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Other Questions: Financial Instruments (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There is significant concern about this issue and it was ventilated earlier when we discussed food poverty and the impact that has on developing countries. I would like to focus on the concerns of many groups about the watering down of this directive during the review. There has been a deal of transparency. For example, Sharon Bowles and a number of other senior MEPs have put on record the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Charges (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: In November 2011, when the ECB cut its interest rate, the Minister, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, brought the banks in and told them clearly that they must cut their rates. Initially, they refused, but as a result of the pressure the Government brought to bear, eventually, they did so. The Taoiseach said at the time that, if...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Charges (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Can the Minister confirm that there is nothing to prevent him, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform from doing exactly what they did in November 2011, which was to call the heads of the banks in and ask why none of them has passed on the ECB rate reduction? Is there anything to prevent them doing that or does the Minister support AIB fleecing its variable rate...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Charges (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the need for banks to pass on European Central Bank interest rate changes; and the action he will take to compel them to do so. [24350/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation that took place with his Department by the Central Bank of Ireland before the launch of the pilot scheme for consumer multi-debt restructuring on 8 May 2013. [24130/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation that took place between his Department and the Central Bank of Ireland before the launch of the pilot scheme for consumer multi-debt restructuring on 8 May 2013. [24108/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a legislative basis by which unsecured creditors can be forced to accept write-downs in outstanding debt under the Central Bank of Ireland pilot scheme for consumer multi-debt restructuring. [24109/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of creditor companies that have signed up to the Central Bank of Ireland pilot scheme for consumer multi-debt restructuring; and if he will outline the impact the reported rejection of the scheme by the Irish League of Credit Unions will have on the scheme. [24110/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 8 May 2013, if he will confirm that the National Asset Management Agency has provided loan information to its borrowers showing the par value of loans and the NAMA acquisition price in this specific incidence. [24098/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 8 May 2013, the reason the National Asset Management Agency has apparently provided loan information to its borrowers showing the par value of loans and the NAMA acquisition price in this specific incidence. [24099/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 8 May 2013, if he will outline the commercial disadvantages to which the National Asset Management Agency is exposed by providing loan information to its borrowers showing the par value of loans and the NAMA acquisition price. [24100/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 8 May 2013, if he will confirm in each of 2010, 2011,2012 and to date in 2013, the number of possible breaches of data protection laws that have been reported by the National Asset Management Agency to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. [24101/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 8 May 2013, if he will confirm that the National Asset Management Agency has contacted the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner about the release of loan information, the date on which NAMA contacted the ODPC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24102/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 8 May 2013, if he will outline the safeguards that exist in the National Asset Management Agency to prevent the release of loan information to its borrowers showing the par value of loans and the NAMA acquisition price. [24103/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 8 May 2013, if he will confirm the number of debtors to whom the National Asset Management Agency has provided loan information showing the par value of loans and the NAMA acquisition price. [24104/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 8 May 2013, if he will confirm that the National Asset Management Agency has provided loan information, including the par value and NAMA acquisition value, to borrowers in respect of loans which do not directly relate to the borrower. [24105/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 8 May 2013, if he will confirm the actions undertaken by the National Asset Management Agency to address the apparent provision of loan information to its borrowers showing the par value of loans and the NAMA acquisition price. [24106/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 8 May 2013, if he will confirm that he has confidence in the ability of the National Asset Management Agency to protect confidential loan information relating to its borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24107/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Issues (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the outsourcing, unique in the Eurosystem, of essential services at the Central Bank of Ireland including IT and security services. [23942/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the Mercer report on banking pay and his calling for 6% to 10% reductions in remuneration, when such savings will be delivered. [24093/13]