Several of the Department’s Offices, such as the Companies Registration Office, the Patents Office and the Employment Permits area of the Department provide services to the public with a fee generation element. These fee charges are to cover the economic cost of the State providing the service to the public. These fee charges are recorded as Appropriations-in-Aid (A&As) in the annual Appropriation Account for the Department.
Typically, the Department will generate in the region of €50m in A&As [or Receipts] per annum from Offices’ fee generation and other sources, such as pension related deductions and the pension levy on staff. The actual level of such receipts being returned to the Exchequer is usually dependent on the level of economic activity being undertaken in the economy.
It does not appear that any of the A&As received by my Department fall under the scope of the Deputy's question. Details of the of the most recently published AinAs, as per the 2017 Appropriation Account, are set out in the following table. Should the Deputy wish to receive further information on any of the specific income streams listed this can be provided.
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Appropriations-in-aid 2017
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€ '000
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Employment Rights and Industrial Relations
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1
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Receipts from the Social Insurance Fund
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—
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2
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Employment permit fees
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7,670
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3
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Employment agency licences
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378
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4
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WRC fixed penalty notices
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7
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5
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WRC court award costs
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19
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Insurance and Company Law
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|
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6
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Companies Registration Office
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19,560
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7
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Registry of Friendly Societies
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57
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Trade, Competition and Market Rights
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|
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8
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Receipts under the Trade Marks Act 1963 and Patents Act 1964
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9,353
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9
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Occasional trading licences
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—
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10
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Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
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535
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11
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Merger notifications
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576
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Other
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|
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12
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ODCE legal
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9
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13
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Local enterprise development
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—
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14
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Miscellaneous
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713
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15
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Enterprise policy a
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3,189
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16
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Competition and Consumer Protection Commission b
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1,130
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17
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IAASA pay refund
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—
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18
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PIAB pay and superannuation
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1,207
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19
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HSA superannuation
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481
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20
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Temporary Loan Guarantee Scheme
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584
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21
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Expert Group on Future Skills Needs
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343
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22
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Receipts from pension related deduction on public service remuneration
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6,731
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Total
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52,542
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a
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Enterprise Policy shows amounts received from the Enterprise agencies in relation to staff pension contributions. The agencies are Intertrade Ireland, IDA, EI and SFI.
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b
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Receipts under this line are in part-recoupment of the expenditure under subhead C.8.
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