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- Financial Resolution No. 2: Tobacco Products Tax (5 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: Are we speaking to Financial Resolutions Nos. 1 and 2?
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Tobacco Products Tax (5 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: In respect of Financial Resolution No. 1, my party is disappointed that the Government has not addressed the issue of alcohol sales in the off-licence trade. We made a number of proposals in that area in our submission. As the Taoiseach will be aware, there has been a shift in sales from the on-licence trade to the off-licence trade in recent times and some of the promotions of alcohol in...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (6 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to identify the current holders of the remaining Irish Bank Resolution Corporation bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54862/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (6 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that need to be taken for a new single payments platform for credit unions to receive regulatory approval; if any application has been made for such approval; the date on which the application was submitted; when the decision on the application will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54886/12]
- Other Questions: Penalty Points System (11 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in his Department's investigation into the writing off of penalty points on certain persons' records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55464/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (11 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the provision of home care assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Cork City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55112/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (11 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to have the home help assistance removed from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and, if he does not intend to do so, if he will ask for an assessment of the person's needs to be carried out to determine the assistance assistance they may need. [55188/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (11 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the provision of home care assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Cork City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55112/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (11 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to have the home help assistance removed from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and, if he does not intend to do so, if he will ask for an assessment of the person's needs to be carried out to determine the assistance assistance they may need. [55188/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (11 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the provision of home care assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Cork City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55112/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (11 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to have the home help assistance removed from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and, if he does not intend to do so, if he will ask for an assessment of the person's needs to be carried out to determine the assistance assistance they may need. [55188/12]
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: And higher mortgages.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: The Government is putting the banks first and home owners second.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: The Taoiseach has given us a lot of hot air.
- Other Questions: Overseas Missions (12 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Defence the new United Nations missions he expects the Defence Forces to undertake in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54765/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (12 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if the estimated €250 million revenue from the introduction of a property tax in 2013 is gross or net of the abolition of the household charge; if the budget protections take account of the abolition of the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55992/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (12 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if his projections for revenue from the property tax are based on the estimates for the number of properties in each value band as contained in the Thornhill Report and specifically that 0.04% of houses are valued at more than €1 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55993/12]
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Taxation Agreements: Motion (12 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: I have no difficulty with supporting these orders. I welcome the fact that the network of double taxation agreements has grown so significantly in recent years. The Minister said we have 68 agreed double taxation agreements with countries at present. With what countries, for which we do not currently have a DTA, do we do the most trade? Do the Revenue Commissioners or the Department of...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Taxation Agreements: Motion (12 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for his briefing on the motion and concur with the broad thrust of his argument. Given that the country is in a programme and borrowing substantial sums to fund day-to-day services, it would not be logical to add to the deficit by transferring money from the National Pensions Reserve Fund at this time. I have a slightly technical question. If we were to make...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Taxation Agreements: Motion (12 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: It was in the Exchequer balance as a cash movement but not the general Government deficit.