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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (15 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 12 July 2012, if Ulster Bank has made a formal application to change its regulatory or legal status or indicated its plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50715/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Global Economic Forum (14 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made since the initiation of the Global Irish Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50184/12]

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: As we teased out some of these matters on Committee Stage, I will not go into too much detail on this. With regard to amendments Nos. 12 and 13, I explained on Committee Stage that I do not expect the Department to respond point for point to everything in each report issued by the Fiscal Council. However, the Department should respond to the broad thrust of its report, particularly when it...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the assessment used in the weekly carer's allowance figure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [49666/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [49983/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Expenditure (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the justification for paying a €10,000 appointment fee to legal persons who serve on the Hepatitis C / HIV Compensation Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49817/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to have home help assistance removed from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he does not intend to do so, if he will ask for an assessment of the persons needs to be carried out to determine the assistance they need. [49922/12]

Tax Transparency Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: I thank Deputy Eoghan Murphy for introducing the Tax Transparency Bill. It is a welcome development that back bench Deputies on the Government side have a forum to publish Bills. We all welcome it, particularly in a Government with the majority of the scale enjoyed by the current coalition. It is important the voices of back bench Deputies are heard. I welcome the publication of the Bill...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives and Focus Groups (8 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the REI and SFA representatives. Mr. Fitzsimons said that progress is being made on the guidelines as they apply to NAMA properties and that is welcome given the ban on upward-only rent reviews will not be extended to existing leases. How widespread is the problem of State-owned institutions such as the banks being difficult in renegotiating rent for tenants? I am aware of the...

Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (8 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: I am pleased to have an opportunity to contribute to the Second Stage debate on the Credit Union Bill, which we all agree is important legislation. There is broad acceptance within the credit union movement of the need for change in the area and of the need for the regulatory regime to be improved, and that should be the starting point of our debate on the Bill. We have been advised by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives and Focus Groups (8 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: I welcome our guests. I might take Ms O'Meara up on the idea of extracting further profits from the tobacco companies operating in Ireland. Does such a model work elsewhere and could we emulate it? Extracting profits is an attractive idea about which I would like to know more. What level of profits is being earned by tobacco companies in Ireland? What does Mr. Lyons believe the impact...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives and Focus Groups (8 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the National Off-Licence Association, NOffLA, and the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland, DIGI, and I thank them for their pre-budget submissions. It seems the role of the multiples in the sale of alcohol in the off-trade has completely distorted the market. I am keen to establish whether there is a way of marrying the health objectives we all share while recognising the financial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives and Focus Groups (8 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: Is it irrespective of floor space or turnover?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives and Focus Groups (8 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: That is a glaring anomaly which should be addressed. It is a possible mechanism by which the market can be regularised and by which the role of the multiples can be put under the microscope. I know it can be difficult to prove whether or not alcohol is being sold below cost and the point has, correctly, been made that multiples have such a wide range of products they can afford to have loss...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Labour Court Recommendations (8 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the continuing refusal of the Health Service Executive to provide contracts to persons employed as home helps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48945/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to ensure that school leavers with mental health disabilities who will leave school in 2013 will have suitable placements and services available to them after leaving school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48930/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (8 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions that operate debit cards for their customers; the reasons a credit union (details supplied) had to discontinue the debit cards used by its customers. [49119/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Redeployment (8 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of posts and the locations of the posts expected to be filled from the existing Revenue panel for administrative officers in audit and compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49156/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (8 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline any additional payments, made by the covered banks to their employee pension schemes since 2007 that fall outside of normal employer contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49352/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (8 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the safeguards in place to prevent a situation in which a person in receipt of the home tuition grant fails to pay the home tutor for services properly supplied under the scheme; and if he has any plans to revisit policy in the area. [49121/12]