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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Collapse of Setanta Insurance: Central Bank and Department of Finance (9 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: Can Mr. Casey give us that information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Collapse of Setanta Insurance: Central Bank and Department of Finance (9 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: For all intents and purposes, €35 million is the total value of claims that have been lodged-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Collapse of Setanta Insurance: Central Bank and Department of Finance (9 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: Do we accept that this is preliminary and that nobody is holding the witnesses to those figures? To make this discussion as meaningful as possible, we need all the information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Collapse of Setanta Insurance: Central Bank and Department of Finance (9 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: So the early indications are that total claims of about €35 million are currently being examined by the liquidator. These involve first-party and third-party claims.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency (9 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: 335. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total loans outstanding to the Housing Finance Agency in respect of each local authority; the date by which these loans must be repaid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30254/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency (9 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: 336. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of a scheme run by the Housing Finance Agency in the 1980s whereby persons were provided with loans for house purchase, the number of loans that are outstanding under the scheme; the number in arrears; the rate of interest that applies to such loans; if he is considering changes to the way the scheme operates;...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: I have two questions for the Minister of State. First, under this subsection the Minister can request the agency to do something. As such, he or she would not be issuing a direction or an order in terms of the legal standing of the request. Would we be made aware of such a request being made or would this form part of the normal communication between a Minister and the agency and will it...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: I support the previous speakers on this point. Essentially, the legislation stipulates that the chairperson and chief executive can choose the topics in respect of which he or she will engage with Oireachtas committees. That is simply unacceptable. The inclusion of issues that may at a future time be the subject of proceedings before a court or tribunal virtually covers everything....

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: It should be open to the Minister of the day to appoint somebody from civic society generally. There is an absolute need to have on boards people with financial expertise and so forth. However, the Minister should not be precluded from appointing somebody whom he or she believes would make a good overall contribution to the work of the agency. The remit of the agency has expanded greatly...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: Is there a commitment that all directions provided for under the legislation will be published?

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: In response to Deputy Pearse Doherty, the Minister of State said that under section 19(7), any direction issued by the Minister will be published as soon as practicable in a manner to be decided by the Minister. There are many other references in the Bill to directions issued by the Minister. Is there a complementary requirement to publish all of these directions? If so, in what manner...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (8 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances of a house sale where a vendor has claimed an exemption of unfinished housing estate and it is subsequently discovered after the sale that the property was not covered by the areas listed in SI No. 91 of 2013, Finance (Local Property Tax) Regulations 2013; the person liable for the outstanding LPT liability and penalties on the property....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (8 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the annual cost and the number of companies that benefited from the research and development, R and D, tax credit in each year from 2008 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29565/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is his Department's policy that all children on the autism spectrum who qualify for home tuition should, instead of availing of the home tuition scheme, be attending a nominated specialist preschool from the age of three; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29237/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (8 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the continuation of home tuition in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork for the 2014 to 2015 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29238/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a primary school in County Cork has had its special needs assistant allocation cut from four posts to two for the forthcoming school year; if his attention has been drawn to the impact this will have on the education of children with special needs attending the school; if this decision can be reviewed by the National Council for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (8 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: 349. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legal basis an employer may have for making certain deductions (details supplied) from an employee's wages; the recourse the employee, who may have since left the company, would have to have the matter pursued through the industrial relations machinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29553/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Introduction (8 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: 534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of the forthcoming domestic water charges, if he will provide a detailed list of the free allowances that he will provide for households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29558/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (8 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: 706. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed by the Brothers of Charity in Cork for autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29239/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Restructuring (3 Jul 2014)

Michael McGrath: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance if his approval was sought by Permanent TSB for the disposal of its sub-prime mortgage division; if the sale is likely to take place prior to enactment of legislation on the protection of mortgage holders whose loans are sold to unregulated third parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28541/14]