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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Redundancies (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of AIB employees who have applied to avail of the voluntary redundancy scheme; the estimated total cost of the voluntary redundancy scheme; if he will confirm the existing number of employees at the bank and the optimum number being targeted on the conclusion of the redundancy programme. [57614/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to have the Mercer Report on remuneration levels within the covered institutions to hand; when he expects to make decisions in respect of same and when he plans to publish the report.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57615/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated adjustment in Budget 2014; if he will confirm the split between taxation and expenditure measures; and if he will confirm the amount of the adjustment that is already accounted for by way of carry forward of measures announced in Budget 2013. [57616/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Additional Voluntary Contributions (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance further to his projection that allowing pre-retirement access to funded additional voluntary contributions will yield €100 in 2013, if he will confirm the total value of draw down in 2013 upon which he is basing this yield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57617/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed statement of the basis of the estimated yield in 2014 of €250 million from proposed changes to the maximum allowable pension fund; the persons he now intends to consult with regarding this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57618/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of pensioners that will be affected by the increase in the universal social charge for persons aged 70 years of age and over earning €60,000 or more. [57619/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Alcohol Sales (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the budget measures that specifically affect the off licence alcohol trade. [57621/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of the extension of carbon tax to solid fuels on the price of smokeless coal and non-smokeless coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57622/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the Exchequer borrowing requirement in 2013 and 2014 taking into account cash on hand, projected Exchequer deficits and the maturity of Government bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57623/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential properties that he estimates will be liable for the local property tax; if this number is consistent with the number of properties that have been liable for the household charge in 2012. [57625/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to show separately, the amount of money that would be saved if all increments across the public service were suspended in 2013; if all increments in respect of persons earning a basic salary of over €60,000 per annum were suspended in 2013; if all increments in respect of persons earning a basic salary of over €75,000 per...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated number of workers here who will be affected in 2013 by the removal of the weekly PRSI allowance from full rate and modified rate PRSI contributions. [57620/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Collection (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of properties that have been liable for the household charge in 2012; and the number that have actually paid the charge to date. [57626/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Service (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to have the new Personal Insolvency Service up and running and dealing with individual cases; the number of individual cases the service will have the capacity to handle in 2013; his estimate of the number of individual cases that will seek access to the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57624/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide for each county in tabular form the number of applications received under his Department's 2012 sports capital grant programme; the number that were deemed invalid and the number that were awarded a grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57670/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (20 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm when organisations who had applied under his Department's 2012 sports capital grant programme were officially informed that their application was invalid; if he will confirm the way this information was communicated to each organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57671/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB (19 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: Is it realistic that people are looking at reductions as opposed to increases?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB (19 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: After having been on the board for four years, does Mr. MacSharry have any suggestions on how the role of a public interest director can be uniquely defined or improved? There must be some action that could set a public interest director's position apart from that of the other directors. The State has put billions of euro into Permanent TSB and the other banks. Accordingly, people expect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB (19 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: Has Mr. MacSharry had any meetings or dialogue with the Minister directly or the Department over the past 12 months? Is there any formal communication channel that is unique to the role of public interest director?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB (19 Dec 2012)

Michael McGrath: That deals with the core issue and is a policy matter that will have to be taken up. Mr. MacSharry referred in his opening statement to the liability management exercises that have saved the bank approximately €1.2 billion. Junior bondholders who suffered losses because of such an exercise in IBRC, Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, have taken a successful case in the UK. It has...