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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: They are interconnected; they are both about capacity.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: There are increases of 8%. The Tánaiste should get his head out of the sand.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The number of homeless persons across the State is 10,264, according to the figures the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government gave us yesterday. That is more than 10,000 people who are without a place to call a home and the figure includes almost 4,000 children. The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, described the figures as hugely...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: They represent a national scandal, not just a disappointment. This is not just about numbers. The Tánaiste said there was too much emotion involved in dealing with this issue, but perhaps there is not enough emotion in the debate. We are talking about real people in this so-called republic who are living in hotel rooms, bed and breakfast accommodation and family hubs. There are 4,000...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It was the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, who accused Bryan Dobson of having an ideological position.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: That is absolute nonsense from the Tánaiste. Sinn Féin has put forward proposal after proposal. Fianna Fáil trumpeted last year's budget as the housing budget and stated it had secured major decisions from the Government on housing. Six months later we have record numbers of homeless persons in the State. The Tánaiste continues to make the argument that the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to promotional practices of car dealers that have radio adverts for car finance available to persons with poor and bad credit history; and his views on whether this is predatory promotion for sub-prime credit. [14619/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of progress regarding the assertion of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission that car dealers could have to check the financial situation of prospective car buyers and proposed greater regulatory oversight of the sector. [14620/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that some members of the public are signing up to complex PCP finance deals without understanding the details of the finance and the negative implications of prospective first-time buyers of having PCP being detrimental to them accessing a mortgage. [14621/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Data (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance if table A.6 of the Central Bank money and banking statistics refers specifically to residential assets here that are securitised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14638/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Data (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of securitised assets that are residential mortgages securitised by exam bank here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14639/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on a funding application for a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14551/19]

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (27 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: With every passing day, we lurch closer to a British exit from the European Union without a deal that safeguards the interests of Ireland North and South. That is not something which anyone in the House wishes to see because we all know the dire consequences that it would entail, namely, the return of a hard border, severe economic difficulties on both parts of our island, the erosion of the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: No.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: And prevent homelessness.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Here we go, this is where the mask really slips.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Toss them out to homelessness.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (27 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance the average time taken by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman to acknowledge a complaint; if he will decide on the validity of the complaint and resolve cases in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14485/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme Funding (27 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 264. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application submitted by a local development group (details supplied) requesting additional centre staff as part of the Pobal-administered community services programme has been received; his views on the benefit that the additional resources being requested by the applicant could yield for the community in question; when a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Administration (26 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman is sufficiently resourced to handle the complaints it receives in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14486/19]