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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 483. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of home support hours for a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44424/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 643. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been progress regarding ocrelizumab being made available to persons with multiple sclerosis; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45074/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 904. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the camera infrastructure in place and operational at a location (details supplied) in Cork city; if there is a live feed from the cameras available to An Garda Síochána to assist it in its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44416/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Charges (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 961. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the implications of reductions in view of the decision of the Commission for Aviation Regulation to reduce airport charges at Dublin Airport from €9.65 to €7.50 per passenger in 2020, with ongoing reductions planned through to 2024 and the impact it could have in a number of areas (details supplied);...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Charges (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 962. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that the Commission for Aviation Regulation has decided to reduce airport charges significantly at Dublin Airport further to an announcement (details supplied); his further views on whether these savings will be made at the cost of a State owned enterprise which is embarking on a major capital programme; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Process (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 1051. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017 will be progressed; if enabling the use of public service cards as identification for the purposes of persons opening current accounts and obtaining other services from banks or credit unions has been examined; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: 1070. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when legislation is expected to be introduced on pension auto-enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44886/19]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: There could be one on the Order of Business today.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: If there is one today, we might continue working through the Bill, but if there happen to be several votes, we can review the decision.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: We will sit through any vote on the Order of Business today.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 2: In page 7, after line 26, to insert the following: “Report on eligibility for and take up of home carer tax credit 4. The Minister shall, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Oireachtas a report on the proportion of people who are eligible for the home carers tax credit but who are not in receipt of such a credit and ways...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: My point is relevant to Deputy Doherty's point about couples who are not married. The report indicates that there may be merit in an updated re-examination of the legal status of non-married couples. It sets it out in the context of a broader reform because that is relevant as well for couples who are not married and where the transferability of some of the lower-rate band is not there. I...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: This is enshrined in the legislation, but this tax credit does not work in the same way as other tax credits. To be fair, the Revenue website is clear that a couple cannot both use the standard rate cut-off point, that is where one spouse uses a portion of the other spouse's share of the band. That also applies to the home carer tax credit and that probably partly explains why we think more...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: No.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 3: In page 7, after line 26, to insert the following: “Report on changes to tax bands for people over 65 years of age 4.The Minister shall, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Oireachtas a report on the potential impacts and costs of increasing the income tax bands for those aged over 65 years of age from the current...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: The Minister has provided a great deal of useful information which I will consider in advance of Report State. I will withdraw the amendment at this stage.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: It comes down to whether one believes the scheme makes a difference. If one believes ending it would not have an adverse impact on Ireland's FDI offering, of course, one would abolish it. If one felt it would make no difference to the 156,000 jobs in the companies that have SARP employees, one would take the view expressed by Deputy Paul Murphy. The companies in question paid €2.5...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 5: In page 11, to delete lines 16 to 21 and substitute the following: “company, and (b) whose business consists wholly or mainly of the holding of shares only in the following (and no other companies), namely, its qualifying subsidiary or subsidiaries and where it has a relevant subsidiary or subsidiaries, in that subsidiary or in each of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: Will the Minister clarify the state aid issue? Has approval been sought yet? How long does that typically take? Will it only start after we have passed the Bill? I welcome the fact that the Revenue Commissioners will issue updated guidance notes. As the transcript of today's proceedings might not be online before we have to decide whether to table Report Stage amendments, will the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: If the Minister is going to produce such a report, he should also include an examination of the subscriptions individual employees pay that are not wholly, exclusively and necessarily required for the performance of their duties but which they pay, be it to a professional body or a representative body. They currently get no tax relief on those subscriptions in the same way as somebody paying...