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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of life loans in respect of residential properties in issuance here; the total amount owed on these loans, if such loans are still being marketed by banks, if he is satisfied that consumers are being made fully aware of the risk associated with a life loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17790/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 224 to 227 of 17 February 2015, the status of the enforcement investigation by the Central Bank; the number of relevant customers who will be entitled to refunds; the total loss involved; when appropriate redress for those customers will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17791/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Data (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of bank current account customers who have switched current account in each year from 2010 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17792/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Data (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions who have applied for an exemption from the €100,000 maximum deposit in respect of individual accounts; the number of applications which have been granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17793/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Fund Fees (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who were granted a personal increase in the standard fund threshold applying to their pension in 2015; the cumulative increase represented by these cases; the amount of tax foregone as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17794/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from excise duty and value added tax on the sale of alcoholic products, in each of the years from 2011 to 2015, broken down by reference to licensed premises and off-licences, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17800/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Meetings (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings he or officials of his Department have had with representatives of advocacy groups on behalf of distressed mortgage holders, and persons whose mortgages have been, or may be, sold to third parties in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date; the meetings in which he was personally in attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from exit tax paid on life assurance policies, in each year from 2008 to 2015; if the same rate of exit tax applies to all persons, regardless of whether they are a standard or top rate taxpayer; if this represents fair treatment of lower income households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17846/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new local authority mortgage loans and the total value that have been given out in each of the years 2011 to 2014, for each local authority in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17857/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the interest rate that now applies to local authority mortgage loans; the efforts his Department and individual local authorities are making to market this loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17858/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the eligibility conditions that apply, by way of household income and so forth, of the local authority mortgage loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17859/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number and value of mortgage loans issued under the home choice loan scheme for first-time buyers since 2011 and in 2016, to date, by year and by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17860/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Administration (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the age at which child benefit is paid to cover children in full-time education up to 19, 20, 21 and 22 years of age respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17787/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the weekly family income thresholds by €5 and €10, respectively, per child for each income band; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17788/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases before the High Court in which the payment of child benefit is being contested on equality grounds; the implications of these cases for general policy in relation to payment of child benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17789/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount recovered through Operation DIRT in 2014 and 2015; the amount recovered by Operation DIRT since its inception; his views on the implementation of Operation DIRT to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17797/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the top ten individual amounts recovered from social protection claimants through Operation DIRT in 2015; the aggregate amount in their bank accounts; when those persons first made incorrect declarations to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17798/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the top ten amounts in the bank accounts of persons who have made repayments to her Department as a result of Operation DIRT since it commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17799/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims under the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; the annual cost of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17801/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims under the optical treatment benefit scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; the annual cost of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17802/16]