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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Let us take the example of a fruit and vegetable company in Derry that is selling to a company in Gweedore. Is it that Revenue officials will be at the company in Gweedore to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Could the Deputy square the circle for me? It was only------

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I have only one question following this one. One week ago, not nine months ago, a Revenue official gave evidence to this committee regarding trade facilitation posts which would be between 10 km and 15 km from the Border to which 6% of haulage would or could be diverted. There would be documentation checks and also possible physical checks, along with possible random patrols along the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: However, one cannot park a HGV or an LGV outside the Revenue offices to carry out the physical checks which Mr. Irwin was discussing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: They are smugglers.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (25 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will proceed with the sale of shares in a bank (details supplied) despite a vote by Dáil Éireann to place preconditions on the sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25078/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid (25 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps Ireland has taken to collect the sum specified by the European Commission in its state aid ruling regarding a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25079/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid (25 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland has not collected the sum specified by the European Commission in its state aid ruling regarding a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25080/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid (25 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland has requested more time to collect the sum specified by the European Commission in its state aid ruling regarding a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25081/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (25 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the safeguards he will put in place to protect the rights and conditions, including pension entitlements of persons (details supplied) or other State backed banks following a sale. [25083/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (25 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25195/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland Staff (24 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff and personnel employed by Fáilte Ireland by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24881/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited to facilitate a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who requires a driving licence for work purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24913/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (24 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 258. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of engagement and the number of occasions in which she has had discussions with her European counterparts since the Brexit referendum in which she has made the case for a declaration of compatibility to be made on state aid to remedy a serious economic disturbance in accordance with Article 107 of the Treaty in response to...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (23 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I acknowledge the work that officials from the Minister of State's office have put into working with Sinn Féin. I also acknowledge the work done by Declan Farrell of my office in regard to preparing amendments. He should be celebrating the birth of his child a couple of weeks ago and is supposed to be on paternity leave, but he returned to assist in the passage of this legislation. I...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (23 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I accept amendments Nos. 3 and 4. They are technical and I am glad they clear up the section. There was a lot of discussion at prelegislative scrutiny stage and on Committee Stage. We have reached a good compromise.

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (23 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: This group of amendments follows the changes we made in the legislation so that four different findings can be made by the Financial Services Ombudsman, which will give greater clarity to consumers and in terms of reporting. There are mirror amendments in my name on the same issue and it is a matter of drafting. The Government is accepting two of those amendments and my amendment No. 18 is...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (23 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 6:In page 3, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 57BS of PART VIIB of the Principal Act 3. Section 57BS of Part VIIB of the Principal Act (as amended) is amended by the substitution of the following for subsections (5) to (9):(5) A regulated financial service provider falls within this subsection if, in the preceding financial...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (23 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 10a:In page 4, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: “(3) Section 57BX of PART VIIB of the Principal Act (as inserted by Section 16 of the Act of 2004) is amended by the insertion of the following:“(3E) The time limits specified in subsection (3C) shall apply to the following:(a) any complaint received by the Financial Services Ombudsman which had...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (23 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I accept the Minister's amendment and the provision that the ombudsman shall engage in mediation is a major step forward. I acknowledge that there have been great moves in that direction by the ombudsman and his office and I hope this section will encourage the progress we have seen in the past short while.