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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE and private home support staff who were tested for Covid-19 by county; the number that remain to be tested by county in tabular form in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13866/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 718. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13967/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 719. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment to attend for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13968/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 847. To ask the Minister for Health when paediatric physiotherapy services will resume in a Dungloe Community Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14422/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome our guests. My colleagues will ask more questions later, but I will focus on two issues regarding the impact on consumers of Covid-19. I am sure that Mr. Makhlouf is aware of the response, issued on 22 June, of the deputy governor of the Central Bank to detailed questions from me. In that response, Ms Sharon Donnery, the deputy governor, stated that the EBA guidelines do allow...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: That is fine. To clarify, does that mean that interest does not need to be charged to prevent the loan being considered as going into default?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Does that mean that interest is not required to accrue to prevent default or a credit rating impact on the customer?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Is it the case that interest is not required to accrue to prevent default or a credit rating impact on the customer?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Has the Central Bank ever required lenders to allow for the accrual of interest during that period? Has it advised or required lenders to have interest accruing during the payment break period?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Will Mr. Makhlouf comment on the meeting that took place between the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, and the Minister for Business, Innovation and Enterprise, Deputy Humphreys, and the heads of the five retail banks in this State, and also including Mr. Brian Hayes, who represents the industry through the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland. I will quote some...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Regarding those minutes, can Mr. Makhlouf clarify that those statements are not accurate, that the regulator never required interest to be accrued, that it would not trigger a default, and that it would not trigger a credit mechanism? Is that the case?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Is the Governor familiar with the position taken by a number of other European jurisdictions? I think the Commission's report referred to about 12 European jurisdictions where the cost is borne by the banks as opposed to the consumers, including in Germany, Italy, Spain and Belgium. Very interestingly in Belgium KBC Bank voluntarily has not charged interest to low-income borrowers during...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: When the chief executive of the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland, Mr. Brian Hayes, noted at the meeting that the approach being taken here was the same as across Europe and was in line with the rules the banks were obligated to follow, that was not necessarily true because as Mr. Makhlouf said, there are various approaches across Europe and indeed many jurisdictions did not charge...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I want Mr. Makhlouf to give me his view of the Central Bank's approach. Is it the case that the approach here is the same as across Europe, because he just said there are varying approaches across Europe, some as a result of legislation and some done voluntarily-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: -----with many jurisdictions not charging interest?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Those guidelines allowed for interest to be accrued or interest to not be accrued.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I refer to business interruption. We have discussed this in detail in our meetings and I appreciated that opportunity. On 27 March 2020 Mr. Makhlouf wrote to the CEOs of the Irish-regulated insurance companies setting out his expectations and those of the Central Bank in light of Covid-19. He stated in that letter: "...where a claim can be made because a business has closed, as a result...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: What is the Central Bank going to do? The insurance companies have just decided to ignore its advice. We are left in the situation where four publicans have taken a case and another thousand publicans are ready to take one. Some 15 restaurants are taking a case with another 160 or so in the wings. I know of hairdressers and community groups that are ready to take cases. In Britain the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Governor.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school transport will not be provided for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal to accommodate their July provision attendance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13388/20]