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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Loans (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 294. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland's loan to value restrictions on buy to let property purchases as currently proposed will apply to funds or real estate investment trusts acquiring residential property units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41363/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 295. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify if stamp duty may be applied to the sale or transfer of loans by Irish regulated financial institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41364/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Water Funding (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 299. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of equity capital that has been provided by the State to Irish Water to date; the planned equity investments in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41407/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 308. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgages still held by IBRC in special liquidation; the proportion which are residential mortgages and buy to let respectively; the arrears rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41475/14]

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

Michael McGrath: 316. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons who availed of the tax credit in respect of service charges in each year in which it applied; the annual cost during the years in which it applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41583/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Compensation Fund Drawdown (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 317. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs incurred to date by the administrators of a company (details supplied) for the rescuing of the company; the likely final cost; when the administration process will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41584/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 328. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce tax relief for persons who carry out remedial works on their own septic tank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41814/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 330. To ask the Minister for Finance if mortgage interest relief will be available to a person who purchased a property as a first-time buyer in 2008 and who subsequently rented out the property but is now residing in the property as their principal private residence; the rate of relief a person in that category may be entitled to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41873/14]

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

Michael McGrath: 336. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of other tax changes in the budget, the reason he did not review the income exemption limits for people aged over 65 years of age and the marginal relief rate of 40%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41933/14]

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

Michael McGrath: 339. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 8 April 2014, his estimate of the cost of allowing the local property tax to be deducted as an expense by landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42014/14]

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

Michael McGrath: 340. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield in each year from 2011 to 2013 from income tax, PRSI and USC on income from the rent received by landlords from residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42015/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 345. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that all potential bidders for a certain commercial loan book being sold by the IBRC special liquidator (details supplied) had equal access to the books and records of the underlying business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42210/14]

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

Michael McGrath: 349. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an appeal submitted to the Revenue Commissioners by a person in County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42269/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Places (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 776. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people receiving methadone broken down by Health Service Executive areas; the number of doctors prescribing methadone broken down by HSE areas; the cost of methadone to include prescription and pharmacy costs; the total number of pharmacies audited for methadone during 2012-2013; the results of these audits; the total number of doctors...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 917. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the student grant scheme for third level, if rental income is included on a gross basis or net of certain expenses and allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41883/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 997. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1562 of 17 September 2014, the projected revenue that will be raised by Irish Water in 2015 based on the finalised charging structure from the Commission for Energy Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41161/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (4 Nov 2014)

Michael McGrath: 1131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position concerning possible changes to the pensions of persons currently in payment under the Irish airlines superannuation scheme pension 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. [42089/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: I am conscious it is a detailed question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: My second question relates to when NAMA is selling a portfolio of residential properties, as it did recently in the case of apartment blocks. NAMA says that, strictly speaking, an individual purchaser or a normal Joe Soap could buy an apartment, but in reality apartments are sold en bloc, typically to a fund. Would NAMA be willing to consider selling properties on an individual basis or is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: There was some publicity recently about another committee, the Committee of Public Accounts, which was discussing inviting NAMA debtors who had exited the NAMA process to appear before the committee and to talk about their experience of being in that process. Does that raise any issues for NAMA and would NAMA have any objections to that?