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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Did FBD challenge the point that it was a voluntary closure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: FBD said it was a voluntary closure. It said it was not a forced closure by the State. Let me get on to the substantial point. The test cases have happened and FBD has lost the cases. It argued in court and it lost the cases and we have to find out the quantum. I engaged with the Central Bank because there was huge anxiety in regard to test cases in terms of the costs and what would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: What does Mr. O'Midheach suggest would be unreasonable? Has he seen any of this at all? Why does the Central Bank need to engage with FBD for a second time on the matter if he thinks there is no issue and that everything will be okay when we see the costs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I will leave it at that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Can I ask one final question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Does Mr. Brennan agree with a statement made by one of his colleagues at the committee previously? He stated that his company prices insurance for the following 12 months and that it sets premiums on the basis of what it expects to happen in terms of the number of claims over that period. Is that the way that insurance is priced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: What has happened in the past three weeks?

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The provision of affordable housing is a fundamental duty of the State. I commend Deputy Ó Broin on all the work he has done in putting this front and centre. There is no doubt that this and previous Governments have abjectly failed in their duty to provide affordable housing. Housing has become unaffordable and the majority of workers and families are locked out. Since February 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (18 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 311. To ask the Minister for Finance the total operating profit, profit before taxation and profit after taxation deriving from rental and related income for Irish real estate funds in each of the years 2017 to 2019. [26462/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (18 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 312. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of IREF dividend withholding tax deducted for 2017, 2018 and 2019 as a proportion of total profit before and after taxation deriving from rental and related income for Irish real estate funds in each of the years 2017 to 2019. [26463/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday, the CSO reported that house prices had risen by 4% in the past year and that, since February 2012, property prices here in Dublin had increased by a staggering 98%. In this city house prices have doubled. The same picture can be seen right across the State. The Tánaiste has sat at the Cabinet table for the entirety of this period. This is the Tánaiste's record. ...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: "Leo always delivers" was the text message that sparked what is now the criminal investigation into the leaking of confidential documents. The question many people are asking, however, is when Leo will deliver for the renters and for people who want to own their own homes in this city and beyond, and when Leo will deliver to make sure the wings of the vulture funds are clipped. The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (12 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is planned to resume driver theory tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25014/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (12 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is planned to extend the pilot scheme driver theory test remotely to include category B vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25016/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (12 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver theory test will be expedited for a person (details supplied) on the resumption of theory testing for work purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25015/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (12 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering increasing funding to local authorities to aid housing adaptation grants for older persons and persons with a disability applicants to meet the extra costs in circumstances in which the maximum grant available for available falls considerably short of rising construction costs; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (12 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) for college registration purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25018/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (12 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when pandemic unemployment payment arrears will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25019/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (12 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum in County Donegal aged between 0 to 4, 4 to 12 and 12 to 18 years of age, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24994/21]