Parliamentary questions

Tax Code

Michael McGrath

113. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the detail of the treatment of rental income from residential property situated here from a taxation point of view, including the rate of taxation that applies by different classes of recipients including private landlords domiciled and resident here, private landlords not resident here, Irish resident companies, non-Irish resident companies, partnerships, real estate investment trusts and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31424/17]

Pyrite Issues

Clare Daly

114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the projected loss to the Exchequer per annum of the abolition of the rule within the relevant legislation that provides that home owners with pyrite damage below the significant damage certification threshold who have not been accepted into the pyrite remediation scheme cannot avail of the LPT pyrite exemption. [31486/17]

Exports Growth

Joan Burton

115. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the report published by an organisation (details supplied); if his officials have examined the report; his policy proposals to address the issues identified in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31490/17]

Mortgage Lending

Joan Burton

116. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice by certain mortgage providers (details supplied) to only seek exemption from Central Bank mortgage lending guidelines for prospective buyers seeking an exemption of more than €40,000 greater than the standard loan-to-value or income ratio; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this penalises families seeking minor and modest derogation from income and loan-to-value limited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31491/17]

EU Meetings

Joan Burton

117. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the ECOFIN meeting on 16 June 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31492/17]

Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme

Joan Burton

118. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on his Department's work on allocating additional resources for infrastructure investment in view of the Taoiseach’s decision to abandon the 45% debt-to-GDP ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31493/17]

European Banking Sector

Joan Burton

119. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the implications of the European Commission's approval of a €17 billion bailout for troubled Italian banks and the implementation of the banking recovery and resolution directive; the discussions that his Department has had with the European Commission concerning this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31494/17]

State Banking Sector

Joan Burton

120. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance his plans to sell additional stakes in a bank (details supplied); his further plans to fast-track the sale of the stake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31495/17]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Joan Burton

121. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance his plans to help SMEs tackle the challenges they face in view of Brexit, in particular providing credit for SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31496/17]

Credit Unions

Joan Burton

122. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the actions his Department will take on foot of the CUAC report Viability and Irish Credit Unions on 19 May 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31497/17]

Banking Sector

Joan Burton

123. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on his engagement with the public banking investigation being conducted by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31499/17]

Commercial Rates Impact

Joan Burton

124. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance his views on the direct link between the valuations process and the commercial rates system; his plans to examine the impact this business tax has on local business conditions and cost-competitiveness. [31500/17]

Property Tax Administration

Joan Burton

125. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the cost associated with establishing the local property tax system, including the self-assessment valuation mechanism; and the annual cost associated with administering and collecting the local property tax. [31504/17]

Tax Data

Joan Burton

126. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the yield from the special domicile levy on high net worth persons; the number of persons subject to the levy; the number of non-residents paying the levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31506/17]

Tax Yield

Joan Burton

127. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the estimated loss of income to the Exchequer in respect of bogus self-employment which forces low-income workers to register as self-employed, causing a loss to the Exchequer in income tax, PRSI and USC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31507/17]

Stability and Growth Pact

Joan Burton

128. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if progress has been made in the reform of EU fiscal rules in respect of allowing capital investment and the ongoing review of the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31508/17]

Customs and Excise Controls

Joan Burton

129. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners have taken to identify possible customs posts on the Border; the locations that have been examined for these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31509/17]

Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals

Joan Burton

130. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his ECOFIN colleagues in view of the recent developments in respect of the common consolidated tax base; the steps he has taken in the interests of protecting the State's tax sovereignty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31510/17]

Insurance Costs

Brendan Smith

131. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance the measures he plans to implement to deal with the escalating costs of insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31511/17]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

132. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons with an annual income over €100,000. [31516/17]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

133. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of self-employed persons that are subject to the 3% USC levy which is assessed on an individual basis on income over €100,000. [31517/17]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

134. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated income that would be raised by increasing the self-employed levy on income over €100,000 of 3% to 10%, respectively. [31518/17]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

135. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated income that would be raised from introducing a new USC levy on all income earners with individual income over €100,000 of 2% to 7%, respectively, to be applied in the same way in which USC is currently applied on an individual basis. [31519/17]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

136. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons liable for PAYE that have employer PRSI applied on an individual basis on annual income of over €100,000. [31520/17]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

137. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing the 3% USC surcharge on the self employed with income over €100,000. [31521/17]

Tax Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the sectoral breakdown of revenue returns in each of the years 2013 to 2016, including PAYE, corporate tax, self employment and those employed via RCT1s, in tabular form. [31551/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

139. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer from a location outside of Dublin to County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31778/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

140. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the grades of persons working in the national shared services office; if these posts are permanent; if positions become vacant, if the persons will be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30883/17]

Flood Relief Schemes Applications

Joan Burton

141. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in the OPW formally approving the lower Morrell river flood relief scheme and the funding of same in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30948/17]

State Pensions Reform

Alan Farrell

142. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has given consideration to removing or extending the mandatory retirement age within the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31298/17]

Public Expenditure Policy

Maureen O'Sullivan

143. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the IMF projection that Ireland will have the lowest level of public spending to GDP ratio in the entire eurozone by 2021 with current policy trends; and his further views on whether such a low level of spending will have consequences for the future provision of public services and infrastructure. [31356/17]

Debt Collection

Joan Burton

144. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of measures to improve debt collection across Government; and the administrative costs associated with debt collection initiatives across Government, in tabular form. [31503/17]

National Training Fund

Thomas Byrne

145. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 20 June 2017, if it is possible to vary the rate employers pay in the national training levy to the proposed employer contribution mechanism according to the assumed benefit they derive from higher education training or alternatively to varying contributions by sector whereby employers in more high skilled sectors pay a higher contribution, which was not addressed in the original response. [30873/17]

National Training Fund

Thomas Byrne

146. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 20 June 2017, if the National Training Fund Act 2000 was amended appropriately, if it would be possible to use a portion of the accumulated surplus and-or annual surplus of the NTF for capital funding in the further or higher education sectors. [30874/17]

National Training Fund

Thomas Byrne

147. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether it is justified to ask employers to contribute more to the NTF via the employers' levy in view of the fact that the fund already has such a large surplus which is not being used. [30876/17]

National Training Fund

Thomas Byrne

148. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 20 June 2017, if he will answer the original question which requested information on whether he has sought approval from EUROSTAT on whether it would be permissible under the fiscal rules to use the surplus from the National Training Fund levy for capital expenditure, which was not answered in the original response. [30877/17]

Public Sector Staff

Paul Kehoe

149. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the implementation of the interdepartmental report on fuller working lives to review the public service workforce, particularly relating to the age of retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30882/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

150. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer from a location outside of Dublin to County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30975/17]

Public Sector Pensions

Charlie McConalogue

151. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the restoration of pension payments to public sector workers who had their pensions cut in the past number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30989/17]

Community Sector High Level Forum

Eoin Ó Broin

152. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a report on the work of the high level forum on the community and voluntary sector which is led by his Department; the names of those on the forum; the number of times the forum has met; and the specific issues the forum is currently working on. [31073/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

153. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 394 of 20 June 2017, the amount spent by each Department on courses at an institution (details supplied) for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31078/17]

Brexit Data

Joan Burton

154. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the said Brexit unit; the cost to date in 2017; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31278/17]

Appointments to State Boards

Dara Calleary

155. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacancies, including vacancies on boards and so on, advertised via the Public Appointments Service in 2015 and 2016 by Department and agency; the number of interviews held by the Public Appointments Service for each vacancy; the criteria for assessment in the event of interviews not proceeding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31329/17]

Special Educational Needs

John Curran

156. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the commitment in the programme for a partnership Government to introduce a new in-school speech and language therapy service creating stronger linkages between parents, teachers and speech and language therapists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30871/17]

National Training Fund

Thomas Byrne

157. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that in every year since its establishment except for 2012 and 2014 there was an annual surplus in the National Training Fund, including in years with very significant increases in unemployment and training needs of the population; his further views on whether the size of the accumulated surplus of the fund and the fact that it is not even used in times of high unemployment indicates that the fund is not being well managed and used appropriately to fund national training needs; and the rationale for having such a large surplus in the fund when it is not used during times of national employment crisis. [30875/17]

Student Grant Scheme

Róisín Shortall

158. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the non-adjacent maintenance grant to €4,025 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, respectively. [30801/17]

Student Grant Scheme

Róisín Shortall

159. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the adjacent maintenance grant to €2,215 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, respectively. [30802/17]

Student Grant Scheme

Róisín Shortall

160. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of extending a non-adjacent maintenance grant to €4,025 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, respectively. [30803/17]

Student Grant Scheme

Róisín Shortall

161. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of extending the adjacent maintenance grant to €2,215 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, respectively. [30804/17]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Thomas P. Broughan

162. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the €99 million allocation for apprenticeships in 2017; the outcomes of this expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30808/17]