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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child Protection Services: Discussion (4 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: I totally agree with the Senator. That issue and some of the other issues highlighted today can be the subject of the quarterly meeting we will have with the Minister next week. I thank the witnesses, Dr. Helen Buckley, Dr. Carol Coulter and Ms Ceili O'Callaghan, and recognise those from FLAC, the child care law reporting project and Ms Stephanie McCarthy in the Visitors Gallery.

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: I welcome the positive figures presented by the Minister of State, Deputy Simon Harris. Government policy is being implemented to support households in arrears and Government targets have seen progress in reducing the number of mortgages in arrears across the country. The statistics we heard at the finance committee meeting today with representatives of the Bank of Ireland reflect this....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: Does that include mortgages in repossession status?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: Bank of Ireland is repossessing some 4,350 family homes through the courts. These homes add up to a potential of a book value of €2 billion. How much of a provision has Bank of Ireland made against that debt? The bank’s priority is ensuring the security of mortgage debt, whereas ours is ensuring security of tenure of a house for a family in co-operation with their lender....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: There is a 45% provision against the debt on the family homes with which the bank is in the repossession process. What options were offered to these 4,350 families before repossession proceedings were initiated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: The number of people to whom I am referring is the 3% of the 145,000 loans which are in a resolution process, either consensually or through the legal process. That comes to 4,000 plus loans.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: According to the bank’s submission document, the various stages of arrears are either in a resolution process consensually - either the borrower giving back the keys and the bank pursuing him or her for the debt - or resolution through a legal process, which means that the bank has initiated legal proceedings. I appreciate that the bank’s delegation has answered the question on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: I am not trying to be rude and appreciate the process. However, has the process been completed in its entirety with the 4,000 plus families involved in repossession cases? Have other options been given to them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: How many of the 4,300 families in question did not co-operate in any way, shape or form with the bank?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: Apart from the cases of non-co-operation, are there impediments to the bank finding sustainable solutions for these customers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: Apart from the options offered in the past 12 to 18 months, are there other options, say, a mortgage-to-lease as opposed to a mortgage-to-rent option, that would make it easier for the banks to provide solutions for those in arrears?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: Is there an issue with finding these providers?

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minister for Finance for framing this Bill in a way that will have a positive impact on Irish households. The primary changes it introduces to income tax and universal social charge rates, which I am sure will be welcomed by all income tax payers, provide a clear indication of our progress and recovery. In a move carefully designed to assist families who are struggling to make...

Topical Issue Debate (6 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: I agree to that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (11 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: There is only one version.

Other Questions: Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (11 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: 88. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the redress scheme for victims of symphysiotomy and his views on the timeframe, terms and conditions and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42729/14]

Other Questions: Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (11 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: Will the Minister provide an update on the redress scheme that was established for the surviving victims of symphysiotomy? I am aware that the scheme was advertised last week and that it has been open for business since yesterday but will the Minister provide information on the terms and conditions and timeframes relating to it? I would also appreciate it if he could outline his...

Other Questions: Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (11 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: What the Minister said is very welcome, particularly with regard to the fact that some payments may be made before Christmas and that the women will not require the services of solicitors. I also welcome the fact that the three groups which have supported the victims tirelessly during the past ten to 12 years are recommending that they should make applications in respect of the...

Other Questions: Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (11 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: I am glad to hear the genuine concern for the victims. We must acknowledge and recognise that these ladies have been through decades of suffering. The vast majority are in their 60s and 70s, and some are in their 80s and 90s. They do not want to get involved in what has been pitched in some quarters as a cumbersome process. They want to know how genuinely simple the process will be. I am...

Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Guidelines (11 Nov 2014)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minster of State for taking the debate. I had asked last week for it to be discussed on the basis that the closing date for submissions on a planning application to An Bord Pleanála in my county is 1 December. We are naively waiting for draft guidelines, which the Department promised would be published a number of weeks ago. However, because of a delay, these will not be...