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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers awaiting the advance single farm payment on the 22 October 2012; the reason for the delay in processing these payments; the steps taken by him to resolve the issue speedily in view of the financial hardship caused to farmers as a result of the delay; when he expects the backlog to be cleared up; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (6 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for delay in processing an application for the agri-environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [48536/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services (6 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the Exchequer of reducing accident and emergency arrival charges by €10 [47383/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (6 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health if he has explored the option of standardising general practitioner charges across the State, for example, capping the charge at €40; and if such standardisation would have a cost to the Exchequer. [47384/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (6 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 711 and 712 of 23 October 2012, and in respect of his Department’s €330,000 expenditure on the domain name Ireland.com as part of the €495,000 overall paid for the domain name from the Irish Times, if he will provide an outline of the revenue headings and quanta of profit from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I will try to be as brief as possible. Bank of Ireland has made provisions in respect of the expectations for 2013. Last year, the fees paid to the State amounted to €449 million. To June of this year, it was €220 million. Does Mr. Boucher expect the fees to be substantially reduced or down to zero by 2013?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I am a customer of the bank. In my local branch, certain transactions are restricted on Mondays and Fridays. It is the same in many other rural and urban branches. It is a cost-containment and cost-saving measure. I will not go into the details, although it impacts on rural areas in particular where branches of AIB, National Irish Bank and others have closed. Cost containment is also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I assume that Mr. Boucher is the bank's highest paid official. Will he outline his salary?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Will Mr. Boucher outline it for the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Is Mr. Boucher afraid to state publicly how much he is paid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Is it in excess of €500,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Given the fact the State has introduced a cap of €500,000 and injected more than €5 billion into the bank, does Mr. Boucher believe his salary is appropriate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: That is very unsatisfactory. Along with other citizens, I am a shareholder in the bank. If we asked the shareholders who own 15% of the bank, they would not be satisfied. I wish to raise two further issues. As Mr. Boucher may be aware, this and another committee have been considering an inquiry into what occurred on the night of the banking guarantee and the banking collapse. The heads...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: It is important that everyone involved should voluntarily disclose all relevant information. Bank of Ireland was there on the night. Will Mr. Boucher, as its CEO, ensure all staff with information on what transpired that night and in the run-up voluntarily provide that documentation and evidence to whichever committee decides to investigate the matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: On a voluntary basis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I have a final question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the witnesses for their very detailed presentation. Mr. Boucher said that 16,492 accounts are in arrears of 90 days or more. The presentation gives considerable detail. How many residential mortgages are in arrears of 90 days or more? How many are restructured to interest only or reduced payments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I can go on to my next question while one of Mr. Boucher's colleagues looks for the figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: The report outlines various options and one of the schemes, the mortgage-to-let scheme, was mentioned earlier. The information provided to the committee was that only 13 proposals are on the table.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Boucher said this is a pilot scheme and the bank was requested to look at this on a pilot basis. This scheme was announced this time last year. Would Mr. Boucher accept that the fact the bank has made only 13 proposals amplifies what Ms Fiona Muldoon had to say in questioning what the bank was waiting for as if it thought there was a magic wand to make things better? Given the enormity...