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Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: It is not.

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: With due respect-----

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: -----the Minister cannot present this type of falsehood.

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I never articulated that position. The Minister cannot answer the question.

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: With respect, you have not. Is it an Anglo Irish Bank bondholder?

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: On the risks excluded under section 2, I understand this comes from a European directive and that it is with regard only to risk within the State. My question on to whom the existing fund would be paid and whether it would be to policyholders in the State or outside it was not to argue we should not pay the insurance premiums of those outside the State; it was very much because the Minister...

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I have two questions, one of which I have not posed before but I posed the other on Second Stage. First, I am curious as to where the figure originated of 65% of the claim being paid out to a maximum of €825,000. How was that percentage and value determined? What were the factors that led to a 65% figure being introduced in the legislation? Second, I am concerned by section 3C which...

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for his reply and can see where he is coming from. Please God, no company currently trading will have to go into administration anytime soon, but there is obviously a benefit for a company that has more than 70% of its business in this State. I am worried about a company that might have, for example, 32% of its business outside the State. We live on an island that is...

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: May I clarify this matter? I will take the example of a Donegal company that has 68% of its customer base in the South, but would not be able to apply to this fund when in administration. I presume that even though it would have 32% of its customer base in the North, it would still not be able to apply under the British fund because it is based in this State and the majority of its customer...

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I take it that Michael Flatley's legs will not be paying into this insurance fund, given the exemptions the Government has got. I presume that the Minister's ability to pay into the fund itself is covered in the principal Act. What payment will be required this year and next year? How will the money be recouped? Is that covered in the principal Act?

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Is it correct to say that the State will put in a sum in the region of €400 million in the next 24 months? Will the State receive a higher rate of interest on that money that it puts into this fund than what it paid to borrow the money from the EU and IMF at this time?

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Will we see a return on the money in two, three or four years time?

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax to GNP ratio for Ireland in 2010; and what it is projected to be in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. [26453/11]

Written Answers — School Meals Programme: School Meals Programme (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing each child of school going age with a daily lunch meal. [26452/11]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewage scheme for Glenties, County Donegal; if this scheme will be funded through the water capital project 2010-13; the estimated commencement date for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26463/11]

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has received an application for works on a pier (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will approve this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26511/11]

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: And the junk status.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Some 22,000 public sector workers sacked under Labour.

Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Government propose to introduce legislation to extend the bank guarantee that will elapse at the end of this year?

Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I do not normally disagree with Deputy Peter Mathews but today is not the anniversary of when the bank guarantee came into effect. It came into effect two weeks later when the terms and conditions were presented to the House-----