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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Data (1 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 3. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that bank profit on individual restructured mortgages, including those where banks are seeking possession, should be capped at the expected level under normal payment of the mortgage; if so, if he will legislate accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13255/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Data (1 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: This question concerns the fact that in many restructurings of distressed mortgages, banks are making more money than they would have had the mortgage not been restructured. For example, the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform went through the Bank of Ireland's restructures. The bank's chief executive admitted that in at least 90%, and probably a lot more, of the mortgages...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Data (1 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: I hope the Minister will agree that the answer which was scripted is boilerplate stuff and does not address the question I raised, which relates to the fact that the majority of restructures increase the level of profitability to the bank from the restructures, although not in all cases. As an example, the chief executive of Bank of Ireland has admitted to the committee on the record that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Data (1 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: Perhaps I could ask the Minister to stop reading out the prepared stuff from the civil servants because it does not address the question I asked, which is whether he as Minister for Finance believes that, as a principle, the banks should not make additional profits on restructured mortgages. If he agrees with that as a principle, would he be open to working with the committee to draft...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Data (1 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: No.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Debt Restructuring (1 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that an independent appeals process should be available to borrowers who are working with lenders to restructure their debts; if so, the way and when this might be accomplished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13256/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Home-makers Scheme (15 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to make adjustments to the home-maker's scheme; when these changes are planned to come into force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14308/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (15 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an impact study has been carried out on the proposed legislation in the English language teaching industry for the 27 week holiday-work permission being reduced to eight weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14307/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (15 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 872. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that public moneys are being used to good effect by the National Transport Authority on Bus Rapid Transit, Swiftway-BRT, the city centre-Drumcondra-Dublin Airport-Swords corridor, in view of a submission made during the 2011 public consultation that stated that a BRT solution would not be adequate to cater for the forecast...

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: When it comes to the self-employed, this Government, along with the last Government, is guilty of rank hypocrisy. On the one hand, the State says to people that it wants them to be entrepreneurial and innovative, that it wants them to set up new companies, to take risks, and to employ people, and that they are the backbone of the economy. We hear this all the time. When I came into politics...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (21 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the location, patronage, timeline and proposed opening date of the recently-announced primary school in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15786/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the location, patronage, timeline and proposed opening date of the recently announced primary school in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15678/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department announced a new primary school for the Greystones area, which is very welcome. The local system is under severe pressure due to the number of students, and I am being inundated with requests from parents who are keen to know when the new school will open and its patronage process. Will the school open this September and are there short-term plans in place before the new...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister for the update and am delighted to hear that the opening date for the school is confirmed for September. I also want to record my thanks to the Department's officials who spent significant time with me on this over the past two years. The parents will be very relieved about the September opening date. I know a process has to be gone through but I would like to point...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: I disagree with the Minister on class sizes. Her predecessor claimed class sizes had not been affected but a significant number of resource teachers have been taken away, resources for schools in the delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, programme have been decimated and secondary schools have had their career guidance counsellors taken away. I do not believe it is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (22 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, details of State funding in the third level sector, per student and per year, from 2006 to 2015, including number of students, and the total State funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15510/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (22 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that special needs assistants in the early childhood care and education sector should be funded by the State; if so, her plans in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15511/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Child Care Education (22 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that the provision of child care under the early childhood care and education scheme should be sustainable for providers; her further views that the second year of the scheme would be sustainable under the current payment scheme for providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15509/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the decision to again announce that St. Vincent’s University Hospital will no longer be a designated primary percutaneous coronary intervention centre for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction patients; that such patients should no longer be transported to St. Vincent’s University Hospital but to St. James's Hospital...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: Mr. Duffy and his team are very welcome. I want to start by recognising some things that the bank has achieved and has done. First, I want to recognise the improved performance of the bank. A noticeable turnaround has been achieved by the bank, by the management of the bank and, no doubt, by all of the employees of the bank over the last few years. As the owners of the bank, I think we...