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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Industry (1 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position on recommendation No. 26 in the cost of insurance working group report of January 2017 on the establishment of a specialised and dedicated insurance unit within An Garda Síochána funded by industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18659/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (1 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used by immigration officers for carrying out additional checks including interviews in respect of persons arriving at airports here and who have a passport from another EU member state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18846/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports (1 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 204. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on recent reports from the Central Bank and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on personal contract plans; the steps she has taken to date with regard to the plans; her plans in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18660/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (1 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 218. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the in loco parentis clause from all HSE homecare nursing packages for sick children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18585/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (1 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for asking parents of teenage children with a disability to complete the section of the application form for disability allowance entitled authority to appoint an agent; the position on the retention of receipts for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19049/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (1 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce an affordable housing scheme for persons within certain income bands who cannot afford to buy a home privately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18824/18]

Public Private Partnership on Capital Infrastructure: Statements (26 Apr 2018)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate on PPPs. Like my colleague, Deputy Cowen, it is my view that PPPs have a role to play. Obviously, there needs to be a detailed and forensic financial assessment of the most viable procurement option. What option gives the best value for money? In my view, direct capital expenditure is the preferable option in the vast majority of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael McGrath: I welcome both MEPs. I will focus on two issues. One is the issue at hand this morning, namely, the digital services tax proposals from the Commission, while the second is on non-performing loans. The digital tax strikes me as a fundamental shift in the operation of taxation across the European Union. It is currently a matter for each member state and there is a veto, as both witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael McGrath: There was an estimate of €5 billion being raised from a 3% turnover tax. How would those taxes be distributed? Would it be like the CCCTB where it depends on sales, assets and employees with an apportionment whereby the large member states get the bigger share? What would the apportionment of the tax be when it is collected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael McGrath: If they paid this tax, presumably it would reduce the taxable profits available to be taxed in the member states.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael McGrath: It is another strand of the CCCTB.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael McGrath: My party is very sceptical about this and I see it as a step towards tax harmonisation across the European Union. We all know what the agenda is. One of the levers we have left is sovereignty around tax but they just keep coming at us from all different angles. There is an issue with the taxation of the high-tech companies, however. I wish to move on to the issue of non-performing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael McGrath: On what issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael McGrath: In the context of what Ms Nouy said and insofar as it relates to AIB and Permanent TSB, it seems that because of the way Permanent TSB structures its split mortgages, and because it is open to the bank at any time to transfer some of the warehouse debt into the active mortgage-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael McGrath: She was saying they then had to be regarded as non-performing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael McGrath: She says that in cases where the retail split-loan restructuring has not resulted in two separate and independent payment obligations, the senior and the junior aspects cannot be treated as separate exposures and are both considered non-performing from a regulatory classification perspective.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael McGrath: Mr. Carthy rightly said that the European and domestic regulators have said they have not instructed banks to sell portfolios and that this is not necessarily the preferred option. There is no preferred option; there is a range of options set out under the guidance. Is it the case that, in reality, the regulator - at European level, say - is putting pressure on the banks here to reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (26 Apr 2018)

Michael McGrath: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are legal or regulatory barriers that prevent a licensed credit institution here lending to a person or company that may have had an issue with their credit history in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18394/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Michael McGrath: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the qualifying criteria for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concession scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18448/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (26 Apr 2018)

Michael McGrath: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of split mortgages in each of the State supported banks; the number of these mortgages deemed to be performing and non-performing, respectively; the number of cases in which the borrower is adhering and not adhering, respectively, to the terms of the split mortgage agreement in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18529/18]