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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Tobin has received a written submission from the Attorney General stating that the Bill is unconstitutional. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: There is a risk, which is fair enough. I see that as a fair comment. It is different from actually saying that the Attorney General is saying the Bill is unconstitutional, which is what some of the headlines have suggested. There is a risk. We all know what the Constitution says. Property rights are protected under the Constitution but the protection is also limited. The real question...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: When does Mr. Tobin believe it became obsolete?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: When the then Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, answered a parliamentary question asked by the current Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, he said: "Notwithstanding its voluntary nature, I expect that best practice dictates that the code be applied by all institutions to all classes of residential property." Did the Department have a view on that matter? Usually responses to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I have made Mr. Tobin aware of it now and, like my Bill, it is nice and short. At the time the then Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, was the majority shareholder in three of the banks. I will read the response again. It states: "Notwithstanding its voluntary nature, I expect that best practice dictates that the code be applied by all institutions to all classes of residential...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Why did the Department sign off on it just seven years ago?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I ask Mr. Palmer if it was the view of the Department - obviously, it was - just under seven years ago that all of the banks should apply the code, regardless of its voluntary nature, even though it now seems to have done an about-turn on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: We have had a long discussion. I thank the officials for their contributions and engagement which I hope will continue.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: He will be a hero.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State should withdraw that remark. That is a big slight on the hundreds of people who turned up.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom cur leis an méid a dúirt an Ceann Comhairle ó thaobh Donal Hickey de agus é ag éirí as a phost amárach. Gabhaim buíochas leis ar son Pháirtí Shinn Féin as an chúram a thug sé do Theachtaí agus do Sheanadóirí na Tithe seo agus do na daoine a rinne freastal ar na Tithe seo ar feadh blianta fada. Go...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: They are interconnected; they are both about capacity.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: There are increases of 8%. The Tánaiste should get his head out of the sand.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The number of homeless persons across the State is 10,264, according to the figures the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government gave us yesterday. That is more than 10,000 people who are without a place to call a home and the figure includes almost 4,000 children. The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, described the figures as hugely...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: They represent a national scandal, not just a disappointment. This is not just about numbers. The Tánaiste said there was too much emotion involved in dealing with this issue, but perhaps there is not enough emotion in the debate. We are talking about real people in this so-called republic who are living in hotel rooms, bed and breakfast accommodation and family hubs. There are 4,000...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It was the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, who accused Bryan Dobson of having an ideological position.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: That is absolute nonsense from the Tánaiste. Sinn Féin has put forward proposal after proposal. Fianna Fáil trumpeted last year's budget as the housing budget and stated it had secured major decisions from the Government on housing. Six months later we have record numbers of homeless persons in the State. The Tánaiste continues to make the argument that the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to promotional practices of car dealers that have radio adverts for car finance available to persons with poor and bad credit history; and his views on whether this is predatory promotion for sub-prime credit. [14619/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of progress regarding the assertion of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission that car dealers could have to check the financial situation of prospective car buyers and proposed greater regulatory oversight of the sector. [14620/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that some members of the public are signing up to complex PCP finance deals without understanding the details of the finance and the negative implications of prospective first-time buyers of having PCP being detrimental to them accessing a mortgage. [14621/19]