Results 16,321-16,340 of 27,945 for speaker:Michael McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the position on income earners aged over 70 years or with full medical cards with income under €60,000 per year and who pay a maximum universal social charge rate of 3.5%; whether this is due to expire under current legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33841/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Data (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance to confirm how many employees of the National Asset Management Agency have expressed an interest in availing of its voluntary redundancy programme to date; whether the agency expects to achieve its target of reducing its workforce from 342 to 291 by the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33843/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Administration (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the approximate cost of providing assistance to persons over the age of 70 who wish to trade down to a smaller house by exempting them from stamp duty on the purchase of a new home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33852/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Administration (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the approximate cost of providing assistance to persons over the age of 70 who wish to trade down to a smaller house of exempting them from the local property tax on their new home for a period of five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33853/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the cost of providing 100% mortgage interest relief for landlords who agree to sign up to long-term family tenure leases of at least four years duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33855/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the cost of providing 100% mortgage interest relief for landlords who agree not to increase rent for a period of three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33857/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the cost of providing 100% mortgage interest relief for landlords who agree to provide accommodation to tenants under the rental accommodation scheme and the housing assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33858/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2016 (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure carry-forward effects of previously announced measures from 2015 for Budget 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33842/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for a laptop for a child (details supplied) in County Cork, which was recommended by the Health Service Executive, has been refused; if she will request that the matter be reconsidered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33750/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of 5% and 10% increases in capitation funding for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33906/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of 5% and 10% increases in capitation funding for secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33907/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing a free laptop computer to every child in the State over five years of age, as recently suggested by the Minister for Finance; if such a proposal has been considered by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33856/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio at primary level from 28:1 to 27:1; and to 26:1, with effect from 2016; and from 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33904/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reversing the cuts to the school staffing ratio in smaller schools which was introduced in Budget 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33905/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Expenditure (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of a 50% reversal and a full reversal in the cut to resource teaching hours introduced in Budget 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33908/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Expenditure (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing one administration day per week for teaching principals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33909/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Expenditure (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of restoring the ex-quota guidance counselling to all schools in 2016; the cost of a 50% restoration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33910/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to the student assistance fund for students attending third level who are experiencing hardship; to students with a disability who require additional resources to fully participate in university or college, in each year from 2010 to 2015; the number of students who benefitted; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of restoring postgraduate maintenance grants in 2016 at the level which previously applied prior to their abolition; the cost of a 50% restoration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33912/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (1 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capitation fees paid in respect of second level Education and Training Board schools; the rates that apply to comprehensive and voluntary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33913/15]