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- Order of Business (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: There is no name on it yet, but it is promised.
- Order of Business (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: It will be required either way.
- Order of Business (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: I wish to raise a number of items of legislation with the Minister. The first is the social welfare and pensions Bill, which among other measures will propose changes to the distribution of assets on the winding up of defined benefit pension schemes, which is an issue of growing concern. I ask the Minister to indicate when he expects that Bill to be taken in this House. Second, when does...
- Topical Issue Debate: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: It is important that the Irish people be given an absolute assurance to the effect that under no circumstances will the Cypriot proposal be applied to Ireland if our banks ever require further recapitalisation.
- Topical Issue Debate: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: Absolutely not.
- Topical Issue Debate: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: Tell that to the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, who is next to you.
- Topical Issue Debate: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: The position in Cyprus, a fellow eurozone country, is extremely grave. The country's banks remain closed today and it is uncertain when they will reopen. While the crisis is first and foremost one for the Cypriot people, it could also have major implications for the wider eurozone economy, including Ireland. Nine months ago, in June 2012, Cyprus first signalled that its banks would require...
- Topical Issue Debate: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: What is the alternative?
- Topical Issue Debate: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: With respect, the Minister fails to appreciate the significance of what transpired in recent days.
- Topical Issue Debate: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: It is clear from the comments of senior spokespersons of various governments throughout Europe over the past 48 hours that they fully support the proposal to target the private savings of Cypriot citizens as part of the bailout for Cyprus. This proposal has now been rejected by the democratically elected Members of the Cypriot Parliament. The Minister seems to fail to grasp the key issue,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the way the recently published Health Service Executive regional plans will help those requiring disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13863/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Trusts (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health when he will be announcing the reconfiguration of hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13846/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff Training (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in each of the covered banks that have received specific training for dealing with customers in mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13690/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the residential mortgages that have been restructured that will be considered to be have been dealt with only on an interim basis and will subsequently require a more definitive long term solution to be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13691/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the number of residential mortgages restructured in each year from 2008 to 2013; the number of such restructured mortgages that are currently in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13694/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the number of buy to let mortgages restructured in each year from 2008 to 2013; the number of such restructured mortgages that are currently in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13695/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if his commitment that a minimum proportion of the revenue from the local property tax will be spent in the local authority area in which it is raised is aspirational or if he intends to give it a definitive legal basis prior to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13692/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the actions a homeowner should take if they disagree with the Revenue assessment of their property value; the evidence that homeowners will be required to produce to substantiate their valuation; if he has considered on a one off basis making a tax credit available to allow homeowners to undertake a professional valuation of their property; and if he will make...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Negative Equity Mortgages Numbers (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the number of residential mortgages in negative equity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13696/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Negative Equity Mortgages Numbers (20 Mar 2013)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the best estimate available for residential properties in negative equity of the total market value of such properties and the total outstanding loan values attaching to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13697/13]