98. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
97. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 4 February 2015, he will provide details of 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]
96. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
95. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
94. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
93. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
92. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
91. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
90. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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, and, if oversubscribed, by how many persons; if he will provide aggregate details of any payments made to date; if he will confirm the agency's current staff headcount, and the numbers expected to take up redundancy in 2015 and 2016; the total severance amounts that are expected to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32629/15]
133. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
130. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
117. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
67. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
64. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
1612. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who had to terminate her employment with the former Department of Transport and Power in 1970 due to the marriage bar, may be entitled to a partial occupational pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31189/15]
1509. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he plans to allow an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork to proceed to tender for a housing project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32102/15]
1418. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will become operational; the way the discount on the market value of the property will be calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31062/15]
1417. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a mortgage to rent case for persons (details supplied) in County Cork; the next steps in the process; the estimated timeframe for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31059/15]
1404. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce new rules regarding the impact on adjoining premises of trees growing on a neighbour's property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30810/15]
1372. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there are provisions in place to assist persons facing large waste disposal bills because of the amount of medical waste they must dispose of as a result of their medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30791/15]
1335. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that a suitable school place is available, in line with the professional recommendation, for a child with special needs (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32099/15]
1334. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an electronic device for a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [32098/15]
1242. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for capital funding by a post-primary school (details supplied) in Cork city for a sports hall; when a further announcement on the school capital programme is expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31058/15]
1120. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details for each county of the number of new home care packages approved by the Health Service Executive in 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; the specific national budget for home care packages in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32105/15]
994. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has been approached by the manufacturer of a medicine called Kuvan or sapropterin, which is used to treat persons with phenylketonuria, PKU, for reimbursement on the condition that the company will cover the initial cost of the drug and only if the patient responds to treatment will the HSE take over the cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31412/15]
981. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the application of prescription charges for persons who have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; if he will consider providing them with an exemption from the charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31385/15]
938. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide detailed information relating to services provided by a service provider at a particular centre in County Cork (details supplied). [31164/15]
937. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health his plans to make available a copy of the service level agreement that exists between the Health Service Executive and a facility (details supplied) in County Cork responsible for regional services for children and adolescents presenting with autism spectrum disorder; if the HSE carried out an annual performance check on the implementation of the SLA; the extent to which the HSE directs the way in which the annual grant is to be spent by the facility in the delivery of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31163/15]
936. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health in respect of each child with autism spectrum disorder in Cork, his plans to request the service providers to confirm the exact intervention services the child will receive on a September to September basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31162/15]
935. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health in respect of the delivery of intervention services for children with autism in Cork such as, for example, speech and language therapy, if he has been requested by service providers to consider sanctioning resources to allow therapy to be bought in externally; if a budget exists for such an initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31161/15]
934. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health his plans to reconfigure the delivery of disability services for children with special needs in Cork; the progress to date on the issue; his plans to reconfigure services; when the changes will be effective from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31160/15]
933. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each service provider in Cork city and county responsible for assessing children with possible special needs including autism spectrum disorder, the number of children awaiting an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005; the current waiting period for a child joining that list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31159/15]
932. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each specialty such as speech and language, occupational therapy and so on, the number of whole-time equivalent posts employed at a facility (details supplied) in County Cork; if there are currently any vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31158/15]
931. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents presenting with autism spectrum disorder at a facility (details supplied) in County Cork, specifying the geographic area that the southern services area encompasses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31157/15]
697. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the proposals in the heads and General Scheme of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015 will have any impact on the availability of birth certificates from the General Register Office, in view of the proposed statutory declaration requiring adopted persons to commit to not contacting their birth parents if they do not wish to be contacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30813/15]
665. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the use of security cameras by private citizens is subject to regulation in terms of protecting the privacy of residents in adjoining properties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32103/15]
642. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the operation of the Statute of Limitations; if legislation is planned in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31409/15]
435. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a detailed breakdown of his recent assertion that the cost of abolishing Irish Water would be €1billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32025/15]
428. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the €1.2 billion to €1.5 billion of fiscal space identified for 2016 is constrained by expenditure commitments already entered into; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31549/15]
427. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the €1.2-€1.5billion of fiscal space identified for 2016 takes account of the commitments for public sector pay increases agreed under the Lansdowne Road agreement or if the actual scope for announcements on budget day is reduced by the costs of these commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31547/15]
424. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the planned Cork Events Centre was included on the list of projects sent to the European Commission for consideration under the €315 billion investment plan proposed by Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker; if additional funding is being sought from the European Investment Plan for the Cork Events Centre or if it is proposed that the investment plan would underwrite private sector investment in the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31392/15]
386. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the current and most recently published unrealised capital gain the State has on the holdings of bonds from the promissory note arrangement; the way this gain is realised; the way this is reflected in the national accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32218/15]
381. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on the proposed increase in the industry funding levy imposed by the Central Bank of Ireland; if he is aware of the impact the proposed increase will have on small independent brokers, intermediaries and financial advisers; his views that it is fair to increase the levy in order to contribute towards a deficit in the Central Bank of Ireland defined benefit pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32049/15]
371. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if the fiscal room of €1.2-€1.5billion identified for 2016 refers to the full year effect of taxation and other measures, or the first year effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31654/15]
363. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money received so far in respect of fees for the 2008 bank guarantee scheme and the eligible liabilities guarantee scheme, proceeds received from the sale of related banking asset; if he will confirm the current value of the various share holdings the State has in respect of banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31569/15]
362. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the sources of the amounts used to recapitalise Irish banks between funds from the National Pensions Reserve Fund, sovereign borrowing and the promissory notes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31568/15]
361. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form, for each year 2007 to 2014 inclusive, the headline and underlying general Government balance in nominal and percentage terms; the level of gross domestic product and gross national product showing the percentage movement from the previous year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31567/15]
358. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which the €1.2 billion to €1.5 billion in fiscal space identified for 2016 is constrained by taxation commitments already entered into; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31548/15]
354. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total levies collected by the Central Bank of Ireland from financial institutions in the past five years to cover its costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31496/15]
353. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on persons holding multiple directorships of financial institutions; his further views that a limit should apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31495/15]