Results 21-40 of 926 for justice speaker:Michael McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (17 Jan 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...framework and an interdepartmental group has been established to review the mortgage arrears framework. The Mortgage Arrears Group comprises representation from my Department, the Department of Justice, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Department of Social Protection. The focus of the Group will be to consider the impact of the mortgage arrears framework,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (13 Dec 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...same Act makes it an offence to display the registration plate in an incorrect manner. I would like to draw the Deputy’s attention to a response provided by my colleague, the Minister for Justice, to Parliamentary Question, www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2023-11-30/435/, on 30 November 2023, which includes details of the number of Fixed Charge Notices issued by An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (30 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: .... Decisions about the regulation of vehicle registration plates or their production and supply, including penalties for offences, are policy matters for my Department and the Departments of Transport and Justice, which are kept under review.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: In recent weeks, we received an opinion from the Judge Advocate General in the Apple case, that will be taken into account by the European Court of Justice, which may reach the same conclusion or a different one. The ECJ may well refer the case back to the general court or it may deal with the case and arrive at a definitive judgment. That remains to be seen. As long as the matter remains...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Irregularities (23 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...;s framework for anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism, or AML/CFT. Membership of the AMLSC consists of a range of bodies, including: - Government Departments, including the Department of Justice and the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment;- State bodies including An Garda Síochána, the Criminal Assets Bureau and the Central Bank of Ireland;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...Court of the European Union (GCEU) and in2020, the GCEU issued its judgment which annulled the Commission’s State aid decision of 2016. The Commission appealed the GCEU judgment to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and, on 23 May 2023, the CJEU heard the appeal. The Advocate General’s Opinion on the Apple case was published on 9 November 2023. The Advocate...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...the General Court of the European Union (GCEU). In 2020, the GCEU issued its judgment which annulled the Commission’s State aid decision of 2016. The Commission appealed the GCEU judgment to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and, on 23 May 2023, the CJEU heard the appeal. The Advocate General’s Opinion on the Apple case was published on 9 November 2023. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: An Garda Síochána (21 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...go to Cabinet shortly. I would note that this examination will consider the impact of the SFT on all pensions and sectors. Terms and conditions for An Garda Síochána remain a matter in the first instance for the Ministers for Justice and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. This examination will include a public consultation to allow all...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ukraine War (14 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...measures in all Member States alike. As this Directive has a Title V legal basis, Ireland has notified the Presidency of the Council of our intention to opt into this measure under Article 3 of Protocol 21. At last June’s Justice and Home Affairs Council, Ministers agreed a Council General Approach and trilogue negotiations are currently ongoing between the Council, European...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (7 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...measures in all Member States alike. As this Directive has a Title V legal basis, Ireland has notified the Presidency of the Council of our intention to opt into this measure under Article 3 of Protocol 21. At last June’s Justice and Home Affairs Council, Ministers agreed a Council General Approach and trilogue negotiations are currently ongoing between the Council, European...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (7 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: The policy responsibility for the matter of politically exposed persons, or PEPs, rests primarily with the Minister for Justice, but clearly, rules in relation to customer due diligence in respect of any individual, often arise to be applied by financial institutions. The Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 is the relevant piece of Irish legislation which...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (5 Oct 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...and an interdepartmental group has been established to review the mortgage arrears framework. The Mortgage Arrears Group comprises representation from my Department, the Department of Justice, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Department of Social Protection. The focus of the Group will be to consider the impact of the mortgage arrears framework, the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Records (3 Oct 2023)

Michael McGrath: .... As the Deputy will be aware, the Courts Service may be able to advise what data is recorded during the case of a civil trial. As the Court Services come under the remit of the Minister for Justice, this question is more appropriate for that Department.

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (20 Sep 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...for their customers. In my own role as Minister for Finance, I asked my Department to establish a long-term mortgage arrears group comprising officials from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Department of Justice, the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Finance. I have also asked the Insolvency Service of Ireland, MABS and the Central Bank to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ethics in Public Office (27 Jun 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform would undertake a review of the statutory framework. This Review considered inter aliainput from key public sector stakeholders including the Departments of Justice and Housing and also engaged with the Dáil and Seanad Committees on Members' Interests. It was completed and the Review report was approved by Government in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...e-learning module to support its staff to implement this procedure which almost 1,100 Tusla staff have completed. It has established an anti-trafficking working group in readiness for the Department of Justice national action plan for human trafficking which includes the area of child sexual exploitation. We have also recently jointly established with Tusla a working group to look at...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...into the study's findings will also take place between Tusla and An Garda Síochána. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth will also work with the Department of Justice to review the findings and recommendations of this report. I acknowledge that the scoping study outlines that the interview part of the research took place three years ago. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (22 Jun 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...to ensure the existing scheme is administered. We have about 30,000 people benefiting from that scheme at the moment. We need to get the appeals board up and running. In the interests of natural justice, people deserve to have an appeal mechanism in place even though the success rate is very low, as the Deputy knows, because the criteria are so stringent. It is outdated, including the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (22 Jun 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...towards the development of a multi-annual strategy to combat economic crime and corruption. My officials in the Department of Finance are working closely with our colleagues in the Department of Justice to ensure that the council's work is brought to a conclusion and that the multi-annual plan can be brought forward as quickly as possible. A lot of work is already happening. I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (22 Jun 2023)

Michael McGrath: Although primary responsibility for combating all forms of crime and corruption lies with the Minister for Justice, my Department is eager to contribute to this task insofar as we can. An advisory council on economic crime and corruption was established in May 2022. Its establishment was one of the recommendations made in the review of structures and strategies to prevent, investigate and...