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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full year cost of increasing the group A CAT threshold of €335,000 by €3,000, €10,000, €32,000, €100,000 and €200,000, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43994/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full year cost of reducing the CAT rate from 33% to 32%, 30%, 28% and 23%, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43995/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full year cost of reducing the CAT rate from 33% to 32%, 30%, 28% and 23%, respectively, in tabular form while simultaneously increasing the group A CAT threshold of €335,000 by €3,000, €10,000, €32,000, €100,000 and €200,000, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of checks that will be required between Ireland and Great Britain if the current Brexit deal were to be ratified; the number of extra customs officials that will be required to deal with the number of checks; the contingencies at ports here with regard to the increased level of checks required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44155/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is undertaking an economic impact analysis of the current Brexit deal; if he will publish updated fiscal and macroeconomic forecasts based on the current Brexit deal; when he expects such a study to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44156/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has officially commenced an investigation into whether dual pricing by the insurance industry complies with the consumer protection code and the law; when he expects this investigation to conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44157/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank is in the process of reviewing the macroprudential mortgage rules; if he anticipates changes to the rules particularly with regard to first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44158/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if the economic and fiscal projections outlined in budget 2020 documents are applicable to the current Brexit deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44159/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the budgeted yield from tax compliance measures in budgets since budget 2012 and the actual yield taken by the Revenue Commissioners from compliance measures in each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44160/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concerns raised by an association (details supplied) over issues faced by the industry in terms of the high capital gains tax rates here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44161/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of financial service providers that have not got the relevant authorisation from the Central Bank in the event the UK leaves the European Union by type of financial services provider in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44162/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the €200 million of the €1.2 billion Brexit package will be spent regardless of the Brexit outcome; if this €200 million is part of the €2.8 billion fiscal package announced in the summer economic statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43985/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the €650 million of the €1.2 billion Brexit package will only be used if there is a no-deal Brexit outcome; if this is additional to the €2.8 billion fiscal package announced in the summer economic statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43986/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the €365 million and the €45 million in social protection expenditure that forms part of the €1.2 billion Brexit package will only be made available if there is a no-deal Brexit outcome; if this is additional to the €2.8 billion fiscal package announced in the summer economic statement; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Government Expenditure (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the overspend in the health Vote for 2016; when the extra €500 million in expenditure was granted for the health Vote; when it was allocated in the Further Revised Estimates Volume; the area this funding came from; the reason a Supplementary Estimate was not required for the health Vote in 2016; and if he will make a statement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages Report: Central Bank of Ireland (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: I welcome Ms Rowland, Ms McEvoy and Ms Cunningham and thank them for their opening statement and their work on this issue. At committee meetings we tend to focus on the outstanding issues and the negatives, and it is our job to hold witnesses to account, but many customers have eventually had good outcomes, and that should be acknowledged. The Central Bank's work in that regard has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages Report: Central Bank of Ireland (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: I ask Ms Cunningham to address specifically the issue of individual accountability and the Central Bank's powers in respect of the tracker mortgage issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages Report: Central Bank of Ireland (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: To clarify, none of those is tracker related.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages Report: Central Bank of Ireland (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: How does that ultimately work out? Might somebody be deemed unfit to hold that role under fitness and probity requirements or be placed under administrative sanctions? What are the ultimate potential sanctions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages Report: Central Bank of Ireland (24 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: There are several outstanding cohorts, the largest being the AIB prevailing rate issue, which involved about 6,000 customers. Permanent TSB has been implicated in a prevailing rate issue and a discounted tracker issue. Bank of Ireland was involved in a staff tracker issue. I am aware of outstanding issues with Ulster Bank. EBS has a variable base rate issue. In broad terms it is fair to...