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Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Never mind "more accessible"; there is no respite care.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Seizures (23 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the value of illegal drugs seized and destroyed, respectively, in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9505/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance if nursing homes and primary care centres here owned by Irish Real Estate Funds, IREF, will be classified as IREF assets and accordingly subject to withholding tax on distributions related to their ownership regarding the new withholding tax applied for distributions to certain non-resident investors from IREFs; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (23 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if, regarding the CSO's new measurement of economic performance, which is designed to remove the distorting effects of multinational companies, to be known as adjusted gross national income, GNI, which will be phased in from the end of 2018, this new measurement will be used instead of the current economic current metrics of GDP and GNP by the European...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (23 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 338. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide respite services to children with complex needs and life-limiting conditions on a cross-Border basis through greater collaboration with service providers in Northern Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the benefits which such co-operation could yield for service users both North and South; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (23 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 339. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 2 February 2017 (details supplied), if the business case has now been finalised and submitted to the relevant authorities for consideration; if so, the date the business case was formally submitted by hospital management for consideration; when a decision in respect of the plan is likely to be made; if any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (23 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 341. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will remain on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment or if the person will be referred to adult services and placed on an alternative waiting list having reached the age of 17 and approaching adulthood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9392/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Policy (23 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 361. To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to inhome paediatric nursing supports, inhome paediatric palliative care and inhome respite services provided to children with complex needs and their families, it is official policy for the Health Service Executive, HSE, to make formal inquiries with private care providers and or charitable organisations in respect of the services which...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Debtors (22 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 14 February 2017, the reason in the reply the value of €956 million classified as written off does not match the 57% average discount as per Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 25 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8930/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Debtors (22 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 25 January 2017, if he will provide in a third column the breakdown of the €14.9 billion repaid to the agency attributable to each row; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8932/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome Mr. Kissane to this meeting and thank him for his efforts, over many years, to shine a light on what he sees as the deliberate action of banks to move customers off tracker mortgages. He has been a beacon of hope for many individuals who sought his professional help. I also thank the other organisations who are representing individuals. Credit is also due to the individuals...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Have any of Mr. Kissane's customers reported to him that they have reported the actions of individual lenders to An Garda Síochána or any of the other authorities in terms of further investigations into whether what took place was illegal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Kissane makes a very valid point with regard to the number of homes that have been lost. This committee was informed, through various presentations from the lenders, that approximately 100 homes were lost that should not have been lost as a result of the tracker mortgage scandal. Mr. Kissane makes the point that we are looking at the wrong information and that we should also be looking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: When Mr. Padraic Kissane mentioned letters are coming back that it is a non-financial loss, are these the type of examples one hears back from the central appeals panel?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: In December, Mr. Gerry Mallon of Ulster Bank was before the committee. I asked him some straightforward questions on behalf of the 2,000 affected customers who were waiting for letters in the post to be restored to their original tracker rates. He said the bank would be writing to them that month. I then asked would all customers receive a letter to be put back on their tracker mortgages...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Kissane said he did not believe the treatment of the Governor of the Central Bank, Philip Lane, by this committee was appropriate. However, he asked the committee to have trust in the Central Bank. Why should the public have trust in the Central Bank, given that Mr. Kissane has been raising this since 2009 and nobody listened? The Central Bank is the agency of the State that the Houses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Mr. Kissane.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures which have been taken to ensure that there will be no future underspend of the asylum, migration and integration fund (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8651/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the EU funds her Department accesses; the plans she is putting in place to access these funds to a greater degree in view of Brexit; if she will outline initiatives she is pursuing to establish access to new funds in view of the challenge of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8810/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the number of applications to date for the help-to-buy scheme as announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8086/17]