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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance the fines greater than €100,000 imposed by the Central Bank on financial institutions over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40669/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been secured by his Department for a permanent school building for a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; the next steps in the process of delivering a new school building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40656/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress in identifying and securing a site for a new second level school (details supplied) in County Cork; when he expects to commence construction of the new school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40657/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of mortgage to rent transactions that have been fully completed at this stage; the number by local authority and by lender; if he will confirm the authoritative source of information on the scheme for distressed borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40636/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has reached agreement with the insurance industry on the use of demountable defences; if the insurance industry has given any assurance that flood cover will be reinstated once a flood defence scheme involving demountable defences has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40645/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position regarding the planned flood relief scheme in Cork city; the estimated timeline in the delivery of the project; the level of funding that has been committed to the project; the amount of money which has been spent to date and a breakdown of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40651/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding budgeting in the current year for flood relief works; the amount actually spent to date; the budget for such works in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40659/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has sought or intends to seek any flexibility from the European Commission in terms of the application of the fiscal rules to capital expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40638/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Car Park Charges (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 367. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's policy on the operation of car parks within hospital grounds; the revenue collected by the hospital in respect of those car parks around the country; his views on the charges customers have to pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40643/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 368. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of assessments of children with possible special needs which are currently outstanding beyond the time periods permitted by the Disability Act 2005 in Cork city and county. [40653/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received by the HSE in respect of children with possible special needs in the Cork south Lee area in the 12 months beginning January 2016; and the number of same which were completed with the statutory time limits set down by the Disability Act 2005. [40654/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Derelict Sites Data (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent to date on remedial works on a site (details supplied); the final expected spend in 2016 and the plans for spending in 2017; the estimated overall cost of completing the remedial works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40641/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [40612/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Vessel Licences (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a shipping vessel in Irish waters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40620/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 526. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consumer rights that apply to gift vouchers; her plans to introduce new rules concerning the period of time for which such vouchers must remain valid; her further plans to strengthen consumer rights in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40650/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (16 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: 527. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies in each functional area of Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland; the percentage that vacancy rate represents of the staffing allocation for that function in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40660/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed). (13 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: I welcome Ms O'Brien and Mr. Lucey from the Irish Tax Institute and I thank them for their opening remarks. As they know, we had a detailed hearing last week with the Revenue Commissioners, the Department of Finance and the Commission to inform us in taking a view on the current proposals. Ms O'Brien has given a quite detailed overview of the proposals as they stand. Hers is a quite...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed). (13 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: Does Ms O'Brien believe that we would receive fewer corporation tax receipts overall from companies that are already here if the current proposals were adopted and that Ireland would be less attractive as a destination for inward investment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed). (13 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: On the calculation of the base, we heard last week from the Department of Finance that the Irish rate applies to a much wider base than that provided for under the methodology set out in these proposals. The Department gave several examples - the Irish Tax Institute referred to some of them too – such as the deductibility of business expenses, broad exemptions for foreign income and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed). (13 Dec 2016)

Michael McGrath: On the attribution of the base between the different member states, under the Commission's proposals it is one third, one third, one third in terms of the weighting between where the sales happened, the staff are located and where a company's assets are. The Irish Tax Institute made the point in its opening statement that this will be an arbitrary formula to allocate profit rather than the...