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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: None the less, the Minister made the argument and I shall not sit here all night making that argument. He made the point, but I do not understand the double standard. It is unfair that very wealthy people who owed money to a bank, in corporate loans, were facilitated with big write-downs for companies that they bought. There might have been other companies that had loans and were paying...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is no rift.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I appreciate that the amendment at least acknowledges the concerns of members and people in this situation about the prospect of loans being sold to vulture funds. Deputy Fleming made the point that if the credit servicing firm is breaching the code of conduct on mortgage arrears and consumer rights generally it can be taken to task but the owners of the loans should also be subject to...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like to raise an issue under this section. I do not even understand it but I said I would raise it for Deputy Naughten. I have already mentioned the other matter he wishes to have inserted. He is not actually ill, he is undergoing foot surgery. That is why he is not here. He wants to signal his intention to ensure everyone taking out a mortgage is required to make a will. I am...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Exactly.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Chair for his patience.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 30. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts he has sanctioned for child mental health; the number that have been filled providing a breakdown of the staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18262/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (28 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 55. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff that have been allocated to mental health services; the number that have been sanctioned; the number of posts that have been filled; the number of posts unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18261/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Eligibility (28 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be entitled to the respite care grant in June 2015. [21218/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: First of all, I welcome Deputy Sean Fleming to the ranks of the socialist left on banking policy. He has arguably swapped places with Deputy Rabbitte. I wish to follow up on the question because, frankly, I am perplexed at Professor Honohan's belief in and commitment to competition as the way to sort out some of the issues that confront us. He has not really made the case for it. For...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is precisely that. It is a completely circular argument that Professor Honohan is giving, which is that it will have a chilling effect in terms of providers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: With time against us, I will agree to disagree with Professor Honohan. To be honest, however, everything he is saying points in the direction of greater administrative control and planning in the economy as a whole, rather than letting the market rip. It all points in that direction. I am not really quite sure how Professor Honohan can act or intervene. In some ways, he is saying that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For the record, no matter what provisions Professor Honohan makes against it, if hundreds of thousands of people lose their jobs again, they still will not be able to pay their mortgages. All the provisioning in the world will not help. Similarly, we have a major problem with access to affordable housing. I have a question about the mandates of central banks, given that Professor Honohan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is getting a lot of unexpected money from non-tax revenue, largely to do with the previous bailout of the banks, which is being paid back. Can Professor Honohan quantify how much that is? It would be useful for people to know how much has been coming to the Government in that form. What will happen now? Will we see a big drop in that revenue as the banks move back into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I asked about the mandate of central banks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am interested in the answer to Deputy Pat Rabbitte's question. We will obviously hear what Professor Honohan has to say, but it strikes me that we are being told the money will be given back, but only after A, B, C, D and E have been done. It is similar to the Greek situation. It seems that a great deal of pain will have to be inflicted on many people in order to ensure this money is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The vulture funds?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Overseas Visits (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the protest in Paris following the killings at the Charlie Hebdo offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2169/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Overseas Visits (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The world was of course utterly appalled by the killing of 12 innocent people, ten of whom were journalists, at Charlie Hebdoearlier this year. I have to ask the Taoiseach about the attendance of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, at the demonstration he joined in the aftermath of those killings. Before I ask the Taoiseach about two aspects of this matter, I would like to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Overseas Visits (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is the last one. According to the Israeli Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tzipi Hotovely:My position is that between the sea and the Jordan River, there needs to be one state only – the state of Israel... There is no place for an agreement of any kind that discusses the concession of Israeli sovereignty over lands conquered [in 1967].These are the official statements of several...