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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (28 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders resident in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3657/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (28 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of service disruptions, including cancellations and delays, which have affected public service obligation supported flights operating into and out of Donegal Airport at Carrickfinn, including the reasons for these disruptions, by instance, by month, for the years 2014 and 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (27 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive payment under the young farmer national reserve payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3404/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I do not accept that at all. As Governor of the Central Bank, he could ask the banks to deregulate and to offer all options to customers. At present, the banks are cherry picking the options.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I refer to the issue of mortgage arrears. Professor Lane said there are 66,000 mortgages in arrears of 90 days or more. Overall, the number of residential mortgages in arrears was approximately 98,000 at the end of the last quarter. This does not include buy-to-lets. Behind each statistic is a family. I have spoken to families in which individual members have contemplated taking their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I beg the Governor on behalf of these families to adopt a stronger approach with the banks. I have spoken about using a carrot and stick approach in the past but the problem is that only the carrot was used. Additional capital requirements were imposed but when the Central Bank allowed the banks to seek voluntary surrender or repossession, it put the stick back in its pocket.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I would like to sit here for a few hours and ask questions. Having spent the past two years sitting on the banking inquiry, one of the big lessons is that we should have a proper engagement at committees with the Governor. Unfortunately, we usually have to skim over a number of important subjects and we do not get to the nuts and bolts of anything. I hope if some of us are returned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Should it come under the Central Bank's supervision?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: So is it the case, then, that if a company is not taking deposits in the country, it does not fall under the supervision of the Central Bank?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: We will probably discuss the regulation of those unregulated firms in the same way as the regulation of deposit-taking banks at a later stage. Turning to the mortgage rules that the Central Bank introduced last year, there have been different suggestions about how they should be amended, changed, or scrapped. One proposal being put forward is that the Government would provide a grant of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The witness referred to the credit-fuelled bubble that arose. We know from the Nyberg report, for example, that commercial property was the main reason for the collapse of the banks. Given the fact that we have seen an increase in the supply of commercial property - over 21% in the last year - is the witness concerned, or how concerned is he, in regard to this rise? People understand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: With the changes in regard to banking union, some of our larger banks are being supervised at a European level through the Central Bank. To take three large institutions with large loan books, what type of staff numbers are involved in supervising AIB, Bank of Ireland and Cerberus, which has €20 billion of Irish loans on its books?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome Professor Lane and congratulate him on his appointment. I wish him every success. He has probably followed reports in the media in recent days which indicate that the banking inquiry is due to report tomorrow. It has been stated that the inquiry's report is critical of the institution that Professor Lane now leads. What assurances will he give the committee and, more...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if it is compulsory for applicants under the jobseeker's allowance scheme to provide evidence of having applied for advertised vacancies in order to qualify; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2866/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance following a ruling by the European Court of Justice, if he will amend the legislation to allow vehicles on loan from another jurisdiction be exempted from vehicle registration tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2729/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal basis on which vehicle registration tax is levied on vehicles on loan within the State from another state; how this levying is reconciled with European Union law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2730/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross and net fiscal space available to the Government for each year from 2016 to 2021 if the structural balance improvement is maintained at 0.6 per cent per year during this period. [2734/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Expenditure (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 17 November 2015 is still accurate or if the figures contained within it have in any way been recalculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2733/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance why a document (details supplied) was not furnished the Banking Inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2923/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Investigations (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 159. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has ever investigated allegations of maladministration of European Union grants and funds; in which years such investigations took place; the authorities who carried them out; the conclusions of such investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2725/16]