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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: How come thousands of people can go on to a company's website when they get their renewal quote and get a reduced price, excluding the new customer offers that can range from 10% to 20% and are sometimes capped at a value of €150? How come this happens? It happens across the board. Is Mr. Hassett seriously telling me, as the CEO of Insurance Ireland, that he does not have a clue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: My final question relates to those who are insured abroad. Insurance Ireland moved on this a year and a half ago when a process was set up. The witnesses might recount this to the committee. Many people are very frustrated. For instance, I was contacted by one individual who was insured by AXA Insurance in another European country. When the person moved back to Ireland their no-claims...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I am not talking about pricing. Companies can price whatever way they want-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: If a company insures a customer in Germany and the same company insures that person in Ireland when they return home, should the company not accept that the customer has a no-claims record with the company?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: That does not get away from the fact that some insurance companies will not recognise that a person was insured with the same company in a different jurisdiction and has a clean driving record. When such individuals return they lose their no-claims bonus and are fleeced.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (20 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will engage with the UK Government to resolve the ongoing dispute over the ownership of Lough Foyle in the context of the decision by the UK to withdraw from the London Fisheries Convention, effective upon Brexit. [47904/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (20 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to providing additional school transport for a student (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48055/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (20 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to provide additional transport by Bus Éireann for students (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48160/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (20 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Country Donegal was not provided with ambulance transport back to the county following an operation in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48155/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (20 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed will be provided in the woodville ward, St Joseph’s Community Hospital, County Donegal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48156/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 205. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be admitted into full-time residential care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48157/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments (20 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 206. To ask the Minister for Health if the rehabilitative training allowance for new entrants will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48158/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments (20 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 207. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the inequality new entrants are encountering caused by the decision to cease the rehabilitative training allowance for new entrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48159/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (20 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the necessary funding will be provided to complete the breakwater at Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal, a project that his Department previously funded to its current stage. [47902/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (20 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a funding application has been received from Bord Iascaigh Mhara for the construction of a new sea survival centre at the National Fisheries College in Greencastle, County Donegal in 2020; and if the necessary funding as announced in 2016 will be provided. [47903/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (20 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend high-speed fibre broadband to a household (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48153/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (20 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has received an email from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal outlining the need for high-speed fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48154/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (20 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is acceptable for the National Transport Authority to repeatedly refuse to confirm a meeting with a cross-party delegation of public representatives from the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal, to discuss their concerns regarding the changes to the public bus services from Inishowen to Letterkenny; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports made available to the owners of properties in which defective blockwork has been identified and in which the property in question is a non-principal private residence; if consideration has been given to providing relief from VAT and-or other supports to owners of such properties with respect to the cost of...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It appears that we will just be getting the information from Revenue Commissioners as to when they are going to implement this. They are saying that they will push ahead with this on 1 January 2020. The substantive issue is the impact it will have on 600,000 workers. What assessment, if any, has the Minister carried out with regard to these changes? I have said many times at the committee...