Results 28,261-28,280 of 35,924 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: Yesterday, the terms of reference for the commission of investigation into the recording of telephone calls in Garda stations were released and I am interested to know when they will be debated in the House for its approval. In the context of that debate, can the Minister for Finance confirm whether there is a system in place in any other Department or State agency, particularly the Revenue...
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: My question was not about the GP legislation the Government is introducing but specifically No. 115, an amendment to the Competition Act.
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: No, it is a separate issue, allowing for collective bargaining.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: On a point of order, the presentation refers repeatedly to June 2013 and quarter 2 targets. The joint committee is dealing with the quarter 4 targets. Is this a typographical error or does the presentation relate to quarter 2 targets?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: In that case, should all references to "quarter 2" read as "quarter 4"?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: I presume the figures are for the period to the end of December 2013, rather than June 2013, the date that appears in the document.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: I am one of the members of the committee who is putting pressure on the banks. I do not get up in the morning to come to the Houses of the Oireachtas in order to be misled or lied to by senior bankers, as is happening in committee room 4. I have just come from a meeting with representatives of Permanent TSB, whom I asked about the bank's split mortgage product. They said they do not charge...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: The CEO of Bank of Ireland is paid an obscene salary from a bank that has only been saved because of the sacrifices of the Irish taxpayer. We know the total package is €843,000. Bank of Ireland exists only because it was bailed out by citizens of this State. The cost incurred by the taxpayer has been immense. Despite all the hardships endured by ordinary hard-working people across...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: On foot of a freedom of information request to the Department of Finance, I received a copy of the advice given to the Minister in respect of last year's AGM. It was clear that his officials did not want him to vote for the remuneration package of the CEO of Bank of Ireland. They said it would be inappropriate given that he had not received responses on the Mercer report. The Taoiseach...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: What sort of signal does it send to those who were crippled by the Minister's austerity policies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: In regard to court proceedings, we saw from the figures presented by the financial institutions that Permanent TSB was probably the bank that used legal proceedings least. Half of some of the other banks' proposals involved legal proceedings or assisted voluntary sales. These figures referred to quarter four. However, Permanent TSB has now provided us with the figures for quarter one of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: As a financial institution, Permanent TSB has obviously looked at the figures and done the financial calculations regarding the expected number of people who will re-engage and how many people it can offer solutions to. Based on those estimates, how many properties will Permanent TSB repossess in 2014?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: Will it reach 1,000 this year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: Is that because of the lengthy process for a repossession?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: In regard to repossessions, has the Central Bank raised any issue with Permanent TSB in terms of the scale of repossessions? The figure for the most recent quarter for those against whom legal action or court proceedings have been initiated is 154 per week and there has been a ramping up of letters advising of legal action. Has the Central Bank given any advice or expressed any caution? ...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: Was there any concern raised regarding the scale of threats of repossession?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: In regard to Permanent TSB's split mortgage proposal, the figure on which is 7,250, the bank charges interest on the warehouse portion. What is the interest rate on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: What about on buy-to-let properties?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: In regard to the proposal for a split mortgage, Mr. O'Sullivan has said that a customer must show the ability to pay back at the end of the period. Is the proposed solution in the majority of cases that the house will be sold at the end of the term?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)
Pearse Doherty: In regard to the split mortgages, what is the take-up on the split offers proposed?