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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (9 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 842. To ask the Minister for Health if there are funding streams available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork for providing services that are ancillary to its core function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22229/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 847. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any outreach programme operated by the hospitals in County Cork, whereby a member calls to a person in the city or county who may be suicidal; if he will outline any future plan for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22239/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 851. To ask the Minister for Health in the case of the nursing homes support scheme, if it is possible for a person in receipt of support under the scheme to apply for a deferral ancillary State support in respect of the liability relating to the family home after paying the liability for the first year; if he will outline the procedure involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (9 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 863. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that financial support is provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who requires to travel to the UK on a regular basis in view of the lack of a facility here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22347/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 883. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding provision of services for children with ASD at a school in County Cork; if the matter will be addressed by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22480/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 987. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the proposed cut to the provision of special needs assistants at a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork [22126/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 1066. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the most recent tenant purchase scheme was open for applications; when he expects a new tenant purchase scheme will become operational; how the discount on the market value of the property will be calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22032/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (9 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 1067. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the loan restructuring options available under the local authority mortgage arrears resolution process; his plans to extend this range of options to include, for example, split mortgage or mortgage write-down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22036/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (9 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 1179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority plans to introduce a new grant scheme for wheelchair accessible taxis similar to the 2014 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22019/15]

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this Sinn Féin Private Members' Bill, which was introduced by Deputy Pearse Doherty. While we have some reservations about some of the details, the Fianna Fáil Party will support the legislation, as Second Stage is about broad principles, and I support the broad principle of giving the Central Bank the power to intervene in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Operations (10 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the date when his Department discovered that it actually did hold the minutes of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation board meeting of 15 March 2012; the way this discovery was made; where the minutes were found in his Department; the other board minutes of the Corporation that were held by his Department relating to the years 2009 to 2012; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Operations (10 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, for each individual board meeting of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, from the nationalisation of the Bank on 21 January 2009 to the appointment of the special liquidator on 7 February 2013, the date of each such meeting; the date on which the board minutes were received in his Department in respect of each such...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (10 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of his confirmation that his Department was in receipt of the minutes of board meetings at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation prior to the putting in place of a new relationship framework with the corporation in March 2012, the procedure that was in place within his Department for reviewing those board minutes, and for following up on any issues...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (10 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the date he learned that the actual loss to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation on the Siteserv transaction in 2012 was €119 million, as recorded in the minutes of the board meeting of the corporation on 15 March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22650/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (10 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Meath is losing a special needs assistant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22546/15]

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: Thank you, Chair. You're very welcome, Ms O'Dea. Can I start by asking, prior to 2008 the regulator had proposed a number of initiatives to impose more explicit requirements on banks such as directors' compliance statements, corporate governance guidelines and fit and proper requirements. What was your view of these initiatives, and can you describe the circumstances in which the board...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: Ms O'Dea, did principles-led regulation die on the night of the bank guarantee?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: Was there a formal decision to move away from principles-led regulation and to move into more intrusive regulation which you have described?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: And was it your decision and the decision of the board to change the nature and the practice of the regulation early in 2009?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: So, principles-led regulation was no more in early 2009. Is that your testimony?