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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (4 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding recommendation 32 and action point 69 in the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance; if a protocol has been put in place for the insurance industry to promote compliance with road safety legislation; the details of such protocols; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21381/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: I welcome Mr. McDowell, Mr. Murphy and Mr. Ashmore and his colleague Ms Mahon and thank Mr. McDowell and Mr. Ashmore for their opening remarks. Mr. McDowell is welcome to his first meeting before this committee in his relatively new role as vice president of the EIB. The profile of the EIB has improved considerably in Ireland in recent months, not least through his own appointment and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: I will take Mr. McDowell up on that point. Does he have a view on the 10% rule we have here domestically, that no more than 10% of our annual capital expenditure can be accounted for by PPPs? Is that overly restrictive in the current environment and how does it compare with how other European Union member states account for and deal with PPPs in terms of their own national budgets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: What is the key difference in its approach to PPPs compared with Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: I thank Mr. McDowell. I also thank Mr. Ashmore for his opening remarks. I commend him and his team at the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, on the work they do. The profile of the SBCI is improving all the time and I know there is a lot of engagement with business representative bodies, for example, throughout the country. On the delivery platform, there are eight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: Is there an issue with SBCI products being in competition with the on-lenders' own products which could lead to displacement? Will Mr. Ashmore clarify the benefit to the on-lender? Is it a margin on the interest rate or what is the commercial return for the on-lender in selling SBCI products to their customers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: Do they get a margin on SBCI loans?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: Finally, with regard to the agriculture cashflow support loan scheme, which is a very good scheme, is there potential to expand that into other sectors? The scheme was introduced in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the European Investment Fund, EIF, and the European Commission. In the context of Brexit, however, and with SMEs in different sectors facing...

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the Private Members' motion put forward by the Labour Party this evening. While my colleagues in Fianna Fáil and I have sympathy with the spirit of the motion and the objective of increasing capital investment in our country, we do not believe a prerequisite of that should be to secure a change to the fiscal rules and that in the absence of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Humanitarian Access (9 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps her Department is taking to ensure that Ireland has a humanitarian admission programme for families fleeing conflict; her plans to allow persons to co-sponsor family reunification applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21505/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (9 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders in receipt of Tax Relief at Source, TRS in 2017; the cost of such relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21591/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Labour Court Recommendations (9 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 5 April 2017, if a binding Labour Court decision recommending that the outcome of the job evaluation exercise will be implemented in full with effect from 12 September 2016 and will be given full effect without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21413/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there will be no provision for a new intake of children with ASD into the secondary school ASD units in a town (details supplied) in County Cork in the 2018-2019 school year; his plans to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21502/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce an affordable housing scheme for persons within certain income bands who cannot afford to buy a home privately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22052/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (9 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 336. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has concluded that the cost of planned flood relief works in Carrigaline, County Cork, exceeds the likely benefits of such works; the position in relation to the OPW's plans for flood relief works in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22056/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (9 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 392. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce regulation to the sale and supply of hearing instruments and hearing assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21503/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (9 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 393. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the level of regulation in the private sector for the provision of audiological services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21504/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Electronic Cigarettes (9 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 496. To ask the Minister for Health his policy in relation to the use of electronic cigarettes in enclosed public spaces; the research that is being done in relation to electronic cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22054/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (11 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated net cost per annum of USC changes announced in budget 2017 in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22539/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (11 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is reassessing the total cost of USC cuts announced in budget 2017; the estimated impact that this will have on the fiscal space in 2017 and 2018; if such a reassessment will impact on the State's compliance with EU fiscal obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22540/17]