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Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Sinn Féin will support the Bill's passage through Second Stage. It seeks to establish a mortgage resolution office which would be empowered to put in place a mortgage resolution order designed to protect the family home in the insolvency process. As of the end of March this year, 76,422 mortgages on principal dwelling homes were in arrears and 120,894 principal dwelling house mortgage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Apologies have been received from Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile. I ask those present to please switch off all mobile phones as they interfere with the sound recording system. The purpose of the first session of the meeting is to engage with the chairperson designate of the Valuation Tribunal. Ms Carol O'Farrell, a barrister, has been a member of the tribunal for the past four years and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Thank you, Ms O'Farrell. I will open up the discussion. Do members have questions they would like to pose or even good wishes to offer, which I hope to extend in a few moments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does any other member have a comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is any other member offering? I understand there is a sequential address of revaluation taking place. I am sure that I could be confident in assuring the good electors in Cavan-Monaghan that they have no need for trepidation and that there is no reason for fear with the Valuation Office descending in 2018 when it is scheduled to carry out its work? I am not asking Ms O'Farrell to give them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Ms O'Farrell for that. I call a final contributor, Deputy Wallace.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We will have a final reply from Ms O'Farrell because we have to proceed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Not necessarily. I thank Ms O'Farrell for her engagement with the joint committee. On behalf of members, I wish her every success in her new role.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In this session we are meeting a representative group of former members of An Garda Síochána who wish to address the joint committee on the denial of Garda pension entitlements. They left the service before 1 October 1976, having had the required five years of service. Owing to the fact that an agreement was reached without their knowledge and without consultation with them, they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: A number of other Members are present and I will try to accommodate them, as well as committee members. I will call members in the order in which they indicated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Any of the delegates can respond to the questions as he sees fit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Senator. When we enter private session after our guests have left, we will determine what steps the committee may wish to take. Prior to inviting Deputy Brophy to contribute, I will indicate that I will then invite Senator Craughwell, who had indicated at the outset. I hope that members will understand that I am trying to juggle members and non-members being fairly accommodated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Cead fáilte. I thank Deputy Brophy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Senator Craughwell. I will not return to the panel because as he said, that was a statement of Senator Craughwell's position and it mirrors that of the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Deputy O'Callaghan. I welcome that the Deputy shone a light on the fact that we are talking in five-year terms. We are talking about more than double that in each one of their cases. It puts another veneer on the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Would Mr. Shanley or any of his colleagues like to take that point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: All right, it is a fair point. I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We have several more contributors and we are not at the end. Senator Boyhan made several other points and I ask him to remind the witnesses of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: A figure of fewer than 80 was mentioned.