Results 29,741-29,760 of 36,036 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will continue to fund the Dungloe to Kilraine N56 scheme in County Donegal; the time frame he foresees on the next stage of this scheme going to construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42404/13]

Other Questions: Insurance Compensation Fund (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Without going into the legal case, if there was an outcome that resulted in the scrapping of the legal case and the auditors had to take on the liability of the losses incurred, what would be the intention of the Government with regard to the money generated from the levy heretofore, which would not then be required?

Other Questions: NAMA Staff Qualifications (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister spoke about the NTMA reviewing the contracts and mentioned new employees and those seeking promotion. We are aware that this issue does not just affect NAMA, it also affects employees who have been seconded to the Department of Finance. There are concerns about banks poaching certain people who worked in the banking unit within the Department who may have information. A period...

Other Questions: Bank Debt Restructuring (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I agree on the importance of Permanent TSB to the Irish banking market and we await eagerly the Commission's recommendations. I am aware that the bank itself expects a favourable response on the restructuring plan, but this is in the hands of the Commission. At this point there are questions about the restructuring. There are also questions hanging over Ulster Bank and about how the...

Other Questions: Budget 2014 Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It might be useful information for the Tánaiste, Deputy Gilmore also.

Other Questions: Budget 2014 Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I had not imagined the Minister would divulge the budget’s details today. However, I am concerned about what he said about the 5.1% target and that he would target the high fours, trying to bring the deficit into the 4% area. Where is the sense behind that? He said there was a delicate balance between closing the deficit and achieving economic growth. When the Government came into...

Other Questions: Budget 2014 Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The buffer the Minister talks about is made up of real cuts affecting real people. It is millions of euro of cuts that will cause hardship and pain, as well as additional taxes. I am disappointed that the Minister is going beyond the troika target of 5.1%. We have been led to believe by the Government that the troika is making us go into the high 4% region. The Tánaiste is correct...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take to ensure those struggling with mortgage repayments will be offered genuinely sustainable arrangements that do not threaten the family home; that the banks do not rely on repossession or a legal process that could end in repossession as the main method of meeting the quarter four 2013 target of 15% and the quarter one 2014 target of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We had a debate during the previous two days in the House on mortgage distress as a result of the Bill introduced by Deputy Joan Collins. The question is specific. We ventilated in this Chamber and at committee level how the banks have used 14,720 legal letters to meet the targets that were originally set down for mortgage holders who will be offered long-term solutions. We know that is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Will the banks be able to meet those targets by repossessing homes and when does a concluded arrangement take place if it is in the repossession category?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I will put the question in a simple way. The Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform will have the bankers in again after the end of this year and will ask them how they have reached the 15% target of concluded arrangements to the end of this year. If they say to us that 10% of the figure is made up of repossessions of buy-to-let properties and family homes, is that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the case of Newbridge Credit Union. [41516/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has introduced a statutory instrument that will specifically conceal the names of Anglo Irish Bank/Irish Bank Resolution Corporation creditors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41639/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the benefit to the taxpayer of the former Anglo Irish Bank/Irish Bank Resolution Corporation from his introduction of a statutory instrument that will conceal the names of creditors and further delay the requirement for the outstanding Anglo Irish Bank statement of affairs which is now seven months late. [41640/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if any precedent exists for his legal involvement in the concealing of names in the statement of affairs at Anglo Irish Bank/Irish bank Resolution Corporation. [41641/13]

Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Ar dtús báire, cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille cuimsitheach atá curtha i láthair an Tí seo ag an Teachta Collins. Níl dabht ar bith gur de bharr chuid mhór oibre é seo agus gur cuireadh cuid mhór taighde isteach leis an mBille seo a chur chun tosaigh. Cuirim fáilte mhór freisin go bhfuil díospóireacht arís againn ar...

Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Deputy Buttimer may have his chance to speak. We have seen the code of conduct for mortgage arrears, which the Government supported, being changed. That allows for the banks to continue to telephone people in mortgage distress without restriction, and also call to their homes. We have seen the Dunne judgment, which despite its flaws was the only protection that stopped banks from moving...

Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State will have a chance to speak later. The targets set clearly allow for repossessions to take place. When the targets were set, I said that I hoped they would fulfil the Government's intention. However, I was sceptical because it is clear that the banks have behaved in an uncooperative fashion for the past five years. What is being delivered in Deputy Joan Collins's...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Issues (2 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the concerns about the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation’s lending to the financial sector through intermediaries, if Irish Aid has a clear set of criteria on ethical investment which guide its engagement with the Irish private sector and its investment in the global south, or if it...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Issues (2 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has read the World Bank-IMF Watch 2013 report from the Debt and Development Coalition Ireland; his views on the recommendations of the report; and if it will inform the positions Ireland will take at the World Bank Group and IMF meetings in October. [41169/13]