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Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: The Government cut funding by 70%.

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: The Tánaiste is talking through her hat. The Government cut funding by 70%. That is the truth.

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: The evidence is that this Government cut funding by 70%.

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: That is not what I said, and the Tánaiste knows it.

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: I said that they would charge what they wanted and that we supported rent certainty. That is the truth.

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: We are in the midst of a full-blown national housing crisis. It is a crisis which needs to be tackled with determination and a real sense of urgency. As the Tánaiste knows, rents are soaring. Up to 130,000 applicants are on social housing waiting lists and housing supply is minimal. The rent caps in the rent supplement scheme are so out of line with market rents that they are little...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Data (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the number of employees who have left the National Asset Management Agency to date by way of a voluntary redundancy programme; the number of these who were in management roles; if the programme is still open; the typical severance payments that apply for individual staff members; if the programme has been fully subscribed,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the total monthly betting duty yield in 2014 and to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32630/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Expenditure (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of National Asset Management Agency borrowers who have been advanced further loans to complete projects to date; the total sum involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32631/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the role and remit of the National Asset Management Agency, as it enters its final stage of operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32632/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Interest Directors (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will appoint an additional public interest director to the board of Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32633/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Restructuring (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on Permanent TSB's plans to sell non-performing mortgages; the number, and book value, of mortgages for sale; the current position with regard to the proposed sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32634/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the tax exemption under section 1003 of the Taxes Consolidation Act in 2014 and in 2015; the number of persons who availed of the scheme in each year; if he will provide details of their donations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32635/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Assets Sale (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 4 February 2015, he will provide details of any further meetings he or his officials have had with operators of private equity funds, including the dates on which these meetings took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32636/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount recovered by the offshore assets group section in the Revenue Commissioners in 2014 and to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32637/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the number of staff due to retire from the Revenue Commissioners in the next five years; the current total number of staff; the average age of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32640/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid the domicile levy in each year from 2012 to 2014; the total collected in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32641/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have been granted a personal increase in the standard fund threshold applying to their pension, in each year since 2011; the cumulative increase represented by these cases; the estimated amount of tax foregone as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32642/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Audits (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of a Revenue Commissioners tax audit of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, which was under way at the time of the liquidation; the nature of the investigation; when it is expected it will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32708/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received for residency, based on the extension of criteria for investors in the real estate investment trust scheme under the immigrant investor programme, as announced in budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32639/15]