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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received by the HSE in respect of children with possible special needs in the Cork south Lee area in the 12 months beginning January 2016; and the number of same which were completed with the statutory time limits set down by the Disability Act 2005. [40654/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Derelict Sites Data (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent to date on remedial works on a site (details supplied); the final expected spend in 2016 and the plans for spending in 2017; the estimated overall cost of completing the remedial works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40641/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [40612/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Vessel Licences (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a shipping vessel in Irish waters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40620/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 526. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consumer rights that apply to gift vouchers; her plans to introduce new rules concerning the period of time for which such vouchers must remain valid; her further plans to strengthen consumer rights in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40650/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 527. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies in each functional area of Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland; the percentage that vacancy rate represents of the staffing allocation for that function in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40660/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Governor, Professor Lane, and Mr. Sibley. Just so that we get the full picture on this issue, the Central Bank issued a statement yesterday saying that 8,200 customer accounts have been identified where people were not given the opportunity to go back to a tracker or the tracker rate was higher than it should have been. Could Professor Lane just summarise for us the 2010 to 2011...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: There are a number of different issues, but on the issue of people being wrongly denied or not being offered the opportunity to go back to a tracker rate we had the Bank of Ireland issue which affected 2,100 customers. Could Mr. Sibley give some figures for the other institutions with which the Central Bank engaged at that time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: What is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: Is that 5,000 in 2010?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: Mr. Sibley is jumping forward. I wish to get all of the facts about the 2010 period and the immediate years following that to get the full picture. The statement the Central Bank issued yesterday is not the full picture. Mr. Sibley said that around 2010 approximately 5,000 customer accounts in Bank of Ireland had their tracker rates restored following a review.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: Does Mr. Sibley have details of the other institutions where the Central Bank had to take action because they were trying to put customers on a fixed rate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: I understand that but it is still a tracker-related issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: Was Bank of Ireland the only example at that time where customers were wrongly denied a tracker mortgage account? The other issues were about the fixed rate and communication. I am going back first so that we have all the facts and we can debate the issue properly then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: Could Professor Lane come back to the committee with all the details of those engagements on tracker-related issues, whether it be fixed-rate communication or people being denied the rate, by institution? I expect the information is in the public domain and the Central Bank can put it together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: Yes, but they do not have the answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: I am using up my time to try to get the full picture because we do not have it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: Could I clarify whether the 8,200 figure revealed by the Central Bank yesterday includes the 1,372 Permanent TSB customers who have already gone through or are going through the redress scheme? The reason I ask is that I cannot make the numbers add up. Bank of Ireland told us 4,518 customer were affected, between those who were overcharged and those who were denied a tracker. Ulster Bank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: Going back to Senator O'Donnell's point, as early as 2010 - I accept Professor Lane was not there - the Central Bank was aware of a serious issue with one bank in particular about tracker product being denied and then other banks in relation to tracker issues as well, and communication with customers to try to get them onto a fixed rate. The reason the Central Bank gave for not setting up a...