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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: I have a case I will bring to Mr. Mason's attention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: I have seen one where the warehouse rate was 3.9%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: I acknowledge the workbench space initiative. It is excellent. I have been to the one in Cork. It is a really good initiative. The enterprise weeks are one of the bank's real strengths and should be acknowledged. On the lending to construction and development, in particular for residential, I know it is allocated on a case-by-case basis but, typically, what percentage of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: The average would come in below 70%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: I thank Mr. McLoughlin.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Yield (21 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimates of VAT foregone in 2016 and to date in 2017 by online retailers from outside the EU that sell online through companies (details supplied); the actions taken by his Department and the Revenue Commissioners to prevent this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40071/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Data (21 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of households that have paid local property tax in 2016; the number of households that have not paid; the number of houses in each band; the local property tax rates applied in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding plans to amend the law in order that persons cannot be obliged to retire at 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39944/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (21 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 129. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed by an orthodontist in HSE Cork south Lee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39918/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Strategic Communications Unit (20 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 101. To ask the Taoiseach further to the establishment of the new strategic communications unit, the number of staff hired to date in 2017; the number of staff he plans to hire in the future; the salaries of the staff hired to date in 2017; if persons in the unit have been transferred from elsewhere in the Civil Service or recruited externally; the cost to date in 2017 of establishing the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Sector Strategy (20 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 141. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to give legal effect to the proposed sectoral employment order for the construction sector; if the legal obligation to comply with the order in terms of rates of pay and so on only relates to the employer concerned; if there will be an obligation on the end user of the employee's services in which for example an agency is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (20 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of moneys used to recapitalise Irish banks specifically for the purpose of dealing with owner-occupier and buy-to-let mortgage debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39107/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Regulation (20 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of resolving the outstanding claims associated with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39279/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (20 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications received under the employment and investment incentive scheme in each year of its existence; the number of applications approved and refused respectively; the number in which decisions are still awaited; the amount invested each year; the average turnaround time for a decision from the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (20 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance the instances in which customer data was lost or misplaced by banks (details supplied); if such instances were referred to the Data Protection Commissioner; the policy of each bank on employees travelling with printed documents containing personal and confidential information relating to customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39759/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (20 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance if banks (details supplied) allow their existing mortgage customers on a variable interest rate linked to their loan-to-value ratio or on a loan-to-value interest rate to move down to a lower loan-to-value band on the basis of an up-to-date valuation of their home and, therefore, benefit from the lower interest rate associated with that lower loan-to-value...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loan Book Value (20 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the par value of the remaining loans held by NAMA; the number of employees NAMA has; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39907/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (20 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance the redundancy scheme operated by NAMA; the number of staff that availed of the redundancy scheme; the overall cost to the agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39908/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (20 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of income earners and income tax cases that pay the different rates of income tax; the number and percentage of income earners and income tax cases that pay the different rates of USC, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39913/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Sep 2017)

Michael McGrath: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the delivery of the planned education campus at Ballinrea, Carrigaline, County Cork; when he expects the project to go to tender; the expected date of commencement of construction and the occupancy of the three new school buildings; if the capital funding is in place for the delivery of this project; and if he will make a...