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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: Acting Chairman, I think it is a woman thing, actually. It seems to happen to women Deputies more than men.

Other Questions: Mortgage Book Sales (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance his definition of non-performing loans, NPLs; if it includes loans that have been restructured and that the borrower has adhered to the conditions of the restructured loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13673/18]

Other Questions: Mortgage Book Sales (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister for Finance tell the House his definition of NPLs and if this includes loans that have been restructured and where the borrower has had adhered to the conditions of the restructuring, including part of the mortgage being warehoused. Is this an NPL in the Minister's view?

Other Questions: Mortgage Book Sales (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: I draw to the Minister's attention to the case of a family in my constituency that I have dealt with for some years. The family has been in torment because of the relationship with the Permanent TSB since they restructured their mortgage four years ago. It is a family of five; two adults and three children, one of whom has a severe range of disabilities and requires constant care and...

Other Questions: Mortgage Book Sales (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: During my time in the Department of Social Protection, I invited the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice to calculate separately the minimum amounts a family needed to live on, including the retention of special social welfare allowances, which many banks initially wanted to reduce or relieve families of in their entirety. I am glad the Minister agrees. In an earlier reply, the...

Other Questions: Mortgage Book Sales (27 Mar 2018)

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Other Questions: Mortgage Book Sales (27 Mar 2018)

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Other Questions: Mortgage Book Sales (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on proposals by banks to offload mortgages in arrears; the number of such mortgages in respect of small and medium enterprise, SME, and other business loans in which the security for the loan is a personal home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13670/18]

Other Questions: Mortgage Book Sales (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: I have no problem with either or both Deputies speaking because this is such a life and death issue for so many families. This question follows on from the previous one. We face a horrendous situation. Right around the country, particularly I would think outside Dublin, there are people who have conflated personal guarantees on their family residential homes with loans they took out for...

Other Questions: Mortgage Book Sales (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: I put it to the Minister that he has arrived at a crunch time. I do not think there is very much disagreement on those loan holders who have failed to engage in any way with the banks. What I and others have constantly spoken about is those people who in good faith made an arrangement and are sticking to it at great sacrifice to themselves. In almost every other country where bank...

Other Questions: Mortgage Book Sales (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: The Minister is not offering any creative solutions to this problem. There are people who have businesses and who are in employment breaking their backs to meet the conditions. We are talking about people who have made great personal sacrifices. I can certainly offer several creative solutions. Practically any accountant in town would. I was personally involved in setting up Abhaile and...

Other Questions: Banking Operations (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: I think the Minister is trying to be helpful but, in all honesty, these banks, notwithstanding the fact that they are majority State owned, are acting in a really gung-ho way towards families. That includes families who have businesses and a variety of circumstances and commitments as well to employment. Essentially, the Minister is adopting a hands-off approach and is indicating that there...

Other Questions: Banking Operations (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: They are misclassified.

Other Questions: Vacant Sites (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: I was going to bring to the Minister's attention those well-known fantastic sites such as O'Devaney Gardens and the bottom of Dominick Street. Dublin City Council has been sitting on those lands and other lands in the city which have been derelict for a long time. Full-scale profiteering in land values is now a serious hindrance to house-building. There are too many people sitting on sites...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with financial institutions off-loading their description of distressed mortgage loans; his views on the decision by a bank (details supplied) to not appear before the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach on 27 February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13672/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with financial institutions regarding-off loading their description of distressed mortgage loans; his views on the decision by a bank (details supplied) to not appear before the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach on 27 February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13665/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners have audited only five section 110 companies for tax purposes; the action he has taken in ensuring they fulfil all their obligations in respect of Irish and European money laundering and terrorist financing; the mechanisms in place to review this and key persons in such organisations such as directors, senior managers...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations and policies in place to ensure the rental proceeds of buy to let mortgages which are in distress are paid over to the bank which holds the mortgage debt rather than be used for another purpose such as servicing the mortgage of the landlord’s principal private residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13671/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance his definition of non-performing loans; if it includes loans that have been restructured and that the borrower has adhered to the conditions of the restructured loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13666/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has further examined the issue of tax avoidance by so-called vulture funds; if such entities are subject to corporation tax in respect of interest earned and other banking activities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13667/18]