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Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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NAMA Assets Sale
Michael McGrath
27. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he has had direct discussions with US private equity funds which have purchased circa. 90% of the assets sold by the National Asset Management Agency, with regard to their intentions for their investments in view of the important influence they now have on the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4673/15]
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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IBRC Liquidation
Michael McGrath
38. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update in relation to the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; when the special liquidation process will be fully completed; if he will provide an estimate, based on currently available information and any return to the State from the special liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4671/15]
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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Social Welfare Code
Michael McGrath
48. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding self-employed persons who wish to employ their spouse and pay the normal class A PRSI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5144/15]
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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Pension Levy Yield
Michael McGrath
53. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the final yield from the 0.75% pension fund levy in 2014; the way this compared to the projected yield at budget time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5059/15]
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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NAMA Operations
Michael McGrath
55. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has a finder's fee arrangement in place with certain debtors who are in control of retail or office units for securing new tenants; if the agency provides any incentive to such debtors for identifying or securing new tenants for their vacant units; if so, the way this incentive works; the number of cases where such an incentive has been extended; the total monetary amount of any such incentive; if he will provide any other relevant information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5135/15]
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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Industrial Relations
Michael McGrath
73. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the options open to a person to ensure that a decision of the Rights Commissioner under the auspices of the Labour Relations Commissioner is enforced in respect of an award made by the Commissioner and which is not being honoured by the respondent in the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5164/15]
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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Adoption Authority of Ireland
Michael McGrath
98. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the accountability and reporting obligations of the Adoption Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5143/15]
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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Child Protection
Michael McGrath
99. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will arrange for a detailed response to be issued by the Health Service Executive to a letter sent to child protection services by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in November 2014 in view of the seriousness of the matters raised. [5136/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Paternity Leave Costs
Michael McGrath
175. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost associated with allowing four weeks of paternity benefit to fathers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4328/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Labour Activation Measures
Michael McGrath
181. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of education, training and activation measures that are open to persons who are unemployed but who are not in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance by virtue of the means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4438/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Jobseeker's Allowance Data
Michael McGrath
182. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has estimates of the number of persons who are unemployed but who are not in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance by virtue of the means test and are therefore not included in the live register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4439/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Corporation Tax Regime
Michael McGrath
230. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of companies operating in the Irish tonnage tax regime in each year from 2003 to 2014; the number of persons employed in shore based positions with Irish tonnage tax companies; the total tax paid each year under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4327/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Tax Code
Michael McGrath
232. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 22 January 2015, the process in place in the Revenue Commissioners to verify entitlement to a personal fund threshold when one is requested; the documentation which must be furnished in support of such a claim if the Revenue Commissioners audit holders of personal fund thresholds to ensure compliance is maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4322/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Financial Services Regulation
Michael McGrath
233. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his view on draft proposals from the European Commission on the capital buffer which must be held by constant net asset value funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4326/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Mortgage Applications Approvals
Michael McGrath
255. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if new mortgage rules apply to a person who currently has mortgage approval but has not yet drawn down their mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4685/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Mortgage Applications Approvals
Michael McGrath
256. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views that it is an anomaly that the 20% minium deposit rule applies to non-first-time buyers with equity in their home who wish to trade up but does not apply to someone in negative equity who similarly wishes to purchase a new home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4686/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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European Central Bank
Michael McGrath
273. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on the performance of the European Central Bank in regard to its role in respect of the prudential supervision of credit institutions as laid out in article 127(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4826/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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National Payments Plan Implementation
Michael McGrath
284. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the implementation of the national payments plan launched in April 2013; the progress in rolling out of basic bank accounts; the number of such accounts now in existence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5000/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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IDA Portfolio
Michael McGrath
304. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of the sites owned by the Industrial Development Agency in County Cork and which have potential use for inward investment purposes in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4443/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Insolvency Service of Ireland
Michael McGrath
358. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personal insolvency practitioners who have applied for payment in respect of insolvency proposals which were vetoed by creditors; the total number of insolvency proposals which have been vetoed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4321/15]