Parliamentary questions

Child Benefit Payments

Michael McGrath

173. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases before the High Court in which the payment of child benefit is being contested on equality grounds; the implications of these cases for general policy in relation to payment of child benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17789/16]

Social Welfare Fraud Data

Michael McGrath

174. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount recovered through Operation DIRT in 2014 and 2015; the amount recovered by Operation DIRT since its inception; his views on the implementation of Operation DIRT to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17797/16]

Social Welfare Fraud Data

Michael McGrath

175. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the top ten individual amounts recovered from social protection claimants through Operation DIRT in 2015; the aggregate amount in their bank accounts; when those persons first made incorrect declarations to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17798/16]

Social Welfare Fraud Data

Michael McGrath

176. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the top ten amounts in the bank accounts of persons who have made repayments to her Department as a result of Operation DIRT since it commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17799/16]

Departmental Schemes

Michael McGrath

177. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims under the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; the annual cost of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17801/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Michael McGrath

178. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims under the optical treatment benefit scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; the annual cost of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17802/16]

Drugs Payment Scheme Data

Michael McGrath

244. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of the drug payment scheme; the annual number of beneficiaries of the scheme; the number of individual monthly claims, in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17795/16]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Michael McGrath

245. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the amount raised by the State from charges on the estate of persons who received nursing home care under the nursing home support scheme in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17796/16]

Health Insurance Data

Michael McGrath

246. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of health insurance policies offered in the market here as at December 2011, December 2012, December 2013, December 2014, December 2015 and at present in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17803/16]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Michael McGrath

28. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the dedicated new court to deal with mortgage arrears, as promised in the programme for Government, will be established; if all bank and non-bank institutions that hold mortgage debt in Ireland will be subject to it; if she plans to establish a preferred hierarchy of mortgage solutions to be applied to arrears cases; if she plans to give a statutory right to mortgage holders to certain solutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10762/16]

Spent Convictions

Michael McGrath

71. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the convictions incurred by a person (details supplied) qualify as spent convictions under the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016. [16671/16]

Mortgage Debt

Michael McGrath

91. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of interest applying to a judgment mortgage; if a judgment mortgage lapses after a period of time; the steps the creditor may take to enforce the asset, the subject to the judgment mortgage; the rights of the borrower; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17159/16]

Tax Settlements

Michael McGrath

120. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of settlements the Revenue Commissioners reached in 2014 and 2015 with high-net-worth individuals, HNWI, that contained a clause guaranteeing that the details of the settlement would not be published; why the Revenue Commissioners enter into non-disclosure agreements; his plans to review the policy in relation to non-disclosure of large settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16796/16]

Financial Services Ombudsman Data

Michael McGrath

148. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of complaints the Financial Services Ombudsman received, and the number upheld, regarding the sale of whole-of-life insurance policies in each of the years from 2012 to 2015; if he is aware of widespread concern regarding very large premium increases being demanded by insurance firms when whole-of-life policies are reviewed; if he is satisfied that consumers are adequately informed of the risks associated with taking out such policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17248/16]

Financial Services Regulation

Michael McGrath

150. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank has a record of the number of commercial loans that have been sold on by the original underwriter; the details of this record; if the Central Bank must be notified when a commercial loan has been sold on; if he has concerns that a commercial loan could be sold on to a competitor of the borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17265/16]

Waste Disposal Charges

Michael McGrath

256. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 398 of 31 May 2016, the status of the steps he is taking, in respect of families that include a person with a disability, and whose bins are particularly heavy, as a result of that person's condition, in relation to the introduction of pay-by-weight charges for the collection of domestic refuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17205/16]

Health Services Provision

Michael McGrath

353. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the intervention services available for a person (details supplied) who has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder; in particular, to confirm whether any speech and language, and occupational therapy is available for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16676/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Michael McGrath

451. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health his plans to include a certain condition (details supplied) on the list of conditions qualifying under the long-term illness card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17264/16]

Mobile Telephony Services

Michael McGrath

5. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the commitments in the programme for Government on improving mobile telephone coverage and his timetable for action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16180/16]

Energy Efficiency

Michael McGrath

7. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider introducing an opt-in provision for customers in the national smart metering programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16236/16]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Michael McGrath

55. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 97 and 112 of 8 June 2016, if she will further respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [16518/16]

General Government Debt

Michael McGrath

90. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the composition of the general government debt in terms of Exchequer debt borrowings under the European Union and Ireland's European Union-International Monetary Fund programme, retail debt and other forms, the term to maturity and average interest rate on each component, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16497/16]

Banking Sector Staff

Michael McGrath

91. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff that Allied Irish Banks employs directly or under contract who are solely or primarily working on resolving issues relating to the Central Bank investigation of its handling of tracker mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16499/16]

Central Bank of Ireland Investigations

Michael McGrath

92. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff that Permanent TSB employs directly or under contract who are solely or primarily working on resolving issues relating to the Central Bank investigation of its handling of tracker mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16500/16]

Central Bank of Ireland Investigations

Michael McGrath

93. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff that non-State-owned banks employ directly or under contract who are solely or primarily working on resolving issues relating to the Central Bank investigation of its handling of tracker mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16501/16]

Contingent Capital Notes

Michael McGrath

94. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the amount of contingent convertible capital notes and preference shares that he holds in the covered banks; when he acquired these; the interest payable on each security; their maturity dates; his plans for these investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16502/16]

Banking Operations

Michael McGrath

95. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if Ulster Bank has made a formal application or indicated its plans to change its regulatory or legal status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16504/16]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Michael McGrath

96. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the manner in which banks operate the standard financial statement for customers in financial distress; if there is a commonly applied definition of necessary living costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16505/16]

Central Bank of Ireland Investigations

Michael McGrath

97. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the pace of progress of investigations into the collapse of Irish Nationwide; when they will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16506/16]

Insurance Industry

Michael McGrath

98. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance when he will provide a definitive update on the cost of the collapse of an insurance company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16507/16]

Banking Sector Investigations

Michael McGrath

99. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the amount of loans outstanding from former directors of State-owned banks; if the banks are continuing to collect these loans rigorously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16508/16]

Stamp Duty

Michael McGrath

100. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the revenue generated from residential stamp duty; and the number of individual residential cases in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16510/16]

Stamp Duty

Michael McGrath

101. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the revenue generated from commercial stamp duty and the number of individual cases in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16511/16]

VAT Yield

Michael McGrath

102. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the Value Added Tax generated from the sale of new residential housing and the number of cases in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16512/16]

Tax Data

Michael McGrath

103. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the reason for the substantial increase in exit tax paid on life assurance policies in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16514/16]

Film Industry Tax Reliefs

Michael McGrath

104. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of projects that availed of section 481 film tax relief; the number of jobs supported by the relief in 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16515/16]

Motor Insurance

Michael McGrath

107. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the amount insurance companies reported to the Central Bank as having been paid out on motor insurance claims and the number of claims the payouts related to in each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16575/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure

Michael McGrath

155. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection to set out the cost of providing a 50%, 75% and 100% Christmas bonus in 2016; if he has provided for a Christmas bonus in his Revised Estimates; how European Union and national fiscal rules impact on the ability to pay a Christmas bonus in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16496/16]

Community Employment Schemes Data

Michael McGrath

156. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection to set out the number of child care places provided and how this has varied in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, under community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16498/16]

Prescriptions Charges

Michael McGrath

216. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the proportions of the projected cost of prescribed drugs which relate to payment to manufacturers; to wholesale distributors and to retail pharmacists under the general medical scheme and community drug scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16513/16]

Legislative Programme

Michael McGrath

278. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the implementation of the Construction Contracts Act 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16503/16]

Personal Insolvency Act

Michael McGrath

76. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 31 May 2016, if she is considering widening the circumstances whereby an insolvency court can overrule a bank veto and, in particular, to situations where a family home is no longer involved because it has been sold under pressure or instruction from the bank; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16295/16]

VAT Rate Application

Michael McGrath

83. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if there is flexibility in terms of the value added tax charged to the end consumer in the case where a retailer is selling age appropriate clothes for children but of a size that is beyond the threshold for zero rating; the clothes size thresholds that apply for zero rating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16161/16]

Naval Service

Michael McGrath

234. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware of the Department of Defence's grave concerns in relation to the impact of a planned incinerator at Ringaskiddy, County Cork on the operational use of Haulbowline naval base; the action he is taking to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16297/16]

Company Law

Michael McGrath

110. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rules that apply to the charging of fees by receivers appointed under land and conveyancing legislation; the qualifications that are necessary for a person to act as a receiver; the circumstances in which receivers are appointed and regulated; the information the borrower is entitled to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15509/16]

Data Protection

Michael McGrath

111. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 138 and 140 of 2 June 2016, if a borrower is entitled to a copy of the original loan documentation and the full loan file in the case of personal borrowings and commercial loans under data protection law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15540/16]

Financial Services Regulation

Michael McGrath

163. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if a person or organisation buying a commercial loan must be a regulated entity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15549/16]

VAT Exemptions

Michael McGrath

174. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) and his plans to introduce legislation concerning this. [15999/16]

Labour Court Recommendations

Michael McGrath

217. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a Labour Court recommendation (details supplied) including the steps he is taking to ensure it is fully implemented. [15998/16]

Waste Management

Michael McGrath

250. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the level of information provided by private waste collection companies to residential customers about the new pay-by-weight scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15655/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael McGrath

519. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the planned remediation works at Haulbowline Island, County Cork ; the cost of the plan to develop a public park and related amenities on the site in 2016 and in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15923/16]

Broadband Service Provision

Michael McGrath

549. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 835 of 31 May 2016, if he will address a matter (details supplied). [15932/16]

Departmental Agencies Board Appointments

Michael McGrath

575. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of vacancies on the board of the Port of Cork Company, including the process for filling vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15719/16]

Appointment of Receivers

Michael McGrath

618. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the qualifications that are necessary for a person to act as a receiver; the circumstances in which receivers are appointed and regulated; the information to which the borrower is entitled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15510/16]

National Treasury Management Agency

Michael McGrath

47. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the consideration the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund gives in making a commercial investment in a project (details supplied) to the amount and form of the investment, when it will take place and the stage it is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15213/16]

Citizenship Applications

Michael McGrath

99. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the fees associated with applications for Irish citizenship and to introduce a separate application process for certain categories of applicants where, for example, one spouse is an Irish citizen, the person has been in Ireland for a prolonged period or Irish-born children are involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14376/16]

Home Repossessions Rate

Michael McGrath

102. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of repossession orders for principal dwelling houses granted in County Cork and the number of these before the courts for the city and the county in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14522/16]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Michael McGrath

112. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding support given to refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14651/16]

Ministerial Briefing

Michael McGrath

134. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has prepared a ministerial briefing paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14324/16]

Banking Sector

Michael McGrath

142. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of contracts a building society (details supplied) has terminated in respect of agents who were selling products on its behalf in towns and villages around the country in respect of each of the past six years; the selection criteria used by the society in respect of these decisions and the process involved; if this was as a result of a change in the business model of the society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14652/16]

Vehicle Registration Data

Michael McGrath

277. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of private passenger road vehicles that were registered pre-1 July 2008 and post-1 July 2008; and the amount of road tax collected in 2015 and expected to be collected in 2016 from each category, in tabular form. [14694/16]

Homeless Persons Data

Michael McGrath

278. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has a breakdown by category of how the 5,963 persons who are homeless became so, for example, the number who are homeless as a result of a rent increase, a home repossession, the termination of a tenancy or the break-up of a relationship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14695/16]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications

Michael McGrath

281. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application for mortgage to rent by a person (details supplied), if he is aware of the urgency of this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14983/16]

Departmental Functions

Michael McGrath

591. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his decision to move environment related policy into a single Department with responsibility for climate change and energy will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14653/16]

Home Repossessions Rate

Michael McGrath

116. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set down by the owner of the loan the number of applications for the repossession of principal dwelling houses before the courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14153/16]

Insolvency Service of Ireland Data

Michael McGrath

131. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the administrative cost of running the Insolvency Service of Ireland, ISI, in 2015; the fees received by the ISI in 2014 and 2015, the number of cases completed, by category; the budget allocated to the ISI for 2016; the staff it employs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14228/16]

Mortgage Data

Michael McGrath

138. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the entitlement to, and how a borrower may obtain a copy of, the full loan file documentation, including the original loan application and the underwriting process, in respect of personal loans and commercial loans; if the entitlement of the borrower is different if the owner of the loan is or is not a regulated entity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14145/16]

Loan Books Purchasers

Michael McGrath

139. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider requiring the new owner of a loan to inform the borrower of the price the new owner paid for the loan and the portfolio of which the loan forms part, in cases where loans have been sold on by the original lender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14146/16]

Mortgage Data

Michael McGrath

140. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if the restructuring of residential and buy-to-let mortgage loans and commercial loans is legally binding on the new owner of the loan where the loan was restructured by agreement between the borrower and the original lender prior to its sale to the new owner; and if there is a distinction between new owners who are regulated entities and those who are not. [14147/16]

Mortgage Data

Michael McGrath

141. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the protections available to a residential mortgage holder whose loan is owned by a regulated entity which are not available where the loan is owned by a non-regulated entity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14148/16]

Mortgage Data

Michael McGrath

142. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgages owned by non-bank lenders, by institution, by regulated entity, by non-regulated entity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14149/16]

Property Ownership

Michael McGrath

143. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of vacant residential properties owned by private citizens, banks, non-bank lenders, the National Asset Management Agency, in receivership, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14150/16]

Mortgage Resolution Processes

Michael McGrath

144. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the legislative basis for the application of the code of conduct on mortgage arrears, the consumer protection code, the mortgage arrears resolution process and the mortgage arrears resolution targets in respect of lenders which are regulated entities and lenders which are non-regulated entities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14154/16]

Credit Institutions Resolution Fund

Michael McGrath

146. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the drawdown from the €250 million he made available through the Exchequer Central Fund to the credit institutions resolution fund in December 2011, by amount used, by credit union, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14216/16]

Tax Reliefs Data

Michael McGrath

147. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 26 May 2016, the number of microbreweries resident outside the State which qualified for tax relief in each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14218/16]

Tax Reliefs Data

Michael McGrath

148. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the tax expenditure associated with the home renovation incentive in each year since it was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14219/16]

Tax Exemptions

Michael McGrath

149. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering anti-avoidance measures relating to the potential misuse of the dwelling house exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14221/16]

Tax Yield

Michael McGrath

150. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the cumulative yield from the levy on private pension funds; if all outstanding levies due have now been collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14222/16]

Prize Bonds

Michael McGrath

151. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the total value of prizes paid and the percentage this represents of the total prize bonds outstanding in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14223/16]

Property Tax Data

Michael McGrath

152. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the rate of compliance with the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14224/16]

Departmental Staff

Michael McGrath

153. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of economists he employs, specifically on banking policy; his plans to increase this number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14226/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael McGrath

154. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the fees his Department has paid to third parties relating to a possible flotation of a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14227/16]

Banking Sector

Michael McGrath

155. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the bank levy on financial institutions that do not reduce standard variable mortgage rates. [14229/16]

Tax Compliance

Michael McGrath

156. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 3 December 2015 if he has concluded the investigation into the tax affairs of medical consultants; the lessons learned for tax compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14230/16]

Living City Initiative

Michael McGrath

157. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of successful applications, by relevant area, under the living city initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14231/16]

Tax Data

Michael McGrath

158. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the interest the Revenue Commissioners levied and collected from the late payment of tax liabilities, by tax category, in each of the years 2012 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14232/16]

Tax Data

Michael McGrath

159. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the penalties the Revenue Commissioners levied and collected from the late payment of tax liabilities, by tax category, in each of the years 2012 to 2015; how this is broken down across different categories of tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14233/16]

Government Deficit

Michael McGrath

161. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the impact on the general government deficit of the dividend of €275 million due to be received from the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation's special liquidator; if this impacts on the fiscal space for 2016; if possible future dividends will impact on the general government deficit in 2017 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14240/16]

Housing Data

Michael McGrath

191. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacant residential properties owned by private citizens, banks, non-bank lenders, local authorities, in receivership and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14151/16]

Private Rented Accommodation

Michael McGrath

192. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a residential tenant's rights cease if the owner of the property wishes to sell the property and seek vacant possession; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14152/16]

Social Insurance Data

Michael McGrath

203. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons paying class K pay related social insurance who have passed 66 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14059/16]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Michael McGrath

268. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the hospitals at which consultants are in breach of their 80:20 public private mix, the maximum breach; the number of breaches, by hospital, in tabular form; if this is impacting on waiting lists; the actions he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14217/16]

Medical Card Data

Michael McGrath

269. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards which were withdrawn on income grounds from persons over 70 years of age in each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14220/16]

Driver Licence Applications

Michael McGrath

299. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of persons who are under 18 years of age when applying for driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14225/16]

Courts Service Data

Michael McGrath

87. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judgment mortgages applied for and granted in each year from 2010 to 2015; the total value of such judgment mortgages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13436/16]

Personal Insolvency Act

Michael McGrath

209. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the facility to appeal to the court the rejection of an insolvency proposal by a creditor is only available where a family home is involved; the number of cases whereby such a facility has been availed of and the outcome in each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12963/16]

Financial Services Regulation

Michael McGrath

247. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the current regulatory framework for receivers appointed by banks; if he plans to introduce any changes in this area; the oversight in place with regard to the level of fees charged by receivers; the recourse an affected borrower has who believes the fees charged in respect of their assets are excessive and unjustifiable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12957/16]

IBRC Account Holders

Michael McGrath

248. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, in special liquidation, is no longer in a position to provide legacy account support or assistance for loan accounts, mortgage accounts or deposit accounts, including the printing of copy statements or loan offer letters, due to the wind-down of the IBRC; if he will acknowledge that this may cause serious difficulties for borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13151/16]

Banking Operations

Michael McGrath

256. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the circumstance in which a bank is required to consult with his Department when it is proposing a disposal of a loan or loans; if the disclosure requirements distinguish between residential mortgage, buy to let and commercial loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13434/16]

Loan Books Purchasers

Michael McGrath

257. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to requiring pre-approval from the Central Bank for the disposal by bank and non-bank lenders of residential mortgages until such time as the Central Bank is satisfied that the purchaser of the loan has put in place adequate procedures for the resolution of arrears cases and satisfactory administration of such loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13435/16]