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Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: -----as a matter the Government might wish to push.

Other Questions: Insurance Costs (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his flexibility in allowing me to take Deputy Martin Kenny's question. The question relates to the cost of car insurance, an issue we have been debating in the House for some time. The question is specifically about returned emigrants. The Minister will have heard that many people are thinking of returning home, and it is great to have them return home, but...

Other Questions: Insurance Costs (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has suggested that it will take a couple of months to complete the review. We need action to be taken by the insurance industry sooner than the time it will take to produce the report in a couple of months. People who want to come home are not coming home because of high motor insurance costs. The Minister said that if they are driving abroad then they can show they have a...

Other Questions: Insurance Costs (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is aware that the amended motion called for the report to be published straight away, and I welcome the fact that the Minister has committed to do that because in previous replies on the matter he was ambiguous on that issue. We also called for the establishment of a task force to review the Central Bank's role on the regulation of the insurance industry and a number of other...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The last five or six words were the only part of the answer that addressed my question. I know we are running out of time but we are supposed to be in a different situation now, one in which we get to the nub of issues rather more quickly. The Minister has made commitments and said he would review the code of conduct to make it mandatory on lenders to provide a more effective range of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I was not part of the programme for Government discussions but I would say that some people who were would have a different interpretation of the discussions the Minister has just outlined. It is in the programme for Government and the Minister said of the code of conduct on the record of the House last week: "I am willing to review it again to make it mandatory on lenders to provide the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: That is a major U-turn.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: No, the Minister is not. It is a complete and utter U-turn. The Minister said last month that he would make it mandatory on lenders to offer two options, spilt mortgages or mortgages to rent, but he is saying now that he is not going to do that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the programme for Government commitment to deal with the mortgage crisis by working with the Central Bank to amend the code of conduct on mortgage arrears to include an obligation on providers of mortgage credit to provide a range of sustainable arrears solutions and to put the code of conduct on a statutory basis. [17748/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: My question this month is similar to the question we put down last month. It relates to the specific plans and the timeframe to implement the commitment that was made in the programme for Government regarding those in mortgage distress and the calls that have been made by myself and my party, along with others, that it should be mandatory for lenders to offer certain solutions to those in...

Summer Economic Statement 2016: Statements (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an deis seo labhairt ar ráiteas eacnamaíochta an tsamhraidh. Tá an ráiteas againn, sa deireadh thiar thall, agus is féidir linn plé agus scansáil a dhéanamh air. The summer statement indicates boldly in its second paragraph that "decisive policy action means that the public finances are now in a better position". It is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made in providing a solution to those persons in areas that have recently flooded whereby they can access flood insurance at affordable prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17537/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Loan Books Purchasers (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance when, as per the programme for Government, he will move to provide greater protection for mortgage holders, tenants and SMEs, whose loans have been transferred to non-regulated entities, that is, vulture funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17538/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Loan Books Purchasers (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance when, as per the programme for Government, he will move to provide greater protection for mortgage holders, tenants and small to medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, whose loans have been transferred to non-regulated entities, that is, vulture funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17538/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Abolition (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance his position on abolishing the universal social charge by 2021; and his plans to replace the potential €5.6 billion income per annum by 2021 that this charge could bring in by 2021. [17539/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the motion on insurance costs passed by Dáil Éireann on 9 June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17536/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance Applications (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) under the back to work enterprise allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17673/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to establish a rail link between Letterkenny, County Donegal, and Derry city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17882/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the A5 road project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17883/16]

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Economic and Social Research Institute (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe. I will start with a couple of quick questions. The HERMES model did not include the financial sector. Has that been rectified?