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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (24 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the mechanism he will use to utilise the views of Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas in any pay restoration talks that might take place. [36579/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (24 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the need for future Supplementary Estimates; if he will use such a mechanism for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36580/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (24 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times he has met with officials from his own Department, the European Commission, the United Kingdom, the World Bank and the IMF regarding the vote of the United Kingdom to leave the EU and the impact it will have economically. [36581/16]

Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take internationally and within the EU to ensure that the Israeli Government ceases to demolish Palestinian-owned buildings in the West Bank and halt the forced relocation of Palestinians. [36375/16]

Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: The European Union has invested significantly in buildings and services in the West Bank. Up to June 2016, the Israeli military has demolished up to $74 million worth of EU-funded structures. Is Ireland's policy and by extension that of the European Union sustainable? Do we have the means to influence an outcome to stop this deliberate Israeli policy?

Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: By any objective analysis the work of Irish Aid on the ground and the work of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade over many years have been proactive in directly assisting communities in the West Bank and across Palestine. There is an area called Area C - 60% of the West Bank is considered to be Area C. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, which is...

Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the Minister's response in proactively seeking compensation through the European Union. Israeli civil administration data reveal that only 1.5% of requests for building permits submitted by Palestinians in Area C between 2010 and 2014 were approved, and none were approved in 2015. Perhaps the European Union and by extension Ireland through the good offices of the Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: There are some specific questions on the buy-to-let, BTL, field, including No. 6, which is about the short-term solutions being provided, and No. 7 which is about the long-term solutions being provided. First, however, I want to deal with question No. 2, which asked the number of BTL mortgages reported as in arrears greater than 90 days as of 30 June. Since 2013, when the bank cited a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: When considering the BTL long-term solutions, Mr. O'Sullivan referred specifically to the reduced payment greater than the interest rate. In fairness to the bank, it has provided all the numbers comprehensively for us, which is to be welcomed. The figure of 1,351 is quoted. If there are 1,351 mortgage holders paying a reduced payment that is greater than the interest rate, wherein lies the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: Specifically on buy-to-let, Mr. O'Sullivan quoted the figure of 423 as the sum total of rent receivers the bank has in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: I would like to get a sense from the witnesses of the fallout from Springboard Mortgages. A total of 1,372 customers of the bank were in line for substantial refunds. I know this was last year, but I would like to get a sense of whether the issue has resolved itself and whether the bank is giving due recognition to its own failings in regard to Springboard, where people lost properties as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: To give a context, it is just the learnings from it to ensure non-repetition of such incidents in the banking sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: Does Mr. Mitchell agree a certain number of these people fell into arrears and lost their homes and were subsequently compensated? How is the bank dealing with these people? Does it have a protocol in place to recognise their loss as a result?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: What does that mean? It sounds wonderful but what does it mean in real terms, if I may ask?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: They have not actually been rehoused in some instances as of yet. They have not benefited from-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: I would have closed it out at Mr. Mitchell's last intervention, but Mr. Masding has come back in. To be quite frank about it, I know he must defend his own realm but a great injury was inflicted upon people by the entity before us which we are questioning today. I asked was what were the lessons learned in order that we can move on.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 581. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Naval Service ship, LE Aisling is stood down; if so, if he has determined a future plan for the ship to be retained in the ownership of the State; if it is intended to move the vessel to another port or whether the ship will be sold, leased or gifted to a third party or State; and if his...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: We support this motion. There are aspects of it worthy of further interrogation, particularly the publication by Grant Thornton of its report predicting that 450 to 500 post offices will cease to exist by 2017. I question that figure because the evidence during the past five years would not bear it out. It would take a major diminution in services for that figure to be borne out in real...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. She spoke of some progress in the appointment of a sonographer and a clear schedule to clear the ultrasound waiting list by 2016. In that sense, I accept the Minister of State's reply. In raising the issue, I am trying to examine the governance issue regarding the relationship between CUMH and Cork University Hospital, CUH. Although the HSE...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: I wish to raise the lack of access to women's gynaecology services in Cork University Maternity Hospital, CUMH. Women in the Cork region have drastically longer waiting times for these services than women elsewhere in the country. It is causing devastating consequences for the women and their families in the region served by the Cork University Hospital and CUMH. I will outline some...