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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 168. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the amount of money paid by the State in respect of treatment for Irish patients in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom in 2014; the amount received by the Health Service Executive for the treatment of United Kingdom nationals here during the same period; if he expects increased costs for the treatment of Irish patients in the United...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (24 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the assessment of household income for a student grant application; the extent to which any once-off income, such as a compensation payment or an inheritance, may be discounted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32559/15]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Double Taxation Agreements Motion: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the Minister of State's address. I apologise for being late. I had a look at the draft orders earlier and I have no difficulty whatsoever with them. My party very much supports the three orders giving effect to the double taxation agreements, the one protocol and the three tax information exchange agreements. I commend the officials from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Double Taxation Agreements Motion: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: As I understand it, some of them are regarded as overseas territories and others are Crown dependencies. The most blatant tax havens in the world have very strong relations with the United Kingdom.

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Lending (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. He should be made aware that as far back as 2009 the Financial Services Ombudsman wrote to the Central Bank and asked that there be an industry-wide review of how customers were being encouraged to move off tracker mortgage rates and how people were being denied the possibility of returning to tracker mortgage rates. In the case of Permanent TSB,...

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Lending (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: This issue relates to mortgage holders who have been wrongly denied the right to return to their tracker interest rate at the end of a period on a fixed rate. I will set out the background to this issue. In 2008 there was widespread expectation among mortgage customers that interest rates were going to rise further. The European Central Bank had increased its base rate in July 2008 to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance whether, to qualify for the foreign earnings deduction, the employee concerned must be employed by an Irish incorporated company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32425/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out his plans to legislate for the proposed changes to the pension-related deduction or pension levy, as provided for in the Lansdowne Road agreement; when and the way in which he intends to provide for these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32364/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the procurement of a permanent site for a planned new school (details supplied) in County Cork and also on the provision of temporary accommodation to be in place for the planned school opening in Autumn 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32341/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the school year 2013-2014, 2014-2015 and the allocation for the 2015-2016 year; if there is currently an appeal for the allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32426/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills on the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, if she will confirm if a child with special needs currently has a legal entitlement to an individual education plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32435/15]

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: Listening to the previous speakers, one would think this was all very clear-cut. Unfortunately, it is not clear-cut and I find it remarkable that many of the Government speakers feel we should not be discussing the interim Fennelly report at all. If we had three hours' debate it would be a disgrace, but we have had nothing like three hours because most people have not even spoken about the...

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: I have ten minutes.

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: The clock is not working.

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: I will conclude.

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: Is the Leas-Cheann Comhairle asking me to conclude?

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: The mismanagement by the Taoiseach of this crisis, his deliberate keeping of the Minister in the dark, insistence on keeping himself in a position of wilful ignorance, refusal to seek out key facts, and refusal to abide by his constitutional obligation to afford the Garda Commissioner fair procedures and natural justice all combine to create a situation where all of us should agree that the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Investigations (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if Gardaí have been seconded to her Department or are working with her Department; the nature of the working relationship and details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31110/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Expenditure Statistics (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 296. To ask the Minister for Finance the maximum growth in public expenditure both in nominal and real terms allowable in 2016 under European Union rules; the manner in which EU expenditure rules will impact on the formulation of the budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31655/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 351. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a request from the Central Bank of Ireland to approve an increased levy on financial institutions to deal with a deficit on the Central Bank of Ireland pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31493/15]