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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent to date on the provision of temporary accommodation, including site rental costs, for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38962/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (25 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the locations in which the newly qualified gardaí have been assigned since September 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38913/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (25 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 17 September 2019, the number of Garda vehicles available in working order and operational in each Garda district within the Cork city division at the end of each of the years 2015 to 2018 and as at 20 September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39022/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (25 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of voluntary off-road ambulances nationally; the number of call-outs these ambulances have undertaken in each of the past three years and to date in 2019 on behalf of the 999 emergency services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39055/19]

Finance (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. On behalf of Fianna Fáil, I welcome the Bill. For some time, we have highlighted the very significant issues arising in the Tax Appeals Commission, not least the lengthy backlog in the number of cases before it. The commission has only been in existence since 2016, having replaced an earlier entity, and it inherited a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (19 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the significant step effect (details supplied) in the application of the universal social charge for persons aged 70 years of age or over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37960/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Administration (19 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the penalty and surcharge arrangements that apply to self-employed persons who fail to make a local property tax return or pay their LPT; his plans to revise this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37961/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (19 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects a school building to be put in place for a special needs school (details supplied) in County Cork; the process and timeline in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37963/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (19 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the policy that even large schools are only allowed one Department-funded caretaker; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties this presents for certain schools in relation to extracurricular activities and providing cover for holidays and illness; if exceptions can be made; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (19 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to introduce the Family Law Bill; when he expects to have it enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37982/19]

Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: I am happy for the Minister of State to continue.

Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: I am pleased to have an opportunity to contribute to the Second Stage debate on the Bill. It is appropriate to recognise the great success we have had in the area of international financial services. Successive Governments have worked on the sector. We as a party are very proud of the role we played in the 1980s in the establishment of the IFSC here in Dublin. Since then, international...

Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: We want to see more of that spread around the country in line with that trend because it is important. All that is on the positive side. I do have to make a criticism of the delay in getting the Bill to the floor of the House. I have been asking questions for probably two years at this stage about the investment limited partnerships legislation. It has been pointed out to me, and no...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance if the review of SARP has been completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37884/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 157. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 18 October 2018, the status of the plans to provide an appropriate adult day service for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37882/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Advisers Data (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 74. To ask the Taoiseach the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Minister of State in his Department; and the salary of each in tabular form. [36420/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Protection Policies (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance the suite of protections that apply to a buy-to-let mortgage holder; his plans to make changes in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37030/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Register Data (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance the role of the Central Credit Register and an organisation (details supplied); the obligation on banks to consider the content of the credit history of a person on the register or the organisation; if a bank is prevented from lending to a customer based on their history; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37031/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason VAT is chargeable by counsellors and psychotherapists on their services; if there is flexibility to change the application of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37045/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason given by the Revenue Commissioners such a treatment has no legal provision and that such a treatment in the past was a concession and therefore had no legal basis with regard to the zero rated VAT treatment of food supplements that; if it provided guidance that indicated that food supplements constituted food within the terms of the second...