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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, it is. We are on the same page in this regard.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Deputy's amendment. It is a sensible one. There are clear examples in the tracker mortgage issue where the upper limits might not be appropriate, particularly where people have lost their family homes through repossession. I have no problem with accepting this amendment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I think there will be disagreement between committee members in respect of section 7. As timing is an issue, we want to find as much common ground as possible before dealing with the issues again in the Government's legislation. The provisions contained here have started a debate on an independent appeals mechanism that is accessible to the consumer. Unfortunately, when the Financial...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I am conscious of the opposition of the Government and others in respect of the High Court appeal being moved to the Circuit Court. I am aware of how financial institutions try to use every possible mechanism to thwart the efforts of the Financial Services Ombudsman. We need to be very careful about any changes. This is evident even in respect of the tracker mortgages, where one financial...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Section 8 is consequential so it will also be deleted.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The amendment is worth considering. The law states, indeed the High Court and Supreme Court rulings make it clear, that where an oral hearing is warranted then one must take place. The amendments give clarity and certainty about the issue. There may be concerns that this provision could be frustrated by financial service providers. The amendment used the phrase "fundamental to arriving at...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I echo the thanks to the Chairman and the staff in regard to the process heretofore. I thank the Minister and the officials. I am sure we will engage in the coming days to agree amendments on Report Stage. I thank the other members for engaging and supporting the passage of this legislation.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: We are checking that but it is a very short window. I understand there is about-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: My understanding is that the Business Committee is considering reports from committees and that Report Stages of Bills should also be selected in that. If that were the case, it might be possible that it would be the last week of this month. However, if it is to be taken as Private Members' business it would be the week of the 23 May.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: It would be preferable if it was the following week.

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK's Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: -----that are talking about erecting custom posts on the roads and streets that we traverse on a daily basis.

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK's Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an plé seo anocht sa Dáil. Níl dabht ar bith go mbeidh thar na míonna agus na blianta amach romhainn go leor plé agus scansáil ar an Bhreatimeacht agus na himpleachtaí agus na deacrachtaí a bheidh ann. Tá an díospóireacht tosaithe ó bhí an vóta caite ag muintir na Sé Chontae agus ag muintir...

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: When will the mortgage special court Bill, which is also named the mortgage arrears Bill, see the light of day? This was a central commitment in the programme for Government more than a year ago. We have startling data over the period of this Government and the last Government. Since 2013, 5,306 family homes were repossessed through court orders or voluntary surrenders. There have been...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: That is accepted.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (10 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the methodology and components of same used to calculate the expected income tax and universal social charge revenues to the Exchequer for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22240/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (10 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance the methodology and components of same used to calculate the corporate tax revenues to the Exchequer for 2017; the extent to which 2016 corporate tax receipts played in this calculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22241/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 198. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22261/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Freedom of Information Requests (10 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 270. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has yet to receive an acknowledgement or response from the local office of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, regarding a freedom of information request; if she will direct local authorities to issue a reply to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22320/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Freedom of Information Requests (10 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 271. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to a letter issued to her by this Deputy dated 20 February 2017, the actions she has taken to progress the issue of a freedom of information request made by persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; if a reply will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22370/17]

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the debate. It touches on the very serious and important issue of what we do with the shares of AIB. I say that it touches on the issue because unfortunately it does not really deal with the fundamental questions of whether we should sell AIB in the first place and whether that is in the interests of the people. For the guts of the last hour no one has actually put forward an...