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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: It is a very serious matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Some people watching are looking at 10%-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: They cannot afford to pay their mortgages and as we go down the line, they are in danger of losing their homes. Where are the deeds?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: To get it clear in my own head, if you have paid off your mortgage to a vulture fund and want to use your house as collateral to lever credit or whatever, what do you have to prove that the house is yours?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes. You obviously have to produce something to say-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: So what then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: But you are at its behest to do that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: And is Mr. Honohan saying they could be anywhere in the world?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I will move on because I am conscious of my time. Is this an issue that is faced by all member states? Have other EU states attempted to resolve the issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: No. On that, to make it relevant to those most impacted by it, what difference would that make to the homeowner here?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Honohan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I think we should point out that if the mortgage was sold off in the first place and did not meet the criteria of a non-performing loan, it should never have been transferred in the first instance. I need to offer Mr. Honohan a ten-minute break now because we have been going for two hours. Does he wish to take that break?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: There will be other questions because I know the Cathaoirleach and Deputy Doherty want to come back.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: We were told at the beginning, when non-performing mortgages were being transferred to vulture funds, that the consumer would enjoy the very same protections as they did with the banks. Is Mr. Honohan telling me that is not the case?
- Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: There are 220 homeless children in counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. There was one person homeless in 2014. That just demonstrates how the situation has gotten worse under the Minister's watch. Every month the number of homeless people increases on the Minister's watch. Behind these figures are real families and people who desperately need somewhere to live. They are scared that they...
- Appropriation Bill 2023: Second Stage (12 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: As the Minister said, the purpose of the Appropriation Bill 2023 is to give statutory authority to the amounts voted on by the Dáil during the year from the original Estimates, further Revised Estimates and Supplementary Estimates. The Bill used to be just waved through the Dáil without any debate. It is important that this is no longer the case. This House needs greater scrutiny...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome Harry, Lorcan and Karen Keely to the Gallery. I raise the seriousness of the delay in ACRES. Delay impacts not only the families of the farmers but also suppliers, local businesses and contractors who desperately need that money. The issue is also going to impact taxation. It means that for two payments in one year, recipients are going to be taxed more than they would otherwise...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (12 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: 250. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason registered blind persons are omitted from availing of the primary care certificate; his plans to include blind persons in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54879/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Bodies (12 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: 251. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide, in tabular form, Ireland’s contribution to the IMF each year in nominal terms and as a percentage of GNP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54882/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tax Data (12 Dec 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: 268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of the public sector pay bill which is recouped directly through income tax and USC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54591/23]