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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry Regulation (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: If I renew my motor insurance tomorrow morning and am unfortunate enough to be in a soft tissue accident, the award paid out would be about, on average, 60% less. Therefore, the insurance company, as of my renewal tomorrow morning, should be charging me a lower premium. Is that factual? We can look back to when representatives of the insurance industry were lobbying for these awards to be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry Regulation (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I wish the Minister would join me in calling for these premiums to be reduced right now. There is no reason premiums are being charged at yesterday's or last month's rates when awards were 60% higher. Does the Minister know what AIG, Axa, Allianz, Zurich and a number of other companies have in common? They are the largest six companies in Ireland and they are also the largest six...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Financial Services Regulation (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister. Does he know he gave the same speech two years ago? We are talking about holding senior executives in banks and financial institutions to account but the Minister has just given the same information that he did two years ago. The problem is his party, Fine Gael, has been part of the Government for the past ten years. The Minister has been part of that Government...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Financial Services Regulation (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: If the legislation exists, why would the Government introduce new legislation? The reality is the legislation is not robust enough. The Minister knows, I know, and he should not make a fool of the public, that the reality is the Central Bank cannot go after an individual until the firm in question has been found guilty. How does the Minister know this? His predecessor, another Fine Gael...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Financial Services Regulation (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the legislation providing for a senior executive accountability regime and other provisions; the planned scope of this legislation across financial services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17477/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Financial Services Regulation (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I apologise to the Ceann Comhairle for the delay. I thought this business was scheduled to start at 7 p.m. My question relates to the status of legislation to introduce a senior executive accountability regime, SEAR, and other provisions. This legislation is much awaited. It is more than three years since the Central Bank argued for such provision to hold senior people in financial...

Caring for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Ar maidin, tá cúramaithe teaghlaigh ar fud fad na tíre seo ag tabhairt aire, cuidiú agus cúram do dhaoine atá an cúram de dhíth orthu. Ní féidir luach a chur ar an obair atá idir lámha ag na cúramaithe seo. Níl dabht ar bith go gcaithfear tacú leo agus sin an rud atá os comhair na Dála inniu. Carers...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 371. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank’s Interim Report in its Review of Differential Pricing Practices in the Irish Private Car and Home Insurance Markets; if he will support legislation to prohibit its practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1851/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social and Affordable Housing (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concerns expressed by the Central Bank regarding the proposed affordable purchase shared equity scheme; his further views on its potential impact on financial stability, consumer protection and house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17179/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his engagements with relevant parties regarding the withdrawal of a bank (details supplied) from the banking market; his views on the best course of action that would stabilise the banking sector, promote competition and further the interests of the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17183/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the adequacy of a company (details supplied) undertaking a third party review of activities from 2014 to 2021; the position of the interim CEO given their position on the board of the company during a period of the Central Bank investigation; and the extent to which these issues will inform the Government and the NTMA in their future dealings...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an exchange driver licence will issue to an essential worker (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17566/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 368. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with lenders regarding the reactivation of the European Banking Authority guidelines on legislative and non-legislative moratoria on loan repayments applied in view of the Covid-19 crisis; if he has sought an extension of payment breaks for borrowers under these guidelines without the accrual of interest during the payment break...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Agreements (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 369. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government will support the General Escape Clause in the EU fiscal rules remaining in force beyond 2021 and the fundamental reform of the Stability and Growth Pact in the time in which it remains in force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3384/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 370. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider legislation to strengthen the consumer protection code; his views on the lack of enforcement action taken by the Central Bank for breaches of the code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1850/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 372. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider expanding the eligibility criteria for the Covid-19 restrictions support scheme under the Finance Act 2020 to include suppliers who have suffered reduced income as a result of public health restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 373. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing the taxation of section 110 companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1853/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Proposed Legislation (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 374. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish the Central Bank (amendment) Bill which will introduce the senior executive accountability regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3385/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 375. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions and policies he will consider to reduce mortgage interest rates in the Irish market, which remain among the highest in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3386/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 376. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the rate of vehicle registration tax on cars imported from the UK to offset post-Brexit VAT changes that will apply to second-hand cars imported from the UK; the estimated cost increase in respect of such a car with an open market value of €20,000 as a result of these changes; and if he will make a statement on the...