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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding changes to the pensions of persons currently in payment under the Irish Aviation Superannuation Scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the hardship this will cause for many persons; the steps being taken to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3839/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (27 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure that the deferred members of the Irish airlines superannuation scheme are treated in a fair and equitable manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3840/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Recruitment (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance the process that will be followed to recruit a new chief executive for AIB; if an external consultant has been appointed; when the process is to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3190/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if AIB has requested a review of the salary cap that applies to the State supported banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3191/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Receivers (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 18 December 2014, his views that greater value will be achieved by the National Asset Management Agency for the State by negotiating reductions in the fees paid to rent receivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3192/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Numbers (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the number of staff that will be needed post-2016 by the National Asset Management Agency to manage outstanding legal cases in which it is involved; the way this will be managed once the bulk of NAMA’s work is completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3193/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Court Cases (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of National Asset Management Agency related cases currently listed before the courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3194/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the options that are open to the liquidator in respect of payment of the remaining subordinated bondholders should the liquidation process generate a surplus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3197/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation has provided him with an estimate of the value of the remaining subordinated bondholders in IBRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3198/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Meetings (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if the prospect of a European debt conference has been discussed on a formal basis at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3199/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the role that the Central Bank of Ireland is taking in requesting banks to deal with long-term mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3200/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid inheritance tax or capital acquisitions tax in 2014; the average amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3201/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid the domicile levy in 2014; the revenue raised from the levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3202/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports that the Government is to grant additional tax relief to landlords in return for rent certainty leases; if he has discussed these proposals with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3203/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have been granted a personal increase in the standard fund threshold applying to their pension in each year since 2011; the cumulative increase represented by these cases; the estimated amount of tax foregone as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3204/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank of Ireland will issue a definitive response to its consultation process on mortgage lending rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3205/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies Dividends (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an instruction has been issued to commercial semi-State companies in respect of dividend payments for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3196/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: ESB Dividend (22 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: 216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if ESB will pay a special dividend to the State this year; if this will be funded by borrowing or sale of assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3195/15]

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (21 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: I welcome Mr. Regling. I will take him back to the fraught environment in September 2008. Lehman’s bank filed for bankruptcy on 15 September. What would have been the implications for the eurozone if a bank had collapsed in the eurozone, not necessarily in Ireland, if there was a disorderly failure of a bank at a time when there was such a liquidity crisis following the collapse of...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (21 Jan 2015)

Michael McGrath: By whom was it decided?