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Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Mar 2015)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the opportunity to move Second Stage of this Bill on behalf of Fianna Fáil. We do so at a time when the scale of the mortgage arrears crisis for home owners is unprecedented. The essence of the Bill is to remove the veto that banks possess over restructuring arrangements under the Insolvency Service where a family home mortgage is involved. It is our belief that, unless...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)

Michael McGrath: Insolvency judges. The Taoiseach is misleading the House.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)

Michael McGrath: That is nonsense.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (3 Mar 2015)

Michael McGrath: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied), which charges exorbitant rates of interest, is allowed to continue to trade in the State; the steps the Central Bank of Ireland is taking to deal with the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8745/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (3 Mar 2015)

Michael McGrath: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of allowing persons whose personal circumstances require them to rent out their principal private residence and rent another home for themselves, to offset the cost of the rent they are paying against the rental income they receive, for income tax purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9113/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (3 Mar 2015)

Michael McGrath: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of income tax paid by landlords in 2013 and 2014 in respect of rental income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9114/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Mar 2015)

Michael McGrath: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered benchmarking the income tax rate paid by returning emigrants against typical rates they had been paying prior to returning to Ireland; the approximate cost of such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9115/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (3 Mar 2015)

Michael McGrath: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance the agreed deficit targets that Ireland must reach in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9158/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Targets (3 Mar 2015)

Michael McGrath: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance the date by which Ireland must achieve a balanced budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9159/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (3 Mar 2015)

Michael McGrath: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the Household Credit Market Report, published by the Central Bank of Ireland on 25 February 2015, if he will arrange for the county data on mortgages in default (details supplied) to be made available, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9160/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Deficit (3 Mar 2015)

Michael McGrath: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the nominal deficit, and the general Government deficit, of growth in gross domestic product exceeding projected levels in 2015 by 1%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9161/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (3 Mar 2015)

Michael McGrath: 567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of individual landlords registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board; the number that own one property only, two to five properties and more than five properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9112/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (26 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any Revenue Commissioners compliance initiative, in respect of expenses claimed by self-employed persons and pay-as-you-earn employees; the number of such cases investigated in 2014; the number of ongoing investigations; if he will provide details of the tax assessments that have resulted from such investigations; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Parliamentary Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the detailed replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 248, 249 and 250 of 20 January 2015, to be forwarded, as indicated in the initial reply. [8564/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (26 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an outline of 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. [8632/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (26 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an outline of plans Allied Irish Banks or the Educational Building Society may have to sell non-performing mortgages; the number, and book value, of mortgages, under consideration, for sale; the current position with regard to any proposed sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8633/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (26 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the efforts made at mediation between KPMG, as special liquidator of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, and former directors of the Irish Nationwide Building Society; if a meeting, aimed at mediation, took place; the date of any such meeting; those in attendance; if he will provide details of any court action being taken by...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (26 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide for a Revenue Commissioners investigation into offshore pension transfers; the amount of pension savings the Revenue Commissioners believe has been shielded from tax; if he will list the countries the Revenue Commissioners believe have been used for such transfers; the number of cases involved, amount of tax levied, fines imposed, and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Data (26 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons his Department believe to be self-employed in the State, and therefore, do not receive the pay-as-you-earn tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8645/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (26 Feb 2015)

Michael McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance using records available to his Department and the Central Bank of Ireland, if he will provide details, for each financial institution with a banking licence, separate from the number and book value of residential and buy-to-let mortgages sold between 2010 to date in 2015; if he will identify the purchaser of the mortgage book in each case; if he will...