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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (15 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 742. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) in County Cork on the waiting list for a residential placement; when he expects a place will be offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1379/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (15 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 744. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application for homecare support to assist in the care of a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused by the HSE; if he will examine the circumstances that apply in this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1388/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (15 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 768. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the HSE, his Department or an agency under the aegis of his Department to become directly involved in the development of retirement villages or to support the private sector in the development of such villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1479/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Elder Abuse (15 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 798. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department and agencies under its aegis have taken to address the issue of elder abuse; his plans for further policy initiatives in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1651/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radon Gas Levels (15 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 852. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports available to homeowners and tenants that wish to carry out a radon test at their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1106/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (15 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 905. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54431/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (15 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 992. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on adoptees being given the right to access their personal file from Tusla and-or the Adoption Authority; her plans to implement this as part of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1066/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (15 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 1135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy of the Housing Agency on the requirement for a mortgage applicant to have demonstrated a pattern of saving; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applicants that have the required deposit are being refused mortgage approval due to the lack of a savings record even though they are paying a substantial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (15 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 1152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing construction completions in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1107/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 1178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for his Department, local authorities or an agency under the remit of his Department to become directly involved in the development of retirement villages or to support the private sector in the development of such villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1480/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments (16 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance the investments including lending made by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund in the area of residential and non-residential property since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1852/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no playing pitches will form part of the planned new education campus (details supplied) in County Cork; if funding will be provided for the purchase of land for the development of playing pitches as part of this campus development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1969/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (16 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the spending or revenue allocation for 2019 to the maternity directorate in the South/Southwest Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1845/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (16 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 167. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the request for a capital budget of €7.5 million in 2019 for the maternity directorate in the South/Southwest Hospital Group to enable the second operating theatre to open at Cork University Maternity Hospital and deal with other service improvements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1846/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (16 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the details, including locations and indicative timelines, of plans for the roll-out of primary care centres across Cork city and county; the details of the various stages in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2002/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (16 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to introduce the residential tenancies (amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1955/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the Minister and his officials to the committee. I will focus on two issues in the time available. The first is corporation tax, which the Minister addressed at length in his opening remarks. The numbers are staggering with approximately €10.4 billion in receipts in 2018. To put that in context, the Government predicted in 2015 that receipts in 2018 would be in the region...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: My question is whether the Minister will consider an independent report to examine the sustainability of corporation tax receipts given the fact that the Coffey report is now, in essence, outdated in view of the growth in receipts since and the fact that his conclusion took us only as far as 2020. It does not say whether it is the beginning or the end. We are now in 2019 and there is a need...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: Following the vote in Westminster yesterday, the prospect of a hard, cliff-edge Brexit is very real and we must prepare for it. In recent times, has the Department carried out an assessment of the impact such an scenario would have on the economy - in the context of employment numbers, tax receipts and growth - in 2019 and 2020? We have the paper from late 2016 that the Department produced...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: Chapter 6 of the Budget 2019 - Economic and Fiscal Outlook refers to the paper from late 2016 from which the projection to the effect that, in the event of a disorderly Brexit, the level of Irish output would be approximately 3.25% lower over a five-year period. The document also states that there would be a more immediate, short-term impact as a result of regulatory divergence, sterling...