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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (28 Feb 2018)

Peter Burke: 229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding for a housing estate (details supplied) in County Longford will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10281/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (28 Feb 2018)

Peter Burke: 239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when compensation for the cessation of turf cutting for a person (details supplied) will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10300/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 153. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [10489/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to examine the pay scale that employees are returned to in the public service and HSE when they opt to stay on past the age of 65 years of age; his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who has been returned to a lower pay scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11177/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Testing (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 470. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to the possibility of the imposition of a tractor testing system for professional agricultural tractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10919/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Testing (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the possibility of opening a test centre for DOEs can be examined; if a person can apply for a licence for this testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11170/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new provider for the park by text system which covers stations in County Longford (details supplied) will update their mapping system to allow customers to pay for parking in advance at Irish Rail stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11387/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: I wish to reiterate the remarks made by Deputy Farrell. I thank the Department for the heroic efforts of its staff over the past week. Today has been a very long day for witnesses and I thank them for their patience. I shall focus on the mortgage-to-rent scheme and will break it down into two sections. First, I will deal with the local authority sector. I think a pilot scheme was...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: Let us say a mortgage is worth €130,000 but the market value of the house is just €65,000 so €65,000 of debt must be crystallised. There is a fund called the mortgage arrears resolution process or MARP. A premium is put on the interest rate of local authority mortgages to finance such crystallisation through the Housing Finance Agency, HFA. What is the premium on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: In terms of trying to keep homeowners in their homes, are there many suitable mortgage-to-rent clients left in the local authority system?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: What is the variable interest rate for local authority mortgages at present?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: In terms of reductions that were implemented through the Central Bank, if interest rates were to increase, for argument's sake, how would that affect local authority interest rates with regard to tenants not having the reductions passed on through this increase or premium that is put on them?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: In how many cases per year would the local authority be processing a mortgage-to-rent?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: If we box that off, that is how the process works in the local authority system. It is the State's housing stock. One can see the clear process of how it is funded and how the target is to keep people in their homes. Let us move to the private sector and people who have mortgages from financial institutions. I believe there are 12 participating lenders through seven approved housing...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: Does Mr. McCarthy accept it is not working?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: What about numbers?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: Is that since its inception?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: That is absolutely incredible in terms of the failure of the system. PTSB issued a statement which I believe was its second statement following its intention to package loans. It stated in the last paragraph that, potentially, there are 1,000 customers who may be suitable for the mortgage-to-rent process. One can assume that those are unsustainable mortgages, yet Mr. McCarthy says such a...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: With regard to ineligible, is that because they are outside the parameters in terms of income limits and the value of their property, be it in Dublin or outside Dublin?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: Who would put the cases forward if they did not meet the conditions of the scheme?