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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the yield from the surcharge that was introduced on 1 January 2012 on persons with a gross incomes of over €100,000 on the amount of income sheltered by property reliefs, in each year from 2012 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24374/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of tax relief for corporate investment in certain renewable energy projects, in each year from 2012 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24375/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the yield from excise duty and value added tax on the sale of alcoholic products, in each year from 2010 to 2014; broken down by reference to licensed premises and off-licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24376/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Debtors (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of National Asset Management Agency debtors to declare themselves bankrupt in 2013, in 2014, in 2015 to date, and in prior years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24400/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Debtors (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount owed to the National Asset Management Agency debtors who have declared themselves bankrupt; the efforts made by the agency to recover moneys from those debtors; the amount of moneys recovered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24401/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Debtors (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of National Asset Management Agency debtors who have declared themselves bankrupt; the year in which they declared themselves bankrupt; the country in which they declared themselves bankrupt; the number of debts discharged from bankruptcy to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24402/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Debtors (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the annual amounts spent in legal costs by the National Asset Management Agency in bankruptcy related cases here, in the United States of America, in the United Kingdom, and in other countries; the amount paid out to named legal firms and barristers, over €20,000, in pursuing those cases; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Debtors (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the success of the National Asset Management Agency, or otherwise, in recovering moneys from those who have declared themselves bankrupt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24404/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual income received by the State from mobile phone operators, for masts located on State-owned property, in each year from 2008 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24303/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Court (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 109. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of Labour Court adjudications issued in each year from 2009 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24305/15]

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Mr. Cardiff. Can I start by asking you, when was PwC first appointed to go in and examine the balance sheets of the banks?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: Approximately.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: And had they reported, in any form whatsoever, by the end of September 2008, when the guarantee decision was made?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: Can I put it to you, Mr. Cardiff, that as far back as January 2008, in a scoping paper on financial stability issues, the Department of Finance was examining very serious matters relating to the Irish banking sector, examined the scenario of an illiquid institution, an insolvent institution, the possibility of examinership for a bank, the need for different legislation and yet, by the end of...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: -----prior to September 2008, despite the fact that the Department had serious concerns about the banking system, for many months, why did nobody go in and examine the banks, look under the bonnet and see what kind of a state were they actually in?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: But, in hindsight, Mr. Cardiff, was it not a mistake to insist, earlier in 2008, when there were serious concerns and different scenarios were being examined ... was it not a mistake to insist that the underlying health of the balance sheets of the banks would be examined, that the loans that they had extended would be looked at in detail, the underlying collateral, the likelihood of being...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: But you were the head of banking-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: -----in the Department of Finance Mr. Cardiff. You were involved in meetings and a drafting of reports and contingency planning from early 2008. You could have insisted that the regulator would go in and do that underlying check in terms of the health of the banks.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: You could have requested.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (18 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: But Mr. Cardiff, within nine or ten weeks, the Government announced a recapitalisation package of €5.5 billion. That was largely based on the PwC exercise, which was not available when the decision to guarantee the banks was made. Did you not essentially buy a pig in a poke? You didn't know what you were getting into at the end of September 2008 in making that decision.