Parliamentary questions

Value for Money Reviews

Mattie McGrath

151. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details supplied); the reason for each service engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43314/19]

Value for Money Reviews

Mattie McGrath

152. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the cost of each exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43331/19]

Budget Measures

Mattie McGrath

153. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the details on the rural proofing analysis conducted by his Department prior to the publication of measures contained in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43343/19]

Insurance Coverage

Willie O'Dea

154. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the insurance industry has refused flood insurance for a number of domestic dwellings in the Limerick city area on the basis of a flood map prepared by a private company based in London and that particular flood map conflicts directly with the most recent flood map for those areas prepared by the OPW; his views on whether the OPW map should be the relevant map for determining flood risk; if the insurance companies will be instructed accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43428/19]

Fiscal Policy

Michael McGrath

155. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the nominal fiscal resources available in each year between 2021 and 2025 assuming there is an orderly Brexit; if there is a general Government surplus as set out in table 3 of the Summer Economic Statement accounting for the announcements made in budget 2020, excluding disorderly Brexit announcements, accounting for pre-committed expenditure, that is, capital expenditure, carryover costs, public sector pay increases and demographic costs; if there is compliance with the European fiscal rules most notably the expenditure benchmark, the medium-term objective and the debt to GDP ratio in each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43533/19]

Fiscal Policy

Michael McGrath

156. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the nominal fiscal resources available each year between 2021 and 2025 assuming there is an orderly Brexit; if there is a general Government balance of €0 in each year accounting for the announcements made in budget 2020, excluding disorderly Brexit announcements, accounting for pre-committed expenditure, that is, capital expenditure, carryover costs, public sector pay increases and demographic costs; if there is compliance with the European fiscal rules most notably the expenditure benchmark, the medium-term objective and the debt to GDP ratio in each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43534/19]

Fiscal Policy

Michael McGrath

157. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the nominal fiscal resources available each year between 2021 and 2025 assuming there is an orderly Brexit; if there is a general Government surplus of 0.4% of GDP in each year accounting for the announcements made in budget 2020, excluding disorderly Brexit announcements, accounting for pre-committed expenditure, that is, capital expenditure, carryover costs, public sector pay increases and demographic costs; if there is compliance with the European fiscal rules most notably the expenditure benchmark, the medium-term objective and the debt to GDP ratio in each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43535/19]

Fiscal Policy

Michael McGrath

158. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the nominal fiscal resources available each year between 2021 and 2025 assuming there is an orderly Brexit under the expenditure benchmark and the medium term objective of the European fiscal rules accounting for the announcements made in budget 2020, excluding disorderly Brexit announcements and accounting for pre-committed expenditure, that is, capital expenditure, carryover costs, public sector pay increases and demographic costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43536/19]

Retail Sector

Anne Rabbitte

159. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance if the current retail export scheme refund threshold of €0.01 will be preserved if the UK applies the VAT retail export scheme to EU countries in a post-Brexit no-deal scenario as is the case with duty free shopping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43596/19]

Tax Code

Willie Penrose

160. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Finance the tax exemption available to a single person under 25 years of age; the income a person can earn which is totally exempt from tax as a single person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43614/19]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Barry Cowen

161. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of making trade union subscriptions tax deductible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43648/19]

Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure

Alan Kelly

162. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure on Project Ireland 2040 in 2018 and to date in 2019. [42919/19]

Budget Measures

Mattie McGrath

163. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details on the poverty proofing analysis conducted by his Department prior to the publication of measures contained in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43342/19]

EU Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

164. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an investment package will be sought from the European Commission and additionally funded by the British and Irish Governments for the north-west city region of counties Donegal, Derry and west Tyrone in a post-Brexit scenario. [43523/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael McGrath

165. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of pre-committed expenditure, that is, demographics, the public service stability agreement, carryover from budget 2019, capital/NDP and carryover from budget 2020 in each year from 2020 to 2025, including the carryover costs from budget 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43537/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

Gerry Adams

166. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of buildings owned by the Office of Public Works in County Louth; the number of these buildings not currently in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43016/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Data

Seán Sherlock

167. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of environmental assessments carried out for the Glanmire flood relief scheme; and the number of reports received in this regard in the past seven years. [43082/19]

Office of Public Works Data

Catherine Murphy

168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Percent for Art budget amount that was included in the overall capital budget estimate for Miesian Plaza, Dublin; if art works were commissioned in respect of the site; the way in which the OPW selected the arts medium that was chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43256/19]

Office of Public Works Data

Catherine Murphy

169. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Percent for Art budget amount that was included in the overall capital budget estimate for the new Kevin Street Garda station; if art works were commissioned in respect of the site; the way in which the OPW selected the arts medium that was chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43257/19]

Value for Money Reviews

Mattie McGrath

170. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details supplied); the reason for each service engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43319/19]