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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Compensation Fund (17 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in bringing another court application for funds to pay claimants involved with the collapse of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17766/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Treaties (17 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance when the OECD will bring forward its conclusions on potential digital tax reforms; the level of consultation there has been with the OECD in relation to digital tax and related corporation tax matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17769/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Data (16 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank gathers data on the number of SMEs refused insurance quotes from a company for public and employer liability; the number of SMEs that have been refused in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17323/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (16 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance the dividend paid to the Exchequer by each commercial State company in each year since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17635/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (16 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance the weighted average interest rate on all new mortgages agreed, drawn from the retail interest rate statistics published by the Central Bank, for each quarter end since 1 January 2014, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17638/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of betting duty which is being undertaken; his plans to make changes to the betting duty to take effect in 2019; the timeline for the review; if his attention has been drawn to closures in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17726/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (16 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the implementation here of the measures contained within the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17538/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (16 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if new recruits in relation to Garda recruitment are still being drawn from those who applied in 2016; when persons that applied in 2017 and that have completed all stages in the process will be contacted with a formal offer of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17552/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (16 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the strength of the Garda force by rank in each station in a Garda division (details supplied) as at January 2017, January 2018 and April 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17744/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Insurance Data (16 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department or affiliated public bodies gathers data on the number of SMEs refused insurance quotes from a company for public and employer liability; the number of SMEs which have been refused in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17324/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for refund under the cross-border directive in the system; the amount in total claims outstanding and awaiting processing; the estimated waiting time for an application submitted for a refund of expenses incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17530/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services Provision (16 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 399. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 15 January 2019, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the counselling service previously available under the youth health service is not currently available; the reason this is the case in view of the assurance given that services would not be impacted by the reorganisation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (16 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which she plans to address the situation where many private sector employees are required by their contract of employment to retire at 65 years of age but cannot access the State pension, contributory, until 66 years of age and rising to 68 years of age over the next number of years; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (11 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of REITs in existence here each year since 2013; the number of residential property units held by these funds in each year since 2013; his plans for changes to the tax structure for these funds to remove the incentive of buying up large numbers of residential properties to rent thus penalising first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: I welcome Dr. Hunt and his colleagues. I wish him all the best in his leadership of AIB. I will start by focusing on the tracker mortgage examination and the prevailing rate group of customers. A figure of 5,195 was included in the answer to Question No. 25 on the questionnaire. I presume that is the number of mortgage accounts in this category. We have been looking at this issue for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: That is a good summary of AIB's position. It has been its position for some time. Is "prevailing rate" defined anywhere?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: That is fine. However, at that stage tracker interest rate mortgages had been removed for new customers but not for existing customers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: Mr. Kinsella has stated the customers in question were never on a tracker interest rate mortgage. AIB makes this point consistently, but it is completely irrelevant. It has been deemed that thousands of customers, across all of the banks, have been impacted on because they had a contractual right to be offered a tracker interest rate mortgage. The customers we are discussing are in that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: Mr. Kinsella is calling it a service breach. Does he accept that it is a contract breach? The customers in question were entitled to be offered a tracker interest rate mortgage under the terms of their contract. I am not sure why Mr. Kinsella is sticking with the words "service breach" instead of "contract breach".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: Is it a breach of contract?