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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I did a paper a couple of years ago in terms of Ireland being for sale tax-free, which was looking at commercial real estate, fund structures and the tax structure in relation to funds and why we are seeing so many of them move in. I was not aware of the 35% figure, so that is obviously an increase in terms of where we have been. The idea that over one third of commercial real estate right...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: In relation to the mortgage market, the Governor has not changed the macroprudential rules. I believe that house prices need to come down, but I do not think that changing the macroprudential rules is the way to solve the pressure that people are under. I have spoken to the Governor about this myself. He makes it clear that the rules have prevented house prices from increasing by 15% to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Unfortunately, I have not had a chance to look at it the detail.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Some banks are calling on the Central Bank to relax the rules. Are those same banks using the exemptions to the maximum extent? There may be some banks that will not use them in the context of their risk appetite. When, however, banks call for the Central Bank to change the rules but do not use the flexibilities within those rules to meet their customers' needs, it is questionable behaviour.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The exemptions allow the Central Bank to bypass the multiples. The exemptions allow the Central Bank to deal with those issues up to a certain level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Sibley made many critical comments on banking culture at a recent Banking and Payments Federation Ireland conference. Mr. Sibley stated that the Central Bank does not have a preference for loan sales, which we have heard previously. He has stated that the banks are not giving enough prominence to the benefits of long-term restructuring in terms of their troubled customers. Mr. Sibley...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Sibley said that the banks were beginning to display pre-crisis levels of arrogance. Can Mr. Sibley explain to the committee, from his experience, what displays of arrogance he is experiencing from the banks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Just days after the Governor's deputy made those remarks, the CEO of KBC displayed probably the best levels of crisis arrogance that we had, when he called on the Governor to turn the page in relation to the "nitty-gritty", as he described those tracker mortgage holders that his own bank wrongly took millions of euro from for years. What is the Governor's response to the call from the CEO of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: My final question is on insurance. Before I ask this, I wish the Governor well. With a new chief comes possibly a new direction. Let me say this, banks need to fear the Central Bank. The CEO does not fear the Central Bank, because he would not have made those recorded comments, and he would not have discussed openly the fine that the Central Bank is about to impose on them when its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Would six months be the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: This was the head of insurance supervision. I know that is the most senior-----

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Hear, hear.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aquaculture Licence Applications (3 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I do not know if the Minister feels it is appropriate. I buy the Donegal Democrat every week. It has two newspapers and excellent coverage. Does the Minister think it appropriate that the notices were in a newspaper with only 15 sales in the area being impacted in Falcarragh? I do not believe it was appropriate. That is the reality. The Minister can talk about a Garda station in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aquaculture Licence Applications (3 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Will the information go onto the Internet via the Department's website at the same time? What time will that be?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aquaculture Licence Applications (3 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Táim iontach buíoch den Dáil go bhfuil seans againn é seo a phlé tráthnóna inniu. There is huge anger and disbelief within the communities of Cloughaneely, Gortahork, Cill Charthaigh and the surrounding areas over controversial plans to develop large-scale oyster farms at Ballyness Bay. This anger, disbelief and frustration are best exemplified by the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: If it is the same issue-----

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (3 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance ·the number of persons availing of flat-rate expenses disaggregated by salary bands and profession in each of the years 2014 to 2018. [49816/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (3 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance ·the unallocated revenue available in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49817/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Returns (3 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected tax revenue in each of the years 2020 to 2025 in the event of an orderly Brexit by tax category, that is, income, VAT and so on as opposed to a disorderly Brexit as outlined in the economic and fiscal outlook in Budget 2020 in tabular form. [50097/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Returns (3 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected expenditure in each of the years 2020 to 2025 in the event of an orderly Brexit by expenditure category, that is, compensation of employees, interest expenditure and so on as opposed to a disorderly Brexit as outlined in the economic and fiscal outlook in Budget 2020 in tabular form. [50098/19]