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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)

Liam Twomey: What the delegates said about the cap was interesting and we might return to that when we discuss this issue ourselves. The discussion this morning has been very interesting for us, some of it has been quite complex but we will tease it out when we have our own discussion on it. I thank the delegates for making their time available to us at short notice. The discussion will help us as we...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: Amendment Nos. 11 and 12 in the name of Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh have been ruled out of order. Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 in the name of Deputy Joan Collins have also been ruled out of order.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: Amendment No. 15 is in the name of Deputy Joan Collins who is not present in the Chamber.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: I do not think somebody else can move an amendment for a Deputy on Report Stage.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: Amendment No. 16 in the name of Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh has been ruled out of order.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: Amendment No. 17 is in the name of Deputies Ruth Coppinger, Joe Higgins and Paul Murphy, none of whom is present in the Chamber.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: Amendments Nos. 18 to 21, inclusive, 25, 27 and 28 are related and may be discussed together.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: I call on Deputy Clare Daly and apologise as I should have called her earlier.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: Deputy Tommy Broughan is next. Before you start, Deputy, please note I will have to stop the debate within a few seconds.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: Can the Deputy move the adjournment?

Message from Select Committee (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: The Select Sub-Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014 without amendment.

Estimates for Public Services 2014: Message from Select Committee (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2014: Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary); and Vote 36 - Defence (Supplementary).

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: I listened to Deputy Kelleher's contribution last night and thought he almost acknowledged that previous administrations, in which his party was to the fore, made many mistakes in regard to how our health services were arranged. Looking back, we can see that when the economy went into a severe downturn, our health services were poorly positioned to deal with it. No meaningful reform had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: I remind members, witnesses and those present in the Gallery that all mobile telephones must be switched off. I welcome, from the Department of Finance, Mr. John Hogan, assistant secretary in the banking division, Mr. Declan Reid, specialist in the shareholding management unit, Mr. Antoine Mac Donncha, legal adviser, and Mr. Brian Fee, assistant principal in the banking division. The format...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: Thank you, Mr. Hogan. Before we begin, I propose that we adhere to the same rules that applied at our recent meeting. This is to ensure that everybody has the opportunity to ask questions. I propose that the lead speaker from each group will have ten minutes and that a committee member from each group will have five minutes. Anybody else who wishes to ask questions will have five minutes....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: Sorry, but I must ask Deputies not to engage in side conversations. They are interrupting the flow of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: I thank Deputy Pearse Doherty. I call Deputy Arthur Spring.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: As there are no other contributions, on behalf of the joint committee I thank the witnesses from the Department of Finance for participating in this meeting and for the material that they supplied beforehand. We will suspend now and then resume our discussion with representatives of the Free Legal Advice Centres, FLAC, and Banking & Payments Federation Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council's fiscal assessment report of November 2014. I welcome the delegates from the council: Professor John McHale, chairman; Dr. Thomas Conefrey, chief economist; and council members, Professor Alan Barrett; Mr. Sebastian Barnes; and Dr. Donal O'Donovan. I understand Dr. Róisín O'Sullivan is unable to attend...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: In the context of the question-and-answer session, I propose that we adhere to the same rules we have used at recent meetings. Those rules assist in terms of ensuring that everyone has an opportunity to ask questions and that proceedings run as smoothly as possible. The lead speakers of each group will have ten minutes and other members will have five. Anyone else who wishes to post...