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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (28 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: 330. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the number of Industrial Development Agency-led visits by potential investors to County Kerry will be increased in future years; the changes to regional aid grants that are required to make County Kerry more attractive to potential investors; and if strategies to rectify the imbalance between the number of IDA...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (28 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: 335. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the number of Industrial Development Agency led visits by potential investors to County Kerry will be increased in future years; the changes to regional aid grants that are required to make County Kerry more attractive to potential investors; and if strategies to rectify the imbalance between the number of IDA...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (28 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: 446. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is considering implementing the main points of the Bacon report on rural towns to encourage the refurbishment and modernisation of disused commercial premises in order that some commercial and residential activity in traditional town centres will be restored to correct the imbalance consequent upon the proliferation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (28 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: 720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of insulin pumps the Health Service Executive currently has in stock; if the current roll-out of these pumps is adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3860/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (28 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: 756. To ask the Minister for Health the reason in the event of a delay of a medical card being renewed that payments are not backdated to the time of the expiry of the medical card, thus leaving the patient who is worthy of a medical card to pay for medical services when he or she cannot afford to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4080/14]

Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: There are a couple of issues in the Bill that pertain to Kerry with which I disagree, but I will try to stick to the Bill as much as possible. I acknowledge that the purpose of the Bill is to give effect to the decision to integrate the research and policy adviser functions of Forfás into the Department. It also mentions the fact that Shannon Development, which exists in my area at...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Third Level Fees (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: 75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he considers it necessary that an exemption from international student fees should be given to children of an Irish person working for an Enterprise Ireland assisted company and has been required to live outside the EU for more than three of the past five years in an attempt to grow the company. [4529/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [4452/14]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: Come over the mountains and move into Kerry for a second. I raised this one day in the House when we were given one minute and 36 seconds to raise the plight of a €20 million disaster on the coast of Kerry. It is the largest coastline in the country. Of the €68 million in additional funds outside the Estimate the Minister used last year, what percentage-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: What percentage of that was used for flood measures? The Minister of State has indicated that we need to spend some money on the damage that occurred at Christmas time. He is hoping to be on his way to Europe to learn about the European solidarity fund, and I wish him the best of luck with that. In the meantime, have we made an application to the European solidarity fund for places such as...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: If the estimate for this year is up to €70 million for the recent storm, the Minister will need additional funds to the tune of €45 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: I welcome the witnesses to this meeting. The report is very comprehensive and I note that the researchers interviewed 508 people in order to get an understanding of the customer's point of view. It would appear from the report that the typical person who borrows from a moneylender is likely to be a female with children who has her own house. The amount of money that is typically borrowed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: I am not going to come down heavy on the Central Bank on this issue. The Government must clean up its act in this regard. It is not fair that 360,000 people have borrowed from moneylenders, 78% of whom have missed payments and are subjected to people calling to their doors looking for money from them. The critical point in the report is that 31% of people reported that they did not receive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: It should be enforced, I would suggest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: The catalyst is convenience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: I would agree with many of those who have contributed already on the issue of the interest rates. I believe there should be a cap on those rates. The Government must tackle this issue. Is there anything the Central Bank can do on that at the moment? If there are 360,000 customers of legal moneylenders, how many customers do the illegal moneylenders have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: Yes; how many customers do the illegal moneylenders have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: Sorry, but that does not make sense -13% of what?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: I am working on the Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013 which is before the House. Does Mr. Sheridan know if many of the people who are participating in moneylending have gambling debts? There was an observation that there was indebtedness and that moneylending was propping up other debts. Would any of that be moneylending without being gambling related debts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: The figures that were provided on Monday were for the GAA. Frightening figures of indebtedness are being created by people through gambling. I wish to impress a point upon the delegation and I think they should look at it. The convenience factor is the overarching element that I do not agree with. That is why people often decide to use moneylenders rather than go to the credit unions. As...