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Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: First Stage (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: First Stage (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: I move:That leave be granted to introduced a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the enactment of a Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement by the Insolvency Service of Ireland to assist mortgage holders in arrears.I am pleased to introduce the Bill on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party. The issue of mortgage arrears has slipped down the political agenda in recent months and listening...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons who do not qualify for jobseeker's allowance by virtue of the means test are eligible to participate in a community employment scheme; her plans to change the rules in this regard; if she will provide a list of the training and activation measures that are available to such persons presently; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion that the universal social charge represents of all income tax receipts in each year since its inception; the projected percentage in 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47791/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 12 June 2014, if deposits not covered by the eligibility liability guarantee are now likely to be repaid once the liquidation process has been concluded; if the liquidator has been in touch with these depositors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47916/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a facility for insurance companies to check if other insurance companies have previously had an issue with a specific customer concerning non disclosure of a cancelled policy; if so, the way the system operates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48069/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Bonds (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Irish Government bonds held by the European Central Bank under its securities markets programme and other market interventions; his views on the distribution of profits from the maturity-sale of these bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48325/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Bonds (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the Central Bank statistical release - holders of Irish Government Bonds, 10 December 2014, of the €48 billion of Irish Government bonds held by credit institutions and the Central Bank of Ireland, the proportion of these that are held by the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48326/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Applications (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 349. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who has availed of free legal aid in a family law court is entitled to such aid in the event that they wish to appeal the decision of the family law court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48050/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Promotion (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 482. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Government policy on the use of supermarket promotions on baby milk formula; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48163/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 483. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that are in place to ensure that substitute home help carers are available in the Health Service Executive South area to cover home help carers who are out sick or on annual leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48167/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 524. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of methadone consumed and the amount of product supplied by manufacturers here in 2013 to pharmacies and the Health Service Executive; the amount of methadone product the State paid for in 2013; the amount of methadone, in the six presentations which was supplied to pharmacies and the HSE in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 525. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has any record of the number of children here who are dependants of methadone users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48443/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland Issues (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the background to the way a certain site (details supplied) in County Cork came into the ownership of Fáilte Ireland; if the organisation will engage with a certain local group which is interested in purchasing or leasing it and using it for a purpose that would involve attracting additional tourists to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 663. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding plans for a new motorway between counties Cork and Limerick; the steps that have already been taken; the next steps in the process; the funding that is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48166/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Exemptions (11 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an exemption from the universal social charge in respect of an occupational pension which goes directly to a State hospital for the long-term care for a terminally ill patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47558/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Guarantee Scheme Bond Repayments (11 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is categorically ruling out the possibility of payments being made to junior bondholders in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation as a result of the special liquidation process; if he is prepared to issue a direction order that they would not be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47619/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Guarantee Scheme Bond Repayments (11 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the status in the ranking of preferred creditors of the payment he made the bank guarantee to senior bondholders of IBRC following its liquidation in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47682/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (11 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide for each financial institution, the amount of losses imposed on subordinated/junior bondholders since the banking crisis of 2008 by the previous Government and, separately, by the present Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47621/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (11 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the way a terminal payment from the IBRC liquidator to the State would be treated in the Government's accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47681/14]