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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (5 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any circumstance in which an insurance company may be restricted from increasing insurance premia in a manner similar to the approval required by banks to increase fees and charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11124/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Bonds (5 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of subordinate National Asset Management Agency bonds in issuance; when interest payments on these will commence; the interest payment that will attach to these bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11125/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (5 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider supporting a suggestion that the qualifying age of a child in respect of whom a parent can take parental leave would be increased to enable the leave to be taken for as long as the child remains in primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11074/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (6 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance the rates agreed by the National Asset Management Agency as part of the tender process for insolvency services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11239/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (6 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance the test that a person with a disability must pass in order to be deemed permanently incapacitated and thereby entitled to an exemption from DIRT; if a doctor's certificate is required on the level of capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11241/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (6 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps taken if his Department becomes concerned a developing medical condition may impair the capacity of the holder of a full driver licence to drive a motor car safely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11384/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Working Holiday Programmes (11 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the Canadian Ambassador here the position regarding the delay in the opening of the Canadian working holiday visa application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11861/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (11 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgage holders in the Irish market classified as non-cooperating under the code of conduct on mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11941/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (11 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of the sale of mortgages to entities not regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland on the mortgage arrears figures produced by the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11818/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (11 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance if a mortgaged property that is in the hands of a receiver is no longer recorded in the quarterly mortgage arrears statistics produced by the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11819/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (11 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgages held by Irish banks that have been securitised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11942/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (11 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance if a financial institution is obliged to advise a mortgage holder whose loan it has sold by means of securitisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11943/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: General Government Debt (11 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Exchequer returns for the first two months of the year are consistent with achieving a primary budget surplus in 2014 and a general Government deficit of 5.1% or less; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11820/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Schemes (11 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an impact on an individual's legal protection and consumer rights in the event that their mortgage is securitised by their bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11944/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (11 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken thus far to secure a permanent site for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; the progress that has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11551/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Museum Projects (11 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has instructed the Office of Public Works to carry out any further work for and on behalf of the Irish Jewish Museum since the completion of the planning application; and if so, the extent of the support being now sanctioned by him to the Irish Jewish Museum. [11935/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Museum Projects (11 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will specify the provisions that have been made for the residents of Portobello, Dublin 8, in respect of the potential risk of flooding which emanates from a design of the Office of Public Works prepared on behalf of the Irish Jewish Museum in view of a statement (details supplied) from the inspector of An Bord Pleanála;...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (11 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently on labour activation measures who are not included in the live register figures; and if she will confirm the number on labour activation measures when the Government came to office. [11995/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (11 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: 398. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking in order that applications for asylum will be decided in the quickest possible timeframe; his plans to make changes to the system of direct provision; his views on whether any asylum seeker who has to remain in direct provision for longer than six months should be given the right to work and/or to receive training; and...

Topical Issues: Small and Medium Enterprise Debt (12 Mar 2014)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important matter for discussion. I have received apologies for his absence from the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, who I understand is attending a Cabinet meeting. This important debate is essentially about jobs and employment because 99% of businesses in Ireland are Irish-owned SMEs. Some 70% of private sector employment...