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Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Court Cases (12 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs to the National Asset Management Agency of the 25 favourable court outcomes in cases taken against it; the amount the agency has been able to recover from the unsuccessful third parties; the top five highest amounts still outstanding and owed to the agency in legal costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39983/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support Value (12 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an opportunity for further interest savings as a result of early repayment of European Union and International Monetary Fund loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39984/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (12 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on comments by the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, Mr. Patrick Honohan, that Irish banks remain too risk averse; his plans, in policy terms, to encourage greater competition in the banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39985/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Staff (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance the vacancy rate in the Central Bank of Ireland's enforcement division; the number of these vacancies that relate to regulation of insurance firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40172/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Staff (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in the Central Bank of Ireland's enforcement division; the number of these that relate to regulation of insurance firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40173/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of budget funding in the 2015 for flood relief works; the amount spent to date; the budget for such works in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40297/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 396. To ask the Minister for Health when a psychological assessment of a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be carried out, given that it has been applied for. [40312/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Parliamentary Questions (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 452. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 835 of 3 November 2015, and the reply provided by the Health Service Executive (details supplied), if he will arrange for the question asked to be answered. [40531/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: 463. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide accommodation at a facility (details supplied) in Cork city for additional community care and long-stay beds; the status of any impending project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40650/15]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: I will be brief. It has been an interesting debate but it captures the essence of the budgetary debates we have had, not just this year but also in the last few years. Neither I nor my party believe that someone who earns €70,000, €80,000 or €100,000 is necessarily on the pig's back. It is all relative and it depends on people's financial commitments such as mortgages...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: Yes. In the budget documentation the Government is cleverly presenting the example of a person on a minimum wage, as if the minimum wage increase is being paid for by the Government. It is not; it is being paid for by employers. On this occasion, the way to help a person in the €20,000 to €30,000 bracket could have been to increase tax credits. Those people are still paying...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: We dealt with that proposal separately.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: The section is one that we welcome. I want to ask the Minister about the overall numbers, because he confirmed in reply to a parliamentary question that 111,600 people would benefit from the change in 2016. The cost is estimated to be €18 million in 2016 and €61 million in a full year. Until recent months, the expected cost of introducing this credit was expected to be far...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: I want the Minister to clarify a point relating to the reduction of approximately 170,000 in the number of people expected to benefit. Do we know how many of them are already getting the PAYE credit? Is it the case that we are not giving them a second credit by way of the earned income tax credit? How many of these do not have either the PAYE credit or will not now get the earned income...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: Do we know what level of PAYE income a person must have to get the PAYE credit?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: What is the position in the case of a person who, before this Finance Bill, had a combination of PAYE and non-PAYE income? What level of PAYE income would that person require to get the €1,650 credit?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: If the person earned anything less, he or she would not have got the PAYE credit at all. Is that correct?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: This relates to an issue I have raised already with the Minister on the number of people or income tax cases who are benefiting currently from the home carer tax credit. Perhaps I am wrong, but I have the impression that many people who may be entitled to this credit are not claiming it. The onus is on the taxpayer to claim it. I understand approximately 81,000 taxpayers benefited from...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: Is it the case that others have actually claimed it and that 81,000 is not the number of people benefiting overall? Is that the number of cases where the revenue has automatically given credit? Can we have the global figure?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael McGrath: The view of Revenue overall is that the vast majority of taxpayers entitled to it are getting it.