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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (17 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I hear what the Minister of State says and I take it at face value but the reality is that we have less transparency now within the system. The blue book and the private motor insurance statistics, PMIS, should have been published in recent years. We should not allow the insurance industry to do what it has done, namely, allow our agencies to take away the little transparency that existed....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to change the lucrative tax arrangements in place in order to disincentivise commercial investors from distorting the market for new housing in Dublin and nationally through the buy-to-rent model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17794/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (17 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the use of fixed assets receivers by vulture funds and State-owned banks to force the sale of buy-to-let properties in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17793/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will make a decision and implement the decision on a change to betting tax in view the ongoing impact on the sector and on independent bookmakers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17795/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Implementation (17 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase carbon tax; his views on the impact of such an increase on the progressivity of the tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17796/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (17 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance when the appeal against the European Commission ruling in a case (details supplied) will be heard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17797/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I echo the words of Deputy John Brady, who has championed this issue for a long time. This matter should have been settled a long time ago. The Workplace Relations Commission has issued a ruling on it and the Dáil passed a motion on it last April through the combined efforts of Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil and the other Opposition parties. The right thing needs to be done now....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Come on.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 12 December 2017, the status of the project; when the project will proceed to construction phase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17242/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (16 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 396. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the drug sapropterin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17721/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (16 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 286. To ask the Minister for Health when the health (transport support) Bill will be published; the progress made towards replacing the mobility allowance and the motorised transport schemes with new schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17292/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Availability (16 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 387. To ask the Minister for Health the service schedule for a respite care facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; the days of the week and number of hours per day respite care will be provided at the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17702/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme (16 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 453. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an assessment of a property will be carried out for a person (details supplied) to allow access of heating upgrade works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17305/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legal Costs (11 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date and the anticipated final cost of the appeal in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17046/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid (11 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the amount in the escrow account set up on foot of the EU Commission state aid ruling in a case (details supplied) has varied since its establishment; if there is a net average monthly cost or gain accruing to the fund including income and expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17047/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh Dr. Hunt and his team. I wish Dr. Hunt good luck in his stewardship of AIB. All members of the committee want success for AIB as the State is a majority shareholder. We want the bank to be successful but in a way that is fair to its customers and treats its customers with the respect that was often lacking the past. I argue that it still is lacking in many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Dr. Hunt made the point that it is affecting the talent and so forth. Obviously AIB could move others up from €200,000 to €300,000 and €300,000 to €400,000 if it wishes, but 11 people are receiving between €400,000 and €500,000. That includes Dr. Hunt. I presume it is those 11, or a portion of them, who are being impacted by the cap. Perhaps not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It is something of a stretch to suggest that the people AIB employs to service its customers when they go to the branches are affected by the €500,000 cap.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I am dealing with the cap because Dr. Hunt has an issue with the cap. Is it just the 11 who are affected as a result of the cap? If we removed the cap in the morning, which I would strongly argue against and which the ECB also argues against, the 11 best paid in the bank would be the beneficiaries. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: That is the re-introduction of bonus payments.