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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: That is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: That is fair enough and a justification for an answer not given. I asked a simple question. It is important that not only Members of the Oireachtas, but the public have an idea of the options open to NAMA. I have not had sight of the independent review. However, it is clear from the answers given that the independent review looked at a number of scenarios, one of which is that NAMA would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Was consideration given to other options suggested in the independent review that would have brought in more cash than the option chosen by the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: In regard to my other questions-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I beg the Chairman's indulgence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: If the Chairman would direct the witnesses to answer the questions asked, Deputies would not have to use up their time asking the same question three times.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (23 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the systems he has put in place to ensure that the structures of the relationship framework which determines the relationship between the bank and the executive are being observed by State backed banks and that the governance of the bank is fit-for-purpose. [40724/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (23 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance the possible implications for the State if a State backed bank is found to have committed fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40725/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (23 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe and to what extent the activities of State backed banks are monitored to ensure they are operating in a way that will not leave the State open to financial or reputational damage. [40726/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (23 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance with regards to section 15(10) of the Credit Union and Co-Operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012, if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties which the Act has created for credit unions when appointing directors, particularly for rural-based credit unions, due to the various restrictions and candidate criteria stated in the Act concerning those...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: That is not interest, it is capital.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach does not know the meaning of the word.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: He did not. It was a private letter to a colleague.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: There has been considerable speculation on water charges legislation and Ministers have refused to rule out the involvement of Revenue. Is it planned to introduce a water services (amendment) Bill which would change the structure of how charges are collected? Two weeks ago we debated the European Stability Mechanism, ESM, legislation. This is the day on which the ESM receives applications...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion [Private Members] (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the motion atá curtha chun tosaigh ag an nGrúpa Teicniúil i dtaobh an cheist rí-thábhachtach seo. Earlier this year members of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, of which I am a member, helped to draft a report on what should be done to tackle our mortgage crisis. The report received all-party support and the support of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) had their payment cut; the criteria used; if all considerations, including PRSI deductions, were made in the means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41651/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 266. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form an analysis of the price of oil and the price of petrol, excluding excise duties in both cases, compared to the price of oil and petrol on the international market over the past ten years. [40909/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the liquidators at a credit union (details supplied) in County Kildare to engage with the local community and members of the credit union to put in place a plan for the future use of the credit union building as a resource for the community. [40914/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Applications Approvals (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 276. To ask the Minister for Finance the way persons who have already had a mortgage approval or are in the process of buying a house, but may not conclude the sale until 2015, will be affected by the proposed new Central Bank of Ireland rules on mortgage lending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41086/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Finance Agency Funding (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 313. To ask the Minister for Finance if loans from the Housing Finance Agency to voluntary sector housing associations are included in the calculation of the State's debt to GDP ratio. [41549/14]