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Establishment of Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Motion (14 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: They must be brought before the inquiry and asked the hard questions by the members of the team as to why they radically departed from the traditional banking model in the years leading up to the crisis. What were the credit committees doing? Why was there no proper assessment of risk in those institutions? Why were they relying on cheap money on the inter-bank markets and lending it out...

Establishment of Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Motion (14 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: The former president of the ECB does not seem inclined to come before the inquiry. While there is national responsibility and all the parties must be held to account, there is also international responsibility, particularly regarding the role of the ECB. As a Fianna Fáil representative on the inquiry team, I am not going to protect anybody. When former members of the previous...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (14 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 37. To ask the Minister for Health the budget he has in place to facilitate the introduction of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21257/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Inspections (14 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 224. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a private preschool in County Cork is being asked for Garda clearance for an employee who is employed for the last year and a half in the preschool. [21801/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in receipt of the single person child carer tax credit for 2014; the way this compares to the number who received the one-parent family tax credit in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22049/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual tax expenditure associated with research and development tax credits in each year from 2010 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22050/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid income tax on maternity benefits in 2013; the total yield from taxation of maternity benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22051/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the tax expenditure associated with top slicing relief in each year from 2008 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22052/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of over 70s who are now subject to the standard rate of universal social charge; the number who are paying the reduced rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22060/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the tax expenditure associated with the tax relief on donations to charitable and other approved bodies in each year from 2008 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22057/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if the purchasers of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgages are required to continue to honour the terms of restructuring agreements previously put in place with borrowers; if the new owners have approved or rejected proposed new repayment arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22058/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any situations in which the purchasers of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgages have cancelled revised repayment arrangements that had been put in place with borrowers in a manner that would leave the borrower in a worse financial situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22059/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual yield from vehicle registration tax in each year from 2005 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22062/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate annual yield from VAT on new car sales in each year from 2005 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22063/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Recruitment (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the timescale he envisages for the appointment of a new Secretary General of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22064/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of income earners exempt from PRSI as their income is below the threshold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22053/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total PRSI yield from self-employed persons in each year from 2008 to 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22054/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total yield from employers’ PRSI in each year from 2008 to 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22055/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total yield from employee PRSI in each year from 2008 to 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22056/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (15 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: 227. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for glasses in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [21903/14]