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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (14 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason banks can take maintenance fees from dormant accounts that are unusable by the customer; and his plans to rectify this matter. [49486/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Injury Claims (14 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding persons who have applied to an insurance company (details supplied) for a personal injury claim; when they can expect to be compensated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49640/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers Grant (14 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance when the amendment to section 92 of Finance Act 1989, tax concessions for disabled drivers and so on in the Finance Act recently passed will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1676/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (14 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 733. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the information required for a person (details supplied) to obtain a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1550/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (14 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 785. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has yet to be provided with suitable long-term accommodation; when the construction of a new school building will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1098/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (14 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 862. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a person who did not finish their electrical apprenticeship, but who has been working and practising with different electrical companies may become accredited; if it is necessary to go back to college; the avenues open to such a person outside of returning to college; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1707/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 960. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that Arranmore Island, in view of the lack of appropriate broadband coverage for its inhabitants, will be prioritised as the first location to receive broadband through State intervention once the State-funded network is established; when areas which have been identified as requiring State intervention...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tuarascálacha Ranna (14 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 1053. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil a fhios aici cathain a fhoilseofar an tuarascáil ón meitheal smaointe a bunaíodh i mí Aibreáin 2014 chun fiosrúchán a dhéanamh maidir le cruthú post i nGaoth Dobhair; cé hiad na daoine a bhí páirteach sa ghrúpa sin; agus an ndéanfaidh sí...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: And in freedom of information, it was just a case of written records?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I have three brief issues. Mr. Wright mentioned circumventing the freedom of information laws and that they did not write down anything or there was a reluctance to write down anything. Did he come across any other attempts to circumvent freedom of information legislation-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: -----so that documents would not be disclosed under that legislation? I refer, for example, to personal e-mail accounts or anything of that nature? Mr. Wright mentioned in regard to the OECD and other external agencies that they should have been more vocal and while they made warning signals, they were missed. Is Mr. Wright making the point that they were missed by all people in the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: -----requires the disclosure of liabilities as well as assets. Is that something Mr. Wright believes would be important given the relationship particularly within the Department of Finance and the financial system?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Wright mentioned departmental advice and in his report he twice referred to exempting minimum wage earners from income tax. The purpose of this inquiry is in regard to that nexus. With regard to those property related schemes, was there advice from the Department not to extend those schemes? There were public statements from the Government that some were not going to be extended and...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Was Mr. Wright informed that verbal advice was given to the Minister in regard to the extension of the schemes?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: While the written advice was not there, Mr. Wright mentioned that he is satisfied that it was provided verbally. In regard to the construction sector----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I am asking if Mr. Wright knew if that advice was positive, to the effect that the Department supported the extensions of these construction related schemes, or was it negative, to the effect that the view was expressed that there was an overheating of the property market and so on?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Okay.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Wright stated in his report that in regard to 100% mortgages, "The Department ... lacked coherence across ... divisions".

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Can Mr. Wright explain what was the lack of coherence? Was there a conflict between two divisions in regard to that? He said that this came from other sectors of Government. We know that is the Department of the Environment from previous reports, but he mentioned it also came from the banking sector. Can he elaborate on which part of the banking sector was concerned with 100% mortgages?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: In his interviews with different individuals Mr. Wright shared that the advice was not written down but was given verbally to the Ministers.