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Topical Issue Debate: Credit Unions Regulation (8 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: I regret that the Minister for Finance is not here but I hope the Minister of State, Deputy Harris-----

Topical Issue Debate: Credit Unions Regulation (8 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: -----will give a full account to the Minister because there is much frustration in the credit union movement about this issue. As the Minister for Finance knows, credit unions are a major pillar of towns and cities in this country, providing a very important service for people through saving and lending facilities. There is very considerable frustration about the restrictions through...

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: What utter rubbish.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: I have no problem with asking NAMA but would it not be better to ask each individual local authority for their response?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: 263. To ask the Minister for Finance the income tax obligation of those who provide AirBnB in their homes. [34409/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: 264. To ask the Minister for Finance if those who provide AirBnB and who earn less than €12,000 per year in so doing, are exempt from income tax up to that amount. [34410/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons providing AirBnB may be subject to retrospective tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34411/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (6 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: 432. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address the high level of queries in the Garda Síochána National Immigration Bureau; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34415/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (6 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: 433. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans ensure that persons who attend the Garda Síochána National Immigration Bureau office are fully informed of the next steps they need to undertake if they are looking for employment, for example, that a job offer is required before they can apply for a personal public service number. [34416/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (6 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: 487. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Crohn's disease is not on the long-term illness scheme; the estimated number of persons who suffer from this condition; the projected change in this figure in the next ten years; his plans to add this disease to the list of conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme. [34046/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: Curaim fáilte roimh Mr. McKay and to the other members of the Assembly at Stormont. How will the work that Mr. McKay's committee is doing relate to any investigation being carried out by the PSNI? Are there problems there or are there areas that the committee is unable to visit because of police investigations?

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: What is the NCA?

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: So presumably the committee was getting legal advice to ensure that it did not stray into areas that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: I know from experience that it can be very frustrating.

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: So he has refused to meet the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: He treats Mr. McKay's committee in the same way as he treats this committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: May I make a proposal? I note Deputy Wallace has been requested to appear before this committee. Could I propose that we again write to Deputy Mick Wallace and ask him to appear before this committee on the allegations that he has raised?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: I welcome Mr. Daly, Mr. McDonagh and their team, as well as the members of the Northern Ireland Assembly who are present. I am glad that Deputy Ross, as a prominent Opposition Member, opened his remarks by acknowledging NAMA's integrity as an organisation. That is important in these days of great cynicism because there has been major wrongdoing in the property market, politics and so on in...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: It is, therefore, the other side of the deal.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: In a sense, Mr. Daly is leading into my next question which he may not feel able to answer. Does he have any sense of where these allegations may be coming from and whether they have an obvious malign intent? I appreciate if he does not wish to say anything about that.