Results 11,821-11,840 of 27,945 for speaker:Michael McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected number of first-time buyers he expects to benefit from the deposit interest retention tax refund scheme in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38771/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans Sale (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance the sale price for National Asset Management Agency Project Arrow loans; the discount on the original face value of the loans; the discount on the carrying value of the loans on the agency's books; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38773/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans Sale (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied for the National Asset Management Agency's Project Arrow to be completed while investigations are ongoing into Project Eagle, which may potentially have implications for Project Arrow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38792/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Legal Proceedings (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of legal actions in which proceedings have been issued against the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38774/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Data (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland keeps a record of the number of bank branches; the current number in operation; the total number in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38775/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Data (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland keeps a record of the number of automated teller machines, including those in non-bank settings; the current number in operation; the number in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38776/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has been provided with an estimate of the possible impact of rent control measures on National Asset Management Agency's activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38777/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has been provided with an estimate of the possible impact of rent control measures on the value of the State’s bank holdings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38778/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Expenditure (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the warning from the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland that potentially temporary increases in Government revenue are being used to fund permanent increases in expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38779/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Strategies (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance if a contingency plan exists for the re-issuing of Irish punts; when that plan was drawn up if it exists; when it was last reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38780/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support Drawdowns (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding that had been drawn down under the EU-IMF programme when the Government took office in March 2011, the remaining amount of funding available under the programme at that point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38781/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency Deposits (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the cash balance held by the National Treasury Management Agency when the Government took office in March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38782/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Staff (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applicants who were short-listed for the post of Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland to succeed a person (details supplied); the number who were interviewed, the number who were short-listed who are based overseas and the number who were employed in the private sector; the amount of money the Central Bank of Ireland paid a recruitment...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Data (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the National Asset Management Agency's scheme to make retention payments to staff who remain with it; the amount each staff member will be paid; the reason he agreed to the scheme; his views that the payments are justified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38784/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the State Claims Agency paid in legal costs to solicitors representing it and acting for plaintiffs in 2013 and in 2014; the top ten payments made to named legal firms representing it and representing plaintiffs in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38785/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Targets (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 22 October 2015, the impact that any additional tax revenue in 2015 and 2016, over and above current projections, would have on the fiscal space for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38793/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Targets (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 22 October 2015, the impact that any additional recurring expenditure in 2015 and 2016, over and above current projections, would have on the fiscal space for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38794/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Targets (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 22 October 2015, the manner in which the expenditure rule impacts on the fiscal space for 2017; the circumstances in which overall expenditure for 2017 could be increased from current projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38795/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Targets (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Supplementary Estimates are permitted under fiscal rules, from 2016; how expenditure overruns within individual Departments will be dealt with, from 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38796/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (5 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the country is free of bovine spongiform encephalopathy-contaminated product being held in storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38865/15]