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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Institutions Resolution Fund (28 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money which has been paid into the Credit Institutions Resolution Fund since its establishment in 2012; the names of the credit institutions that have contributed; the amount they have contributed for each of the years since 2012; the amounts that have been paid out and to whom; the amount in the fund presently; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (28 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 312. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that has responsibility for carrying out the transition review for children with autism at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14801/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents Data (28 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fatalities involving tractors, on public roads only, which have occurred over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14862/17]

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: As mentioned previously - it is on the record - I concur with most of the report by the Committee of Public Accounts into Project Eagle after sitting through countless days of evidence. Any State body needs to be able to demonstrate fully that it got value for money for the State and, unfortunately, due to inadequate record keeping, which has been accepted by NAMA, the Committee of Public...

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: I believe it is important-----

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: I will conclude in two-----

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: I am a member of the Committee of Public Accounts and I will conclude.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: I will conclude.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: So have I.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: In the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 the word "expeditious" is mentioned twice. We must be very fair. The NTMA is now issuing ten-year bonds at 0.33% and treasury notes at negative yields. They peaked at 14% in July 2011 and NAMA played its part in getting this debt off the State balance sheet. My final point is on the terms of the commission of investigation-----

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: I thank the Acting Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (30 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 226. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an inspection to approve a house and to ensure that staff are employed on a contract between the HSE and an organisation for a person (details supplied) with immediate effect. [15948/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commencement of Legislation (30 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Forestry Act 2014 will be commenced; the effect this will have on setback distances of trees from public roads; if possible detrimental effects of this have been analysed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15791/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance if the cost price of a new build house is taken into account when calculating loan to value for the purpose of the help-to-buy scheme rather than the valuation price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16000/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (4 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to address the crisis in the tourism and hospitality industry in respect of the supply and training of chefs and kitchen staff in view of the negative impact this is currently having on enterprises and tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14416/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: 380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider reinstating the phone allowance for older persons in view of the fact that for areas with poor reception it was suitable to have a landline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16784/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (4 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: 457. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the fair deal scheme will be published and implemented as outlined in the partnership programme for Government; the timeframe for this process in view of the detrimental effect it is having on small family farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16064/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: I thank the Governor and his staff for attending the committee today. On the tracker mortgage issue, the Governor has been very clear that lenders have failed their customers. That is a very serious environment for the Central Bank to be operating in and it should take it at the most serious level. On that, we said earlier that the reasons banks treated customers in this way are unknown....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: That is critical because much of the information I have received suggests that the banking institutions are not giving their customers that information and they feel powerless in this area. The Governor mentioned the team he has and that the scope of the investigation will be very wide, which is important. We have reports both from witnesses and from those in the media of how some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: That captures where were are in this argument with regard to the banks. When Mr. Kissane and others appeared before the committee they expressed a view that the Central Bank is the appropriate forum as the guardian of our financial system and regulator to investigate these matters and to hold the banks to account. I advise the Governor's team that thousands of people are relying on this and...