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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: 135. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork joined the waiting list for an assessment of need; the person's place on the waiting list currently; the number of children on the waiting list the person is on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14578/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: 156. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add a medical condition (details supplied) as a qualifying condition under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14712/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: 139. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 28 February 2017, the specific date when a person (details supplied) in County Cork joined the waiting list for an assessment of need; the specific number the person is on the waiting list for the assessment of need; the specific number of children on that waiting list; when he expects the person to have the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: 155. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have a medical procedure carried out. [14711/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: 224. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the budget for the Air Corps for each year since 2007, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14713/17]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: I welcome Ms McKiernan and her colleagues. I think all the detailed questions have been covered. Overall, based on present trends, what does Ms McKiernan think the credit union sector will look like in, say, ten years time? We have already seen much consolidation. She has outlined this overall and the relevant figures. Her full written statement states that "if current loan, investment...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: Ms McKiernan has gone into detail and is saying what she would like to see happen to change the direction in which the sector is going, but what I am asking her is her honest assessment based on current trends. What will the sector look like in a decade?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: I said "based on current trends".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: I know I am asking her to gaze into a crystal ball and look into the future, but we must be honest about the sector's position.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: Again, I do not think Ms McKiernan is answering the question, to be straight with her. I think she is giving a view as to what she would like to see happen. That is not what I asked her.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: The registrar is best placed to give an assessment based on current trends. Let us be specific. She is saying an increasing number of credit unions could face serious viability issues in three years. Again, to echo the Chairman's sentiment, how many? What are we looking at, again based on present trends?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: What is the current loan-to-asset ratio across the sector?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: Where does it need to be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: What would Ms McKiernan regard as a viable loan-to-asset ratio for a typical credit union? I know there is wide variety-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: Is it the Central Bank's view that around 40% is the tipping point for viability?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: Yes, but ultimately, it does come down to a question of viability, and if the credit unions are not lending enough money, which is their bread and butter-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: -----they are in deep difficulty. Where does Ms McKiernan believe that the ratio needs to be as a sector average? Currently it is 27%. Last year the CUAC report raised serious concerns about it and again raised the viability issues that Ms McKiernan has also raised today. Where does it need to be? Should it be more like 40%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: So 27% is the-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: What proportion of credit unions would have a lower loan to asset ratio, that is, below the average?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)
Michael McGrath: Eighty-----