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Other Questions: Personal Insolvency Act (3 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for giving that information. It is probably an understatement to say the personal insolvency system is clearly not functioning as it was intended to do. Representatives of the Insolvency Service of Ireland are travelling around the State to inform people and try to raise awareness, which is to be welcomed. I am aware that the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 is to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Liquidation (3 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance if junior bondholders who refused to share in Anglo Irish Bank's losses are likely to receive payments as a result of the liquidation process at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. [46338/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Liquidation (3 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The liquidation process of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, the former Anglo Irish Bank, and Irish Nationwide, is ongoing. It has been reported recently by Joe Brennan in Bloomberg that once more bondholders may get paid around the same time as water bills will drop through the letterboxes of families across this State. Can the Minister reassure us that it is unlikely that junior...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Liquidation (3 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: We should always remind ourselves that we are talking about €35 billion that was injected into both the former Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide, which now form IBRC, which crippled the State. One of the Minister's first actions on taking office in 2011 was to pay over the promissory note of €3.1 billion that was due on 31 March. Then we had the winding down of the bank...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Liquidation (3 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The question before the Minister is quite simple. I appreciate that we still do not know what amount will remain when the entire IBRC is liquidated. However, that briefing provided to finance spokespersons contained the statement that: "It is not expected that any assets will be available to repay subordinate liability holders". Does the Minister stand over that statement? I take from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (3 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 21. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his views regarding the future of AIB the reason he is quoted as saying the bank will return to private ownership over a number of years through a public selling of the shares in view of his commitment to apply for the retrospective recapitalisation of the pillar banks. [45942/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth (3 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council report and, in particular, its concerns regarding the potential for a distortion in growth figures. [45943/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (3 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgages in the State that are owned by securitisation special purpose vehicles; and if he will provide the names of these companies. [46433/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Expenditure (3 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance the limits in actual figures and in percentage the expenditure benchmark will place on Government spending for the next five years if the Government's projected growth figures for these years are realised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46487/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exports Data (2 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect of contract manufacturing on Ireland's exports in 2014; and the way his Department is calculating this effect and knock-on effects on growth and so on. [45930/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Construction Sector Strategy (2 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received an economic impact analysis on a mortgage guarantee scheme as per the Construction 2020 commitment; and if so, if he will publish the document. [46281/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Transfers (2 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in transferring entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal despite them having submitted the necessary signed indemnity form to his Department. [45904/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (2 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not received their disadvantaged area payment or their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45931/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The soft landing that was promised for the past three years is about to hit hard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Perhaps Mr. Maguire will respond to my query in the second round. The delegation is opposed to mortgage insurance so I shall focus on Central Bank matters. The Central Bank allows for a 15% deviation on the rate whether it is 85% or 80%, as suggested. Should the deviation be for homes that are capped or for first-time buyers? Has the delegation views on the matter? Recently I had an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate the latitude shown by the Vice Chairman. Mr. Deeter is right in what he said about cash buyers. Is that situation not part of the problem? We have the ingredients of a property bubble without the credit and we have a lack of supply. When supply is greater then credit will come on thus leading to the same type of frenzy we had in the past. That is my fear and understanding of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the delegation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I found them very informative and enjoyed them also. "Enjoyment" is a word I do not use at meetings of this committee too often as we are usually bogged down with very serious and heavy financial stuff. The delegates put their views across very fairly and clearly. Let me dig in a little deeper based on what the committee is tasked with. This...

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: It is a point of order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Of the 15,000 loans in modification, how many payouts were in cases where the house was sold on?