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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: -----for the benefit of anybody who is watching the proceedings. I welcome Mr. Whelan and Ms Corcoran from the Social Finance Foundation and Dr. McCarthy and Dr. Byrne. As the sponsor of this legislation, I thank my colleagues in the committee. They have prioritised this legislative measure despite the many pressing matters we must deal with and the restricted amount of time the committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Ms Corcoran. I have a question for either Dr. McCarthy or Dr. Byrne. The report they published in 2018 was excellent. I understand it was commissioned and funded by the Central Bank and the Social Finance Foundation. One of the recommendations in the report is that the Government adopt a policy that prohibits ultra-high rates of interest, in the interests of fairness and the most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I agree. That is the subject of this legislation. To follow up on that, Dr. McCarthy and Dr. Byrne wrote in their report that global interest rate restrictions have become more prevalent in both developed and developing countries in recent years. They state that in Europe there has been a clear trend towards the use of interest rate restrictions as a policy tool to control the high cost of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Dr. McCarthy. I welcome that research, especially the research which was done in Ireland. It is interesting following the two debates, while there were different restrictions in respect of payday lending, that the same types of argument were put forward regarding illegal moneylending. I refer to the scare factor, and the impact that it might have had in the debate in the UK, but it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I have one question before we finish. Both groups of witnesses are supportive of a cap and a tiered approach to that cap. When introducing this legislation, we made it clear to Government that we chose the 36% rate because that was the law before it was abolished many years ago. This is all up for discussion and I, as the sponsor of the Bill, am open to engaging with Government about what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Do Dr. McCarthy or Dr. Byrne have any opinion of where it should be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate the witnesses' statements, the written submissions we got late last year and the work both sets of witnesses have put into this issue. It has been instrumental. I believe there is an appetite to change the law by introducing a cap. It is across the board. This legislation was not opposed by anybody on Second Stage. I welcome the comments from committee members too. It is to...

Dumping at Sea Act 1996 (Section 5(12)) (Commencement) Order 2021: Motion (11 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Táim buíoch as a bheith ábalta labhairt anseo. Tá an t-ádh orainn i nDún na nGall go bhfuil muid beannaithe le 1,100 km de chósta ar bhéal ár ndorais. Níl radharc níos deise ann ná radharc an Atlantaigh fhiáin. Is é an cheist atá ag an lucht is mó ná ceist faoin mhéid atá faoin uisce agus faoin...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I must point out to the Tánaiste that I made my call for the Central Bank to intervene and asked for the Government to support it before papers were lodged in the High Court. That is just for the record. We continue to be the laggard when it comes to international travel. When I last raised the issue with the Tánaiste, he said he would examine making it mandatory for all...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I raised the issue of the court case before.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Cé gur tugadh úinéirí na dtithe tábhairne FBD os comhair na cúirte agus cé go raibh bua acu sa chúirt, tá comhlachtaí amuigh ansin le polasaithe árachais a chosnaíonn iad in éadan Covid-19 agus níl na comhlachtaí árachais ag cloí leis na polasaithe sin. Caithfidh Banc Ceannais na hÉireann...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: That is a shocking response from the Tánaiste who has ministerial responsibility for enterprise. The Tánaiste said that I am trying mislead businesses that I am on their side. I have met the Central Bank privately and discussed with them the need for an examination of this issue similar to the tracker mortgage examination. I have provided it with documentation in regard to how...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (10 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to include in the exchange of all category D1 and D1E UK driver licences to Irish driver licences those with code 1 and code 101; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7401/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce schemes and funding for businesses affected by Covid-19, including an application to the EU to waive state aid rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7403/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (10 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will issue a required VRT document to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7404/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a refund of deductions that were taken from the person's wages in respect of illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7400/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension (10 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a decision on an invalidity pension application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7415/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (10 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application submitted in September 2020 by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7416/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (10 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a letter can be supplied to a person (details supplied) for the purposes of an education bursary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7417/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (10 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 952. To ask the Minister for Health if transport will be provided for a person (details supplied) travelling from County Donegal to Cappagh Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7405/21]