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- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: Is Mr. Mulhall aware of meetings that took place later?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: Is Mr. Mulhall aware of whether they had planned to cover the topic again the following day-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: -----and ended up not covering it?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: Then on Saturday, 20 September 2008, the deposit guarantee limit was increased from €20,000 to €100,000?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: Mr. Mulhall asks in his opening statement on page 2, "Could we have done it better?". He outlined the role of RTE as a public service broadcaster and he indicated that it could have done better. What could have been done better in his view?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: Would it have been put to the Department of Finance, the regulator or the Central Bank that the dependence of the banks on property-related lending posed a risk to the economy and the financial stability of the State?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: Yes.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: In hindsight, does Mr. Mulhall think that during the general election campaign and debates of 2007 all of the political parties were sufficiently challenged on the proposals that they were making at the time, for example, around income tax cuts, the effect of abolition of stamp duty for first-time buyers, major spending commitments, at a time really which was beyond the peak of the economy?...
- Residential Mortgage Interest Rates: Motion [Private Members] (31 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes that: — the standard variable rate for residential mortgages charged by State-owned Permanent TSB and AIB/EBS, as well as other banks operating in the market, is up to 2% higher than comparable mortgage rates in other eurozone countries; — for a typical €200,000 mortgage a standard variable rate customer will pay approximately...
- Residential Mortgage Interest Rates: Motion [Private Members] (31 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: I am pleased to propose this motion, which deals with the issue of standard variable mortgage interest rates, on behalf of my colleagues in Fianna Fáil. My party's view is that excessive variable mortgage rates are the primary financial challenge for thousands of families throughout the country. This is an issue of money in people's pockets. What is happening at the moment can only be...
- Residential Mortgage Interest Rates: Motion [Private Members] (31 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: It would appear that they are being exploited with the consent and blessing of the Government and the Central Bank. That is simply not acceptable. The purpose of the motion I have proposed is to put the spotlight on this issue with a view to putting pressure on the Government, the Central Bank and the banks themselves to bring an element of fairness to the pricing regime in respect of...
- Residential Mortgage Interest Rates: Motion [Private Members] (31 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: Action is needed to stop this immediately. The banks' case that they have no choice other than to charge these rates simply does not stack up. I also want to address the notion that bank losses on tracker mortgages are somehow a reason to rip off standard variable rate customers. I recognise that the presence of tracker mortgages on banks' loan books represents a significant drain on their...
- Residential Mortgage Interest Rates: Motion [Private Members] (31 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: The motion is three-pronged. We want the Government to engage directly with the banks, particularly the State-owned banks, to emphasise to them the seriousness of the situation. It is simply not acceptable that the much-vaunted Economic Management Council has not met directly with the banks since June 2012 to discuss this issue, or other serious economic issues such as mortgage arrears. It...
- Residential Mortgage Interest Rates: Motion [Private Members] (31 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: It is askaboutmoney.com.
- Residential Mortgage Interest Rates: Motion [Private Members] (31 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: Mortgage interest supplement.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Emigration Data (31 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: 186. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Irish nationals and non-Irish nationals who have emigrated from Ireland in each year from 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12666/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Home-makers Scheme (31 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: 192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons who are caring for children with a disability, in cases where the domiciliary care allowance payment is being received but where they do not qualify for carer's allowance because of the means test, are entitled to credited contributions in order to keep their pay-related social insurance record up to date during the period for which...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (31 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: 193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the yield in 2014 from the 4.25% employers' pay-related social insurance rate, which applied to employees with weekly earnings of less than €356, reverting to the original 8.5% rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12690/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (31 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: 194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the yield in 2014 from the extension of pay-related social insurance to unearned income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12691/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (31 Mar 2015)
Michael McGrath: 260. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of investments made by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund in each county since its inception; the total value of each investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12874/15]