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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I have seen the Chairman in action and I think he is quite good at it.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Yes. A three line answer from a Minister to state he will not go ahead with retrospective recapitalisation is not sufficient. We need a report to be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas as to the options on the assets we hold in our financial institutions and why we have closed down one of the options available to us. We had countless debates, and rightly so, on the sale of our shares...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: May I refer to section 6? On section 6, with regard to the report on the loans made available and the money coming back from the single resolution board, I am interested to know how the funds that will be made available by the State to the board will interact with the fiscal rules. It will not be dealt with as expenditure so it will not impact on the expenditure benchmark, because it is a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: It would be the cheapest bailout.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: In the year the loan is triggered, would it impact on the requirement to reduce the debt to GDP ratio by a certain percentage each year?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: That is my point. The country could increase its debt to make the loan.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The NTMA may not have any cash reserves if the bank that goes bust and triggers the loan mechanism is in Ireland.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I did not expect all my questions to be answered today. However, I would like a note on how a loan could potentially interact with the various fiscal rules.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (7 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that insurance premium increases in areas apart from motor insurance may be linked to core underwriting losses and an environment of very low investment returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20402/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the fees or any other form of remuneration paid to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20243/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (7 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the special liquidation of IBRC to date; and the estimated final cost. [20337/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (7 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to ensure that all those normally employed in schools as secretaries, cleaners and caretakers with moneys from funding sources including the ancillary services grant are enabled to apply for and receive social protection payments and entitlements in a timely and swift manner during periods of temporary lay-off, such as...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Special Educational Needs (7 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 326. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of incidents in which children with special educational needs who had enjoyed supports as part of the previous supports system are to have these existing supports withdrawn henceforth following the introduction of the new access and inclusion model, AIM, to support children with disabilities and special needs to access...

Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contingency plans he has developed to deal with the result of the British referendum on withdrawal from the European Union. [19751/16]

Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The issue on the lips of many people is Brexit. The summer economic statement warned about the dangers of Brexit, yet last night during a discussion between the Minister for Finance and myself on a parliamentary question regarding data provided in the summer economic statement, the Minister said it was too early to speculate on the potential impacts. How has the Department of Public...

Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: As pointed out by my colleague Deputy Cullinane, capital expenditure in this country is at an historic low, which the Taoiseach pointed out to Mr. Juncker. We are coming from a base that is way out of kilter with the European average. Even with the additional capital expenditure, capital investment by Ireland is among the lowest in Europe. The Government might get away with that if it was...

Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The Border region is one of the most deprived on the island of Ireland in terms of the infrastructural deficit that exists in many areas, including in my own home county of Donegal. What we need from the Minister is reassurance followed by actions to ensure that, in relation to these projects, which he mentioned are at risk because of the decision of England and Wales to force Northern...

Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: We campaigned against Brexit.

Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: We have all lived through it.

Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Answer the question.