Results 17,661-17,680 of 27,945 for speaker:Michael McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (14 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: 309. To ask the Minister for Finance the current dates at which Greece is due to repay loans to Ireland under the Euro area facility agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29092/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Data (14 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: 310. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the amount of the bank levy paid by each of the three largest payers of the levy in 2015; the name of the institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29093/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (14 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: 311. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have examined the reasons returns from corporation tax were running €600 million ahead of profile in the first six months of 2015; if this is expected to be maintained throughout 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29094/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (14 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: 854. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the review of building regulations in respect of one-off houses; when this review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28520/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if qualifying loans in the private banking unit of the former Anglo Irish Bank transferred across to the National Asset Management Agency in the normal way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28047/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Price Inflation (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, for the years 2004 to 2014, the annual increase in the price of a standard pack of 20 cigarettes in cents; the percentage increase; the inflation rate for each of the years; and the same for a 25g pack of roll-your-own tobacco. [28053/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Receivers (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the number of receivers appointed by the National Asset Management Agency for the first six months of 2015; the number appointed in 2013 and in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28163/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Receivers (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form for 2013 and 2014 and for the first half of 2015 the names of the receivers appointed by the National Asset Management Agency, the number of receiverships they were engaged on; the total fees received by each named receiver in each year and in the six-month period of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Receivers (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance the range of fees agreed with the National Asset Management Agency appointed receivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28165/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Expenditure (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the top ten highest payments received by the named receivers appointed by the National Asset Management Agency since the agency was established; the companies that the receivers were appointed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28166/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: 126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact of the Lansdowne Road agreement on the yield from the public service pension reduction in 2016 and 2017; the number of persons currently subject to a deduction as a result of the reduction; the average reduction in 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28195/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Costs (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the cost incurred to date by the State in legal actions in respect of tobacco plain packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28011/15]

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: Thank you Chair. Good morning, Ms Herbert. Can I start by asking you about the decision to increase the deposit guarantee from €20,000 to €100,000 on 20 September 2008? Can you outline your knowledge of the events that led to that decision?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: Okay. Deputy O'Donnell asked you about the decision to guarantee the banks. Did Minister Lenihan ever indicate any difference of opinion to you between himself and the Taoiseach as regards the approach with Anglo Irish Bank, that it should be nationalised as opposed to guaranteed?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: Okay. The national recovery plan, which was published around the time of the bailout in November 2010, when did the work start on that, Ms Herbert?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: Okay. You say in your witness statement that "many of [the] advisers were hampered in their analysis of the crisis by their unswerving belief that our banks were fundamentally sound". When it emerged subsequently in 2009, in 2010, when the full scale of the recapitalisation emerged, how ... did the Minister ever express any frustration to you as to the nature of that advice and the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: Sceptical?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: And then prior to the guarantee, did the Minister ever consider the need to, you know, carry out a root-and-branch review of the banks from January to September 2008, to actually ask the regulator to go in and do a detailed assessment of the underlying health of the banks? Was that ever discussed or considered?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: And did he ever indicate to you then what his plan was in terms of Anglo, if it was nationalised, what to do with it then? Was it to strip it down in some sense and protect the good assets?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: Okay.