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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (7 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allow a school (details supplied) in County Cork to take in three junior infants classes in 2020-21 in view of the fact that a permanent school building is to be provided that will enable the school to be three stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45839/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Status (7 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking in response to the recent judgment of the High Court relating to continuous residency under section 15(1)(c) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 (as amended); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45821/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Data (7 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has undertaken an analysis of the trade risks to the pharmaceutical and medtech industry here from the United States of America; the contingencies in place to mitigate against such risks; the number of companies in such industries that export to the US; the number of persons employed in companies in such industries that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (7 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 118. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons employed in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry by region and type of manufacturing, for example, regular medicines, biological medicines and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45988/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Funding (7 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 147. To ask the Minister for Health when approval will be given to a successful tender to alleviate parking problems at the primary care centre, Harbour Street, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [45859/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (7 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that the fire authorities here have the capacity to respond effectively to a fire in a high-rise residential development in view of the Grenfell fire tragedy in the UK; if there is a national training centre to train fire service personnel in high-rise firefighting; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (12 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland supports the development of a legally binding international treaty on business and human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46128/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (12 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance the manner in which the standard fund threshold limit of €2 million applies to persons employed in the public sector; the way in which the fund is calculated in the context of a public servant who is a member of the unfunded public service pension scheme; the taxation treatment that applies in respect of a pension fund amount in excess of €2...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (12 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding a proposal for the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46596/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (12 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 3 October 2019 will be furnished; if he will intervene to ensure that information is provided by the Courts Service in response to parliamentary questions in a more timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46695/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Electronic Cigarettes (12 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 302. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to regulate e-cigarettes; his further plans to restrict the areas in which they can be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46056/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: I welcome Ms Rowland and her colleagues and thank them for coming before us. Just to get the terminology right because terms like price optimisation, dual pricing, differential pricing or price differentiation are used broadly to describe the same thing, what is the correct term as Ms Rowland sees it? Can she define what it is that the Central Bank is conducting its review into?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: So "differential pricing" is the term the Central Bank is working to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: How long as the Central Bank been examining differential pricing? When did it decide to do a formal review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: When did the Central Bank decide that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: How long will this take?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: When will we and, more importantly, consumers hear outcomes from what the Central Bank is doing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: When is that likely to be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: Will it be towards the end of next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: It will be towards the end of 2020 before we see any outcome.