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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct the Central Bank of Ireland to no longer accept the repossession or voluntary surrender of the family home as a sustainable solution under the mortgage arrears resolution targets. [24537/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans, to cease with immediate effect, the practice of issuing letters to welfare recipients, in which they are encouraged to have their payments made directly to a current, deposit or savings account in either a bank or a financial institution; if she is aware that such a practice is detrimental to the survival of the post office network;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 254. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which financial institutions, which do not take deposits, are regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24935/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Loans (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 255. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 16 June 2015, if any borrowers at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation refinanced their loans, post the expiry of their loan facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24943/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 412. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive an appointment for a dental procedure; the timeframe the child will be expected to wait in view of the urgency of the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24619/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 435. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the routine or urgent waiting list in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal for exploration laparoscopy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24763/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 436. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for exploration laparoscopy in Letterkenny General Hospita in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24764/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Conditions (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 604. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the outcome of ongoing talks which are taking place between his Department and Donegal County Council regarding the issuance of a foreshore licence for a location (details supplied) in County Donegal; when it is expected that a licence will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24902/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (24 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider removing a qualifying condition that applicants must have lived here for three out of the past five years for returning emigrants who meet the habitual residence condition under social welfare which qualifies them for jobseeker's allowance and back to education, as it is clearly a contradiction of their residency status by...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh, agus fáilte, John. Can I ask you, in your opening statement, you agreed that the staffing numbers of economists in the Department was inadequate. You also mentioned that there was, there has been, and continues to be, efforts to address this. You also, and you've given some figures to the Deputies, or the Senators, in relation to that. Could you...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Well, the fact that you, yes, your statement that there were an inadequate number of economists. So how did it affect the work of your Department?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Are you saying that the number wouldn't have made a difference?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: There has been evidence given to the committee that it's about the framework used in modern macroeconomics that was at fault here, and there's been suggestions that no matter how many economists you had in the Department, there was a bit of herd mentality there. Do you subscribe to that notion, that-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: But some people ... some people were calling ... like, for example, in your opinion now today, do you believe that Morgan Kelly was correct in his analysis?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: What about the details of how you were looking at it and how he was looking at it in terms of ... in terms of summing it up and not agreeing with everything but do you believe on the ... on the ... in fairness that his was mostly correct in relation to his analysis while the analysis of the Department and the team of economists that you had failed to see what he was ... what he was seeing in...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: But can I ask you ... can you give the committee any examples where economic policy was changed as a direct result of a critical report from the Department's economic division and also can I ask you to give an example where your own analysis differed from the consensus view? Did you yourself offer - and I'm not just talking about a number of years ago ... today or in the last number of years...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: But, Mr. McCarthy, we know from-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: It's on the same question ... but we know from people, for example, Marie Mackle, who was answering parliamentary questions ... and she wasn't in the position that you were in but she was offering a contrarian view. The question I have ... and to go back to the question is: can you give an example to the committee, right up until now, where economic policy was changed as a direct result of a...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Perhaps give examples where an example where economic policy was changed as a direct result of a critical report from the Department's economic division, that's the first part of the question. The second part was an example of where your analysis differed from the consensus view. Was that offered and was it ever taken on board? Examples-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: And if there was never one, then let's just state that. If there was, give examples.