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European Debt: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: I am glad to have an opportunity on behalf of Fianna Fáil to address the motion before the House and I compliment Deputy Catherine Murphy and others on putting it forward to ensure we have an important debate on the issue. Fianna Fáil supports the idea of a European debt conference which would examine both the sustainability and fairness of the sovereign debt burden currently borne...

Topical Issue Debate: State Airports (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: Any suggestion that the Cork-Heathrow slots could be lost would be devastating for Cork Airport and the region it serves. I recognise that the Minister cannot comment in detail on this issue but the suggestion that IAG is giving a commitment that the Heathrow slots will be used for Irish routes for the next five years in no way addresses the concerns that have been expressed in this regard....

Topical Issue Debate: State Airports (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, for taking this debate. There is growing concern in the wider Cork area about the future of our airport, which has seen a 5% reduction in passenger numbers in 2014. It is likely to see a similar reduction in 2015 because of the full year effect of some of the services lost during 2014. This is happening against the backdrop of the other main airports...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Paternal Leave Costs (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost associated with allowing four weeks of paternity benefit to fathers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4328/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of education, training and activation measures that are open to persons who are unemployed but who are not in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance by virtue of the means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4438/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has estimates of the number of persons who are unemployed but who are not in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance by virtue of the means test and are therefore not included in the live register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4439/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of companies operating in the Irish tonnage tax regime in each year from 2003 to 2014; the number of persons employed in shore based positions with Irish tonnage tax companies; the total tax paid each year under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4327/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 22 January 2015, the process in place in the Revenue Commissioners to verify entitlement to a personal fund threshold when one is requested; the documentation which must be furnished in support of such a claim if the Revenue Commissioners audit holders of personal fund thresholds to ensure compliance is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance his view on draft proposals from the European Commission on the capital buffer which must be held by constant net asset value funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4326/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Applications Approvals (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 255. To ask the Minister for Finance if new mortgage rules apply to a person who currently has mortgage approval but has not yet drawn down their mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4685/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Applications Approvals (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 256. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that it is an anomaly that the 20% minium deposit rule applies to non-first-time buyers with equity in their home who wish to trade up but does not apply to someone in negative equity who similarly wishes to purchase a new home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4686/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Central Bank (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 273. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the performance of the European Central Bank in regard to its role in respect of the prudential supervision of credit institutions as laid out in article 127(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4826/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Payments Plan Implementation (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 284. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the implementation of the national payments plan launched in April 2013; the progress in rolling out of basic bank accounts; the number of such accounts now in existence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5000/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of the sites owned by the Industrial Development Agency in County Cork and which have potential use for inward investment purposes in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4443/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 358. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personal insolvency practitioners who have applied for payment in respect of insolvency proposals which were vetoed by creditors; the total number of insolvency proposals which have been vetoed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4321/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Construction Sector Strategy (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 359. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the system of e-conveyancing will be rolled out; if he will be available to all bank customers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4324/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff Data (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 403. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of agency staff employed by the Health Service Executive; the cost of agency staff in 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4323/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training Allowance (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the reinstatement of the training allowance paid to persons in SOLAS-funded training programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4436/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Playgrounds (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is open to schools to apply for one off funding for developing a play space facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4896/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans for increasing the M7 to three lanes at Naas, County Kildare; his views that such an investment would improve the value of the National Asset Management Agency's site at Millennium Park, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4325/15]