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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Access to Credit Provision: Discussion with Credit Review Office (20 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Trethowan has said the proportion drawn is €2.5 billion, 27%. It is quite interesting that what he has not given us is the proportion that was sanctioned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Access to Credit Provision: Discussion with Credit Review Office (20 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We may not agree. The Credit Review Office has produced ten reports on this matter. Would it be fair to say that Mr. Trethowan's reflection on this matter has changed as the reports progressed? The earlier reports were very clear that this was new lending which would fall into the category of the 27%. Later it started to include re-financing and restructuring. Agreements between the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Access to Credit Provision: Discussion with Credit Review Office (20 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: May I finish on this point?

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: This week, the CEO of AIB announced that further mortgage interest rate hikes were on the way. Every quarter of a per cent rise in interest rates adds €30 per month to the cost of repayments for every €200,000 borrowed. This increase will affect 70,000 AIB variable interest rate mortgage customers directly, and the move is likely to be followed by other banks, as has been the...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Can the Tánaiste genuinely claim that after two years of the Labour Party being in government, it has provided any peace of mind or any breathing space for those in mortgage distress? That claim cannot be made despite having been in power for two years. The Tánaiste talked about the Personal Insolvency Bill but the banks retain a veto so they have the final say. The...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Government call the banks in?

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: What about the interest rate hike? That was the question I asked.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The problem is now twice as bad.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Tánaiste call the banks in?

Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It is a continuous trend of this Government to impose the guillotine, and I have said this on numerous occasions on other pieces of legislation. There has been debate - this will be the third day of debate on the Finance Bill - but this Finance Bill contains serious measures that will impact on citizens the length and breadth of this State, and imposes additional hardship on many of them who...

Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Finance (Local Property Tax)(Amendment) Bill will be rushed through the Dáil again. The original Bill was rushed through and during the Committee Stage of that Bill we only reached one item on which we could vote and all others fell. The proposal is that we deal with Second Stage next Friday with a guillotine imposed and then all remaining Stages on the following Tuesday. From the...

Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We want more time. The Tánaiste should not be disingenuous.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: If the Government had given the original Bill more time, it might not have needed to rush through an amendment to it a couple of months later.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (21 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by Industrial Development Agency supported businesses along the border region; and the total number of job losses in IDA supported business along the region. [9051/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (21 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact of upward only rent on the retail sector in terms of lost competitiveness and in terms of jobs lost. [9050/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Speeds (26 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has identified any legislation needed for the rollout of high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9972/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Bonds (26 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 56 of 13 February 2013, if he will confirm what he means by conditions of financial stability; if such conditions exist today and if not, by reference to what metric will he judge when such conditions have been met, and specifically if there is an interest rate metric by reference to which these bonds will not be diosposed of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the operation of the SARP tax relief passed in Budget 2012, including the number of persons who have availed of this tax relief; the total amount of relief awarded and the number of jobs that have been directly created as a result of this relief. [9744/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (26 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, the par value, impairment provision and book value of loans at 31 December 2012, 31 January 2013 and 6 February, 2013. [9745/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (26 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 13 February 2013, the reason only €123m of €323m of deposits in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation on 31 January 2013 are at risk of loss. [9746/13]