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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (28 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department, that were made as a result of applications made through the Publicjobs.ie website in the last three years; the number of board posts that were advertised on Publicjobs.ie; the number of board posts that were not advertised on the website but...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Appointments to State Boards (28 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 601. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department that were made as a result of applications made through the www.publicjobs.ie website in the last three years; the number of board posts that were advertised on www.publicjobs.ie; the number of board posts that were not advertised on the website but instead were directly...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (28 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 652. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department, that were made as a result of applications made through the Publicjobs.ie website in the last three years; the number of board posts that were advertised on Publicjobs.ie; the number of board posts that were not advertised on the website but instead were...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Appointments to State Boards (28 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 669. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of her Department that were made as a result of applications made through the publicjobs.ie website in the last three years; the number of board posts that were advertised on publicjobs.ie; the number of board posts that were not advertised on the website but instead were made...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (28 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 753. To ask the Minister for Health the funding the State provides, directly or indirectly, to treat and prevent gambling addiction [4061/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (28 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 789. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department, that were made as a result of applications made through the Publicjobs.ie website in the last three years; the number of board posts that were advertised on Publicjobs.ie; the number of board posts that were not advertised on the website but instead were directly appointed; and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance the total betting duty paid in 2013 and the estimated betting duty for 2014. [4347/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Properties (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of a new building for the Central Bank of Ireland; and the alternatives that were examined such as investigating the use of existing Office of Public Works sites. [4453/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of the Central Bank of Ireland for the outsourcing of its IT system, including the cost incurred due to the HP data centre. [4455/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current salary of the director of the Teaching Council. [4461/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Teaching Council of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 96. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the gross amount reimbursed to his Department in 2013 by the Teaching Council in respect of the salary of the director of the Teaching Council. [4459/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Teaching Council of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 97. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the remuneration the current director of the Teaching Council receives from his Department after the reimbursement from the Department of Education and Skills is subtracted. [4460/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry Funding (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Exchequer supplement to Horse Racing Ireland in 2013 and the estimated cost in 2014. [4348/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat. Cuirim fáilte roimh ár gcairde ó Banc Ceannais na hÉireann. I wish to distance myself from the comments made by Deputy Creed who made an outrageous attack on the credit union movement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I did not interrupt Deputy Creed when he attacked what I believe to be the credit union movement. I wish to point out to members that if they believed that these extortionate rates bordered on criminality then they had the option to do something about it when I drafted legislation on behalf of Sinn Féin, when it was debated in the House and called for a cap to be put on interest rates....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Chairman. Some 13 out of 27 EU member states have placed caps on moneylenders. The only legal cap that exists at present has been placed on the credit union movement which has a cap of 12.68% APR. Clearly, the credit union movement cannot compete with the other type of loans because it cannot offer APRs in excess of that rate. If one wants riskier loans to be taken up by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Challenge by whom?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: There has been a debate - and I hope that I have been part of the debate - on whether caps should be imposed on moneylenders. I argued that it should be set at 40%. I know that is a lot higher than what the credit union movement suggested to the Minister for Finance three years ago. Has the Minister for Finance or the Central Bank decided to carry out a proper analysis on the introduction...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Does Mr. Sheridan believe that the type of cap that we have discussed should go hand in hand with the credit union cap? We should examine the legal cap on credit unions. They could involve themselves more with the 360,000 customer base that moneylenders have at their disposal. Does Mr. Sheridan view it as a dual approach strategy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to ask a very simple question. Mr. Sheridan gave us a figure for the number of customers. Therefore, I assume that there have been over 500,000 moneylender loans in the State over the past 12 months. I have made that assumption based on the fact that Mr. Sheridan has said that there are 360,000 customers, 26% of whom are currently paying off at least two loans, and 6% have more than...