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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Irish Collective Asset-Management Vehicles Bill 2014: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Amendments Nos. 3, 4 and 6 are related and may be discussed together.

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank Deputy Ó Cuív for facilitating me by allowing me to speak before Private Members’ business. If a week is a long time in politics, a year is certainly a longer time. This time last year, when we debated the Finance Bill 2013, the projected adjustment to take place this year was put at €2 billion. It was to be achieved through taxation-raising measures, public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: I welcome Mr. Boucher, Mr. Farrell and Mr. McLoughlin. I wish to pose two questions, the first of which relates to the standard variable rate and the second to the recent announcement made by the Governor of the Central Bank, Professor Honohan, on loan-to-value ratios. We have been thrashing out these matters all afternoon and, as I understand it, the position is quite simple. If a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: There was a stage when I had control of the amount of time-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: I understand that. No one is going to buy a house for €200,000 tomorrow morning. People buy houses over a 20 or 30 year period, with an APR, a fixed rate or a tracker rate applying. The net sum of the final payment will be the actual amount a customer pays for his or her house. A mortgage has a running rate over its lifetime, as does the margin. At present, the margin is 3.25%. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: The Governor of the Central Bank, Professor Honohan, recently made a significant announcement on loan-to-value ratios. It now seems that if someone wants to purchase a property, he or she must come up with a deposit of 20% of the overall amount involved. In the aftermath of the announcement to which I refer, has Bank of Ireland adopted a formal position or indicated what its position is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Those at this table, regardless of whether they are Government or Opposition Members or representatives of the bank, and people who are watching proceedings from outside are of the view that, despite the housing crisis, the citizens of Ireland are going to continue to purchase homes. In order to be sustainable, the housing market must be open to first-time buyers. However, such buyers come...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Superannuation Schemes (5 Nov 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the issue of equity in the treatment of deferred members of the Irish airlines superannuation scheme under the 2009 Pensions Act as raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42435/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Superannuation Schemes (5 Nov 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedures in place to suspend contested deductions from salary under the Spouses' and Children's Superannuation Scheme while the matter is under investigation by the Pensions Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42413/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (5 Nov 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the issues raised (details supplied) regarding CAMHS in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42283/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (4 Nov 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the way a person qualified and experienced in mediation might access employment opportunities in mediation services in the HSE or other statutory bodies such as the Equality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41442/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 Oct 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40709/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (23 Oct 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if measures are contemplated to alleviate the plight of active and deferred members of the Permanent TSB pension plan who are adversely affected by the wind-up of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40768/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (23 Oct 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if measures are contemplated to alleviate the plight of active and deferred members of the Permanent TSB pension plan who are adversely affected by the wind up of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40767/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (22 Oct 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will advocate for the introduction of legislation in all EU member states to prevent vulture funds from claiming more than other lenders in the case of sovereign debt crises; if he will review the Central Bank of Ireland's code of conduct on mortgage arrears, to ensure that it is legally binding, procedurally fair to borrowers, and that vulture funds...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (22 Oct 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a reply from the primary payroll section; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40560/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (22 Oct 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns raised by a member of Irish National Teachers Organisation (details supplied) regarding class sizes and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40562/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional budgetary funding allocated to literacy and numeracy strategy encompasses adult education; if there is any additional provision for workplace education and in particular for the skills for work programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40641/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (22 Oct 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grant support that was provided to Cork City Council in the years 2013 and to date in 2014 in respect of carrying out repair and maintenance works to occupied council properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40509/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (16 Oct 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review the circumstances of the death abroad of a person (details supplied); the assistance that will be afforded to the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39604/14]