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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What medicine will Pepper administer to people in middle Ireland who are in difficulty with their mortgages?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Ryan said earlier that 4,000 houses are in one category and 2,000 houses are in another category. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: On average, what percentage of those 4,000 cases are warehoused?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am looking for the percentage of warehousing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Right. I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Can I come in at this point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I would like to put a quick question to Mr. Masding. The figure for called non-performing loans for Permanent TSB is down at 10% . Can Mr. Masding explain this to me? There is talk that pressure is coming from the European Central Bank and from the Central Bank. Has the Permanent TSB been put under pressure to get rid of non-performing loans? It seems from the figures I am looking at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is the board of the bank looking at the percentages?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Five thousand-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Mr. Masding.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will not speak for long. I just want to make a few points. In recent weeks, many Deputies have met doctors, nurses, midwives and others in the health care sector. We are used to listening to different scenarios. Some of the people we met have stated that they may have to leave work. That happening in any country would be sad. We could have done this in a way that allowed people to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: In fairness to the Department, everyone agrees that there is a large financial shortfall in Galway. The first line of the report on Galway points out that it needs funding. Some moves are afoot and the Minister of State has had two meetings with us, for which we thank him, but this is not just a question of €500,000 or €1 million, it is a question of many millions of euro....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 201. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who was referred to the audiology department in University Hospital Galway will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51012/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have listened to the debate in recent days and I have spoken twice. I believe in the necessity of keeping data and ensuring that they are compiled because they may help people in the long term. I have heard Members talking about different nationalities. There are those in parts of this country who do not have the same social and economic opportunities as others. We need to compile data,...

Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will be brief. We saw one part of the Local Government Bill 2018 a week ago. It is coming in dribs and drabs. I do not fully understand where the Minister of State is going when he talks about the powers that elected or unelected committees will have. What is he using? I would like to go back to Galway. As Deputies will be aware, the first thing that is written about Galway in the...

Report on Procurement Process Audit of National Broadband Plan: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The report confirms that the integrity of my constituency colleague, Deputy Naughten, was, as I always said, never in doubt. An earlier speaker stated that broadband is a privilege. It is not. Rather, it is a necessity throughout the country. The Minister has held responsibility for various Departments in his time. He is well aware that many people wish to meet him. If his diary for...

Report on Procurement Process Audit of National Broadband Plan: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I asked the Minister whether, in his ministerial experience, it is possible to meet a member of the Department outside normal working hours if that person's diary is full. I ask the Minister to nail down a timeline for the evaluation process because many people are wondering when the roll out will happen. He may not be able to give a completion date, but when will the evaluation process...

Report on Procurement Process Audit of National Broadband Plan: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will it be completed before Christmas?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the governance manual for primary schools 2015 to 2019 and the Education Act 1998 are the only measures in place governing the removal of persons by a patron from a primary school's board of management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50880/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will suspend his plans to house asylum seekers in a facility (details supplied) until the legal proceedings draw to a conclusion in view of legal proceedings that are now in the High Court regarding the facility. [50384/18]