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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Supervision (22 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a Central Bank code of conduct specifically for employers and public liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22283/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Supervision (22 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has a specific code of conduct in relation to data protection for banks, lenders and insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22284/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Data (22 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the forecasts for the trajectory of certain demographic related costs over the next 20 years and beyond, for example, the State social welfare pension bill, nursing home care, care of the elderly at home and health related costs from an ageing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22224/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there are sufficient ASD classes in primary schools in Cork city and county, and in particular, the south city area such as Douglas, Carrigaline and Passage West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22207/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (22 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the qualifying age of the child in respect of whom parental leave can be taken by public sector employees, including civil servants; his plans to change same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22203/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (22 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of weeks of parental leave that parents working for the same employer will be able to transfer to each other following the enactment of the Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22204/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (22 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if parents will have to wait until 1 September 2019 to use 18 weeks leave which they have not yet availed of in respect of a child aged 8, 9, 10 or 11 years of age following the enactment of the Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017; if this unused leave can be utilised as soon as the commencement order has taken effect; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data (22 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in the Cork Kerry CHO4 area awaiting an appliance by six monthly wait intervals in tabular form; the details of the different types of appliances including, for example, a specialised wheelchair, hoist, shower chair and orthotics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22171/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (22 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that the free travel pass can be used on all private bus operators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22206/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (22 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received to date under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the number and value of mortgages that have been approved; the number of mortgages in which some or all of the mortgage has been drawn down; the amount drawn down to date; the number and value of applications in the system awaiting a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Legislation (22 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 210. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on proposed EU legislation involving restrictions on the use of lead in ammunition in areas of wetland; her plans to undertake consultations on the proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22128/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister of State. The bottom line is that the women in Cork and surrounding counties who are on the waiting list for day case procedures and inpatient surgery want to know when the second operating theatre will open. The reality is that it has been lying idle for 12 years while the HSE has been paying for capacity in the private system through the NTPF. In my view, the NTPF...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: This issue concerns the second gynaecology surgical theatre at Cork University Maternity Hospital, CUMH. It is a fact that, since the CUMH opened in 2007, that theatre has remained closed. Last January, Deputy Ó Laoghaire, others and I attended a briefing from Professor John Higgins, the clinical director of the maternity directorate in the South/South West hospital group. He provided...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: As I said earlier, we have seen reports that the Tánaiste has advised the Cabinet that the risk of a no-deal Brexit has never been greater in the past two and a half years. The latest OECD report states the impact on the Irish economy of a disorderly Brexit, if all this goes wrong, could be very grave and that we could go back into recession. Could the Taoiseach advise us whether the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: The Taoiseach did not answer the questions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: Shoot the messenger.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: The Taoiseach has adopted the usual approach of attacking the messenger rather than dealing with the message. He did not answer my question. We have seen the latest forecast from the Department of Finance, in terms of economic growth, tax receipts, and so on, as recently as last month in the stability programme update. The Taoiseach cannot seriously be suggesting that he can find €4...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: The last fiscal assessment report from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council was published in November 2018. It described the Government's medium-term budgetary plans as not credible. It said the Government's budgetary plans were not conducive to prudent economic and budgetary management. The next report from the council will be due in approximately three weeks. It will make for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is permissible under the codes of conduct and consumer protection of the Central Bank for a lender to charge legal fees to persons that are in arrears; if the Central Bank is in a position to cease this practice from occurring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21505/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Broadband Plan Implementation (21 May 2019)

Michael McGrath: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council was consulted on the budgetary impacts of the national broadband plan. [21857/19]