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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration Authority (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the core business of the Property Registration Authority involves examining applications for title registrations; if the State, as custodian of the public interest, is bound to indemnify persons who suffer loss through a mistake made in the Land Registry; her understanding of the internal quality control measures used by the authority to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the checks in place to ensure that development aid funds are not used for the supply of military equipment; and if he will give a categorical guarantee that no such funds have been used for this purpose. [3315/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: Our time is relatively limited. The challenges facing the pensions industry and the authority are immense. The role of the Pensions Authority has probably not assisted in the crisis over the past period and we will struggle to get to the bottom of it here in one session; even over a Dáil term, we would struggle to do so. It is appropriate that we take the opportunity to question Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: Fine. I will come back in. I am wondering why Mr. Begg thinks that would help pensioners in his new authority. In light of the Chairman's remarks, what would Mr. Begg say to those who argue that, given that he was a director of the Central Bank for 14 years, and that the banking inquiry has been quite scathing and has made the point that the Central Bank had sufficient powers to intervene-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: It is, because the role Mr. Begg had in the Central Bank could be viewed to be quite similar to that which he holds in the Pensions Authority - one of oversight. It was the lack of oversight of the Central Bank that caused some of the problems. How do we know we will have a different approach to oversight in respect of the Pensions Authority role? My comments relate to Mr. Begg's previous...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: I have several points to make about what Mr. Begg said. Perhaps he did not understand the point about being a member of the board of the Central Bank. In essence, the point is that he signed off on financial stability reports, particularly in the period 2003 to 2007 when the Central Bank allowed the banks to borrow 50% of GDP, loan it out and fuel the property bubble. We know that as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: I am seeking Mr. Begg's comments on this. With regard to Mr. Begg's role in the Pensions Authority, is he prepared to order an investigation into what occurred with the IASS, particularly because there were not only poor management decisions but also negligent investment decisions made by the trustees, who decided to divest the pension fund of probably the most unrivalled property...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: By all means, specify them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: I have to correct that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: I asked a question about Mr. Begg's personal pension incomes. What other people have said about it is no concern of mine. It is strange that Mr. Begg took offence at such a question, given that he had no problem describing in detail his wife's pension entitlements. There is a problem there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: I did not interrupt Mr. Begg.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: The point I am making is that it is a perfectly appropriate question to ask in the context of Mr. Begg's appointment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: Have we had a head of The Pensions Authority come before the committee before? Probably not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: This is the Pensions Authority. It is different, and that is the basis for the question. Regarding Mr. Begg's point on hostility, it is surprising that somebody with the record of briefs Mr. Begg has had would take any offence. Again, if I made any specific remarks today or last Wednesday that are inaccurate in any way, I ask Mr. Begg to please put them to me. I will have no hesitation in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: In Mr. Begg's new brief, will he commission an investigation into the activities and the investment decisions relating to the IASS which caused serious financial strain on that scheme? Mr. Begg answered the Chairman's question as to whether it was a DC or DB scheme. That was a tactic the companies used to delay the process. There was a firm ruling that it was a DB scheme, with no question...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: I find it surprising that anybody would say the past is the past. I hope Mr. Begg will examine the matter because fraudulent or poor, possibly criminal, decision making was engaged in. The time lag does not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: I am sorry-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: I was actually speaking. The Deputy was actually interrupting me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: When I am finished, the Deputy can speak.

Other Questions: Child Care Services Provision (28 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will raise the issue of deficiencies in the area of child care here, as noted in the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child's review of the report of Ireland, with the appropriate Departments; and the steps he will take to ensure that appropriate, affordable child care is available for every child. [3056/16]