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Other Questions: National Debt Servicing (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: I have said on the record a number of times that there is nothing wrong with paying down debt. Many of our citizens, who could afford to do so, did it throughout the economic crisis. Many businesses have also taken the opportunity to deleverage. This issue came up last year when the State sold a stake in AIB. The Minister for Finance should at least have some flexibility such that the...

Other Questions: National Debt Servicing (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: I acknowledge the level of the national debt. I also acknowledge the most important measure is its size relative to the size of the economy. Thankfully the national debt is falling relative to the size of the economy. I also acknowledge that we are at a time of very low interest rates which certainly will not continue indefinitely. Therefore the cost of servicing the national debt could...

Other Questions: Credit Unions (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: I am glad to hear that the credit union advisory committee, CUAC, will focus on business model development for credit unions in 2018, which the Minister will be aware is a clause of the confidence and supply agreement which we have not seen thus far. We need this to happen. There is no tiered regulation. One of the central recommendations of the commission in 2012 was tiered regulation....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency Data (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance if a review has taken place in terms of the personal injury claims paid out by the State Claims Agency; the legal costs associated with the claims paid out; the actions taken to reduce the instances leading to personal injury claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4282/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the operation of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015; his views on whether unregulated loans owners such as private equity funds should be directly regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4284/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the second phase of the cost of insurance working group on employer liability and public liability; when the working group will come forward with recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4280/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Data (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases in which the local property tax surcharge of 10% was applied; the portion and value of the 2017 local property tax receipts that have come from the 10% surcharge; the number of cases in which the local property tax deferral has been opted for; the portion and value of the 2017 local property tax receipts that have come from the 4%...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Coverage (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance if insurance companies are permitted to remove a no claims bonus from a person's motor insurance policy in situations in which an incident has been reported by the policy holder but no claim has been made against them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4224/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Payments (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who are registered for VAT and pay their VAT to the Revenue Commissioners by credit card should now not incur a surcharge for this payment; and if the Revenue Commissioners, therefore, should not be passing on such a charge to persons, in view of the new EU payment services directive now in force; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Claims Agency Data (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid by each delegated State authority into the State Claims Agency in each of the years 2010 to 2017; the methodology used to calculate the amount to be paid by the delegated State authority; the amount received from scheme funds in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4480/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the site acquisition process in respect of a national school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4246/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken to meet the temporary accommodation requirements of a national school (details supplied) in County Cork for the 2018-19 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4247/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: 599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline her plans to recognise the plight of persons that were paying a public service stamp for a significant part of their career and not allowed to pay a class A stamp and therefore end up with no State pension (contributory) or a modest pro rata mixed insurance pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Lending (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: 625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the mechanism for approving loans under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the body that will be underwriting the loans; the body that will be deciding funding to buy the loans; if this will be through local authorities; the body that will be dealing with persons that fall into arrears; the mechanisms in place to deal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Lending (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: 626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount being provided for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the source of the funding; if it is being borrowed from international markets; if it will form part of the national debt; the mechanisms in place to allocate the loan funding to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3949/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: 636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons that wish to make a submission in relation to local electoral area boundaries in Cork city and county should submit their views to the local electoral area boundary committee or if there will be a separate process in view of the fact that the issue of the Cork city and county boundary is not yet finalised; and if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Bank of Ireland (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: I welcome Ms McDonagh and her colleagues. I wish her well in her role. I am sure that she did not want this issue to welcome her to the organisation. I will wrap up the line of questioning pursued by Deputy Pearse Doherty. Is the Ms McDonagh saying that there is no cohort of staff customers who were never on a tracker but who had an entitlement, at least according to bank documentation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Bank of Ireland (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: Mr. O'Beirne said that contradictory memos were issued to staff. It was only one page and I was given the same document. The memo does not specify that it only relates to staff customers who had been on a tracker. That has not been specified, to my knowledge. Clearly, the memo states at point No. 2 that staff who are currently on staff two-year fixed rate, currently 3.95%, "will roll to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Bank of Ireland (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: How many customers are in that category that the bank deems not to have been impacted but received the memo and were on a fixed staff rate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Bank of Ireland (30 Jan 2018)

Michael McGrath: Yes, that would be helpful.