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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: As regards changes in the bond markets and the cost of borrowing, we know that the ECB is going to start unwinding its quantitative easing, QE, programme. We know that we have €57 billion of government debt that has to be refinanced over the next five years. We must be at the bottom of the cycle in terms of interest rates. They cannot go any lower. It has to be real risk for the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: Finally I wish to raise the issue of corporation tax. Today's report of the Committee of Public Accounts describes our dependence as an unacceptable risk. Some 15% or 16% of our tax revenue is corporation tax. Should we be seeking to rebalance the economy somewhat by focusing on the indigenous economy, such as SMEs, and looking at the taxation environment within which they operate? The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Regulation (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of funds in existence for the rescue and stabilisation of credit unions; the value in each of these funds; if he has a role in deciding the future of these funds and the levies charged; if this is solely a matter for the Central Bank; the value of moneys extracted from each of these funds in each of the past five years in order to protect...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases in which the Revenue Commissioners have found against individuals who failed to declare rental income from renting their accommodation through a company (details supplied) in each of the past five years; the value of income tax that was unpaid as a result; the value of interest and penalties charged; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of landlords or individuals included in the investigation recently commenced by the Revenue Commissioners on undeclared rental income through the use of online websites such as a website (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26096/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax rules regarding rental income earned through the use of online websites such as a website (details supplied); the income thresholds involved; if rent-a-room relief is available to a person that rents a room on a short-term basis through a website; if rental income earned through the use of the website and similar sites falls under the same rules as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Cork for an essential maintenance project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25954/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individual medical files that have been requested from the HSE or the national cervical cancer screening programme in connection with the work of the national cervical screening programme; the number of complete files that have been provided to the patient or their representative in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individual medical files that have been requested from the HSE or the national bowel cancer screening programme in connection with the work of the national bowel screening programme; the number of complete files that have been provided to the patient or their representative in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individual medical files that have been requested from the HSE or the BreastCheck programme in connection with the work of the BreastCheck programme; the number of complete files that have been provided to the patient or their representative in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the role his Department played in the sanctioning of the use of private investigators to monitor the work of hospital consultants in the context of a current pay claim; the nature and extent of the surveillance; the duration and number of consultants involved; the other Departments or State agencies involved in the decision to undertake such surveillance;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a club (details supplied) in County Cork that wishes to progress with the drawdown of a sports capital grant allocation will be assisted. [25974/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: I welcome Mr. Masding and his colleagues from the bank. I thank him for completing the questionnaire in advance and for his opening statement. Mr. Masding has set out the bank's position on the tracker mortgage examination. From the bank's point of view, are there no further outstanding issues? The bank has concluded considering individual cases and made the offer of redress and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: On the prevailing rate issue, the customers who have been informed they are entitled to a tracker rate of the ECB rate plus 3.25%, for example, is it Mr. Masding's understanding that the Central Bank has signed off on the bank's interpretation of that issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: To date the bank has not been informed that the Central Bank has a different view, different interpretation or any difficulty with Permanent TSB's approach to that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: On a related issue, I understand that some customers were offered a tracker mortgage with a 0.2 percentage point discount for year one. The issue is the rate from which that discount is made and the rate to which they reverted following the period of the discount. Is that issue concluded from the bank's point of view? Those customers had a legitimate expectation of remaining on a tracker...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: There were just short of 2,000 impacted accounts. I wish to recap on the overall cost to the bank. There was €58 million in redress and compensation. Has that amount been paid out to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: Has the bank made further provision in the accounts for other costs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: Is that in the €58 million or is it separate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (14 Jun 2018)

Michael McGrath: How much of the €145 million has been incurred at this stage?