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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank (4 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: Thanks, Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank (4 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: I would like to return to the Professor Lane's exchange with Deputy Doherty on the mortgage interest rates issue, about which we have had a number of discussions over a long period of time. We do not hear enough from the Central Bank or the Governor on that issue. When he was pushed, Professor Lane indicated there was scope for further reductions in the margins. In effect, he is signalling...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank (4 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: Is it the case that the Central Bank would not support the removal of the cashback incentives as a means of trying to drive down rates?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2019 (4 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected structural deficit for 2019 if the €800 million available on budget day is spent and if the ESRI's prediction for growth at 8.9% for 2018 compared with his Department's projection of growth of 5.6 % turns out to be true; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40396/18]

Taxation Orders 2018: Motion (3 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for his opening remarks. As a party, we support the expansion of double taxation agreements into which we enter as a country. I note, as the Minister of State said, that the initial request in respect of this agreement came from the Ghanaian authorities back in 2012. In general terms, double taxation agreements are a positive thing in that they facilitate...

Taxation Agreement: Motion (3 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: I am glad to have an opportunity to contribute to the debate. I was not involved in the discussion on this matter when it was before the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach. Deputy Cowen substituted for me at that stage but I have been briefed on the discussions, particularly of the Ghanaian double taxation treaty. I want to signal Fianna Fáil's...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Report Stage (2 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: I ask the Minister to try to be a little clearer on the question of what HBFI can and cannot do. I understand the terms of the funding must be competitive. Otherwise, it will not do any business, but is it also the case that it needs to be on commercial terms? Is there any difficulty presented by the explicit recognition that it can provide borrowing at lower interest rates and at longer...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Report Stage (2 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: The key question Fianna Fáil has is whether the legislation will be in compliance with state aid rules, for example, if the amendment is made. We do not want another long delay in setting up the fund. We welcomed it when it was announced on budget day in October of last year. Twelve months on, not a single euro has been provided by way of lending to the construction sector. Along...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (2 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of goods entering here from outside the EU that are physically checked on entry that is red; the proportion of goods that are electronically checked and recorded that are orange; and the proportion of goods permitted entry that are green; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39412/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (2 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of custom officials that are operational; the number that will be operational on 29 March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39414/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (2 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance if the information technology system used by customs officials to track goods imported from outside the EU has the capacity to deal with goods imported from Northern Ireland and Britain; the investment required to increase its capability if required; if this will be in place on 29 March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39415/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Imports Data (2 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance the value and volume of goods entering here each year from Northern Ireland and Britain, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39413/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Returns (2 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the €600 million quoted by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council for the cost of tax indexation by tax heading, that is, income tax, USC, PRSI and so on and by tax measure, that is, tax bands, tax credits and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39618/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the application of withholding tax on peer to peer lending; the responsibilities of the SME receiving the lending and of the peer to peer lender in this regard; his views on whether there is merit in providing an exemption from withholding tax for peer to peer loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39993/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: 323. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of funding to an organisation (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the need for funding to be provided to meet the needs in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39397/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (2 Oct 2018)

Michael McGrath: 583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to assist women who do not qualify for a State pension contributory due to the fact that they were forced to leave work due to the marriage bar and who do not have 520 paid contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39394/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (27 Sep 2018)

Michael McGrath: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if banks have the discretion to grant a mortgage to a person without adequate life assurance and-or mortgage protection cover in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39161/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 Sep 2018)

Michael McGrath: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork will remain a four teacher school for the 2018-2019 school year; if an appeal mechanism is open to the school in the event that it does not meet the minimum number of 81 pupils on 30 September 2018 for the retention of four teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39199/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (27 Sep 2018)

Michael McGrath: 118. To ask the Minister for Health the pay arrangements that apply for nurses and consultants involved in a certain hospital activity (details supplied); and the per patient fee for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39180/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Dementia Strategy (27 Sep 2018)

Michael McGrath: 125. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put in place services for persons with dementia under 65 years of age and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39146/18]