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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Loan Scheme (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: So is it days?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Loan Scheme (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: My Topical Issue matter relates to the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme. This is an effort to get to the bottom of where exactly in the process stands the proposed increase in the fund. As the Minister of State is well aware, the initial fund of €200 million which has been in place since early 2018 is not going to be anywhere near enough to meet demand. The Government has stated...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Loan Scheme (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: Will the Minister of State tell us what the word "very" means in the context of his reply? Perhaps he has some inside knowledge, but he is not in a position to share it with the House. Looking at the last paragraph of his reply, the Minister of Stated remarked: "In that regard, the Minister and his officials are finalising the assessment, with a view to announcing a further tranche of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax schemes, incentives, exemptions and other forms of tax measures that have sunset clauses; the annual cost of the measures based on the latest data; the dates on which the measures are set to expire; if the continuation of the measures is factored into the base in the summer economic statement in each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance if the indicative nominal budgetary package figure for 2020 of €2.8 billion is after the transfer of €500 million to the rainy day fund; if the €500 million must not come out of the unallocated figure; if the treatment is consistent for 2021 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29859/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 27 June 2019, if the restriction referred to in subsection (8) (details supplied) applies even in circumstances in which the home carer has no income other than carer’s benefit in a particular year. [29866/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Grievance Procedures (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further steps open to parents that are dissatisfied with the manner in which a particular issue such as the alleged bullying of their child has been dealt with by a school,including by the board of management; his plans to introduce changes in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29099/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if universities are free to set out their own level of non-refundable capitation fee for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29142/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Working Holiday Programmes (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29301/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Working Holiday Programmes (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29260/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 356. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconcile the statement by the new CEO of the HSE to the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts on 27 June 2019 that the HSE had an overrun of €103 million in the first three months of 2019 with the figures reported in the Exchequer returns for the same period which show an underspend of €5 million in health; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 495. To ask the Minister for Health when a wheelchair will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29862/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 496. To ask the Minister for Health when necessary orthotics will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29863/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29140/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 754. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social protection schemes or measures that have sunset clauses; the annual cost of these measures; the dates in which these measures are set to expire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29242/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 756. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to protect workers who are members of defined benefit schemes in which the scheme is solvent and the company is highly profitable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29258/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 847. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that further to the announcement of additional rent pressure zone areas on 2 July 2019, the part of Carrigaline, County Cork not in the former Ballincollig-Carrigaline local electoral area is still not in a rent pressure zone; if the anomaly will be corrected; and if he will make a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: I welcome Mr. Desmond and Mr. Mulvany and thank them both for being here. I will start by trying to reconcile the fact that the HSE's figures up to the end of April this year show a revenue deficit of €116 million. Can the witnesses put that in context for us in respect of the fiscal monitor, which shows the overall performance of the health Vote? It shows a total underspend - it is...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: Four months, yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: Can Mr. Desmond reconcile that with the fact that the official overall Exchequer figures in health up to the end of April show an underspend of €20 million? The HSE has an overspend of €116 million versus budget so the health Vote, which includes more than the HSE, although the HSE is a predominant element, shows an underspend. I am trying to reconcile the difference.