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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The major concern when banks are selling to the vulture funds is that there is no long-term interest. Pepper is an agent. It is clear from the prospectus that this can be sold at any time. Indeed, Pepper can be removed as the agent at any time by this vehicle. We have no idea who owns the vehicle. The big concern here relates to certainty. Regardless of people's opinions of high-street...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Will the assessment of income be the exact same as that done by Permanent TSB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Exactly-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: If Pepper is not using the same assessment as Permanent TSB, there will be a difference.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The operating committee-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I asked where the operating committee is dealt with in the prospectus. Mr. Ryan might be able to answer that question. Where is the operating committee referred to in the prospectus?

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to place a cap on moneylenders’ interest rates, by amending the Consumer Credit Act 1995. Leaflets from legal and licensed moneylenders have been distributed recently in my part of County Donegal, an area of high deprivation which has more than double the national unemployment rate. Such leaflets are also being...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Licensed moneylenders are currently permitted to charge anything up to 188% of interest, excluding collection charges. When collection charges are included the rates of interest increase to 287% per annum. There are an estimated 330,000 customers of these moneylenders and approximately €153 million on loan to them in Ireland. This represents around 2% of the overall market. Those...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I also want to refer to the review published yesterday by the HSE of the 46,000 radiology scans carried out at University Hospital Kerry in Tralee. The report has found that 11 patients had their diagnosis of cancer delayed and that four of them have since passed away. Some of the 11 patients received the report by taxi, which is not an appropriate or patient-centred way to deliver a report...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The problem is that it has not been patient-centred and that people are going to court because there is no other avenue available to them to get justice. I mentioned one of the 11 patients who was identified in the report as having received a misdiagnosis or in respect of whom there was a delayed diagnosis which had resulted in severe negative outcomes for his health. Between March and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for additional school accommodation for the construction of a classroom, general purpose hall and disability toilets was received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51239/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for additional school accommodation, the construction of a classroom, general purpose hall and disability toilets was received; if his attention has been drawn to the need for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51438/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long Stay Residential Units (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 151. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to retain long-stay residential care services at St. Joseph's and Ramelton community hospitals, County Donegal, have been signed off [51224/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Planning Issues (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 287. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the development application tracking system utilised by the NPWS for the purpose of assessing development applications on lands designated as special areas of conservation; the procedures to be followed with respect to the usage of the system; if the system and rules governing its usage are employed and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Data (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 288. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of firearms owned by the National Parks and Wildlife Service by each of the organisation's eight regions and if each such weapon is registered to the NPWS, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51440/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Firearms and Ammunition Security (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 289. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the 2017 audit of sensitive assets including firearms and ammunition report identified loss of weaponry and-or ammunition from armouries; if so, the number which were unaccounted for as identified by the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51441/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of conservation rangers employed by the NPWS at Glenveagh National Park for each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51442/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Data (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 291. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of conservation rangers employed by the NPWS at Glenveagh National Park who are licensed to cull deer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51443/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Deer Culls (6 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of deer culled at Glenveagh National Park in each of the years 2016 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in tabular form; the persons responsible for the culling; if the killing was authorised or unauthorised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51444/18]