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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: I understand that any residual debt may be personal or be converted to personal debt. There is the potential for judgments or judgment mortgages against somebody's home and so on. We can tease that out. There is one issue in the interaction between these proposals and the Private Member's Bill I introduced on behalf of Fianna Fáil, which was agreed unanimously in the House, that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: On that issue, is there any risk that the directive would potentially strike down any pre-existing legislative requirements on the statute book of a member state, or is it entirely forward looking? Consider, for example, loans that originated prior to March 2018 that became non-performing loans and were sold on to funds. If a member state legislates for this type of situation in its own way...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (30 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 116. To ask the Minister for Health the stage of each case the State Claims Agency is dealing with, by programme, relating to the various cancer screening programmes; the notifications it has received from the HSE or the programmes themselves regarding correspondence received from persons or their legal representatives regarding a possible claim; the approach of the agency in dealing with...

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: This really was an appalling decision by An Bord Pleanála. It shows a complete disregard for the views of the local community and the inspector. I want to raise two issues in that context. One is the decision of the then Minister, Phil Hogan, in 2011 to abolish the incineration levy which the previous Minister, John Gormley, had introduced. Will the Government reconsider that issue? ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's role in relation to A Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023; his views on the tax relief on pension contributions at the marginal rate; his further views on the retention of the tax relief at the marginal rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24109/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance the membership of the working group set up by his Department to examine the tax relief on pension contributions; the terms of reference of the working group; if the working group will assess the tax position on pensions in its entirety including taxation upon extraction by pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24226/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanism used by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland to obtain the services of an intermediary in order to provide finance for businesses; his views on whether the SBCI is distorting the market for finance; his further views on whether there are state aid issues in relation to SBCI's use of intermediaries and specifically the use of one...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Reports (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance the differences in reporting between the legal owner and the beneficial owner in terms of the mortgage arrears statistics published by the Central Bank when mortgage accounts are incorporated in a securitisation model; if, for example the legal owner is a regulated entity and the beneficial owner is not a regulated entity, the areas of the Central Bank's...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish mortgages incorporated in a securitisation model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24188/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Book Sales (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance if the mortgage loans sold by a bank (details supplied) were sold using a securitisation model; if legal title moved to an unregulated loan owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24189/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a working group tasked with implementing A Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023; if so, the membership of such a working group; the terms of reference of the working group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24110/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding plans to apply the vacant site levy from 2019; the nature of the sites that the levy will be applied to; the position in relation to zoned land being used for active farming; the position in relation to zoned land in which there is a reasonable prospect of the land being developed in the near future;...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: What the Minister of State has said is significant. On a separate occasion I will ask the committee to write to the Ombudsman to look for data on the number of cases that have come before him that are in this category where the alleged mis-selling, for example, would have occurred prior to 2002 and where he has opted not to use the discretion to avail of the powers this Oireachtas gave to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: I am wondering if the Department, which has a close working relationship with the ombudsman, has received feedback from him. It has only been in place for a few months but is the Department clear on the interpretation that is being put on the provision by the ombudsman, what his understanding is and why he may be less willing to use it?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: We will look for that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: For clarity, we will be in scope to bring amendments forward on Report Stage on this issue. It has been well discussed. Some months ago I went onto the website of the office of the ombudsman as I had a query from a constituent. There was no information there about the change in the law, no clarity on the change to the six year rule and the discoverability clause that we introduced. I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (12 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that will be made available to allow the construction of the Carrigaline western relief road, County Cork, to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24338/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: 95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans made by Bus Éireann to the NTA to improve bus services (details supplied) in County Cork. [24339/18]