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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Is CBRE not the expert on commercial property?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I want to return to the "Future Shock" issue. Can we agree that the housing market and banking are not within Ms Hunt's core areas of expertise? These are core areas. Ms Hunt mentioned that the programme covered three issues she disagreed with, foreign direct investment, FDI, the construction downturn and interest rates. Can we also agree that in her press release, which...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I understand that and Ms Hunt has made that clear. In her statement, which described the programme as irresponsible journalism, dramatic and incorrect predictions, technically incorrect and so on and so forth - there is quite a bit of interesting language in the statement - she addressed her concerns only to the housing market.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Let me deal with the sentiment because Ms Hunt states that the sensationalist approach to the programme in CBRE's view was irresponsible as property is a very important issue and ultimately the general public would take the sentiments expressed on board when deciding whether or not to make what is essentially the biggest financial decision of their lifetime. Would that first-time buyer in...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. Ms Hunt went on to say in her statement that would-be first-time buyers who had heeded equally dramatic and incorrect predictions in the past had lost out significantly, which would suggest she was saying they could lose out again. I am struggling to understand why, from the point of view of CBRE, which is not involved in the housing market and has no expertise in that...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Was CBRE’s soft landing prediction also a hypothetical approach, like all predictions of that nature?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Evidence has been provided to this inquiry before, and we have met the authors of reports that were commissioned, which suggests that the global financial crisis only precipitated the crash. The crash was going to happen regardless because of the increased prices in commercial property and housing property and it was only a matter of time before the bubble burst. The drying up of debt...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Bodies Membership (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for Ireland to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13889/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the establishment of the credit register; the number of companies that applied to manage the register; and of these, the number that were Irish companies. [13957/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance if the company chosen to run the credit register will have access to the personal public service numbers of citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13958/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Administration (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance the issues he is referring to in the terms of references of the local property tax when he states that a number of issues have arisen in relation to its efficient and effective administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14021/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Card Interest Rates (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions No. 53 of 25 March 2015 and No. 283 of 31 March 2015, if he will explain the apparent contradiction in his replies regarding the question of whether credit card companies have to notify the Central Bank of Ireland of a decision to raise their interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14348/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of first-time buyers who have purchased mortgages from the companies that the ICS distribution platform was sold to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14364/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the sale of the ICS distribution platform has in any way contributed to greater competition for those seeking a mortgage on principal dwelling homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14365/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax shelters and tax exemptions, that allow the better-off to avoid paying their fair share of taxes, that have been eliminated or restricted since March 2011. [14421/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a report on his meeting with Governor Honohan on 2 April 2015, listing all issues discussed, decisions taken and commitments made. [14423/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Targets (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance the maximum permissible budgetary adjustment possible in budget 2016, based on the latest available statistics, following negotiations with the European Union regarding Ireland's expenditure benchmark; and the way this figure is arrived at. [14544/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Water Funding (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect and-or cost of the current situation where Irish Water is placed on the books on the deficit-surplus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14545/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Proposed Legislation (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Taxation and Certain Other Matters (International Mutual Assistance) Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14737/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Seizures (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 356. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 393 of 31 March 2015, the value of illegal drugs awaiting destruction, currently in the possession of An Garda Síochána. [14349/15]