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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Driver Licensing Service (28 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been made aware of a computer systems failure at the National Driver Licensing Service office in Donegal Town; the date on which the system first became inoperative and the date on which this issue was resolved; the impact which this failure has had on services and what alternative arrangements were put in place for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (28 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 545. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits made by IDA Ireland client companies to each county, on a county basis and in tabular form, in 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18104/16]

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: We have heard many speeches about how we will respect the outcome of Thursday's referendum. That is correct as we discuss the implications of the British Government triggering Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon. However, it is worth noting that if this House had respected the outcome of our referendum eight years ago when we rejected the Lisbon treaty containing Article 50, there would have...

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to raise this issue. I note the questions are not being grouped and I wonder why this is the case, because there were other questions in respect of-----

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: For future reference, is it the case that Members must ask? A number of Members had tabled questions on Project Eagle-----

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: ----and NAMA and would like to tease this out with the Minister, because-----

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I will state to the Minister that he has a direction order over NAMA-----

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: -----which he has used but failed to use in respect of Project Eagle.

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Has the Minister plans to change or would he be supportive of changes to lift the Statute of Limitations on civil offences that may have contributed to the banking crisis?

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for his reply. The banking inquiry made many good suggestions. I was unable to sign up to the report because I felt it was weak in certain areas, particularly in respect of the role of the auditors and others, but the banking inquiry was not a court, nor should it have been. Unfortunately, some causes of the financial crisis undoubtedly would be classified as civil...

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: -----as a matter the Government might wish to push.

Other Questions: Insurance Costs (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his flexibility in allowing me to take Deputy Martin Kenny's question. The question relates to the cost of car insurance, an issue we have been debating in the House for some time. The question is specifically about returned emigrants. The Minister will have heard that many people are thinking of returning home, and it is great to have them return home, but...

Other Questions: Insurance Costs (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has suggested that it will take a couple of months to complete the review. We need action to be taken by the insurance industry sooner than the time it will take to produce the report in a couple of months. People who want to come home are not coming home because of high motor insurance costs. The Minister said that if they are driving abroad then they can show they have a...

Other Questions: Insurance Costs (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is aware that the amended motion called for the report to be published straight away, and I welcome the fact that the Minister has committed to do that because in previous replies on the matter he was ambiguous on that issue. We also called for the establishment of a task force to review the Central Bank's role on the regulation of the insurance industry and a number of other...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The last five or six words were the only part of the answer that addressed my question. I know we are running out of time but we are supposed to be in a different situation now, one in which we get to the nub of issues rather more quickly. The Minister has made commitments and said he would review the code of conduct to make it mandatory on lenders to provide a more effective range of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I was not part of the programme for Government discussions but I would say that some people who were would have a different interpretation of the discussions the Minister has just outlined. It is in the programme for Government and the Minister said of the code of conduct on the record of the House last week: "I am willing to review it again to make it mandatory on lenders to provide the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: That is a major U-turn.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: No, the Minister is not. It is a complete and utter U-turn. The Minister said last month that he would make it mandatory on lenders to offer two options, spilt mortgages or mortgages to rent, but he is saying now that he is not going to do that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the programme for Government commitment to deal with the mortgage crisis by working with the Central Bank to amend the code of conduct on mortgage arrears to include an obligation on providers of mortgage credit to provide a range of sustainable arrears solutions and to put the code of conduct on a statutory basis. [17748/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: My question this month is similar to the question we put down last month. It relates to the specific plans and the timeframe to implement the commitment that was made in the programme for Government regarding those in mortgage distress and the calls that have been made by myself and my party, along with others, that it should be mandatory for lenders to offer certain solutions to those in...