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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the State's resilience and recovery plan; and the way in which the plan will be democratically scrutinised. [8055/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (17 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 21 January 2021, if a copy of circular 38/2020 will be provided. [8955/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the design for works at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the design phase of the works is expected to be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8953/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (17 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of fraudulent insurance claims reported by the insurance industry to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021 by the insurance industry. [8932/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 974. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an orthodontic assessment at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8950/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 975. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment by each grade and length of time waiting in Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8951/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 976. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for orthodontic assessment and the waiting times in Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8952/21]

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

Pearse Doherty: We are having technical difficulties with the camera for the witnesses. It does not appear to be on, and I am not sure that it can be resolved-----

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...