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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (27 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the deadline attached to the funding of €1.2 million provided by his Department for Bunbeg pier in County Donegal can be extended by a year to account for the current delays in awarding foreshore licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31230/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 675. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal did not get fully reimbursed from the Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30848/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (27 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 684. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an ear, nose and throat, ENT, procedure in Sligo University Hospital, if he is on the routine or urgent waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30864/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday the Central Bank forecast that the Government was set to miss its housing targets each year out to 2025. It expects that each year from now to 2025, the Government will fall over 12,000 homes short of its own target. The world and its dog knows the Government’s targets are woefully short of what is needed to meet demand. This is deeply concerning. The Government has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister may not like the picture that I presented, but it was based on European Commission stats and facts. We are the most expensive country in which to live in the European Union. I am sure the Minister does not dispute that. We have got the most expensive health costs in the European Union - 82% higher than the European average. In energy costs, we are the second most expensive in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: -----I will finish on this point – that the rest of Europe has seen its energy costs reduce and come back to a level with a bit of normality, yet we are still sky high.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Not one domestic company has reduced its energy costs.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Minister support an investigation-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: -----by the Commission for Energy Regulation into what is happening in terms of these companies?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Government support an investigation?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: D'fhógair an Coimisiún Eorpach inné gurb é an Stát seo an stát is daoire san Aontas Eorpach. De réir mar a leanann oibrithe agus teaghlaigh ag streachailt leis an ghéarchéim costais maireachtála, leanann an Rialtas ag teip ar ghnáthdhaoine na tíre seo. Yesterday, the European Commission published figures confirming for workers...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for meeting with them. This is an ongoing process. When banks were issuing this loans, no one foresaw that we would see a scenario whereby thousands of homes need to be demolished and rebuilt. I know some of the individuals who are already in the process of doing so. It means they have to get bridging finance in the region of €70,000. Many families are not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Minister's engagement on this issue. I say this with respect but this is an example of how a scheme is devised by the Government without understanding how it flows through. We now have a situation, as I said, where people have to find bridging finance of €70,000 and more to fund the rebuild of their homes. The mortgage terms and conditions, which are legally binding,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú for placing this question. I have a conflict of interest to disclose. As a director and promoter of a music festival, we hold our breath every year when we have our music festival because insurance is a major issue. If there are claims, that could put a not-for-profit festival out of being. It is apt that the Deputy has raised this issue in regard to what...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on his engagement with mortgage lenders and representative bodies with respect to forbearance measures, financing solutions and the mortgage loan treatment of mortgage holders where their loans are secured against properties affected by defective blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30178/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I want again to raise the difficulties being experienced by homeowners in my own county of Donegal and elsewhere in regard to those affected with defective blocks. They were failed by the Government scheme, which failed to provide 100% redress. Despite this, homeowners are doing their best to work with the scheme and rebuild their homes and lives. However, serious problems remain from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mortgage Resolution Processes (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I raise again the plight faced by workers and families whose mortgages were sold on to vulture funds without their consent. These sales were supported and facilitated by both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. As a result of interest rate hikes, these borrowers are now facing rates of as high as 8%. They are forking out thousands more in interest every year because the vulture funds now hold...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mortgage Resolution Processes (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I mentioned earlier that we had a number of people before the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach. James Byrne and Grainne Quinn were present and both had their mortgage loans sold by Permanent TSB to a vulture fund. James is now being charged an interest rate of 7.25%. He is waiting for another letter in the post to inform him of the most recent hike...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mortgage Resolution Processes (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: To give the Minister an example, James is meeting all his mortgage payments, has never defaulted and has never gone into arrears. Permanent TSB, his originator bank, is State-owned and the Minister is a majority shareholder in it. That bank will not even entertain James in relation to switching. It will not deal with him at all because he has a split mortgage. Permanent TSB actually...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Figures released to me by the Department of Justice show that since 2019 investment fraud has risen by 258%, account takeover fraud has increased by a staggering 560%, romance fraud has risen by 83% while scams through phishing, vishing and smishing have increased by 417%. These are frightening figures. Citizens are being robbed of millions of euro each year by fraudsters. Last week...