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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home-School Liaison Scheme (6 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address an issue regarding the home tuition scheme raised in correspondence (details supplied). [47885/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the proposal to erode the current therapy services provision operating in special needs schools is vital to the holistic educational development, in this instance for children with moderate intellectual disability, the way he propose that these children will progress to the best of their educational and developmental...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to have a contract awarded for the construction of an extension to a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will provide an estimate of when the project is likely to commence and be completed by. [48185/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals (6 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position in relation to the appeal for diet supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [48420/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (6 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [48533/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (6 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the health policy that underpins the proposed changes of reducing therapy service provision to children with a moderate intellectual disability, specifically in the context of established special needs schools, in order to increase therapy service provision to children with special needs in mainstream [47886/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (6 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the guidelines or policy document on access to therapy provision for children in established special needs schools in the context of the proposed change to community based therapy provision [47888/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (6 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if the targets on the date specific project plan spanning dates in 2010/2011 as outlined in the HUB Change, specifying the proposed changes regarding therapy access for children with special needs were achieved on time; and if this project plan failed to meet its targets, the reason for same [47889/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the national disability database was not used to inform parents of the proposed changes to therapy provision for children with special needs as it was decided in 2009. [47890/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (6 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to have the one hour per week home help assistance removed from a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [47947/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (6 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been an in-patient in Cork University Hospital for the past number of years is not being discharged to reside with their family and with the support of an appropriate care package [47959/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Standards (6 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the use of aspartamene in children's products here and in the EU; and his plans to make changes to the law in this area here [47964/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the Health Service Executive national programme for change in multi-disciplinary services for children aged five to eighteen years which has been initiated, if the multi-disciplinary team at a special needs school (details supplied) in County Cork will be disbanded to become part of community based teams; and if he will confirm that this will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (6 Nov 2012)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to have the home help assistance on a Sunday removed from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he does not intend to do so, if he will ask for an assessment of the person's needs to be carried out to determine what assistance they may need. [48160/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of AIB: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)

Michael McGrath: They are laser points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of AIB: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)

Michael McGrath: The essential issue is that the tracker mortgages are haemorrhaging in terms of losses. The variable-rate mortgages might be marginally loss-making but if one is charging 1.75% on tracker mortgages, the losses there are absolutely enormous. I know the bank denies the claim that variable-rate customers are subsidising tracker mortgages but essentially they are. One would not need to charge...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of AIB: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)

Michael McGrath: With regard to the advanced forbearance options referred to in the presentation, such the split mortgage trade down and mortgage-to-rent, Mr. Murphy said that these have been available on a pilot basis since July 2012 and full roll-out is in train. Am I correct in saying that the bank has actually executed some of these solutions for individual distressed borrowers? They have been piloted....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of AIB: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)

Michael McGrath: In respect of split mortgages, which Mr. Murphy said the bank was implementing, is the part-capital element of the mortgage accruing interest under the AIB model?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of AIB: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)

Michael McGrath: There is inherent debt forgiveness built into that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of AIB: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)

Michael McGrath: That is happening?