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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Peter Burke: If a commercial bank decides to sell a portfolio of loans, does it advise the Department of that decision?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Peter Burke: That is not the question I asked.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Peter Burke: Yes, Mr. Tobin explained the detail of that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Peter Burke: Does the bank advise the Department if it is going to sell a particular loan portfolio? Take, for argument's sake, Permanent TSB's Project Glas. Would the CEO or whoever advise the Department's banking section that the bank is about to sell it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Peter Burke: Can the Minister ask questions as well?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Peter Burke: It is something we need to be conscious of, particularly in view of the way the banks behaved and the various interpretations of what constitutes an NPL. In many instances, I have seen loans that are put up for sale comprising mortgages which are up to date and which have never been in arrears or loans on rental properties that fell behind six years ago but which are up to date now. I have...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Peter Burke: On which there were requests for clarification on a number of occasions by our banking sector. At meetings of the finance committee, I have heard very different responses to and interpretations of what is set down.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Peter Burke: Finally, the State's investment in three banks to which Mr Tobin referred is potentially worth €8.6 billion. What is the cost of that investment? How much did we put into those entities?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Peter Burke: We put in €29 billion and have got €19 billion back. There is a further €8.6 billion potentially still available to us.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Peter Burke: I thank our guests.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (30 May 2019)

Peter Burke: 30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pensioners in counties Longford and Westmeath that will be positively affected by the change in pension rules for persons who took time out of the workforce to care for dependants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22784/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 May 2019)

Peter Burke: 92. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23098/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 May 2019)

Peter Burke: 99. To ask the Minister for Health the status of treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23135/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (29 May 2019)

Peter Burke: 39. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the feedback he received from stakeholders during his recent roadshow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22727/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (29 May 2019)

Peter Burke: 47. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the 2019 CLÁR programme, the 2019 outdoor recreational infrastructural scheme and the walks scheme, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22723/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (29 May 2019)

Peter Burke: 117. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the outcome of a review in relation to admissions policy for a psychiatric hospital (details supplied); if the review has yet commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22972/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 May 2019)

Peter Burke: 118. To ask the Minister for Health if it is policy not to provide low or medium support hostel accommodation for persons with mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22973/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (29 May 2019)

Peter Burke: 156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied). [22945/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 May 2019)

Peter Burke: 166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on low or medium support hostel accommodation for persons with mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22974/19]