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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Pension Provisions (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 109. To ask the Taoiseach the details of all pension top-ups paid in respect of chief executives of semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department including the name of the organisation; the name of the chief executive; the amount of the top-up; the date of payment; if the top-up was approved by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Promotions (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to proceed with the appointment of those Garda inspectors who have been selected for promotion and who are currently waiting on the list for promotion to the rank of superintendent. [36273/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Management (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the operation to date of the activate capital fund administered by the ISIF; the number and value of individual loans approved and drawn down to date; the current cost of funding for the borrower availing of credit under the funding stream; his plans to improve the terms of the fund for the borrower; his further plans to extend the scheme to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 10 November 2016, if there is guidance available to those providing gymnastics lessons on the specific standards as set out by the Department of Education and Skills in the school syllabus for primary or secondary level schools that must be met in order to qualify for the VAT exemption; if the exemption can...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the sale of a stake in a bank (details supplied); if he expects the environment to improve in the next 12 to 18 months to facilitate a sale of the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36097/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the potential impacts on corporation tax revenue if the United States of America was to reduce its rate of corporation tax to 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36098/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the European Commission's revised proposals for a common consolidated corporate tax base; the way he expects this proposal would affect corporation tax revenue if it were fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36099/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Debt (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any initiatives to assist SMEs here struggling with currency fluctuations to avail of hedging services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36100/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the most recent case of a passported insurer running into difficulty with a company (details supplied); the plans in place to assist the roughly 1,000 businesses left without cover; and the progress at the European level to mitigate against such insurance failures. [36101/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application can be submitted by or on behalf of a pupil for the use of assistive technology in the junior certificate examinations of June 2017; the process and the timeline involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36250/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify the rules that applied in the period 1985 to 2000 for proprietary directors making PRSI contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36141/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 19 May 2016, if he will provide an update on the matter. [36151/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policy on the unwinding of cuts imposed on public service pensioners under the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35767/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 355. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gross cost to the Exchequer for each month that the planned pay increase under the Lansdowne Road agreement of €1,000 in respect of those with a salary of up to €65,000 is brought forward to earlier in 2017. [35964/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 356. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount factored into the figures for 2018 in the cost of the Lansdowne Road agreement in respect of the fiscal forecasts set out in the economic and fiscal outlook document published with budget 2017; if any figures have been included for the years 2019 to 2021 in respect of the cost of a successor agreement to the Lansdowne Road...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Data (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 357. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount factored in for demographics for each year 2017 to 2021 in respect of the calculation of net fiscal space in the fiscal forecasts set out in the economic and fiscal outlook document published with budget 2017; if he will provide a breakdown of the amount allowed for demographics in respect of each Department for each year;...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2017 (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 20 October 2016, if the carryover impact to 2018 of expenditure measures announced in budget 2017 reduces the estimated net fiscal space for 2018 euro for euro; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35969/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: 473. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects that funding will be released for a recommended new prosthetic limb for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [36256/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: Mr. Masding and his colleagues are welcome to the committee. I thank them for providing us with so much information in advance by way of the questionnaire. Do I have a ten-minute time slot?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Michael McGrath: I will keep my contribution as interactive as I can. On the issue of the standard variable rate and the managed variable rate, which Mr. Masding introduced, he said that one in four of his variable rate customer base has moved across to the managed variable rate. According to the answer provided to question No. 9, a total of 49,000 residential mortgage customers remain on the SVR. Is that...