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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: We are dealing with the ESM. Reference has been made to a figure of €60 billion. I would like the officials to clarify this. The national state will be asked to bail out the bust bank before the ESM will be asked to bail it out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Mr. Mac Donncha for his answer. My point is that the State has to bail out the bank first, as long as it has the resources to do so, if the ESM is to be accessed. It is a far cry from separating sovereign debt and banking debt. If we are to access this €60 billion, if we have the wherewithal to do so, we will have to use our own resources - our hard-earned taxes, etc. - to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I would like to ask about the waterfall. The uninsured depositors - those with more than €100,000 in their bank accounts - will also take a hit at an earlier stage, before the ESM moves in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I would like to comment on a big concern at this stage. My understanding is that if we do not pass this legislation, it cannot take effect in Europe. They need this member state to agree to it. We would be agreeing to something without substantive progress having been made on the issue of retroactive recapitalisation. The wording in the guideline is very similar to the wording in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I would like to read something to the officials. I am sure they are involved in drawing up answers to parliamentary questions on behalf of the Minister. I tabled a question to ask the Minister for Finance to explain how an application under the direct recapitalisation instrument of the ESM would calculate the amount that would have to be required at a time of recapitalisation by the State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The CEO of AIB, Mr. David Duffy, is able to comment publicly on the fact that direct recapitalisation may be able to be availed of without going through the waterfall system. He is a banker and head of AIB and speaking to the media. The delegates are officials in the Department and I am sure they are some of the most knowledgeable on how we would apply for direct recapitalisation. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Department of Finance is asking us to sign a blank cheque for it by ratifying it without the Department getting the deal over the line. It has had two years to secure the detail, but there has been no fleshing out whatsoever of the detail of retroactive recapitalisation. I hope and pray the Minister and the Department have a clear understanding behind closed doors of how this will...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (25 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the strengthening of the functions of the Financial Services Ombudsman, the consumer complaint procedure and related matters.We are living in strange times where many people are facing eviction from their homes by banks that only survived because those same people bailed them out. Many lost their jobs as a result...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (25 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (25 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications for consumers and the Exchequer of the decision by the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland not to meet the claims of third party claimants at Setanta Insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36166/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (25 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties currently being experienced by fishermen in Killybegs, County Donegal and other places caused by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority's new guidelines on the weighing of fish at piers and the draining of water from fish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36202/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (25 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the current Sea Fisheries Protection Authority's proposals on the regulation of the pelagic fishing and processing industry here with a view to addressing the concerns of the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association and the Federation of Irish Fishermen as communicated to him on the 16 September 2014. [36203/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (25 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the scope allowed to him under Article 61(1) of Council Regulation 1224/2009 for the weighing of fish at factory premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36204/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Properties (30 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if staff from her Department are working in a building (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this is a permanent arrangement; if rent is being paid on the premises and the value of this rent. [36733/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (30 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance if any State body or State owned bank is paying for use of a building (details supplied) in Newbridge, County Kildare. [36681/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (30 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a building (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been put up for sale by the liquidators. [36682/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Planning Issues (30 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works is seeking planning permission on a building (details supplied) in County Kildare. [36680/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Eligibility (30 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 402. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who previously qualified for the motor transport grant prior to its discontinuation will be considered retrospectively for vehicles purchased during the time between its discontinuation and the announcement of the replacement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36864/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Eligibility (30 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 403. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement for the motorised transport grant has reached finalisation; when it is expected to be open to applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36865/14]