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- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: It is important to say that the ILCU is coming to us with funds. Is it correct that the regulatory body, the Central Bank, imposes restrictions on how credit unions may use their funds?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: Is that so the ILCU can still invest in supporting the building of houses?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: That brings me straight to my next question. I believe Mr. Farrell is hitting too many roadblocks. There has been a Government roadblock, a Central Bank roadblock, etc. In his opening statement, Mr. Farrell said the credit unions have €13 billion in savings and €15 million in assets. Is that correct? Why not grow the assets? Why not let the credit unions build the houses...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: Now.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: When the credit unions had a large build-up of savings and went to a local bank to invest them, be it for three months, six months, 12 months or otherwise, they were allowed to invest. Was that just a cash investment or could there have been different investments, such as bond investments? A bond could have been associated with property or equities. Was the movement tied up in terms of how...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: Not when the credit unions have €15 billion in assets and €13 billion in savings.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: My last question - the real question - is what this committee can do to help the ILCU spend its money. What is the roadblock? What does Mr. Farrell recommend to this committee so the cash can be accessed and put back into the communities that have invested in the credit unions? Representatives of the Irish Banking Federation were present earlier and they did not offer us any money. Mr....
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: Right.
- Climate Change: Statements (4 May 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister.
- Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: He is sharing it with me. I would like to speak briefly on one sector which is close to my heart which is agriculture. Coming from east Galway, agriculture plays a prominent role in our mainstay. While agriculture has always been proven to be our mainstay as a nation in recessionary times such as those we have just weathered, it is far from a simple pursuit for many of our farmers, be they...
- Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: Would the Deputy ever go away?
- Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: Hear, hear.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Apr 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: 280. To ask the Minister for Health when the position for the paediatrics diabetes specialist in University College Hospital Galway will be filled (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8147/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (26 Apr 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the status regarding staffing (details supplied) at the orthodontic unit at University College Hospital Galway. [8100/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (26 Apr 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding to a school (details supplied) which is applying to become the Foroige Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8173/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (26 Apr 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: 395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site (details supplied) currently being purchased in Galway is for a shared campus-style development for primary and post-primary education. [8277/16]
- Insurance Costs: Statements (20 Apr 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: As it is my first time speaking in the Chamber, I thank the people of east Galway who elected me and gave me the opportunity to represent them. For those who do not know east Galway, it takes in people from Portumna to Bearna to the sea at Kinvara down to Gort and Athenry and all the way down to Tuam and Headford. I humbly thank them for giving me this opportunity. My comments will...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (20 Apr 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: 217. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of patrol cars available to members of An Garda Síochána undertaking policing in each of the Loughrea, Ballinasloe and Tuam Garda districts in each year since 2011; the current number of patrol cars attached to each of the relevant Garda stations; and the number attached to each on 1 January 2011. [7446/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (20 Apr 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: 218. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of patrol cars currently available to members of An Garda Síochána for each Garda station in the Loughrea, Ballinasloe and Tuam Garda districts according to the year they entered service. [7447/16]