Results 21,021-21,040 of 27,945 for speaker:Michael McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from increasing - from 5% to 10% - the Universal Social Charge surcharge on income covered by property-related reliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38172/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield that would be generated from standard rating tax relief for expenses allowable to employees under schedule E; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38173/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the revenue that would be raised from reducing the annual earnings limit along with age-related percentage limits for maximum tax relievable contributions for pension purposes from €115,000 to €100,000, €90,000, €80,000, €70,000 and €60,000, respectively, if tax relief is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from increasing betting duty to 1.25% and 1.5%, respectively, while also extending it to online bets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38175/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield that would be raised from a 20% tax on sugar-sweetened drinks as proposed by the Irish Heart Foundation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38176/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from increasing the excise duty on tobacco by €1 per packet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38177/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the situation whereby a parent who is the primary claimant and who has no use for the single person child carer credit has to give their explicit consent for the credit to be transferred to the secondary claimant who meets all the other qualifying criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38242/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 300. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of property, cash and other assets seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each year since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38243/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 389. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38252/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the financial burden facing primary school student teachers nationwide since the abolition of the subsidy granted to B. Ed students to undertake a mandatory Gaeltacht placement as part of their degree; if she will review the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38256/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Yield (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average collection rate for water charges in respect of non-domestic users; the revenue foregone in 2013 as a result of non-collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37771/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the financial implications for Irish Water if domestic consumers were not to be charged for water use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37933/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax Collection (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the online motor tax renewal service does not work in the case of off-the-road declarations; if he will make arrangements to rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38250/14]

Other Questions: Credit Unions Restructuring (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: I am hearing from credit unions that they are feeling the heavy hand of regulation. Legislation was passed to strengthen regulation of the sector because it needed to be strengthened. Credit unions have been damaged by the economic crisis, not just in their core business but also because many of them invested in expensive buildings which have had to be revalued. This is having a...

Other Questions: Credit Unions Restructuring (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 8. To ask the Minister for Finance the role the restructuring board has played to date in activities of the credit union sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37057/14]

Other Questions: Credit Unions Restructuring (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: The question also relates to the credit union sector and questions the Minister about the role of the restructuring board in restructuring credit unions around the country. The board is playing an important role on a voluntary basis, trying to incentivise credit unions where consolidations and mergers are needed. However, a number of issues arise in respect of the future of the credit union...

Other Questions: Credit Unions Restructuring (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: Many credit unions are feeling the heavy hand of regulation, particularly when it comes to lending. Lending is their core business and many credit unions have onerous lending restrictions. ReBo needs to incentivise credit unions to merge where that is the appropriate solution. We need weaker credit unions to join stronger credit unions and the regulator must allow that process to take...

Other Questions: Excise Duties (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: The elephant in the room in relation to alcohol is the predatory practises being pursued by the multiples. That is an issue that the Minister's Department will have to address. I accept it is not possible to treat the on-trade, the independent off-trade and the multiples separately in respect of excise duty. However, below-cost selling of alcohol by multiples is damaging to the on-trade,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: State Banking Sector (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: I am not averse to the State divesting itself of at least some of its shareholding in AIB at the appropriate time, but there should be no question of selling any of our shareholding in AIB, pending the outcome of the negotiation of a bank debt deal. Selling equity share capital in AIB now would be a complicating factor in that arrangement and we are supposed to be preparing an application...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: State Banking Sector (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: I accept that the Minister must, of course, accept the outcome of the stress tests before making any decision. Does he, equally, accept that we need to know where we stand on a bank debt deal before making any decision on the future of AIB. Selling a stake in AIB now to private investors would be, at a minimum, a complicating factor in any negotiation on a deal on bank debt. We are...