relates to amendment to the Official Languages Act 2003 (Public Bodies) Regulations 2006 Part 4 – relates to amendment of the Payments (Banks, Building Societies, Credit Unions and Savings Banks) Regulations 2008 Part 6, Items 1(a), 2(b) – relates to the amendment of the Payments (Insurance Undertakings) Regulations 2011 | ||
| Schedule 4 | Paragraph 15 – relating to the final accounts of the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission Paragraph 17 – relating to the final annual report of the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission | ||
| 7. | Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Act 2014 | s. 12 | s. 12 relates to the alienation of shares in the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland by the Minister for Finance. |
| 8. | Finance Act (No. 2) 2013 | s. 45 | s. 45 relates to entrepreneur relief |
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