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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Support (18 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the alternative scenarios she has asked the Advisory Group on Tax and Welfare to look at with regard to reforming child and family income supports. [28736/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (18 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for requiring former recipients of the one parent family payment who become entitled to the proposed jobseeker's allowance transition payment to continue to parent alone while in receipt of the jobseeker's payment. [28733/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (18 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection what the impact on child poverty would be if there was full take up of family income supplement, as it is estimated that this payment is only claimed by 40% of those currently eligible. [28734/13]

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister of State for his engagement here on Report Stage and the Minister for his engagement on Committee Stage. There is no doubt that the Minister listened to the concerns of the committee. This is probably the most engaging Bill we have seen where the views of the Opposition such as Deputy Michael McGrath's Private Members' Bills and all bar one of the amendments and...

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Amendment No. 77 is one I had overlooked. It is clear from what the Minister of State has said that the arguments put forward on Committee Stage were heard, and that amendment deals with the issue, albeit in a different section. That is to be welcomed and it means the amendment I tabled in that area is not required. I warmly welcome the fact that the specific information will now be...

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I have it.

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I am aware of paragraphs (i) and (ii) to which the Minister of State referred. However, they do not state clearly that there will be identification of the nature of the complaint. They deal with the sub-categorisation of the regulated financial service provider. To obtain clarity, I will give an example. If a financial institution had a dozen claims made against it that were substantiated...

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: If that is clear, there is no issue in that respect. I have another point on the other amendment. As I will probably not get in to speak on it again, I will make that point now. It relates to the three complaints rule. I agree with the Minister's position in terms of proportionality and point that if there is a bad smell about something in an area, one would not want to alarm everybody...

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 72:In page 57, to delete lines 22 to 27 and substitute the following:“(5) A regulated financial service provider falls within this subsection if, in the preceding financial year, a complaint relating to the regulated financial service provider which has been made to the Financial Services Ombudsman has been found by that Ombudsman to be substantiated or partly...

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: In respect of amendment No. 70, based on what the Minister of State has said, I am aware that when an agency or the courts interpret legislation or the law, they will also consider the intention-----

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Therefore, the Minister of State's statement is very welcome. On that basis, I will not press amendment No. 70. I welcome the commitment of the Minister for Justice and Equality to deal with this issue. What is absent is a timeframe and movement on this issue, although there have been efforts for quite a while to have the area regulated. On that basis, I will press the amendment...

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I take the Minister of State's point in regard to my amendment No. 70 that the reference in section 62 to "such conditions or requirements or both as the Bank considers appropriate" would seem to allow the Central Bank to require these entities to publish their fees and charges. If he can tell me that this will actually happen, that is fair enough and there is no need to press the amendment....

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister of State for his note on those amendments. They are improvements on what was in the original Bill. I am glad that the position we put on Committee Stage has been agreed to, in particular regarding whistleblowers and offering them respect while at the same time ensuring it does not curtail the necessary investigations. I am happy to support the amendments.

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 43:In page 48, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:“ 'debt collector' means a person who for remuneration collects or seeks to collect consumer credit debt;”.This deals with debt collectors, as does amendment No. 70. Debt collectors are currently unregulated and need to be brought into the fold. Recently the Society of St. Vincent de Paul...

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the inclusion of the Government amendments. Amendment No. 11, in my name, deals with the same issue, which I raised on Committee Stage. I am glad the Minister of State has accepted my point because, in the past, it could have been the case that the reviewer could have also been working with the institution to provide false information to the Central Bank. The legislation now...

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I have no issue with these drafting amendments.

Leaders' Questions: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Two items of legislation were promised but I will not ask about the first because the legislation for the strategic investment bank is not included in the Government legislation programme and I am not sure it will ever happen. The strategic investment fund was announced in August 2011, over a year and a half ago. To set up the strategic investment fund, we need legislation. Legislation has...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Tánaiste as an cheist a fhreagairt. Last October, in response to a question by Senator David Cullinane, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine indicated that it was his intention that his Department would take measures with a view to making the provision of personal locator beacons mandatory under appropriate legislation. This was first...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: This morning the coastal communities of Passage East and Dunmore East are mourning the deaths of three brothers, Paul, Kenny and Shane Bolger. On behalf of Sinn Fein and, I am sure, all Members of the House, I express my condolences to their families and friends. We all know that no coastal community is immune to such tragedies. My home county of Donegal has seen its fair share of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Policy (13 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a timeline for the new policy on family reunification has been agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28231/13]