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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: Now that the window has opened and the Government could submit an application at any time, what is its disposition on that question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: Is there a Eurogroup meeting on Thursday?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: On the question of the ESM application, is it the Minister's intention to get a sense of the mood music and talk to people on the fringes informally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the Minister and his officials and I thank him for his opening remarks. I would like to put a few questions regarding the Irish position on some of the issues on the agenda. I do not know much about the parent subsidiaries directive. Is it acceptable to Ireland as drafted or is the Minister proposing amendments to it?

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill 2014, which gives effect to the measures announced in budget 2015. It is just three weeks since the budget was introduced, though it must seem like a lifetime ago for many Ministers given that they have been mired in controversy over water charges since then. Anyone who watched the news on RTE today could not but conclude that the...

Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: I thought only senior Ministers were to take Topical Issues.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the supported employment initiative. [41002/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the option of retirement on a transitional payment until retirement age is reached (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41917/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the universal social charge. [40917/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Restructuring (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a State supported bank is planning to outsource a number of functions (details supplied); the number of employees who will be affected; the plans the bank has for the future provision of those services; the way the terms and conditions of those employees will be protected; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 273. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the rule whereby a person can only submit a complaint to the Financial Services Ombudsman in respect of a product sold to them within the past six years; if he accepts that this rule excludes many consumers from being able to take a case to the Financial Services Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40995/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 274. To ask the Minister for Finance the further recourse a person has if the Financial Services Ombudsman decides against them in respect of a complaint which has been submitted; his plans to introduce changes in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40996/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 281. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial exposure of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and other agencies under the National Treasury Management Agency to the planned incinerator at Poolbeg, Ringsend, Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41234/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 283. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of interest paying accounts on which DIRT tax was paid in each year from 2011 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41302/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 284. To ask the Minister for Finance the average payment of DIRT tax per eligible account in which a DIRT tax liability arose in each year from 2011 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41303/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 286. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax forgone as a result of the DIRT tax exemption scheme in 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41305/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 287. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of deposit-savings accounts yielding less than €10,000 in DIRT tax; €10,001 to €25,000, €25,001 to €50,000, €50,001 to €100,000, €100,001 to €200,000, €200,001 to €300,000, €300,001 to €400,000, €400,001 to €500,000, €500,001 to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 285. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised to date from the bank levy introduced in budget 2014; the number of institutions on which the levy was applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41304/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 288. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the feasibility of charging DIRT at the account holders' marginal tax rate rather than a flat rate of 41%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41307/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2015 (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 293. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected structural deficit for 2015 and 2016; the medium target for closing the structural deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41359/14]