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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: There has been a debate - and I hope that I have been part of the debate - on whether caps should be imposed on moneylenders. I argued that it should be set at 40%. I know that is a lot higher than what the credit union movement suggested to the Minister for Finance three years ago. Has the Minister for Finance or the Central Bank decided to carry out a proper analysis on the introduction...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Does Mr. Sheridan believe that the type of cap that we have discussed should go hand in hand with the credit union cap? We should examine the legal cap on credit unions. They could involve themselves more with the 360,000 customer base that moneylenders have at their disposal. Does Mr. Sheridan view it as a dual approach strategy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to ask a very simple question. Mr. Sheridan gave us a figure for the number of customers. Therefore, I assume that there have been over 500,000 moneylender loans in the State over the past 12 months. I have made that assumption based on the fact that Mr. Sheridan has said that there are 360,000 customers, 26% of whom are currently paying off at least two loans, and 6% have more than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, I excluded them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: My figure is only an estimate. I am not talking about 360,000 loans but 360,000 customers and I shall return to the matter later. One of the largest moneylenders in the State is Provident. The moneylenders are all listed and rates shown. Mr. Sheridan mentioned that the highest APR rate licensed by the Central Bank has been granted to Provident. He said that the maximum APR charged,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: We can define what is meant by "longer term". The longer term means over one year but Provident Personal Credit Ireland is licensed by the Central Bank to charge this rate for a six-month period and it amounts to €228.75 on €500, for which there is no justification. With regard to long-term loans, the survey shows that one in five people took out new loans before another loan...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance the total betting duty paid in 2013 and the estimated betting duty for 2014. [4347/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Properties (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of a new building for the Central Bank of Ireland; and the alternatives that were examined such as investigating the use of existing Office of Public Works sites. [4453/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of the Central Bank of Ireland for the outsourcing of its IT system, including the cost incurred due to the HP data centre. [4455/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current salary of the director of the Teaching Council. [4461/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Teaching Council of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 96. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the gross amount reimbursed to his Department in 2013 by the Teaching Council in respect of the salary of the director of the Teaching Council. [4459/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Teaching Council of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 97. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the remuneration the current director of the Teaching Council receives from his Department after the reimbursement from the Department of Education and Skills is subtracted. [4460/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry Funding (29 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Exchequer supplement to Horse Racing Ireland in 2013 and the estimated cost in 2014. [4348/14]

Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Tá ceist agam ar trí phíosa reachtaíochta atá forógartha agus tá ar an liosta a d'fhoilsigh Roinn an Taoisigh ag tús na míosa seo. The first piece of legislation is the NTMA (amendment) (No.2) Bill, which is to enable management by the State Claim Agency to claim for third party legal costs, arising from tribunals and commissions of inquiry. When...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Is that next month or the month after?

Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. The second piece of legislation is the amendment of the Constitution Bill. This is in section C of the list of legislation and it is about a constitutional referendum promised by the Government on the unified patent court. The Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, said that referendum would take place in 2014. We see the legislation is in section C. Is it intended that...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: That will mean that this cannot be fully ratified until 2015, which will have implications for other European member states, as well as implications for the business sector, but that is a different debate. The last piece is No.93, which introduces legislation to cater for the sale of loan books by regulated financial institutions to unregulated financial institutions. Is this a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (28 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 153. To ask the Taoiseach the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department, that were made as a result of applications made through the publicjobs.ie website in the last three years; the number of board posts that were advertised on publicjobs.ie; the number of board posts that were not advertised on the website but instead were directly appointed; and the average...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Appointments to State Boards (28 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department, that were made as a result of applications made through the publicjobs.ie website in the last three years; the number of board posts that were advertised on publicjobs.ie; the number of board posts that were not advertised on the website but...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (28 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) who recently purchased the distressed mortgage portfolio of Bank of Scotland, are regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland in the same way as Bank of Scotland; and if the holders of these mortgages continue to have recourse to the mortgage arrears resolution process and code of conduct on mortgage arrears. [3726/14]