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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (16 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 855. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personal insolvency practitioners that have been appointed to date. [34761/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (16 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 1045. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing home-help hours to the 2011 provision; and the additional hours this would entail. [34309/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (16 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 1046. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of reducing accident and emergency attendance by €10. [34310/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (16 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 1117. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 250 and 251 of the 16th of May 2013 if final approval has been issued to the two remaining Health Service Executive regions; if he will provide a county breakdown detailing the posts provided under the €35million funding provided; if he has satisfied himself that the funding has been utilised; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Guidelines (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether greater regulation of the wind energy sector is needed to attract more long-term investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35023/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of broadband access in Gaeltacht area; the steps being taken to improve same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35020/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if any of the following new rates were applied to the income earned in excess of €100,000: 42%, 43%, 44%, 45%, 46%, 47%. [35689/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional Revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if the Universal Social Charge was increased on the portion of income over €100,000 for PAYE workers by 1%; 2%; 3%; 4%; 5%; 6%. [35690/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the ongoing talks between EU officials and his Department on the future of Permanent TSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35830/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the fees paid by Permanent TSB to a consultancy firm (details supplied) or any other consulting agencies since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35831/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 2 July 2013, if he stands over the statement made in his response when he said that the Central Bank of Ireland was not aware of the Anglo tapes in view of the fact that the former chairperson of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Alan Dukes has stated that all board papers of the bank were made available to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Insolvency Service of Ireland: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome Mr. O'Connor to the committee. First, in regard to the appointment of personal insolvency practitioners, the Minister for Justice and Equality, in response to my parliamentary question yesterday, stated that the ISI had received more than 90 applications to date. Both the Minister and Mr. O'Connor are on record on the expected number of cases that will come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Insolvency Service of Ireland: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: A number of statutory instruments went before the Joint committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, but unfortunately they did not come before this committee. I am sure Mr. O'Connor is aware of their contents. An issue raised time and again by the Free Legal Advice Centres is the issue of fees and the potential for personal insolvency practitioners to cherry-pick clients based on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Insolvency Service of Ireland: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I am aware of the process, but as time is limited, can Mr. O'Connor deal with the case in which the practitioner's proposal is rejected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Insolvency Service of Ireland: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There is a suggestion that personal insolvency practitioners will levy an assessment charge because of the vetoes that creditors have. Is there a way of ruling out an assessment charge?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Insolvency Service of Ireland: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There are different types of debtor, including those with few assets. For example, in the case of debt relief notices, there are people with over €400 worth of assets so they have to fall into one of the other two arrangements, upon which a PIP gets involved. Not only is there a potential up-front fee for the complex cases but, as Mr. O'Connor points out, there is nothing his service...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Insolvency Service of Ireland: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We support the argument that there should be a public insolvency process, and that it should not be left to people who are going to cherry-pick those that are the most profitable for them. Will the service ensure there is a monitoring process so that people are not left out of the loop? I know the following is in the legislation, and that is not Mr. O'Connor's field, but what advice would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Insolvency Service of Ireland: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Will the service report on the number of vetoes that have been used by the banks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Insolvency Service of Ireland: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: In the context of monitoring, I am seriously concerned that individuals will not be able to gain access to PIPs as a result of cherry-picking. Is the system as set out under the legislation flexible enough to allow the ISI to appoint public practitioners? How will it be able to monitor matters? For example, will it be in a position to know that someone approached a practitioner and that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Insolvency Service of Ireland: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: In north Donegal, 160 people are waiting for their first appointment with MABS. The average waiting time for a first appointment is 20.2 weeks.