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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: At a meeting of Cork City Council one of the difficulties expressed is that whereas they are receiving money for road work programmes, bicycle lanes, bus routes, green routes and all the rest, their basic ability to deal with potholes and the absence of funding for that type of maintenance is causing difficulties. Is there a flexibility at the end of the year when there is a carryover that...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I am referring to Cork City Council.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Cork county has potholes.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: In respect of the application of the 10% rule, there are different headings. For example, under B3 - water services investment, there was a carry forward of €34 million and under E9 - Leader programme, there was a carry forward of €9 million. The carry forward from B3 runs in at around 10% of the initial sum granted in the year. However, under the Leader programme there was...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Why was the full 10% not carried over in the Leader programme?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: As Deputy Fleming indicated, there has been a difficulty with the start up of this programme. We hope that the full allocation will be used up from 2012.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: We are waiting on a response on that from the Department.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you, Minister.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: The purpose of the meeting is to consider a motion referred by the Dáil regarding the draft Capital Carryover Order for 2013 re Finance Act, 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013. Item 1 on the agenda is consideration of the motion and I welcome the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, and his officials and thank them for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (26 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is his intention that the property tax will be payable in instalments using various mediums such as An Post, the banks, the credit union and PayPal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10115/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman (26 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the situation whereby in the case of alleged miss-selling of endowment mortgages the consumer is not entitled to make a complaint to the Financial Services Ombudsman because of the six year rule; his views on whether it would be more appropriate that, in this case, the six year period run from the date of maturity of the policy rather than the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (26 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a determination will be made regarding a pension issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10221/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to enable a skin graft procedure to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9321/13]

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I commend Sinn Féin on bringing forward this motion. It is an important issue. It is necessary that the House debates it and I acknowledge that Sinn Féin, in bringing this motion before the House, allows Members to address it. However, three issues struck me regarding the Sinn Féin motion. The first is that there is no mention of homelessness, which is unfortunate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Access to Credit Provision: Discussion with Credit Review Office (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Deputy Peter Mathews has a supplementary question to ask.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Access to Credit Provision: Discussion with Credit Review Office (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I brought in the Deputy to ask a brief supplementary question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Access to Credit Provision: Discussion with Credit Review Office (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Yes, as always. I thank Mr. Trethowan for coming before the committee. There is broad respect and an appreciation of the work being done, among Members of the Houses and, more importantly, in the business sector. While Mr. Trethowan has brought a watchdog to the credit sector, we understand the office has responsibilities and obligations. It is not about getting credit for companies that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Access to Credit Provision: Discussion with Credit Review Office (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I ask the Deputy to get to the point or he will run out of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Access to Credit Provision: Discussion with Credit Review Office (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy has made his point and he is out of time. I call Deputy Mary Lou McDonald.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Access to Credit Provision: Discussion with Credit Review Office (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Mr. Trethowan is not the first witness to struggle with Deputy Mathews.