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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: With regard to Anglo Irish Bank, on 4 January 2009, the Sunday Independentpublished the following comment from Professor Ahearne:The markets quite clearly don't believe in the future of Anglo, and yet the Government is saying it's too important to let go. I'm not convinced by this. Will Professor Ahearne outline the reasons he was not convinced of the Government's view that Anglo Irish...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: On Anglo Irish Bank, Professor Ahearne described how he arrived at his assessment that there would be a hard landing. He did not have access to the internal data available to the banks, which the Central Bank may also have had. If he had been aware of the information provided in the Nyberg report, which shows that 50% of Anglo Irish Bank's loan book was held by 20 individuals, what types of...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: A number of names have been mentioned today, including those of Professor Ahearne, Mr. David McWilliams and Professor Morgan Kelly. Does Professor Ahearne share the view that there were only a number of contrarian voices, or was the evidence wider? Will he comment on the note that UBS issued to its investors in January 2008 in which it advised them to sell shares in Anglo Irish Bank and...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Professor Ahearne noted in response to Senator MacSharry that in the period leading up to the 2007 election none of the parties recommended policies to stop the property bubble. He also stated that booms were very popular and that no party would have been elected it if had recommended policies to stop the property bubble. Will Professor Ahearne clarify the matter by indicating which parties...

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach says he wishes the banks would do more. If only he were Head of Government, perhaps it would all be sorted. The banks only wish for the Taoiseach to leave them alone. It is likely, given the Government's response tonight, that this is exactly what will happen until such time as a new Administration is elected. Unfortunately for hundreds of families, that will be too late. ...

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I have met with far too many families whose mortgages were sold to vulture funds by this Government. The legislation to protect those families is still meandering through the process while the vultures move swiftly to cash in. I commend Deputy Michael McGrath's Bill as a genuine effort to deal with the crisis, just as we put forward our Bill last April. I condemn the Government for its...

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: It was very interesting to listen to the Minister and to Deputy Barry's words of wisdom to the rest of us that we need to learn for the future. His suggestion that everyone had an iron in the fire and that there is no one who did not make a mistake during the crisis period, is untrue. It is part of the narrative that we all partied but the reality is very different; many people are...

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Deputy Murphy should have a bit of respect.

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I did not quote him as using the word, "party". I am saying it comes from the same gene pool as the phrase, "We all partied". It seems to be touching a raw nerve because this is the reality of what he said, the suggestion that we all partied. Indeed, the Minister of State's party leader made those comments when he was in green fields in Davos-----

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State should not try to lecture me from the Government benches. Deputy Barry wanted to lecture the rest of us. He said we have to be careful in terms of the long-term consequences because of the misery that this could cause. What about the misery that people are enduring at the moment? I refer to the misery that tens of thousands of families are enduring. They are...

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Deputy Barry suggested this should not happen. Does he not understand what he was talking about when he referred to the Personal Insolvency Act? What does he think happens in these arrangements put forward by the personal insolvency practitioners, PIPs? Does he think that no debt is written down as part of these arrangements? Does he think that no debts are written down in cases of...

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: They wonder if they will have a home in a year's time or in two year's time. For many of those 37,000 people in arrears of two years or more, the letters have already arrived. When this Government took office, repossessions were not happening because of the Gunn judgment. However, one of the first actions of the Government was to bow down to the banks and unleash them to move on...

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: It is as simple as that. They own the banks but they will not tell the banks that they cannot repossess family homes at will. That is what is happening and it should be admitted by the Government. The Minister gave a critique of Deputy McGrath's Bill. I have studied the Bill and I, too, have some doubts about aspects of it and how it will work in practice. However, unlike the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal may expect a decision from the social welfare appeals office, further to an oral hearing held on 7 January 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9319/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Schemes (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a mortgage insurance scheme; and his views on the Central Bank of Ireland's comments on the issue. [8729/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners, as administrators of the pay related social insurance system on behalf of the Department of Social Protection, will provide the information requested, in Parliamentary Question Nos. 173 and 174, of 17 February 2015; and if not, the reason for same. [8730/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Betting Legislation (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Betting Bill 2015 will allow for the Irish Harness Racing Association to apply for a tote licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8955/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Betting Legislation (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance if his interpretation of the definition of a remote bookmaker, in the Betting Bill 2015, includes those who accept totalisator bets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8956/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of primary dwelling homes in mortgage arrears, and in mortgage arrears for over 90 days, by county. [9239/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend existing deadlines for applications for any of the various farm schemes, in order to alleviate the workload of agricultural advisers and planners, whose workload has been added to as a result of the new green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9317/15]