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Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: On Report Stage we are not speaking to the sections so I will speak to this issue through amendment No. 2. The reductions in the USC brought about in this budget, although modest, will make a difference when combined, in particular, with the raising of the entry point to the marginal rate of tax. To reaffirm the situation, from our party's perspective the provisions of the confidence and...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: Could the Acting Chairman clarify whether there are time limits?

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: I do not agree with the amendment. Those who advocate higher personal tax rates often say that what really matters are the effective rates and not the marginal rates of tax. Effective rates matter, but marginal rates matter as well. The landmark level of income has become €100,000. While someone at that level is paying a marginal rate of 52%, the budget day booklet indicates such a...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: To be clear, the current position is that mortgage interest relief is to end for all existing recipients at the end of this year. The reason it is being retained in any form is that the confidence and supply agreement provided that it would be retained on a tapered basis. I would love to see it retained at 100% of the existing rate next year but this was the best we could achieve in the...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: Deputy Doherty knows the truth of this matter. Fianna Fáil was the only party to campaign in the election last year for the retention of mortgage interest relief. If we had not entered into a confidence and supply agreement and negotiated to the best of our ability, 100% of the relief would be lost at the end of this year. I agree with the Deputy about the consequences that would have...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: What I said is true.

Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: Will the email be circulated to Members in the House or is it being emailed to us?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 7 November 2017 and without disclosing any information pertaining to any individual institution, if the Central Bank has received complaints or carried out an investigation into business loans in which the person is of the view that they were wrongly removed from an interest rate linked to EURIBOR or were denied...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Clearance Certificates (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for a tax clearance certificate by the estate a person (details supplied). [48934/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning the help-to-buy scheme. [49267/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons claiming tax relief on third level tuition fees; the cost of the relief for each complete tax year since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49313/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in circumstances when the payment of inheritance tax becomes due by a person living here who is benefitting from an inheritance in respect of the estate of a person in the UK; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some cases the tax falls due before the deceased's estate has been administered; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students attending courses at third level colleges who qualify for tax relief on tuition fees in each year since 2010; the number who paid fees in excess of the student contribution charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49311/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: 271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí deployed at each station in a Garda district (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48929/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: 312. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) to improve and streamline the process for persons with a disability to access certain supports and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48713/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: 414. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to use the National Treatment Purchase Fund for certain urology procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49312/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: 600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to explain the reason a person's actual PRSI contributions in the year the person reaches 66 years of age are excluded in the calculation of yearly average PRSI contributions for the purposes of the State pension, contributory; the benefit the person receives for those contributions; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (21 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: 634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the requirements that are imposed on hotels and other accommodation providers in relation to the installation and upkeep of carbon monoxide alarms on their premises; if there is a requirement for such an alarm to be provided in each bedroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49206/17]

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Michael McGrath: We discussed this to some extent on Committee Stage. My view is that we should give a longer-term commitment. One year is too short from the point of view of a company or employer investing in vehicles. They need more certainty. The Minister indicated on Committee Stage that the intention was to keep it for a longer period of time. He should formalise that in the Bill. Yesterday, the...