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Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: -----increase the cost of fuel.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: It is a fantasy to think the Government can do that by increasing the cost of fuel.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday we saw from the Government's dithering in explaining to householders how much it intends to force them to pay for water how the Government is oblivious to the hardships being inflicted on families across the State. It is not lost on those families that Labour had a famous advertisement released for the general election in 2011, when the party promised to protect the same families...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, although there is not much difference these days, in fairness. I know our Labour Party colleagues struggle to differentiate. A one-party Fine Gael Government would hike car tax, increase VAT, cut child benefit, increase DIRT, hike the tax on wine by €1 and introduce a property tax of €238 per year. Three years on, every one of those commitments from Fine Gael has been...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) has had an adjustment to their tax which means they are now losing €31.66 per week from their pension entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19903/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of persons granted a discretionary medical card in County Donegal over each of the past five years; the number of persons in County Donegal who hold a discretionary medical card; the number of persons in County Donegal who have previously held a discretionary medical card but have subsequently...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Donegal who have been diagnosed with age macular degeneration; the number of these who travel to County Sligo on a six weekly basis to receive Avastin eye injections; the reasons this treatment cannot be offered in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19906/14]

Order of Business (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I thought that as the Minister for Finance is here, I should ask a related question. I have asked this a number of times and I was told the legislation would not come before Easter. As we are on the other side of Easter, what is the position of the legislation allowing for payments to be made from claims to tribunals of inquiry? When do we expect it to reach Second Stage?

Order of Business (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, it concerns the agency to make payments for claims to tribunals of inquiry.

Order of Business (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: And the white collar crime overhaul?

Order of Business (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I just want to say at the start that I was a bit disappointed by the joking nature of the Taoiseach's comments about drug dealing in this city.

Order of Business (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I was also disappointed to hear the comments made by a backbencher about "your man". The man in question, Garda John Wilson, has done a great service to this State and is not involved in a "pantomime". I think these issues should be taken seriously. On the Order of Business, the Government has today re-announced the establishment of the banking inquiry and informed us that a motion...

Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: We are all aware of the terrible news that Setanta Insurance has closed down, leaving 75,000 customers on this island high and dry – policyholders who had in good faith renewed with Setanta, many in recent months, and others who took out their policies prior to that. The situation exposes the weakness in our regulatory system, because this company was not regulated in Ireland. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Insolvency Service of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I am glad for that clarification. I assumed that was the answer - that a bank seeking repossession or, as Mr. Lehane would call it, possession, cannot be halted by his office.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Insolvency Service of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: That is clear. It is important that the public know that as well, because other impressions have been given. On the rent comparative to the mortgage repayments that would be made, we all will be aware of borrowers who have high mortgage repayments and need to pay them before they retire because the way the bank looks at it is that it has to be paid on or before retirement or it will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Insolvency Service of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: It is above and beyond. I thank Mr. Lehane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Insolvency Service of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: No guidelines are given to personal insolvency practitioners as to what happens with inheritance above a certain level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Insolvency Service of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Is it the case that the legislation does not allow for a 100% sum to be taken? I think the legislation mentions 50%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Insolvency Service of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: For the purposes of clarification, Mr. O'Connor mentioned that where somebody fell into arrears there could be payment breaks. I understand the ISI will not allow consecutive payment breaks. If somebody falls into arrears, Mr. O'Connor mentioned that a creditor under the legislation could appeal to the court to have the notice terminated. If the breach has not been remedied by the debtor,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Insolvency Service of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Lastly, I note the protocols are ready to go. It seems that everything is agreed on them.