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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the present state of national monument DG025-029001, DG025-029003, DG025-029006, DG025-029004, DG025-029005,  DG025-029002, and their grounds and access roads at present; if he will ensure that access to these national monuments is upgraded and the vicinity in which they stand is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 232. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient who is under the care of a consultant (details supplied) in County Donegal since November 2012 was informed that their surgery will not be carried out; the reason this is the case, and reassure this patient that they will receive the necessary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32460/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 233. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) in County Donegal whose case has been regarded as priority may expect to be called for elective hip surgery in view of the fact that the patient is in severe pain; the number of elective hip replacements carried out at this hospital last year and the expected number for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I move: That the Sub-Committee on Global Taxation may invite, if it sees it as appropriate, and after hearing from the OECD, the Department of Finance, the Revenue Commissioners and the Minister for Finance, and the other named individuals discussed at the Sub-Committee on Global Taxation meeting of 26 June, other witnesses before the committee.In November 2012, in a formal proposal to this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I oppose Deputy Murphy's amendment for a number of reasons. To respond to Deputy Humphreys, there is no suggestion that we would speak to representatives of any multinational corporations before the Minister for Finance, officials from the Department of Finance, Revenue Commissioners and OECD and academic experts have appeared before the sub-committee. It is proposed to have these witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Vótáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Before we vote on the motion, I wish to speak in support of it. At least one speaker who voted against the previous two motions has suggested that it is the intention of the sub-committee to bring in the multinationals. Let me be clear, if we vote against this motion, the view of the committee is that no multinationals are to be brought in at this stage. It will be an option that could be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Please allow me to finish.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Chairman may not like what I am saying but I am entitled to say it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I am in order. I am drawing comparisons between-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I am drawing comparisons between what is about to be agreed at this committee and what has been agreed under the last two motions, which would be the equivalent of a banking inquiry inviting in the architects, including the regulator, Minister for Finance and other Ministers present on the night of the bank guarantee and publishing a report which may include a recommendation to invite in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Review of ECOFIN Matters under Irish EU Presidency: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I am not sure whether too many people will be able to afford an autumn break. Hopefully, that was a hint that the Minister is going to ease up on austerity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Review of ECOFIN Matters under Irish EU Presidency: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: True. That takes me back to the time the Minister said I was like the Donegal team, all defenders. Look what we did a year later, so just watch out. Some of the questions I want to raise have been touched on already. In regard to the supervision of the major and systemically important banks, the Minister mentioned there is a minimum requirement of three in each member state. For...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Review of ECOFIN Matters under Irish EU Presidency: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We regulate Ulster Bank in regard to its operations here. It has over 1 million customers here. Is it a minimum of three banks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Review of ECOFIN Matters under Irish EU Presidency: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Is it for the Minister for Finance to determine which the third bank will be or whether there should be a fourth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Review of ECOFIN Matters under Irish EU Presidency: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There is no clarification on the third bank here, but there will be a third one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Review of ECOFIN Matters under Irish EU Presidency: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Okay, and it will base its choice on whether the banks selected are major banks or systemically important to the Irish economy. The Minister mentioned the bail-in and Deputy Donnelly also touched on that. Will the Minister tell us what effect the bail-in will have on pillar banks in which we have a shareholding - for example, AIB, which we nearly own completely, or Bank of Ireland? How...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Review of ECOFIN Matters under Irish EU Presidency: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I noted the Minister's speech today about the lessons that have been learned, and I welcome the fact that the burning of bondholders is now accepted as the norm in the future. We are not suggesting at this point that the banks may need more capital, because we do not have the evidence, but there are stress tests and the troika are even insisting that we test this before they bid us farewell....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Review of ECOFIN Matters under Irish EU Presidency: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I am happy with that. There is a bail-in procedure here. My understanding is that we could not go to the ESM without applying the bail-in procedure. Is it not the case that in a bail-in procedure, the first to take the hit are the shareholders, followed by junior bondholders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Review of ECOFIN Matters under Irish EU Presidency: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Is the Minister saying that in respect of the ESM direct bank recapitalisation instrument, we would not have to follow the bail-in procedure before we were able to get access to funding from the ESM?