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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37471/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Administration (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the application form for the home tuition scheme for the 2019/2020 school year was released later than usual in 2019; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this has left many parents in a very uncertain and difficult position; if once approved, payments will be backdated to the date of commencement of the scheme; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if progress has been made in identifying and securing a permanent site for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37046/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars operational in each Garda district area within the Cork city division; the corresponding data in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37048/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 340. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a catch-up HPV vaccination programme for older boys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37041/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 341. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a catch-up vaccination programme for meningitis B for children that do not qualify for the current HSE programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37043/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 342. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an electric wheelchair they have been measured for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37044/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the denominator is 40 when reassessing the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) under the total contributions approach; the further reason the person could not benefit from homecaring period credits under the long average method; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37033/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to implement a total contributions approach in relation to the State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37035/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: Let me know if I ask anything that has been asked. I want to ask about the overall position and scenario B on page 26 of the summer economic statement wherein the Minister outlines that, in a disorderly Brexit scenario, the indicative deficit could range from -0.5% to 1.5% and the amount the Government would spend to result in those outcomes. Why did the Minister go with a range for the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: That is in the event of an orderly Brexit.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: Sure. Is the range the Minister outlined based on going beyond €2.8 billion in the budget day package on the assumption of a disorderly Brexit?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: Okay. That has not been quantified yet.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: That is why the Minister went with a range for the outturn.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: He intends potentially, in a no-deal scenario, to go beyond the €2.8 billion. Will that €2.8 billion contain an amount for Brexit response or will the Brexit response be alongside and outside that envelope?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: Will it be the demand-led repercussions of Brexit that will result in the end in that deficit rather than upfront commitments such that in the event of a no-deal Brexit one will do A, B, C and D?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: If my next question about corporation tax has been asked, the Chairman can tell me. The Minister previously indicated that his Department was going to undertake some work in reviewing the sustainability of receipts and would consider potential policy responses. That is what he said a number of months ago. The need for that work is now greater than ever. Will the Minister update the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: The next issue is international tax reforms. The Minister spoke at the PwC tax summit this morning. My next questions are about base erosion and profit sharing, or BEPS 1 and 2, an issue I have raised with him in parliamentary questions and so on. Has the Department scoped out, with Revenue, the potential impact on Ireland of receipts in the full implementation of BEPS 1? What is likely...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: Is it the case that the OECD is working on an impact assessment that is country specific in terms of what it might mean for each country? Is the Department or Revenue working with the OECD on the consequences of BEPS 1?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: Yes. What might full implementation mean in the collection of revenue or for the yield from corporation tax?