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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cyber Security Policy (18 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent in his Department and in the State entities under the remit of his Department on cyber security in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of employees dedicated to cyber security in the same entities; the number of job vacancies in the area of cyber security; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: I thank Deputy Ó Laoghaire for giving me some time on this important issue. We are looking clarity on the campus development at Ballinrea, Carrigaline. I received a reply to a parliamentary question on 11 May which was very non-committal and evasive. I sought a timeframe for the development of the school, details of when it would go to tender and construction and when it would be...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: I support everything that Deputy Ó Laoghaire has said in regard to the Cork Educate Together secondary school. There is an urgent need for clarity in regard to the temporary accommodation arrangements for the 2017-18 school year. There has been a great deal of messing in regard to that issue. There is still no clarity. I welcome that the site for the permanent building is being...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: If that is the case, the Minister should ensure that this particular project is kept moving.

Commission of Investigation (National Asset Management Agency) Order 2017: Motion (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: The establishment of this investigation is welcome but it should have taken place well before now. After denial and stonewalling, the Government was dragged into conceding what the public has known since this controversy first arose, which is that the Project Eagle sales process fell - to put it mildly - a long way short of what we would expect for a transaction of this scale and certain...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: I welcome that Deputy Pearse Doherty's Bill has reached Report Stage and commend him in that respect. There is general consensus in the House that the kernel of the Bill, the six-year rule, needs to be addressed. There have been a number of pieces of legislation at various stages of the system in an effort to tackle that issue and I hope we can reach an agreement as to how to do it. The...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: On the wider issue first, namely, the sequencing of the Bills, I wish to be reassured that it will be a seamless process and that we will not have customers facing one set of terms in relation to accessing the Financial Services Ombudsman for a period of months and then another set of terms when the Government legislation is finally enacted. I know it is a matter for the House to be...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: I agree with the amendments.

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: We support this group of amendments and welcome the clarity given to the nature of the findings that can be made by the ombudsman.

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: I acknowledge the efforts, as laid out in the latest annual review of the ombudsman, the efforts that are being made to resolve complaints through mediation, which can play an increasing role in ensuring that disputes and complaints are resolved to the satisfaction of both parties. Giving statutory recognition to it is desirable and we support it.

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: We support the amendment of Deputy Doherty. It is a very big decision for a consumer to appeal a decision of the ombudsman top the High Court. Substantial legal costs are involved and consumers do not make the decision lightly. They should have the maximum possible time and the increase to 35 days is welcome to give them a window of opportunity to make what is a serious decision.

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: I commend Deputy Doherty on getting the Bill to this point and on encouraging the Government with its own Bill. Fianna Fáil also tabled a Private Members' Bill on this issue but took the view that, as there were three similar Bills in the system at that time and the Sinn Féin Bill was ahead, we would not pursue our own Bill in the interests of efficiency. I am glad that this Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) on the possible initial public offering of a bank. [24280/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Company Liquidations (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); the number of Irish policyholders affected; the amount of compensation or refunds owed to customers here; if the liquidator has updated the Central Bank on the situation; if customers here are likely to be paid in full or partially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24453/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance if the purchase by the State in the form of a special purpose vehicle, SPV, or other such wholly owned State instrument, of distressed principal private dwelling mortgages to facilitate the roll-out of a mortgage to rent scheme on a grand scale would likely constitute an on-balance sheet or off-balance sheet transaction in terms of the Government accounts;...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Correspondence (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 411. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has received a request for additional funding for a project (details supplied) in Cork city in addition to the €12 million already committed by the Government; the process in order to assess such funding requests; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24617/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (23 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 636. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans with regard to the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 to delay the entire amendment of section 1274 of the Companies Act 2014 until 2022; if only the amendment to subsection (2)(a)(iii) will be delayed until 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24000/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (24 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the qualifying criteria for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme and the primary medical certificate which underpins it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24968/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (24 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location a school (details supplied) currently in temporary accommodation in Cork city will be located for the 2017/2018 school year; the position regarding the provision of a permanent site for the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24970/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (24 May 2017)

Michael McGrath: 238. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Cork city will have an assessment of need carried out under the Disability Act 2005. [24971/17]