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Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Places (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 776. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people receiving methadone broken down by Health Service Executive areas; the number of doctors prescribing methadone broken down by HSE areas; the cost of methadone to include prescription and pharmacy costs; the total number of pharmacies audited for methadone during 2012-2013; the results of these audits; the total number of doctors...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 917. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the student grant scheme for third level, if rental income is included on a gross basis or net of certain expenses and allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41883/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 997. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1562 of 17 September 2014, the projected revenue that will be raised by Irish Water in 2015 based on the finalised charging structure from the Commission for Energy Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41161/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 1131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position concerning possible changes to the pensions of persons currently in payment under the Irish airlines superannuation scheme pension scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the hardship this will cause for many persons; the steps being taken to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42089/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the Minister and his officials and I thank him for his opening remarks. I would like to put a few questions regarding the Irish position on some of the issues on the agenda. I do not know much about the parent subsidiaries directive. Is it acceptable to Ireland as drafted or is the Minister proposing amendments to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: Let me move on to the financial transaction tax, FTT, which is also one of the legislative measures on the agenda on Friday. As the Minister indicated, ten or 11 member states signalled initially their intention to go ahead under the enhanced co-operation mechanism. They include France, Germany, Italy and Spain. The Minister's stated position is that Ireland will remain outside the FTT...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: My instinct would be to agree with the Minister but I must ask whether there is evidence to back up that assertion. The Minister outlined what is clearly the Government's belief. Has the potential impact of the FTT on Ireland been examined independently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: If it replaced the stamp duty of 1%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: The October agenda dealt with some aspects of banking. I wish to ask about the retroactive bank debt deal. Am I correct in saying today is the day on which the ECB takes over full powers as the single supervisory authority, and that the possibility of an application to the ESM opens today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: Now that the window has opened and the Government could submit an application at any time, what is its disposition on that question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: Is there a Eurogroup meeting on Thursday?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: On the question of the ESM application, is it the Minister's intention to get a sense of the mood music and talk to people on the fringes informally?

Business of Dáil (5 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (5 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 1. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the feasibility of allowing the proposed water charges tax credit to be deducted at source; the expected cost of administering it if individual taxpayers are required to make a tax return to claim it; the overall impact of water charges and the various reliefs on the public finances in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (5 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: This question relates to water charges and the tax relief which the Government has promised to provide and for which the Minister provided €40 million in the budget. As part of the package which will be announced, I presume in the next week or two, will the tax relief be provided at source? What is the overall position of Irish Water? Is it on or off balance sheet? It seems very...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (5 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister for the reply. He stated providing tax relief at source would result in Irish Water failing the market corporation test. That is the issue on which we need clarity. The €533 million to be provided next year from the local government fund will be accounted for in the general Government balance and thus will be on the balance sheet of the State. Is it the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (5 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: The Government has not ruled out the suggestion Revenue should in some way become involved in the collection of water charges. The Minister has overall responsibility for Revenue and needs to clarify the position on this matter. Because of the way Irish Water has been established as a commercial State company it is not open to the Revenue Commissioners to act as a debt collection agent for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Schemes (5 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will be making a submission to the Central Bank of Ireland on mortgage lending rules; his views that a State-backed insurance scheme for first-time buyers would conflict with the proposed Central Bank of Ireland rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42041/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Schemes (5 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: This question is quite similar to Question No. 2 in the name of Deputy Pearse Doherty which related to the proposed Central Bank rules on minimum mortgage deposits and the Minister's views on a mortgage insurance scheme. It seems that the thrust of the Minister's comments in response to that question was that the two issues needed to be viewed separately. He suggested the proposed Central...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Schemes (5 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: While it would be good to require some level of minimum deposit, a 20% deposit requirement would be excessive in the majority of cases. I would have thought a deposit of between 10% and 12% would be more realistic and achievable for people seeking to buy a home for the first time. It seems from a reply to a parliamentary question that I received last night that these rules will not apply to...