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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: I ask that the Minister come back with the figures I am seeking at the earliest opportunity. His Department must have a rough approximation, otherwise he would not be in a position to say that we are going to go from a certain surplus to a predicted deficit, and he has put those figures on the record. I could work them out myself but I do not want to make a stab at doing so. It would be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Costs (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 3. To ask the Minister for Finance the priority measures he plans to implement in the coming months to address the cost of public liability and employer liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10146/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Costs (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: I assume that the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, will take this question, which relates to insurance. It has been two years since the cost of insurance working group issued its report on motor insurance and a year since the report on employer liability and public liability insurance. There is a growing crisis in the area of business insurance. I will give an example when I ask my...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Costs (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I will give the example of a play centre in Cork. I know what I am about to say be a fact - there is no exaggeration. The play centre has made no claims in recent years. In 2016, its insurance was €3,500. In 2017, it was €5,500. In 2018, it was €10,000. Its renewal will happen in March and the quote it has received is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Costs (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: From a Fianna Fáil perspective, there is no issue with political support being provided. If the Government needs time in the Seanad, it should ask us. I will talk to our colleagues about providing our time in the Seanad to deal with the Judicial Council Bill. It is two years since the first report was issued but, on the question of a fraud unit within the Garda, the Minister of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Costs (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: It has not been committed to.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 23. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the appeal against the European Commission decision in a tax case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9854/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Sector (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to publish the new international financial services strategy to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9855/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the OECD to report on the taxing of digital companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9857/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to permit the increase in resources available to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman to deal with the backlog of cases and to deal with the extra number of complaints resulting from the tracker mortgage scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9856/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions that have been held with the European Commission on possible sources of funding from the EU to assist Ireland deal with the fallout from a possible no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9858/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications sought for a refund of income tax by taxpayers by virtue of claiming tax relief on certain expenditures, claiming additional tax credits or as a result of a P35 annual statement request for each year since 2010; the amount refunded to income tax payers each year as a result in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to publish the report on the funding gap in relation to the banking system here; if it states that Irish banks need to double their loan to deposit ratio from 0.8 to 1.6 by 2024 in the event that 50,000 new homes were needed each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10154/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the operation of exemptions to the lending rules for banks as part of the macro prudential mortgage rules of the Central Bank; if the exemptions are deemed to be used at the point of the mortgage sanction or drawdown; if statistics in relation to the use of the exemptions for each year since they were introduced will be provided; and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Liability Insurance (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made on the introduction of an index to track employer and public liability insurance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10156/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Liability Insurance (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurance awards paid out in each of the years since 2010 in respect of claims related to employer liability and public liability insurance in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10157/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Liability Insurance (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by policyholders by way of insurance premiums in each of the years since 2010 in respect of employer liability and public liability insurance in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10158/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Protection Policies (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance the consumer protection laws, regulations and codes that govern mortgage protection insurance specifically the area preventing mortgage providers from restricting customers to certain insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10164/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Compensation Fund (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance when the next court hearing is expected in relation the liquidation of a company (details supplied) and the authorisation payments from the Insurance Compensation Fund to outstanding claimants; the number of claimants expected to be paid; the value expected to be paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10165/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (28 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that have availed of the capital gains tax entrepreneurial relief in each year since it was introduced; the cost of the relief in each year since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10166/19]