Results 14,281-14,300 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (14 May 2014)

Michael Creed: 129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that housing estates (details supplied) in County Cork are the subject of negotiations between his Department, Irish Water and Cork County Council with regard to their possible takeover by Irish Water; if, in these circumstances where the pumping station-treatment facilities are regularly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 May 2014)

Michael Creed: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review his Department's decision to decline provision of additional classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the fact that all existing accommodation is utilised to the maximum and the school faces the prospect of not being able to accommodate children in September 2014 without the provision...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Funding (7 May 2014)

Michael Creed: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider a grant application for home tuition in respect of a student (details supplied) with a view to backdating the approval to the date the application was originally submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20391/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (6 May 2014)

Michael Creed: 225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20069/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (30 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: 289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to expedite a decision on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18615/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (30 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: 290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to expedite a decision on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who attended an oral hearing on 8 April 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18616/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (30 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: 629. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of recruitment envisaged to An Garda Síochána in 2014; the number of applicants that may be held in reserve from this process for future Garda recruitment campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19660/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Services (15 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: 382. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the restrictions in place for the transportation of ink toner cartridges by post in and out of Ireland; and if there are proposals to review these restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17333/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (15 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: 528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason electronic tagging of horses is expected to cost approximately €100 when the cost of electronic tagging in registering a sheep is less than £2.00 and a bovine is approximately €5.00; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17877/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Exports Controls (15 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: 680. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the restrictions in place regarding the transportation of ink toner cartridges in and out of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17332/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Bank of Ireland (10 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: Is it not the case, given the bank's reluctance to write-off the residual debt in an assisted voluntary sale, that the bank's balance sheet benefits substantially more when there is an assisted voluntary sale where there is positive equity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Bank of Ireland (10 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: I have a final question. Mr. McLoughlin said earlier in reply to a question from Deputy Lynch that bank staff do not get incentive pay. Does that apply across all staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Bank of Ireland (10 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: Does the bank require a different slate of solutions for microenterprises the debt level of which may not be associated with a tangible asset, for example, buy-to-let properties, in which many other SMEs may have invested? The debt may relate to the expansion of the business that did not work out, but a viable core business remains. I can think of a number of such businesses in my area...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Bank of Ireland (10 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: Is it policy that Bank of Ireland will not close the core business?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Bank of Ireland (10 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: However, there is an excessive concentration on buy-to-let lending. Businesses have debts on other investments that are no longer tangible assets which are in danger of dragging down the core business. They may have made myriad non-productive investments, but they cannot repay the debts associated with them. Every business did not purchase a buy-to-let property and there are debts not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Bank of Ireland (10 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: The representatives might give us the benefit of their experience in operating the scheme, indicating which gatekeepers are superfluous in the process and how it might be streamlined more effectively because it is a good solution which allows people to remain in the house that they call home. There are too many gatekeepers along the line based on what Mr. Mason said and if we can streamline...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Bank of Ireland (10 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: How many assisted voluntary sales involve candidates in positive equity? Does someone in positive equity run a higher risk of being a candidate for such a sale?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Bank of Ireland (10 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: Much of the debate has been on the mortgage side. I refer to the SME sector. Bank of Ireland's presentation referred to sustainable solutions having been put in place for nine out of ten of its SME borrowers who were in arrears. I want to zone in on the 10% of the SME sector for whom no solution is in place. The SME sector is a broad church. Fortunately it is a real engine of our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: I thank Mr. Duffy and his team from AIB. My mood has swung wildly while I have been sitting here. On the one hand, I was very impressed by the presentation, but then, on the other, I keep going back to my constituency experience, with which the presentation jars significantly. There are two main issues, the first of which is the bank's definition of affordability. I appreciate it has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Permanent TSB and AIB (9 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: Has the Deputy had a lot of pudding in the past few days?