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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: If the notice of inquiry is issued, there is no early discount. If they do not accept the findings of the examination and it is proceeding to an inquiry, the discount is gone. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: We dealt with this last week but the Minister might remind me as to whether a financial institution can pay the penalty on behalf of an individual.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I understand that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. I have two points. Financial institutions being able to pay the fine for the individual is problematic and maybe that is something the Central Bank could consider. It is difficult to have individual accountability in sanctioning somebody when it is the financial institution that is paying for it anyway. There are questions of probity and so on, but there is a difference...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, I think so. I agree with the points and that is why I say it needs to be considered, because there is an unease in that regard. There is also the question of the financial sector being small. The issue is that it is hard to get information. We are talking about the domestic bank sector, which does so much good too, but in all the big scandals we have had, which we saw too often but...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for the back and forth we had on the Bill over the two sessions and for his own work on this. I also thank his officials for their help in private sessions in clarifying some of the more technical aspects of the Bill. When is it intended to go to Report Stage so that we might get a sense of a deadline for amendments?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. I am sure we will be notified in due course.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I will go to something else that is unrelated to the Bill but connected in a way when we are talking about holding individuals to account. We welcome the provisions to hold individuals accountable. However, there is a gap in the toolbox for the Central Bank to be able to operate. In many circumstances, particularly those that are most public and most damaging, issues have been identified...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The women have to ask.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if handover of a road to Donegal County Council could be arranged so as it can be properly maintained (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60296/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a fuel allowance application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60785/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times for fuel allowance applications by month for 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60786/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for each Intreo Office in County Donegal under the supplementary welfare additional needs payment to date in 2022; the number of applications approved and the number refused; and the current processing times in weeks in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60787/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff allocated to community welfare sections in each Intreo Office in County Donegal to process all supplementary welfare applications; if she is satisfied that sufficient staff are available to deal with the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60788/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 509. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to ensure that the persons who used the Dunkineely general practice will be affected as little as possible given its closure; and if he will ensure that there is sufficient cover in the region. [60147/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 535. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that long-term illnesses such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are not included in the long-term illness scheme; if he will review this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60225/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Ar fud an Stáit, tá an Rialtas ag ligean síos agus ag teip leanaí agus daoine óga le míchumais agus riachtanais speisialta. Níl idirghabhála a d’athródh saolta na bpáistí seo á gcur ar fáil dóibh. Tá na mílte daoine óga le míchumais agus riachtanais speisialta fágtha ar an imeall agus an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I listened to what the Minister said and I am sure Harry's parents will be listening closely to what he said. Let me say that Harry cannot wait until next autumn. Harry had serious hip surgery last year. Harry's family and the school have been engaging with the HSE for a year, to no avail. This is an issue of whether Harry will be able stand and walk again in the future and there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (1 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports that homeowners are waiting six months in some instances to receive a response from engineers in relation to the presence of Mica in their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59870/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (1 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of fraudulent insurance claims reported by the insurance industry to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by the insurance industry. [60105/22]