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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Schemes (5 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I will. I appreciate the Minister's clarity, but can I take it that, regarding the Central Bank's consultation process on 80% loan-to-value mortgages, we should not assume it will be okay because the Government will introduce a 10% guarantee scheme to raise the ratio to 90%, as suggested in some media? We need clarity. Should we focus on the 80% ratio or will the Government come in through...

Other Questions: Tax Code (5 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The problem with the rules is that the Government can reduce the time in which we can hold the Minister to account.

Other Questions: Tax Code (5 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I know that, but that is not the point.

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: It has been a very interesting three weeks since the Minister introduced his latest budget. Like the previous one, as I said on previous occasions, it is unfair and contains harsh cuts. However, what has since been in the minds of the people, as we saw clearly and as was evident last Saturday, and what the budget cannot be divorced from is the issue of water charges. While the Government...

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I will come to that figure. Let us be clear: it is indisputable that there is headroom of €570 million for us in order to be below the 3% deficit target. Therefore, if Irish Water were to be included in the State's books, that figure could be absorbed. As the Minister rightly said, there would then be the issue of the €300 million to be raised in domestic charges. How would...

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Can the Minister tell me why is it fair that a Minister who stays in a hotel in Dublin to attend the Parliament can have the cost of the hotel written off for tax purposes - I have no problem with the cost of the hotel - and also write off the cost of maintaining a second residence in the hotel? Riddle me that. When I asked Revenue what it means to maintain a second residence in a hotel,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (5 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 11. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure all workers receive equality under any tax credit-relief for water charges. [41740/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (5 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 12. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he is proposing to extend tax breaks to very high earners through an extension of the SARP scheme. [41744/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (5 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance when the EU Commission will make a decision on the restructuring package for Permanent TSB and his plans for the bank following the ECB stress tests. [41741/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Bond Issues (5 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he or the Central Bank of Ireland has had regarding accelerating or modifying the agreed minimum pace of sales of the bonds held by the Central Bank of Ireland issued following the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. [41743/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (5 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgages here that are outside the legal protection of the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears having been sold to unregulated entities. [41742/14]

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

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Bank of Ireland delegation. Mr. Boucher has said the cash injected by the State into Bank of Ireland has been paid back and showed figures in his presentation of €6 billion and so on. He is actually being mischievous. It is the equivalent of someone with a Bank of Ireland mortgage of €100,000 and a variable interest rate telling the bank when the interest...

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

Pearse Doherty: Let me finish. There is a breakdown of the figures. Approximately €1.5 billion in guarantee fees was paid up until the end of 2013 that had nothing whatsoever to do with the cash injection; it was because we had to guarantee the bank. The rest is mostly made up of coupons in terms of securities. Therefore, it does not have to do with the cash that was injected. Mr. Boucher should...

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

Pearse Doherty: Please listen for one second. This is interest on products bought from Mr. Boucher's bank. It is the exact same scenario as the one I have outlined. It is interest that was applied to coupons. I refer to the fee applied by giving the guarantee to Bank of Ireland, not to paying all the cash back. They are two different things. Bank of Ireland charges fees on transactions all the time,...

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

Pearse Doherty: Is Mr. Boucher blaming the Minister of Finance? He is big enough to say what is required. He should acknowledge that the capital that was injected into the bank has not been paid back and that what have been paid back are the fees that applied to the products bought in terms of shares in the years in question and the fee that applied to the guarantee issued to the bank. I refer to other...

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

Pearse Doherty: No, I just want an answer.

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

Pearse Doherty: It happened naturally; the bank did not do anything. The arrears capitalisation figure-----

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

Pearse Doherty: The bank did not offer them anything. Their own financial circumstances improved.

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

Pearse Doherty: On arrears capitalisation, the situation of those concerned improved, which meant that they were not only able to take on the mortgages-----

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

Pearse Doherty: Is Mr. McLoughlin saying the 1,060 customers subject to arrears capitalisation had an additional product offered to them?