Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 April 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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When the then Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, answered a parliamentary question asked by the current Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, he said: "Notwithstanding its voluntary nature, I expect that best practice dictates that the code be applied by all institutions to all classes of residential property." Did the Department have a view on that matter? Usually responses to parliamentary questions are signed off on by the general secretary of the Department. The Minister does not answer them without-----