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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (13 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 397 of 29 November 2016, if a public servant due to retire in May 2017 will have their pension based on their salary level pre the FEMPI cuts; if not, if the pension will be based on the salary inclusive of the restoration of salary due in September 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (13 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 531. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make a certain device (details supplied) available under the general medical card scheme; if so, when he expects this to happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40100/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (13 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the statutory basis that provides for the imposition of mooring fees and the confiscation and retention of boats by the appropriate harbour authorities in respect of cases where such fees have not been paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39450/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (13 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 586. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has plans to extend broadband to cover an area (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39800/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping (13 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all the provisions of the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 have now been signed into law; the rules that now apply in relation to maximum clamp release charges; the provisions for an appeal mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39375/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed). (13 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: I welcome Ms O'Brien and Mr. Lucey from the Irish Tax Institute and I thank them for their opening remarks. As they know, we had a detailed hearing last week with the Revenue Commissioners, the Department of Finance and the Commission to inform us in taking a view on the current proposals. Ms O'Brien has given a quite detailed overview of the proposals as they stand. Hers is a quite...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed). (13 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: Does Ms O'Brien believe that we would receive fewer corporation tax receipts overall from companies that are already here if the current proposals were adopted and that Ireland would be less attractive as a destination for inward investment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed). (13 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: On the calculation of the base, we heard last week from the Department of Finance that the Irish rate applies to a much wider base than that provided for under the methodology set out in these proposals. The Department gave several examples - the Irish Tax Institute referred to some of them too – such as the deductibility of business expenses, broad exemptions for foreign income and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed). (13 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: On the attribution of the base between the different member states, under the Commission's proposals it is one third, one third, one third in terms of the weighting between where the sales happened, the staff are located and where a company's assets are. The Irish Tax Institute made the point in its opening statement that this will be an arbitrary formula to allocate profit rather than the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Seizures (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the volume and value of heroin seizures in Cork city and county for each of the years 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; and the details of the response to this growing problem. [40647/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning a practice apparently used by certain banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40633/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department and other State agencies are taking to ensure that Ireland is a beneficiary of Brexit in the area of financial services; if he will set out the strategy designed to ensure this is achieved and provide details of meetings held in this regard; the resources that have been allocated to this objective; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budget Contribution (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's current estimate of Ireland's EU budget contribution for 2015; when he expects this amount to be paid [40639/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact he expects Brexit to have on Ireland's annual contribution to the EU budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40640/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the planned wind-up of NAMA; the details of the portfolio that is remaining; the current estimate of the timeframe and the financial outturn from the wind-up of NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40642/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross amount of corporation tax paid in each year from 2011 to 2015 by the top ten multinational firms as measured by corporation tax paid in tabular form; the proportion this represents of overall corporation tax paid in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40644/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legal Costs (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees paid to barristers, senior and junior counsel, by IBRC since the appointment of the special liquidators; the name and amount paid to each recipient; the estimated total professional fees arising from the special liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40646/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has a policy on whether bank ATM machines should dispense €10 notes to customers; the practice of retail banks here in relation to dispensing €10 notes; if there is any policy as to whether the use of €20 notes or €50 notes are preferred in which an amount of €100, for example, is required; the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Compensation Fund (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in respect of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); if those caught up in outstanding claims are facing losses; the role of the Insurance Compensation Fund; the role of the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland; the current estimate of the number and value of outstanding claims; the current estimate of the shortfall;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgages here that are classified as sub-prime; the number of sub-prime lenders currently operating in the market; the total value of sub-prime mortgages outstanding; the rate of arrears on these mortgages; the actions specific to the sub-prime sector that are being taken to address arrears; and if he will make a statement on the...