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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the capitation fees paid in respect of voluntary second level schools by 10%; and by 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33914/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow an organisation in County Cork (details supplied) to tender for a housing project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33746/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent in each year from 2010 to 2014 on the housing adaptation grant; the number of persons who benefitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33848/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent in each year from 2010 to 2014 on the mobility aid schemes for older persons; the number of persons who benefitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33849/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent in each year from 2010 to 2014 on the housing aid for older persons scheme; the number of persons who benefitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33850/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the capital allocation for housing to local authorities in each year from 2011 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33851/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual cost of carrying out inspections of private rental properties in each year from 2010 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33854/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has any plans to extend broadband cover to a certain location in County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33718/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Historic Towns Initiative (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 274. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to expand the Historic Towns Initiative beyond the three towns covered by the pilot project; her views on the success of the pilot scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33753/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider seeking the extension of the seafarer’s tax allowance to those whose voyages both begin and end in the State, but which involve extended periods outside of the State and its territorial waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33490/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Loans (30 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 2 July 2015, if he will provide a breakdown, by category, of the number of Facility Letters or Agreements issued for each of the days 19, 20 and 21 January 2009. [33588/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (30 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 2 July 2015, the reason a company (details supplied) which recently terminated its contract for the supply of stationery and office supplies to the Open Government Partnership Group 4 Sector, that is central Government, local authorities and schools, has now been awarded a new contract...

Central Bank (Code of Conduct) Bill 2015: First Stage (29 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for measures to ensure a primary residence of a borrower is not repossessed by court order in circumstances where the lender in question has not complied with a relevant code of practice. I seek leave to introduce this Bill. In May of this year, the Supreme Court held that lenders were not required to comply with the...

Central Bank (Code of Conduct) Bill 2015: First Stage (29 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Other Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (29 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to deal with overcharging of tracker mortgage customers; his views that it is a widespread problem in the banking industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32864/15]

Other Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (29 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: I raised the issue last week about the overcharging of certain tracker mortgage customers by way of a Topical Issue debate with the Minister’s colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Deenihan. As the Minister knows, a scandal has emerged with Permanent TSB and 1,400 of its customers wrongly denied a tracker rate, having come off a fixed-rate mortgage, for example, or not properly...

Other Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (29 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: As the Minister knows in the case of Permanent TSB, it lost a High Court case on this matter and had findings made against it by the Financial Services Ombudsman. However, it still took it to the steps of the Supreme Court before, under duress from the Central Bank because of an enforcement investigation, it bowed to the inevitable, put its hands up and acknowledged up to 1,400 customers had...

Other Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (29 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: Before the end of this Dáil, will the Minister address the issue of the six-year limitation rule for access to the Financial Service Ombudsman, not just for customers denied a tracker rate but those affected by the mis-selling of payment protection policies, for example? They are being denied justice and recourse in respect of financial products which were defective or unsuitable for...

Other Questions: Insurance Compensation Fund (29 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: The main point I would put to the Minister is that he should appoint somebody to examine this whole saga with a view to bringing in changes if this happens in the future. In view of the way insurance companies can passport in their services, they can be regulated primarily in another European country and regulated here for conduct of business purposes only. We are at the mercy of the...

Other Questions: Insurance Compensation Fund (29 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: The final point I would make is directed towards consumers and policyholders, namely, that they should listen very carefully to the tag-lines we hear on radio advertisements, for example, that an insurer is regulated by the Central Bank for conduct of business purposes. That does not mean that the Central Bank is the principal regulator of that insurance company; that insurance company could...