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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman Data (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out in tabular form the number of complaints to the Financial Services Ombudsman in each of the past five years that related to certain areas (details supplied). [31456/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the EU countries, if any, that have officially indicated that they intend to seek tax for their own country from the payment the EU Commission ordered be made to Ireland in respect of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31628/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down in tabular form the number of persons claiming start-your-own-business relief; the associated amounts claimed by each person in increments of €1,000 for each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31630/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SUSI reclassified an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31718/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason an off-road declaration submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was not accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31946/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider introducing a less expensive shorter-term passport renewal system for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31498/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to initiate an action plan aimed specifically at addressing and resolving the ongoing plight and hardship of undocumented Irish citizens living in the United States, including advocating for immigration reforms and relief for undocumented Irish migrants; the extent of engagement which is taking place between authorities both...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 426. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an appointment for an MRI scan from Crumlin hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31719/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 427. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was informed that they are not eligible for funding from the HSE for a treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31720/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 432. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 11 October 2016, if there are a lesser number of beds available to persons with an intellectual disability; if this is the case, the number of beds available to such patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31737/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the waiting times for persons to receive an appointment, in respect of both inpatient and outpatient appointments, at the rheumatology department at Our Lady's Hospital in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, specifically for those waiting three months, six months, nine months, 12 months or greater than 12 months; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 470. To ask the Minister for Health if a recruitment freeze remains in place in respect of a temporary clerical panel at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31938/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements Application (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal became eligible for the transfer of entitlements under the 2013 single payment scheme year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31745/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licences Data (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 534. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of television licences issued in 2015. [31657/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licences Data (25 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 535. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of exempted households for the television licence in 2015. [31658/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I get the feeling that we are again fighting the battles we had on Second Stage of this Bill. As has been said, this Bill passed Second Stage unanimously despite the reservations that the Government had. I think the Minister has been fair, frank and honest with us today in terms of his own views on the Bill. In terms of the pre-legislative scrutiny process, what is key is that we get this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Of course, that is the way it should be as he is the author of the legislation. However, we all acknowledge the role and expertise of the Department of Finance and the resources it has at its disposal. I welcome the Minister's commitment there again. Notwithstanding the reservations the Minister mentioned on Second Stage and the position the Government would take if it had a majority, is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I will turn to certain points in the Bill in a moment. The Minister has said today that certain banks are charging standard variable interest rates beyond what is acceptable. We all agree on that. We also acknowledge some of the movers in recent times. The Minister mentioned Bank of Ireland, but it is not just that bank. Permanent TSB is a State-owned bank yet it seems all of the threats...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: That is what we are doing. The Minister opened the discussion in terms of Bank of Ireland's rates being excessive, and Bank of Ireland has also introduced fixed term products similar to what other banks have done. I am making the point that the arguments presented heretofore by the Government, which is that we should leave this to it and it will put pressure on the banks, have not worked in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister mentioned the concerns of the Central Bank. Is that about the competition element? The point I was trying to make earlier was that these are very much concerns one would make in a Second Stage speech. The Bill passed Second Stage in May. We are now into October. Pre-legislative scrutiny is something the Minister requested on Second Stage. We are now at this point, yet what...