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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: I move amendment No. 65: In page 19, line 23, to delete “an insurance contract” and substitute “a contract of insurance”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: I move amendment No. 66: In page 19, line 31, to delete “consumer”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: I move amendment No. 67: In page 19, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(4) The power under subsection (1)(b)shall not be exercised to an extent that such exercise would have the result that the total sum payable in respect of the claim concerned exceeds the monetary amount which, in the proceedings, the court would have jurisdiction to award.”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: I move amendment No. 68: In page 19, to delete line 37 and substitute the following: “(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Finance may by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.”. This...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: My expectation and hope is that we conclude this Bill by the end of the year and I do not anticipate any delay in enacting it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Loan Scheme (9 Jul 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: I am not trying to be glib but "very soon" is not months and it is not weeks. The Deputy can take-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Loan Scheme (9 Jul 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: -----from that what he wishes. I am not here to announce the actual scheme but I am confident that the continuation and the extension of the scheme will occur. I know from my conversations with the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, that this scheme seems to have caught the Department by surprise. I am surprised at the surprise. It is a 40-year loan at a fixed rate of 2.2%. There is no such...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Loan Scheme (9 Jul 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: The Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme launched on 1 February 2018. Prior to its launch, an initial tranche of €200 million of long-term fixed rate finance was borrowed by the HFA to provide funds for the scheme for local authorities. The Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme is a remodel of two previous schemes provided by local authorities, namely, the house purchase loan and home...

Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and on Capital) (Swiss Confederation) Order 2019: Motion (9 Jul 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and on Capital) (Swiss Confederation) Order 2019,a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 19th June, 2019.

Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains) (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Order 2019: Motion (9 Jul 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains) (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Order 2019,a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 19th June, 2019.

Articles of Agreement of the International Finance Corporation: Motion (2 Jul 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves, in accordance with Article 29.5.2° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, a proposed amendment of Article II, Section 2(c)(ii) of the Articles of Agreement of the International Finance Corporation, being an amendment the terms of which shall read as follows:‘Section 2. Capital Stock “(c)(ii) in any other case, by an eighty-five percent...

Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown: Statements (Resumed) (27 Jun 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: Last week the Government published Ireland's climate action plan. Climate disruption is already having diverse and wide-ranging impacts on Ireland's environment and society, as well as on its economic and natural resources. The climate action plan sets out an ambitious course in the coming years to address this issue. The plan which represents an all-of-government approach to the climate...

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: I welcome the opportunity to speak today on the summer economic statement, SES. The SES constitutes a key part of our improved budgetary process and provides the basis for fiscal policy formulation in advance of budget 2020. It outlines, in broad terms, the parameters that will frame discussions due to take place at this year's national economic dialogue over the next number of days about...

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: It is €700 million.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: I hope Senator Conway-Walsh will wait for my response.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: She is going to run out. Senator Conway-Walsh comes in and says what she says, kicks boots around the place and then walks out.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: This debate is also important but maybe Senator Conway-Walsh did not notice.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: I thank the Senators who contributed. I will try to provide answers on as many of the issues raised as possible. Senator Horkan mentioned the national children's hospital, the broadband plan and other capital projects. I can only give him the 2019 figures that were budgeted for at this time last year. There was current expenditure of €59 billion and capital expenditure of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Business of Joint Committee (26 Jun 2019)

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Credit Unions (25 Jun 2019)

Michael D'Arcy: As the Deputy is aware, credit unions are regulated and supervised by the registrar of credit unions at the Central Bank which is the independent regulator for credit unions. Within his independent regulatory discretion, the registrar acts to support the prudential soundness of individual credit unions to maintain sector stability and protect the savings of credit union members. Section 32D...