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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Data (15 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 623. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of single farm payment entitlements currently held under lease agreement in tabular form; the number of agreements entered into in 2016 to date; the total value of these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34913/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (15 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 640. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of previously suggested proposals to install a breakwater at Greencastle Harbour in County Donegal; if consideration is being actively given to the plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34583/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard Issues (15 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 677. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislative Acts and legal instruments which provide for the establishment of the Irish Coast Guard and by which its powers, responsibilities, obligations and duties are statutorily mandated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34648/16]

Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 10. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the fiscal space for the coming years in view of currency exchange rate changes and the economic impact of Brexit. [34032/16]

Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: My question is about the Minister's plans to review the fiscal space for the coming years in view of the currency exchange rate that was used in the budget documents and also given the economic impact of Brexit. We have seen in the tables on budget day that there was €1 billion of cumulative fiscal space wiped off between 2017 and 2021. We also hear that quite a large portion of the...

Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The figures we were working on were predicated on a net fiscal space of €1.2 billion next year. We now know that €172 million of that has already been used up as a result of the tax carryover and €0.5 billion has been used up as a result of the expenditure carryover. This leaves a net fiscal space for next years' budget of €530 million, before there is any...

Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: -----crises in our hospitals and in our housing sector with the homeless situation. We have a serious, serious problem if these rules are not dismantled, as Sinn Féin had called for in the first instance.

Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The rules are working against the State now.

Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Yes and there is only so much we can do in that regard. Nobody is suggesting that we review the fiscal space every time there is an international election or changing economy or whatever. I want the Government to confirm that the net fiscal space, as it currently stands for next year, is €530 million as opposed to what we had believed was there, which was €1.2 billion. This...

Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: -----although we cannot rely on the official figures. The economy is growing at a rate of 3.5% to 4% but we could be very close to an austerity budget next year if the wind is working against us and if fiscal space is revised downwards. The rules are broken. They never made any sense in the first place but now they need to be shattered because they could cause serious damage to the State a...

Other Questions: Credit Union Services (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: We are well aware of the standard reply that credit unions are allowed to seek permission to offer debit card services but they need to jump through many hoops to get that permission. Having engaged with the credit union movement I have come to the conclusion that the bar is very purposely set at a height to prevent credit unions from being able to deliver debit card services. I ask the...

Other Questions: Credit Union Services (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I am a firm believer in the regulation of financial services in an appropriate manner but there is a balance to be struck between our role as legislators, setting the laws and the boundaries for the regulator and as representatives of the industry and consumers. I believe, from the representations I have received from credit unions, that they are capable and ready, with some preparation, to...

Other Questions: Credit Union Services (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The industry has a different view of the position of the Central Bank and the Regulator on this issue. Credit unions have been frustrated over the last number of years. Indeed, the Central Bank stepped in and stopped a particular credit union from providing debit card services to its members. We can move forward in a number of different ways. First, we can continue with the back and...

Other Questions: Credit Union Services (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 6. To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports the proposal that credit union movement should be empowered to offer debit card facilities to its members if it so chooses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34029/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Insurance Regulation (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome that and, hopefully, we will get it into the committee next week and that the working group's recommendations will deal with the problem we are facing in the here and now. One of the first campaigns I was involved in outside of Sinn Féin was with the Motor Justice Action Group because when I was a young motorist I was suddenly charged £3,500 for insurance. This is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Insurance Regulation (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will receive the report on the cost of motor insurance (details supplied); and the steps he will take, legislatively and through regulation, to enact its recommendations [34089/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Insurance Regulation (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: This question is on the same issue as the previous question tabled by Deputy Michael McGrath. I acknowledge that there are some indications that the cost of premiums is beginning to reduce. A monthly reduction of 8.2% will be helpful, although overall premiums have increased over the year. The reduction also comes on the back of steep increases in previous years. The Minister of State...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Insurance Regulation (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Minister of State's engagement with the joint committee. The work of the committee has been helpful in creating a broader understanding and delving into the issues surrounding the substantial increase in insurance costs. I ask the Minister of State to provide the joint committee with the documents to which he referred at the earliest opportunity in order that we can have a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I want to raise an issue prior to debating section 9. Later we will reach amendments that we discussed yesterday but were ruled out of order by the Clerk to the Committee. I accept that the clerk's rulings are based on established practice. As the committee knows, there is a constitutional prohibition on the Opposition putting forward amendments that incur a cost on the people or the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Chairman and members of the committee.