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Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: So have we.

Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: It is not enough.

Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts his Department is making to address the challenges being faced by the road haulage industry here, particularly those related to commercial vehicle road tax and the introduction of the lorry road user levy in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31804/15]

Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: My question to the Minister relates to the road haulage system situation. The road haulage industry in Ireland is in a perilous situation. Road tax for the road haulage industry is five times more expensive here than it is in Northern Ireland and the introduction of the new levy of €10 per day in Northern Ireland and the UK has had a terrible impact. The Minister's Department is...

Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: We can have the interdepartmental reports and investigations and I welcome them, but it is blatantly obvious that there is not a level playing field. We will have to do something about road tax and we will have to go back more robustly to the Northern Ireland authorities and Westminster to deal with this new levy. There is a channel, or a passage, from Donegal and there could be an...

Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Show me the money.

Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Support them then.

Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome that statement. It is positive and I hope to see it in the budget in the coming weeks. I am sure road hauliers will be celebrating. They will probably do a drive-through just to celebrate such good news but seeing is believing and actions speak louder than words. I will hold the Minister to his statement and I am sure the hauliers will as well. This issue has to be dealt with...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (23 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the year that a person turns 66 years of age is not included in the calculations for the yearly average contribution condition for the State pension; the reason a person is charged contributions during this year when they are not reckonable for the State pension; in the event that someone has paid contributions to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (23 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the resources which will be made available by his Department for the Ireland's Ancient East tourist initiative; the criteria that must be met for a town's inclusion in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31803/15]

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The Deputy will not get any answers anyway.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach got someone else to sack him.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (22 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 299. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of loans in the Bank of Ireland branch in the Four Courts (details supplied) that have been transferred to National Asset Management Agency; the number of customers from this branch who have had their loans written off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30501/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (22 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 312. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 14 July 2015, his views that insolvency practitioners are not licensed or regulated and are thus free to behave as they see fit; his further views that current oversight practice of the Central Bank of Ireland around these issues is unacceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30705/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Expenditure (22 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 313. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the total budget of the strategic investment fund; the amount drawn down; the spend from the fund for each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30707/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy (22 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 376. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to cut the pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31845/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Investment Bank Loans (22 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the levels of funding received from the European Investment Bank for national resource management and primary production, transport storage-quality control infrastructure, processing facilities such as dairy processors, and by product usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30599/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (22 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total spend under the Africa Agri-Food Development Fund; the current status of the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30600/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (22 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the individual investment allocations under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II specifically the grant aid levels available for young farmer capital investments, dairy equipment, low emission slurry spreading equipment, organic capital investment, animal welfare, safety and nutrient...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (22 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 599. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the rules governing Garda vetting (details supplied) in order to avoid needless duplication of vetting processes, the wasteful allocation of Garda resources associated with this duplication practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30603/15]