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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank Professor Honohan. I will go over the procedural aspects of this meeting. The parties' lead spokespersons will engage with Professor Honohan for 15 minutes, after which we will move to a second rung of ten minutes and so forth. I welcome Professor Honohan to this meeting once more. I commend him on the targets that have been put in place. However, the committee has concerns....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Does Professor Honohan accept that through the implementation of targets, two outcomes have been achieved? First, banks have been focused on what they need to do. Second, an accountable and measurable process has been put in place for the public to observe how the banks reach resolutions with people in distress.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Some targets will always be easier to reach than others. Following the Keane report, a host of resolution processes such as split mortgages and so on were suggested. When the banks appeared before us, it became apparent that a letter to a customer who had not been engaging was allowed to be counted as a resolution process. Without exception, the greater part of the banks' 20% targets...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: That brings us to the point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Let me add another point. The committee is not contesting the position that letters need to go to customers who are not engaging with the banks. We would encourage distressed customers to interface in a detailed manner to ensure that they are being represented well when engaging with the banks. The difficulty lies in the fact that the figure was set as 20% in resolution. A letter is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Before we commence, I ask Members to switch off their mobile telephones and not to put them on silent, please. When the banks were before us a fortnight ago, there were many complaints from the public listening in or watching the meeting and from the press room - the press may not have been in the Press Gallery but were watching the proceedings on monitors - because they were not able to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (24 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the refusal of an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39447/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Taxation Agreements with Ukraine and Dominica: Motion (19 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: In recent days we have been discussing base erosion and profit shifting, which has some relevance to our discussion this morning. Is Dominica seen as one of those places like the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, to which some companies choose to shift their profits?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Taxation Agreements with Ukraine and Dominica: Motion (19 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: The Minister of State indicated that there has been significant activity in this area in recent years. Of the 22 TIEAs and 69 double taxation agreements in place, how many were progressed or agreed in the past three to four years?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Taxation Agreements with Ukraine and Dominica: Motion (19 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you, Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (19 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty experienced by newly qualified teachers who, because of the oversupply of teachers, are unable to gain the diploma within the requisite three years (details supplied); the strategy that is in place to address this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38905/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (19 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38852/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that, in some circumstances, home tuition is provided even where a school placement is available to a child; the criteria that apply in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the refusal of a grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38591/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Live Register Data (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 644. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that formerly self employed persons are not registered as unemployed unless they qualify on means and thus are excluded from FÁS and other schemes that might help them to gain employment; her plans to change this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37873/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 653. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38111/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Payments (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 673. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is compulsory that jobseeker's benefits are paid through the post office and the reason for same; if there are circumstances in which a client may opt to have payments made to a bank account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38245/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 679. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made in an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38308/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Pollution (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 936. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is permissible to sell smoke-emitting fuels in areas where it may not be burned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38019/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 1536. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to a voluntary organisation (details supplied) in County Cork to provide training in the emergency services area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38364/13]