101. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his plans to review the way in which capital acquisitions tax is applied, in particular in respect of inheritance of the family home; if he will consider an annual indexation of thresholds, and a reduction in the rate on interest which applies to persons, who by virtue of their circumstances need to pay a capital acquisitions tax bill by instalments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24813/15]
98. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of banks with which officials of his Department have met which have made a definitive commitment to reduce their standard variable mortgage rate, as distinct from offering new fixed rates to customers; his views on the outcome of these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24812/15]
109. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
96. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
93. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
92. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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 matter. [24403/15]
91. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
90. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
89. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
85. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
84. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
83. Deputy Michael McGrath asked 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]
82. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the yield from stamp duty on share transactions on the Irish Stock Exchange, in each year from 2010 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24373/15]
81. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out a review of the implementation and impact of the carbon tax since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24372/15]
80. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the total yield from each category to which the carbon tax is applied, in each year from 2011 to 2014; the projected yield in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24371/15]
79. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of unfinished housing estates approved for exemption from the local property tax in 2014 and to date in 2015; the approximate revenue foregone as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24370/15]
75. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the annual tax expenditure in each year since 2008 associated with the deduction of interest expense against rental income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24306/15]
74. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of Employee Share Ownership Trust Schemes approved by the Revenue Commissioners at the end of each year from 2010 to 2014; the number of beneficiaries of such Schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24304/15]
75. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 10 June 2015, when the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation commenced the practice of sending monthly board packs to his Department. [23980/15]
74. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if the minutes of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation's credit committee were included in the monthly board packs sent by the bank to his Department; if so, when his Department began to receive the minutes of the corporation's credit committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23979/15]
63. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the rules governing the ability of a person in receipt of the State pension (contributory) or the State pension (non-contributory) to take up paid employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24114/15]
554. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health when he expects free general practitioner care to be available to all those over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23100/15]
432. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2014; when the Bill will be enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23056/15]
289. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the unwinding of the public service pension reduction for existing pensioners in payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23099/15]
235. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on the independent review carried out by a company (details supplied) of certain matters pertaining to Ulster Bank; if he is satisfied with the number of files which were reviewed and the number of customers interviewed, as part of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23057/15]
231. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of fees paid to barristers, senior and junior counsel, by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation for each of the years 2011 to 2014, including the name of, and amount paid to, each recipient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23025/15]
230. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the legal and professional fees incurred by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in relation to the ongoing legal dispute between the corporation and a family (details supplied), the said fees, including fees paid to solicitors, barristers, accountants, expert witnesses, information and technology consultants, nominee directors and receivers, both personal receivers and share receivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23024/15]
125. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if any additional complaints to An Garda Síochána have been made involving the National Asset Management Agency, separate to the 16 complaints she confirmed in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22873/15]
124. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of investigations by An Garda Síochána into the 16 complaints involving the National Asset Management Agency which she confirmed were taking place in 2014; the number of investigations that have been finalised and the outcome in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22872/15]
119. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects a Garda youth diversion project for a town (details supplied) in County Cork to be operational; the level of resources that will be involved; the way the project will operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22855/15]
97. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way he envisages the system of multi-year ceilings will operate under the revised EB framework; his views on the finding of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the multi-year expenditure ceilings system is not working effectively because the Government has consistently made adjustments to the ceilings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22927/15]
96. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council's claim that the ratio of non-interest Government spending to gross domestic product is projected to fall by over five percentage points between 2015 and 2020 and this would appear very challenging to achieve while maintaining current services and meeting demands for increases in public services, due to demographic and other pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22925/15]
90. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the projected deficit in 2016, 2017 and 2018 on a no-policy-change basis and, separately, based on policies envisaged by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22926/15]
89. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council's claim that the Stability Programme Update 2015 does not present a full picture of the likely costs of demographic ageing and cost pressures in delivering existing programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22924/15]
88. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on the finding of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the Spring Economic Statement and the Stability Programme Update 2015 incorporate a further adjustment for tax buoyancy that goes against the letter and spirit of the expenditure benchmark rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22923/15]
87. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if projections for the deficit for 2017 and subsequent years in the Spring Economic Statement and the Stability Programme Update 2015 are based on anticipated neutral budgets post-2016, or if they incorporate promised tax and expenditure measures of up to €1.5 billion per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22922/15]
86. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on the finding of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the Stability Programme Update 2015 sets out a plan that lowers the budget deficit by just 0.3% of gross domestic product in 2016, thus falling short of requirements on a forward-looking basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22921/15]
75. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if an incapacitated child tax credit may be claimed in circumstances where a qualifying adult is not living with a surviving parent, but is supported to some extent by that parent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22790/15]
162. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Meath is losing a special needs assistant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22546/15]
72. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the date he learned that the actual loss to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation on the Siteserv transaction in 2012 was €119 million, as recorded in the minutes of the board meeting of the corporation on 15 March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22650/15]
71. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance in view of his confirmation that his Department was in receipt of the minutes of board meetings at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation prior to the putting in place of a new relationship framework with the corporation in March 2012, the procedure that was in place within his Department for reviewing those board minutes, and for following up on any issues arising from those minutes, that raised concerns in his Department. [22649/15]
70. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, for each individual board meeting of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, from the nationalisation of the Bank on 21 January 2009 to the appointment of the special liquidator on 7 February 2013, the date of each such meeting; the date on which the board minutes were received in his Department in respect of each such meeting; the other documents that were received by his Department on a regular basis from the bank prior to the new relationship framework being put in place on 29 March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22648/15]
63. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the date when his Department discovered that it actually did hold the minutes of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation board meeting of 15 March 2012; the way this discovery was made; where the minutes were found in his Department; the other board minutes of the Corporation that were held by his Department relating to the years 2009 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22573/15]
1179. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority plans to introduce a new grant scheme for wheelchair accessible taxis similar to the 2014 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22019/15]
1067. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the loan restructuring options available under the local authority mortgage arrears resolution process; his plans to extend this range of options to include, for example, split mortgages or mortgage write-downs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22036/15]
1066. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the most recent tenant purchase scheme was open for applications; when he expects a new tenant purchase scheme will become operational; how the discount on the market value of the property will be calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22032/15]
987. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the proposed cut to the provision of special needs assistants at a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork [22126/15]
883. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding provision of services for children with ASD at a school in County Cork; if the matter will be addressed by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22480/15]
863. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that financial support is provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who requires to travel to the UK on a regular basis in view of the lack of a facility here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22347/15]
851. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health in the case of the nursing homes support scheme, if it is possible for a person in receipt of support under the scheme to apply for a deferral ancillary State support in respect of the liability relating to the family home after paying the liability for the first year; if he will outline the procedure involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22247/15]