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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: They are time limited.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: Are many of them new scratch cards? Are most of them variations of the draw?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: I am officially lost. How many scratch cards are there currently on the market through the national lottery?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: I thank Deputy Cullinane. There are 20.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: What are Mr. Sloyan's views on the proliferation of games available online and how it interfaces with gambling control, the need for responsible advertising and promotion and the need to have proper controls in place? What role does the regulator have in that area, if any?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: Are the witnesses satisfied with allowing more games to be approved, retail outlets and online activity in terms of lottery gambling to take place? Do they have any remit to control that overall, given the potential societal impact?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: My observation is that over the past number years, especially under the new operator, the number of games, platforms and distribution channels has grown significantly. They are everywhere, which has consequences for society. It is constantly in people's faces. Gambling can destroy people's lives – not necessarily this type of gambling, but more generally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: If the witnesses felt the 2013 Act needed to be changed or strengthened they would let that be known.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the countries which have compensation schemes in place for collapsed insurance companies; if these schemes would compensate Irish claimants in the event of a motor insurance company collapsing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11579/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance if insurance companies currently passporting into Ireland from the UK and its jurisdictions have the ability to continue passporting into Ireland if the UK exited EIOPA when the UK exits the European Union, if the UK and its jurisdictions automatically exit the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, EIOPA; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Yield (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT collected in 2015 and 2016 by the Revenue Commissioners from a retail service (details supplied). [11867/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 130 and 156 of 14 February 2017, if he will make provision for refunds to be issued to persons outside of the four-year rule in the event that the Court of Appeal upholds the High Court decision in respect of the deductibility of the NPPR against rental profits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11924/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has initiated the process of carrying out an independent impact assessment on the help-to-buy scheme introduced as part of budget 2017; if this will involve assessing the impact of the scheme on the price of new homes, new housing supply and on the property market generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12027/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department and the NCSE will accept a private diagnosis to enable children join a waiting list for a place in a special school with regard to children that are on public waiting lists for an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11674/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: 639. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment of need carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12181/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Training (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: 796. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Marine Notice No. 06 of 2017, the reason he will not recognise under EU mutual recognition rules training certificates issued in respect of training provided here by the competent authorities of other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12026/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (7 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: 809. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the transposition of the EU Accounting Directive into law; his views on the fact that the application of section 1A of FRS 102 and FRS 105 is not yet in place here; if his attention has been drawn to the consequences for SMEs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11869/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (2 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a refund for a person (details supplied); and when payment will issue. [10776/17]

Insurance Industry: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: I thank all Members who contributed to the debate. I am, however, deeply disappointed by the Government's response. It is allowing the motion to go through by abstaining but will do nothing to implement the contents of the motion. I would have more respect for the Government position if it opposed the motion. The only reason it is not doing so is that the Government does not want to...

Insurance Industry: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: I move:“That Dáil Éireann: notes: — that almost three years on from the collapse of Setanta Insurance in April 2014, some 1,666 open claims remain unsettled at an estimated cost of up to €95.2 million; — that the liquidator of Setanta Insurance, which was prudentially regulated in Malta, has said he will not be in a position to meet more than 30 per...