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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (24 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of securitisation transactions involving Irish PDH and BTL mortgages that have taken place in each year since 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23090/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (24 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact on borrowers if a mortgage loan or commercial loan is securitised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23091/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (24 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance the party which makes the key decisions on underlying loans (details supplied); the regulatory position with regard to the beneficial owner in a securitisation model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23092/18]

Other Questions: Emergency Departments Services (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 50. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in overcrowding in Cork University Hospital emergency department over the first four months of 2018 relative to the same period in 2017 [23514/18]

Other Questions: Emergency Departments Services (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: This question relates to the overcrowding in the accident and emergency department at Cork University Hospital. Such overcrowding is not uncommon in a number of hospitals throughout the country. We have heard many harrowing stories of individuals, particularly elderly people, who have had to spend over 24 hours in accident and emergency units. They are looking for answers and for progress...

Other Questions: Emergency Departments Services (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister for his reply. I welcome any investment that improves the situation for the people of Cork and the wider Munster region who rely on the services of CUH. Perhaps the Minister could provide more detail on the 30 additional acute medical beds that are scheduled to open in CUH later this year. Those beds have the potential to be of significant benefit. I have highlighted...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: I want to raise the lack of residential placements for adults with severe disabilities, in particular where they are cared for by one or both elderly parents. I would imagine this is an issue of which the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, is acutely conscious. There are families in such circumstances who are existing day by day beyond crisis point. I recently put down a...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. That is a new figure. Certainly, I was unable to extract such a figure by way of parliamentary questions. It informs us that there is some level of co-ordination between the HSE and service providers. The Minister of State should get an answer to the question of how many are on waiting lists if he does not already have the figure. He has said...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 55. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to establish a redress scheme for the women and surviving families affected by the cervical cancer screening scandal; the role of the State Claims Agency in this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21619/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the definition of a non-performing loan, NPL, in the context of buy-to-let mortgages; if such a loan can be deemed to be an NPL if the terms of an agreement have been honoured for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23139/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the position on issuing of tax refunds to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [23168/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Repayments (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the position on allowing mortgage holders make their normal repayments on a weekly or fortnightly basis as opposed to monthly in an effort to reduce their interest bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23169/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance the position concerning financial institutions adding their legal fees to the arrears of a borrower, including mortgage holders and SME borrowers; the amount of such legal fees incurred by financial institutions that have been added to mortgage and other debt in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23170/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are re-examining the classification of personal contract plan, PCP, arrangements as lease agreements as opposed to hire purchase agreements for the purpose of the disabled drivers and passengers tax concession scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23179/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Compensation Fund (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of open claims in relation to the liquidation of a company (details supplied); the number and value of outstanding claims in which the claimant has not received compensation; the number and value of outstanding claims in which the claimant has received partial compensation from the Insurance Compensation Fund; the estimated proceeds from the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to tax relief for trade union members on the subscriptions paid to their union; the background to the issue; the estimated cost of changing the system now to reinstate tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23277/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Ownership (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an industry standard procedure for persons to retrieve the deeds of their property from their bank in circumstances in which the property is now mortgage free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23250/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the payment of professional subscriptions by employees in circumstances in which they are not reimbursed by their employer do not attract tax relief; the estimated cost of implementing such a measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23278/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of pregnant women in 2017 that were in receipt of a company car while on maternity leave, thus incurring a benefit-in-kind tax charge; the benefit-in-kind rules involving pregnant women in receipt of a company car while they are on maternity leave; if there is an allowance to cater for the fact that a pregnant mother's business travel is likely...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 1 May 2017, the date the Revenue Commissioners provided guidance to banks on certain benefit-in-kind issues relating to staff and ex-staff of banks here; if he will provide a copy of the advice given to the banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23429/18]