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Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 281. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the said Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17004/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff deployed full time in his Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17020/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the said Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16995/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff deployed full time in his Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17011/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 313. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the said Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16998/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 314. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff deployed full time in his Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17014/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Information (5 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the said Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17010/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Information (5 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff deployed full time in his Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17026/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 347. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the said Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17005/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 348. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff deployed full time in her Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17021/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 363. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the said Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16997/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 364. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff deployed full time in her Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17013/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 368. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the said Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16999/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 369. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff deployed full time in his Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17015/17]

Other Questions: Tracker Mortgages (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that the Central Bank's order to lending banks to return affected customers to an appropriate tracker rate of interest is being addressed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that banks are free to come up with their own offers of compensation and that many banks are not offering customers effective redress; and if he...

Other Questions: Tracker Mortgages (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: This is a simple question on the tracker mortgage process and redress being effected to bank customers. The requirements provide that banks must place customers on an appropriate tracker rate of interest. However, the banks are free to come up with offers of compensation and are not required to ensure customers obtain redress. This is a serious wrong on an issue that has affected many...

Other Questions: Tracker Mortgages (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: We have, on one side, a powerful institution, namely, a bank, and, on the other, an individual mortgage holder, usually a family. The Minister has confirmed that unless the mortgage holders are well advised and informed, the interest rate on their mortgages may not be returned to an appropriate rate which gives them the redress to which they are, as the Minister stated, legally entitled....

Other Questions: Help-To-Buy Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: At the time of the budget, I warned the Minister that this would constitute a direct transfer from Fine Gael to builders and developers. It was designed as such and has had the impact that I forecast at the time of the budget. To be honest, at the time the Minister was aided and abetted by Fianna Fáil. Essentially, the Minister is turbo-charging the housing market on an inadequate...

Other Questions: Help-To-Buy Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: I can take the Minister to signboards in my constituency where the cost of houses went up by €20,000 almost immediately after the Minister put this scheme, which he was advised against, into effect. The Minister must take responsibility for it.

Other Questions: Help-To-Buy Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: That is a joke. It is unworthy.