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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (16 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the report stage of the Judicial Council Bill 2017 to be held in Seanad Éireann; the timeline for introducing the Bill in Dáil Éireann; the timeline for establishing a committee on the council to deal with personal injury awards pursuant of the recommendation from the Personal Injuries...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (16 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be expanded; if so, the amount by which; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21334/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: The last fiscal assessment report from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council was published in November 2018. It described the Government's medium-term budgetary plans as not credible. It said the Government's budgetary plans were not conducive to prudent economic and budgetary management. The next report from the council will be due in approximately three weeks. It will make for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: The Taoiseach has adopted the usual approach of attacking the messenger rather than dealing with the message. He did not answer my question. We have seen the latest forecast from the Department of Finance, in terms of economic growth, tax receipts, and so on, as recently as last month in the stability programme update. The Taoiseach cannot seriously be suggesting that he can find €4...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: The Taoiseach did not answer the questions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: Shoot the messenger.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: As I said earlier, we have seen reports that the Tánaiste has advised the Cabinet that the risk of a no-deal Brexit has never been greater in the past two and a half years. The latest OECD report states the impact on the Irish economy of a disorderly Brexit, if all this goes wrong, could be very grave and that we could go back into recession. Could the Taoiseach advise us whether the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: This issue concerns the second gynaecology surgical theatre at Cork University Maternity Hospital, CUMH. It is a fact that, since the CUMH opened in 2007, that theatre has remained closed. Last January, Deputy Ó Laoghaire, others and I attended a briefing from Professor John Higgins, the clinical director of the maternity directorate in the South/South West hospital group. He provided...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister of State. The bottom line is that the women in Cork and surrounding counties who are on the waiting list for day case procedures and inpatient surgery want to know when the second operating theatre will open. The reality is that it has been lying idle for 12 years while the HSE has been paying for capacity in the private system through the NTPF. In my view, the NTPF...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is permissible under the codes of conduct and consumer protection of the Central Bank for a lender to charge legal fees to persons that are in arrears; if the Central Bank is in a position to cease this practice from occurring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21505/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Broadband Plan Implementation (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council was consulted on the budgetary impacts of the national broadband plan. [21857/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Supervision (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances each year in which the Central Bank has carried out inspections on lenders in relation to the code of conduct on mortgage arrears since it was established; the number of instances each year in which the Central Bank has found that the lenders had not complied with the code; the number of instances each year in which the Central Bank...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the impact of putting the code of conduct on mortgage arrears on a statutory footing either through primary legislation or secondary legislation by way of regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21987/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance if a lender does not have to offer the solutions outlined in paragraph 39 of the code of conduct on mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21988/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are provisions in legislation or in the code of conduct on mortgage arrears that stipulates that the lender at the time of a review must honour the existing arrangement in circumstances in which the financial circumstances of a borrower have not changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21989/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Loan Books Purchasers (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a legal obligation set out in legislation or in the codes of the Central Bank on a lender to transfer all documentation pertaining to the loan when that loan is sold to another party; if there are data protection considerations in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21990/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the appointment of a contractor for the construction of an education campus (details supplied) in County Cork; the value of the contract; the expected duration of the build period; when he expects the new schools to be ready for occupancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21383/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to an education campus development (details supplied) in County Cork; the position in relation to planning permission for the project; the stage of the project; the timeline for its overall development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21502/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 466. To ask the Minister for Health the intervention services available to a child (details supplied) in County Cork; his plans to provide services for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22124/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the decision of Dublin Port to restrict the number of cruise ships visiting from 2021; his views on whether implementing this policy will have a negative impact on the tourism offering, not just in Dublin but also elsewhere due to a reduction in the number of cruise ships visiting ports such as Cork; the steps he plans to...