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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I agree wholeheartedly with Deputy Lucinda Creighton. Before I ran for election, I knew very little or nothing about this Parliament. I was talking to a man who had been around the Dáil for years, although not in an elected capacity, and he assured me that irrespective of how bad, dysfunctional or cynical I believed Dáil Éireann was, it was much worse. The stance the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: The Minister is trying to insult Deputy Mathews. He should not be allowed room to so do.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, line 25, to delete “€64,368” and substitute “€57,931.20”.I raised the matter to which these amendments relate on Second Stage. I hope the Minister will be able to support what I am seeking to do. I am moving in the same direction as he is in respect of this issue. He has expressed sentiments to the effect that he...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: No, this is for Exchequer funding.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: No, parties receive funding from two sources. They receive the leaders' allowance and then they get something which is referred to as "Exchequer funding". The latter is significantly more than the former.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: That is a mistake on my part. Would the Minister, for the reasons he outlined on Second Stage, be open to reducing the Exchequer funding by the same amount?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: As already stated, this is a mistake on my part. I will withdraw the amendment.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: May I speak to that?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance if the measures currently being worked on by his Department to protect mortgagors whose loans are sold to unregulated institutions as part of the winding up of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will be extended to all mortgagors whose loans are with unregulated institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9981/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Information and Communications Technology Issues (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way the Government missed the 8 April 2014 deadline for upgrading IT systems from Windows XP, in view of the fact that the end of mainstream support was 14 April 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10135/14]

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I congratulate Deputy Healy on bringing this motion before the House and I am delighted to be a co-signatory. The programme for Government states that "we will ensure that the network of post offices around the country is maintained and that communities have access to adequate postal services in their locality". It is disappointing, therefore, that the Government is refusing to accept this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Did it compare options?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Did it allude to the mortgage holders being allowed to bid for their own loans?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Did the report analyse that option versus the recommended option?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Did it provide an estimated euro amount difference in the total sales value? I am referring specifically to a process which would allow IBRC mortgage holders to bid. Within that context, did it do everything to get the best sales value and the option Mr. Wallace has chosen to go with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Is it possible that whatever the difference between the two, it would be more than compensated for in terms of Exchequer returns by benefits to the families themselves and, therefore, to be extended economy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I appreciate that and I appreciate that Mr. Wallace is in a difficult position. Moreover, I appreciate that some of his legal obligations may be entirely contrary to what he would like to do as a citizen. I altogether accept that this may be the case, that he has a tough job and that he has come in for some harsh questioning. However, there are a great many men, women and children whose...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Are there orders of magnitude suggested in the difference? Let us suppose there are two scenarios, the scenario which the liquidators are going with and the scenario which I am keen to have evaluated against what is happening, that is to say, a scenario whereby the mortgage holders in some way get to bid. Has any indication been given to the liquidators on the estimated difference in total...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: That may be the case for the liquidators. However, from our perspective, as legislators, it is a completely different issue. Let us consider the example provided by Mr. Wallace in which the difference was €1 million. I realise that is not the case. Let us suppose PwC did the analysis - I do not believe the firm has done it - and it came out that the difference was €1...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: That is fine. Has any number been provided to quantify the estimated difference in sales price by letting the mortgage holders bid for their own mortgages?