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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Financial Sector: Discussion with Ulster Bank (4 Sep 2013)

Michael Creed: I thank the representatives of Ulster Bank for their presentation. Much of our emphasis has understandably been on the 19% of borrowers who are in arrears of 90 days or longer. I want to focus on the other 81% of borrowers. Mr. Bell spoke about current lending practice and the bank's lending rates in the mortgage market. It is difficult to put all of the aforementioned 81% of borrowers in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Financial Sector: Discussion with Ulster Bank (4 Sep 2013)

Michael Creed: It is welcome that Ulster Bank is looking at the figure of 80% because there are many people who are under as much and perhaps more pressure than those who have reached the point where they acknowledge that they cannot pay any longer. There are those who, for some reason, continue to pay enormous amounts of their disposable incomes. Is Ulster Bank stress-testing them on the basis of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Financial Sector: Discussion with Ulster Bank (4 Sep 2013)

Michael Creed: Is the downside of that the fact that the unsecured loan is very often with the local credit union? If one enters into that arrangement, one burns one's local credit union as the unsecured creditor. Some mortgage holders are reluctant to engage in that process because in a couple of years' time they may have a child who is going to college and want to borrow €5,000 and it is unlikely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Financial Sector: Discussion with Ulster Bank (4 Sep 2013)

Michael Creed: Has Ulster Bank discussed it with the Irish League of Credit Unions?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (18 Sep 2013)

Michael Creed: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the situation regarding recently established panel rights for special needs assistants; the way this operates on a geographical basis; if he will clarify the discretion allowed to local Boards of Management to recruit outside the panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37720/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Michael Creed: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the changes in the primary school transport scheme that have commenced in September 2013 as they relate to closed schools and or central schools; if he will clarify that persons resident more than 3.2 kilometres from their nearest school are still entitled to transport on a priority basis; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Premium Payments (18 Sep 2013)

Michael Creed: 1153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment of the remainder of their forestry grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36821/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (18 Sep 2013)

Michael Creed: 1201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange to pay a forestry grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38020/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (19 Sep 2013)

Michael Creed: 160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in view of the poor weather and extra costs associated with same, his Department is agreeable to renegotiating and deferring specific commitments in REP scheme plans to a later date by agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38929/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Issues (2 Oct 2013)

Michael Creed: 172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current situation regarding the public service pension reduction as it relates to combined or aggregated pensions and the application of the 28% reduction in same as provided for in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010 and amended by the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (8 Oct 2013)

Michael Creed: 298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41843/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (8 Oct 2013)

Michael Creed: 307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41987/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (8 Oct 2013)

Michael Creed: 310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in communicating the outcome of an oral hearing of a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42032/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals (8 Oct 2013)

Michael Creed: 311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their appeal for supplementary welfare allowance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42034/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (8 Oct 2013)

Michael Creed: 529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation within his Department regarding the provision of patient information to Oireachtas Members who have received representation from their constituents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41854/13]

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Michael Creed: I thank Deputy Heather Humphreys for sharing her time with me. I congratulate Deputy Tom Hayes on his appointment as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. In that role, he is responsible for the forestry sector. I wish to take up a point that has been referred to by one of the previous speakers. It is not all about the economics of forestry, which are...

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Michael Creed: At the beginning of the 20th century, this cover dropped to approximately 1%. The European average is in the region of 35% while our average is about 11%. I accept that this Bill is not the be-all-and-end-all. It is not going to cure all the ills of the forestry sector and it is about setting out a regulatory framework. However, it is important to acknowledge that forests are much more...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (15 Oct 2013)

Michael Creed: 130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a claim for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43116/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (15 Oct 2013)

Michael Creed: 298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding compensation available for calves from dairy herds with BVD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43532/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (15 Oct 2013)

Michael Creed: 365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite completion of the digitising process in respect of a disadvantaged area payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he willexpedite payment of disadvantaged area moneys due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43533/13]