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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (12 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 259. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels and staffing rota details in respect of the radiology department at Letterkenny University Hospital; the vacancies which have yet to be filled at this department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52655/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (12 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 260. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for persons awaiting an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital's radiology department for three months, six months, nine months, 12 months, 15 months and more than 15 months, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52656/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (12 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 357. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the gaps and service disruptions within the care package being made available to a person (details supplied) with complex health needs; if his attention has been drawn to the impact which this situation is having on ensuring continuity of care in respect of this person's care plan; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Data (12 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the refusal rates for applications for domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53012/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat. I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh na finnéithe chuig an gcoiste. Baineann an chéad cheist atá agam don CCPC leis an bhfiosrúchán. My first question is for the CCPC regarding the investigation that is under way into possible price fixing in the insurance market. I ask Ms Goggin to update the committee on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I ask Ms Goggin to tell the committee what was the trigger for the CCPC to initiate that investigation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: That is general rather than specifically related to this investigation. I was asking what the trigger was for this investigation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: That is fair enough. The reason I asked is because Ms Goggin said in her opening statement that the CCPC does not have any information to open a criminal investigation. I presume the CCPC does not have to open a criminal investigation. It can open one similar to that being undertaken with regard to the insurance industry. The CCPC is an organisation which is tasked with upholding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I know my colleagues will pick up on that point but I will leave Ms Goggin with this comment; I argue that every cartel acts in its own economic interest. I have never heard of a cartel that acted against its economic interest. I do not believe that Ms Goggin's points hold up. She can answer that. I want to move on to the Financial Services Ombudsman's Bureau and a number of cases in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The Financial Services Ombudsman's Bureau should have the final figures by now, given that phase 2 is complete within the banks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Of the 509 cases that the Financial Services Ombudsman's Bureau rejected, how many were impacted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Only three. Does Mr. Deering know how many cases were not impacted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: So all 509 cases could have been impacted but the Financial Services Ombudsman just does not have the information yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I am actually quite surprised that while 509 cases have been rejected by the Financial Services Ombudsman, the office is not aware of how many of the cases have been impacted or not. These banks have concluded and all the numbers are there at this stage. Either the Financial Services Ombudsman is not getting the figures from the institutions or from the Central Bank - which has these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I do not know which bank it might be but let me, hypothetically, take AIB. I am not singling it out, it just came into my mind. Let us say that of the 509 cases, some 100 were AIB customers and that AIB has concluded its phase 2. Has the Financial Services Ombudsman written to AIB to say "We have rejected these 100 customers in the past, we understand that we are part of your examination,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Is the Financial Services Ombudsman not asking for information on the rejected complaints?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Deering knows of three such complaints.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The point I have made - and I have made it before at a previous committee - is that the Financial Services Ombudsman has rejected 74% of the claims, where it had made findings, on tracker mortgages. I have not seen the files. I imagine that some of the claims would probably not have been upheld. I would bet my house that the Financial Services Ombudsman Bureau made serious errors on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Pearse Doherty: There are two major issues. Customers have to be put back on tracker rates but there is also the issue of compensation and redress, as well as the debate around the prevailing rate. Mr. Deering is aware of the level of compensation the banks are offering their customers. There are individual circumstances, but the system is based around a standard formula. Has the level of compensation...