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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mortgage Resolution Processes (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: I know the Minister does not get involved in individual cases.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mortgage Resolution Processes (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: I will finish on this point.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mortgage Resolution Processes (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister examine some cases to see what banks are doing to people?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mortgage Resolution Processes (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: I understand the Minister's appreciation of the issue. He did not mention one aspect which is that with a recovery in property prices, the level of distress in many mortgages is now automatically going down as the underlying security for the mortgage increases in value. Therefore, things are certainly improving. However, if we examine the reports from the personal insolvency practitioners...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mortgage Resolution Processes (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: -----they are indicating that it is extremely difficult to get banks to cut a deal. Further, arrangements that were reached with the banks in earlier years, where part of the loan was frozen or parked, are now coming up for review. We need to know what will happen in these cases.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: I asked about the strategy, not priorities. What is the strategy?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: What type of indulgence is this?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: It damages much of the Taoiseach's very good record on good governance.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: This is just a fig leaf to patch over a political row.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: It is a disgrace for the taxpayers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the contact he has had with the Italian Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, regarding his publicly stated support for the concept of a two speed EU in advance of the EU summit to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. [8525/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel in Brussels on 23 January 2017. [10458/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on 23 January 2017. [10459/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: When the Taoiseach met the Prime Minister of Italy, Paolo Gentiloni, did he discuss the proposals by Italy and others in the original European group that they want to return to a form of federalism and that they will not dilute their federalist plans to keep reluctant members on board? The Taoiseach spoke to me briefly about this previously, and he feels it is part of the normal chat down...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: What a waste of our taxpayers' money. We have done all that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: This is a disgraceful waste of taxpayers' money. We are paying for the Policing Authority. It has produced a very detailed report which we had debated in Cabinet. Mr. Olson, who has done many briefings, came in and briefed us. I have a lot of respect for the Taoiseach but this is a fig leaf to cover the embarrassment of the Minister, Deputy Ross, and his group. Could the Taoiseach not...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: Deputy McConalogue is from the same constituency.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Regulation (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deter further increases in the cost of motor insurance; when he plans to implement such proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9985/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the incessant lobbying of representative groups for leading bankers to have pay rises and pay rise caps either raised or abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9984/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the studies the Revenue Commissioners have taken to identify possible customs posts on the Border' North and South; the locations that have been examined for these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9982/17]