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

Pearse Doherty: Yes, I excluded them.

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

Pearse Doherty: My figure is only an estimate. I am not talking about 360,000 loans but 360,000 customers and I shall return to the matter later. One of the largest moneylenders in the State is Provident. The moneylenders are all listed and rates shown. Mr. Sheridan mentioned that the highest APR rate licensed by the Central Bank has been granted to Provident. He said that the maximum APR charged,...

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

Pearse Doherty: We can define what is meant by "longer term". The longer term means over one year but Provident Personal Credit Ireland is licensed by the Central Bank to charge this rate for a six-month period and it amounts to €228.75 on €500, for which there is no justification. With regard to long-term loans, the survey shows that one in five people took out new loans before another loan...

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

Pearse Doherty: With respect, all the Central Bank has done is make people aware that they are being screwed by moneylenders. It has not reduced the rate through which moneylenders are screwing customers and it knows, through the most recent data, that moneylenders continue to have a grip on these individuals, with 38% having loans for over five years. Section 99 of the Consumer Credit Act is supposed to...

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

Pearse Doherty: We all make mistakes, but it is quite a big one in the report that 77% of respondents, of 500 people surveyed, suggested they had been refused credit. Today, the Central Bank confirmed the figure was 25%. It is quite a big difference and I am surprised at the information. I am glad that it has been corrected, but the written report should also be corrected. During the debate on Committee...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Availability (30 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the credit options or State support a farmer wishing to invest but unable to access funding through the banks might avail of. [4630/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (30 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, the number of jobs lost, jobs created and net jobs gained by the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland and county enterprise boards on a county basis for each of the past three years. [4730/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (30 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits for potential investors arranged by the Industrial Development Agency on a county basis for the past three years. [4731/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Expenditure (30 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, the spend of the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland and county enterprise boards on a county basis for each of the past three years. [4732/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Data (4 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 132. To ask the Taoiseach the proportion of GDP which is attributable to cross-Border trade for the most recent five years for which data is available. [4900/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (4 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been approached by any covered institution seeking a system of bonus payments for senior staff. [5210/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (4 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications that have been granted by the Central Bank under section 149 of the Consumer Credit Act for the provision of a new service or an increase in existing customer charges by each bank operating here since 1 October 2013; and if he will detail each application granted. [5413/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consultancy Contracts (4 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance further to a Parliamentary Question of 28 January 2014 if he will provide the nature of the consultancy contract awarded to a company (details supplied) and a description of the work carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5481/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: An Teanga Gaeilge (4 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén gníomh atá beartaithe aige a dhéanamh chun gníomhú de bhun mholadh an Choimisinéara Teanga i leith Phobalscoil Chloich Chionnaola; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [5194/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure (4 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total value of island wide public procurement for the most recent consecutive five years for which data is available. [4890/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Data (4 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 273. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total value of cross-Border trade to the economy for the most recent consecutive five years for which data is available. [4899/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postcode Implementation (4 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 389. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the value of the contract awarded to a company (details supplied) for design of a new postcode system. [5196/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postcode Implementation (4 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 390. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of companies that competed for the contract to design the new postal code system; and if any bids indicated that they could complete the system in a shorter time period than the winning contract. [5197/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postcode Implementation (4 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 391. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the contract to design the new postal code system was awarded through an open bidding process; if other bids came in cheaper than a company (details supplied); and under what criteria was that company judged to be the best bidder. [5198/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postcode Implementation (4 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 392. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list the bidders for the contract to design a new postal code. [5199/14]