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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (28 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: Is it an offence in US law to manage a bank recklessly?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (28 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: Did the US Administration make the right decision, in Professor Kane's view, in allowing Lehman Brothers to collapse in September 2008?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (28 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: Where a bank has to be rescued by a country, and by the people ultimately, is Professor Kane in favour of burden sharing with creditors to reduce the ultimate bill that taxpayers have to incur?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (28 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: What creditors should be on the hook for taking losses?

Housing Affordability: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: I move:That Dáil Éireann: notes: — the significant fall in home ownership rates in Ireland; — the legitimate aspiration of families to own their own home; — that the lack of housing supply is causing distortions in the property market; — that the dramatic increase in rents and the failure to increase rent supplement supports have put many individuals...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: I thank both Mr. O'Leary and Mr. Smyth for their opening statements on this proposed legislation. The issue of transparency is the most contentious aspect of the Bill. It has long been a feature of our taxation system that the identity of taxpayers would remain confidential and that the detail of their dealings with Revenue would remain confidential. What is the justification for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: I understand the need for transparency on how taxation law is interpreted. That should always be a matter of public record and will inform the approach taken by others to taxation issues but I do not grasp immediately the need for a person's identity to be revealed. Whatever Mr. O'Leary says, it is likely to be a deterrent. People guard their private financial information closely and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: That would be the exception. The default position would be that it is a public hearing and the media or any member of the public or interested party would be free to attend. On conclusion of the case, what, in terms of findings and decisions, would be published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: I can understand the logic of all of that but I cannot understand why the identity of the taxpayer adds to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: The combined effect of this provision for the taxpayer is that the case of the Appeal Commissioners will now be held in public and the option of going to the Circuit Court beyond that for a rehearing is being removed, such that a person who does not agree with Revenue's interpretation of the tax law relating to his or her specific case must either accept that or enter into an entirely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: I accept that there is a need to make the system more efficient and I have no doubt that some people are using the truncated nature of the system to delay the end point in respect of their own cases. That needs to be dealt with. I am sure my earlier remarks will not be misinterpreted. If somebody is guilty of wrongdoing, I have no difficulty with them being named, as happens under the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the proceeds by institution from the disposal of investments in the State supported banks in each year since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3414/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Guarantee Scheme Fees (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the fees received from the eligible liabilities guarantee scheme in each year since its inception. [3415/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Register Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken to establish a central credit register here; when the register will be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3632/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation Office (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a not-for-profit sporting club may apply for a revision of a rateable valuation in respect of a premises they are now using and which was previously used by a business; the way such an application may be made; the timeframe for deciding on such an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3689/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Staff (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in each institute of technology employed in permanent wholetime posts; the number of staff in each institute of technology employed on contracts of indefinite duration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3613/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Insurance Industry Regulation (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legal basis for the HomeBond scheme; his views on the role of the State in the matter; his further views on the way the scheme is operating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3841/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a mortgage to rent case in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; the next steps in the process; the estimated timeframe for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3842/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the loss of routes and reduction of services at Cork Airport in recent months; his plans to provide greater autonomy to Cork Airport to make commercial decisions to better enable it to compete with other airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3753/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the planned upgrade of the Dunkettle interchange in County Cork; if funding is in place for the project to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3754/15]