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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Applications Approvals (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if a lender can issue a mortgage to a person immediately after they have been discharged from bankruptcy assuming all other macroprudential requirements have been fulfilled; if there is a time limit from the date of discharge within which a lender is prohibited from offering a mortgage; if so, the time limits used by each bank operating here with regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of betting duty; when he expects it to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5345/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria used by customs officials in deciding which passengers are stopped and questioned in the context of persons arriving through public airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5559/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Revenue Commissioners have discretion to reduce the rate of VAT that applies to non-alcoholic beers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5602/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the position on the VAT rate that applies to conferencing facilities; if there is national discretion in relation to the rate charged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5609/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person in receipt of a pension under the Local Government (Superannuation) (Consolidation) Scheme 1998 is in a position to benefit from the public service stability agreement; if pensions in payment under this scheme are subject to increases in line with relative salaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5425/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position on pension abatement deducted from pension lump sums payable to certain retired public servants; the position on tax relief on the abatement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5426/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on fee-paying secondary schools receiving financial assistance to support certain capital building projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5322/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 446. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed for occupational therapy and receive appropriate therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5613/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 447. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5618/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regeneration Projects Status (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work carried out to date at a site (details supplied); the amount spent; the details in relation to the south tip and a building in this regard; when the public park is expected to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5612/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure taxis facilitate digital payment by customers; the expected timeline in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5600/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of hours per week a PAYE employee must work in order to receive a full class A PRSI stamp; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5423/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to implement a total contributions approach in relation to the State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5424/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide for a merchants' incentive scheme as part of the new digital strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5599/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure, Deputy Donohoe, and his officials and thank him for his opening statement. On Brexit, I acknowledge the publication last week of the forecasts of what a disorderly Brexit might look like for the Irish economy. Does the Minister accept that in reality the impact may be far worse and more adverse for Ireland than he has set out?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: To clarify, the Minister used the word "minimum". Does he regard the forecasts he published last week as the minimum impact on the negative side of a disorderly Brexit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: To clarify what we will next see by way of projections, some ongoing work is being done by the Department and the ESRI but is the Minister saying that it will be April before we see the next set of forecasts, which will be more detailed? That would be in the stability programme update, which is normally made available to us in draft form around mid-April. Of course, 29 March will have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: In essence, the Minister is saying that there will be nothing further before 29 March either from the Department by way of its joint exercise with the ESRI or from the stability programme update. The Minister is saying that what we have now is the Department's best estimate of the impact of a no-deal Brexit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: In the context of the backstop and the fact that we are only seven weeks away from 29 March, are discussions under way in the background? I do not expect the Minister to go into any detail but have there been discussions in the background between the Department and the Government generally and the European Commission regarding the doomsday scenario of a no-deal Brexit and the expectations of...