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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Repayments (22 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules regarding the ownership of accounts into which a mortgage borrower makes repayments when the mortgage loan is owned by an unregulated loan owner and is serviced by a regulated credit servicing firm; if the account must be in the name of the regulated credit servicing firm; if it can be in the name of the unregulated loan owner; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bond Markets (22 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 13 February 2018, the interest rate charged on the €602 million in Exchequer borrowings; the maturity date of these borrowings; the cost of reversing out these borrowings and refinancing them with standard Government debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9223/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bond Markets (22 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 13 February 2018, if banks (details supplied) have outstanding borrowings, not investment assets, in bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9224/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Growth (22 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the growth forecasts for the economy upon which the national development plan 2018 to 2027 is based for each year in GDP and GNI up to 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9087/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (22 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council was consulted in relation to the €116 billion announced in the national development plan 2018 to 2027; if so, the details of the consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9088/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (22 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the National Treasury Management Agency was consulted in relation to the €116 billion announced in the national development plan 2018 to 2027; if so, the details of the consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9225/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (22 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the European Commission Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs was consulted in relation to the €116 billion announced in the national development plan 2018 to 2027; if so, the details of the consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9226/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (22 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided or committed to by his Department to local authorities for the construction of new local and regional roads in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by project. [9061/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (22 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on concerns that have been expressed regarding the privacy implications of section 5 of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017 in relation to the use of the public services card by certain bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9035/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (22 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a site owned by a person planning to build their home on the site can avail of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan in part or in full towards the 10% deposit requirement in the context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9048/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (21 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance the average wait time for a credit servicing firm to become regulated by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8955/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Loan Books Purchasers (21 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all known loan portfolio sales by regulated banks here, including the State supported banks since 2016; the project name given to the sale, in tabular form; the number and nature of the loans sold; the name of the purchaser; and the purchase price, if available. [8988/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Loan Books Purchasers (21 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance if unregulated loan owners are permitted by the Central Bank to have direct contact with the borrower in relation to their loan, for example, to discuss a possible restructuring of the loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8989/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Loan Books Purchasers (21 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason unregulated loan owners such as private equity funds should not be brought fully within the ambit of the Central Bank regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8990/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Loan Books Purchasers (21 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal basis for applying the code of conduct on mortgage arrears and the consumer protection code to an unregulated loan owner. [8991/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Loan Books Purchasers (21 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance if a repossession action will be taken in the name of the unregulated loan owner or the appointed credit servicing firm in relation to a PDH mortgage acquired by an unregulated loan owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8992/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Loan Books Purchasers (21 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if in a situation in which an unregulated loan owner appoints a credit servicing firm in respect of a mortgage portfolio, it is the unregulated loan owner or the credit servicing firm that makes the final decision as to whether a restructuring agreement is entered into; if enforcement action is taken; if there is a change in the interest rate of a variable...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (21 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the calculation of net disposable income works in relation to the Rebuilding Ireland home loan; the living expense allowances that apply, for example, in respect of a couple for food, heat and other essential living expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8978/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Crime Levels (20 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister. I have to make the case again that the expanding communities I represent need more gardaí. When we look at the overall number of new gardaí and the proportion that has come to my area, it is clear we are not getting a fair share. The communities I represent are growing. Unfortunately, despite the national figure quoted by the Minister, which shows a...

Topical Issue Debate: Crime Levels (20 Feb 2018)

Michael McGrath: I am glad the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, is here and I thank him for taking this Topical Issue himself. I am sure the spike in the number of burglaries is not unique to my area or Cork in general. However, it is a huge problem and people are very concerned and fearful. To place the matter in context, Cork city and county saw 324 burglaries in the last three months...