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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability Programme Update (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to publish the stability programme update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14692/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance if an analysis has been undertaken on the potential cost of establishing a public insurance body to provide insurance for flooding to persons who are unable to obtain flood insurance similar to the model in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14693/19]

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

Michael McGrath: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance if expenditure on health and safety equipment by a company qualifies for capital allowances; the rules regarding capital allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14694/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance if insurance companies permit business customers to pay on a monthly basis rather than a single payment; the average cost to the customer for such a facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14695/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are models in other jurisdictions by which companies that are unable to obtain an insurance quote can avail of insurance similar to the declined insurance mechanism; if public insurance models are used in other European jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14696/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: 94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits by IDA clients to Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford in each year since 2012, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14531/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned Cork metropolitan area transport strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14532/19]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2019: Motion (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: Looking at the breakdown, much of the carryover seems to relate to salaries. Is there an explanation for that?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2019: Motion (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: Yes, but looking at the breakdown, the explanation given for a number of them relates to salaries. Are they salaries relating to the capital projects? This is the underspend in capital that is carried over. Does an overspend in capital also carry over and reduce the amount of available capital in the budget for the following year under the relevant Vote?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2019: Motion (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: I suspect it is just a formula used in terms of wording. I have the text of the motion. It provides a breakdown. For each Vote, it starts with the words "for the salaries and expenses of" the respective office so I imagine it is a standard wording but it is not actually salaries if I am reading it correctly.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2019: Motion (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: The reference to salaries is the title. It is not actual salaries, it is capital spend. What are the implications of an overspend for the following year? If there is an underspend, it is carried forward to keep the budget but does an overspend reduce the following year's budget?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2019: Motion (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: So it has no knock-on effect into the following year.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: "(2) Dáil Éireann may, on a proposal by the Minister brought before that House, pass a resolution authorising the amount of assets referred to in subsection (1)to be altered.". Amendment No. 1 relates to the overall cap, which is set at €8 billion. Could the Minister of State explain...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: I shall speak first to give Deputy Jonathan O'Brien a chance to catch his breath. I ask the Minister of State to set out the amount being transferred in from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF. It was stated that it can be up to €2 billion. As set out on Second Stage, however, it is €1.5 billion. What is the procedural position? When is that due to happen? It has...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: Regarding the statutory provision, what is being set out is a framework to bring the fund up to €4 billion. The initial sum will be €1.5 billion through ISIF. That will be followed by €500 million for five consecutive years.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: That would bring the fund to a potential €4 billion. To grow beyond that amount and move towards the €8 billion cap will require further legislative change.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: The EU supports the principle of having a fiscal buffer. It supports a rainy day fund. The context of Brexit has been raised, understandably. It is pretty clear under section 6 of the Bill that if Brexit goes badly wrong over the coming weeks, then the money is not going to be paid into the fund. That is the reality. The Minister, Deputy Donohoe, has made that clear. If we are in an...

Autism Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: I thank the proposers of the motion and acknowledge all of those in the Visitors Gallery. Parents of children with autism are looking for services, not for sympathy. The situation in counties Cork and Kerry, as described, is a national scandal. In my area children are waiting between two and three years for an autism assessment. At the end of it, if they receive a diagnosis, there is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency Data (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the State Claims Agency paid in legal costs to solicitors representing plaintiffs in medical negligence claims in 2017 and 2018; the top ten payments made to named legal firms representing the agency and plaintiffs, respectively, in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15323/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Labour Court recommendations that were outstanding when the public sector agreement was agreed to that have since been paid and or concluded in line with the Labour Court recommendation; if there is a definite date by which the remaining settlements in accordance with the Labour Court recommendations will be made; and if...