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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: Okay. Is that in a memorandum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: In Mr. Justice Hedigan's view, what does success for the culture board look like? How does he measure success?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: I think it is fair to say the tracker mortgage scandal was the catalyst for the formation of the culture board and that, as a result of that, the necessity for a change of culture is accepted within the sector. It begs the question as to what needs to change, arising from the handling of the tracker mortgage scandal. From Mr. Justice Hedigan's perspective, what was wrong in terms of what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: I acknowledge that. The Central Bank launched its investigation into the tracker mortgage scandal in late 2015, and since then there has been much foot-dragging by the institutions concerned. What does that tell Mr. Justice Hedigan? Even at the tail end of the process, the right of consumers to bring cases to the independent ombudsman and have a hearing with no predetermined outcome was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: I have two further points to make on areas I suggest Mr. Justice Hedigan and Ms Kelly look into. One is the question of how banks deal with the breakdown of relationships. We as politicians often encounter couples, whether married or unmarried, separating, and they might have a joint mortgage, for example, which can cause major problems. It is a complex and difficult area in which...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance if dual pricing by the insurance industry is permitted under consumer protection legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40458/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on dual pricing in the insurance industry by which new customers are priced differently to existing customers; the number of insurance companies that undertake this practice; if such a practice is prohibited in other jurisdictions; if his Department or the Central Bank has undertaken a review of the dual pricing system; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if dual pricing by the insurance industry is consistent with the consumer protection code; if he has considered asking the Central Bank to review the practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40457/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance if a distinction is made across the various enterprise tax schemes such as EIIS, KEEP, and CGT entrepreneur relief for high risk and high potential innovation start-ups as opposed to more traditional asset backed enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40210/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances in each year since 2013 in which the Central Bank brought summary prosecutions against entities or persons operating here without Central Bank authorisation; the number of those that ended in conviction; the fines and penalties imposed by the courts in each conviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40287/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance if credit unions will be permitted to hold existing deposits and investments with non-EEA UK institutions in a no-deal Brexit scenario; if so, the contingencies put in place for credit unions in this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40301/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Electric Vehicle Grants (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of a 100% tax rebate or grant for the purchase of e-bikes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40302/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Data (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that have applied for the key customs registration, the economic operators registration and identification number; the number of Irish businesses with such a registration now; the turnaround time for the Revenue Commissioners to process a registration application; the number of Irish businesses the Revenue Commissioners estimate...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of corporation tax collected in each year since 2010; the percentage of total tax take accounted for by corporation tax receipts in each year since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40392/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the sustainability of corporation tax receipts; his plans to reduce the dependence of Ireland on corporation tax receipts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40393/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact on corporation tax receipts of the full implementation of BEPS 2 over the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40395/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Trade Data (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of trade in both directions with the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40397/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the help-to-buy scheme in each year since its establishment; the number of persons that availed of the scheme in each year; the number that were first-time buyers; the number that were self builds; the average house price that was purchased using the scheme in each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40451/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the capital gains tax entrepreneurs relief in each year since it was established; the cost in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40454/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the principal legislation dealing with the regulation of the insurance industry by the Central Bank from both a macro prudential role and a consumer protection role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40456/19]