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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51228/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (10 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if JobPath participants can have safe pass paid on their behalf to increase their chances of securing employment; if so, the process and criteria in place in implementing such requests; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51594/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Data (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding allocated to flood risk management through the OPW in each of the years 2018 to 2027 that is already committed and due to be committed under the National Development Plan 2018-2027. [50958/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Data (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood defence schemes at construction stage; and the timelines for completion in tabular form. [50959/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Data (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood defence schemes planned from 2018 to 2027 under the National Development Plan 2018-2027; and the timeline for the completion of each in tabular form. [50960/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vehicle Registration (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 1 October 2019, when a reply will issue. [50707/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (5 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if a request for a national supplement reimbursement under GMS for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed on discretionary grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50718/19]

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

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Cathaoirleach and the Governor who I welcome to the committee. This is the Governor's first opportunity to come before the committee and I welcome it. I know we have had an opportunity to meet prior, so I welcome that also. I look forward to the engagement as we had with the Governor's predecessors, some of what may be robust and helpful and from the Governor's point of view...

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

Pearse Doherty: Is that 35% commercial real estate held by funds that Ms Donnery mentioned right across Ireland or is that concentrated in Dublin?

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-----