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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Costs (26 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: I ask the Minister of State to bring this down to brass tacks. Will he tell us where we are with the leisure industry? It is currently the most acutely affected sector, in which people are finding they cannot get quotes as their policies come up for renewal, and those businesses are closing every day. This is not a big bang because the policies are coming up for renewal at different times...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: I support the two Deputies on this question. My experience is that the conditions and criteria of the scheme are rigid. There is no discretion whatsoever. I accept that when there is discretion, interpreting that can be difficult but we have all met people who, by any reasonable test, should qualify for the benefits of the scheme. The scheme is valuable for those who can benefit from it...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Fiscal Data (26 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: This question has been transferred from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I am taking it on behalf of Deputy Cowen. It seeks the Minister's views on the assessment of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that expenditure in 2018 breached the expenditure benchmark for that year. The question also seeks the margin between expected expenditure and the amount permitted under the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Fiscal Data (26 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: From what I understand the Minister said, the European Commission did record a breach of the expenditure limit but not one that was significant enough to warrant further action. Will the Minister confirm that the Commission is still using the commonly agreed methodology for measuring expenditure by comparison with the benchmark, whereas the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has adopted what it...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Insurance Costs (26 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 18. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he plans to take to tackle the growing insurance crisis affecting certain sectors of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39061/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgages (26 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 22. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on banks using the time limit for tracker mortgage appeals to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman; his further views on whether the banks should lift the time limits; if he has engaged with the banks about this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39058/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (26 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the VAT treatment of food supplements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39057/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (26 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 25. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the OECD BEPS process; the next steps involved; when he expects an agreement among the OECD members; the progress made on a review as to the sustainability of corporation tax receipts here in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39059/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (26 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he plans to use the projected surplus from NAMA; when the agency will wind up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39060/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (26 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the date, location and purpose of all meetings he and the Minister of State with responsibility for financial services have attended in the lifetime of the Government with insurance companies, insurance brokers or representative bodies in the insurance industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39159/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (26 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected tax yield from expanding transfer pricing rules to the SME sector; the number of Irish SMEs that could potentially be impacted by this move; the number of employees working for these SMEs; if the data is available; the reason put forward as to the reason the rules should be extended to SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39260/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (26 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage switches undertaken each year since 2003 and the associated value of those mortgage switches in tabular form; the work completed by his Department to make mortgage switching easier for the customer; the tangible measures being taken in that regard; the physical signatures that are required when it comes to mortgage switching under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Brexit Preparations (26 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a Brexit impact assessment has been undertaken to assess the impact that a no-deal Brexit will have on the construction of residential property and the credit environment for both buyers and developers in a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39262/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Capital Expenditure Programme (1 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 116. To ask the Taoiseach the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount paid and the date of the final payment in respect of each capital expenditure project completed since 1 January 2014 by his Department or an agency under the remit of his Department and which ended up costing €10 million or more, in tabular form; the reason the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Capital Expenditure Programme (1 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 121. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount paid and the date of the final payment in respect of each capital expenditure project completed since 1 January 2014 by his Department or an agency under the remit of his Department and which ended up costing €10 million or more in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Capital Expenditure Programme (1 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount actually paid and the date of the final payment in respect of each capital expenditure project completed since 1 January 2014 by his Department or an agency under the remit of his Department and which ended up costing €10 million or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Commission on Taxation Report (1 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of establishing and running the last Commission on Taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39333/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Capital Expenditure Programme (1 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount paid and the date of the final payment in respect of each capital expenditure project completed since 1 January 2014 by his Department or an agency under the remit of his Department and which ended up costing €10 million or more in tabular form; the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme Applications (1 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to an application by Cork County Council to the OPW for funding for a project (details supplied) in County Cork; the timeline for the adjudication on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39343/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (1 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount actually paid and the date of the final payment in respect of each capital expenditure project completed since 1 January 2014 by his Department or an agency under the remit of his Department and which ended up costing €10 million...