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

Michael Creed: I welcome our guests. I concur with Deputy Donnelly's comment that those who are not compliant ultimately end up facing legal proceedings. I am sure my constituency experience of the matter is repeated the length and breadth of the country. I often find that a certain cohort of the people involved in legal proceedings with whom I have become familiar through my constituency activities are...

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

Michael Creed: MABS would be one option. I appreciate the issues arising in regard to allowing the banks to divulge information to a third party but I am simply wondering if alternatives to the nuclear option have been explored.

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

Michael Creed: I note the welcome growth in mortgage lending in 2013. I understand there is a legal obligation on customers to take out life insurance policies before they can be approved for mortgages.

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

Michael Creed: Does permanent tsb have a preferred provider for mortgage insurance?

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

Michael Creed: Did that situation apply in previous years?

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

Michael Creed: In regard to mortgages that are currently in arrears, in respect of which customers took out life assurance policies and, perhaps, payment protection policies, does the bank track payments on those policies? I would like to know the number of people in mortgage arrears who have up to date payment protection policies.

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

Michael Creed: If somebody cancels a direct debit or a life assurance policy, does the bank or the provider of the policy pursue that as diligently as it pursues mortgage arrears? The provider would clearly notify the bank given that it has an interest in the policy.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Retirement Scheme (8 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: 474. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has conducted a cost benefit analysis on the obligatory retirement age for privates and corporals in the Permanent Defence Force; the consultations if any he has had with PDFORRA on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16110/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (2 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: 163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria being used by his Department when determining which unfinished estates are to be demolished; the consent required by his Department from the various stakeholders including local authorities, financial institutions, tenants and property owners when considering demolition; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (2 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: 164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of unfinished estates that are to be demolished in 2014; the way these estates were selected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15496/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (1 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: 299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15276/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (1 Apr 2014)

Michael Creed: 300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15277/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (26 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: 120. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 133 of 5 December, 2013 and 121 of 12 December, 2013 if the interdepartmental working group to oversee the formulation of a threat response plan dealing with the hen harrier population has yet been established; if he will provide details of the officials involved in the working group; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: 222. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that sufficient resources, including resources for theatre availability for surgery and post-operative care, is available within the public health service to deal with adolescent scoliosis; the information available to him regarding the numbers of young adolescents awaiting surgery in this area; the number of procedures carried out weekly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional permanent accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13415/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (25 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: 493. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13245/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (25 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: 808. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the recent Government decision on admitting some Syrian refugees if he will clarify the procedures for accepting applications in this context; if Syrian refugees now in Turkey who have family members who have acquired Irish citizenship are entitled to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14192/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (25 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: 895. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the stated objective of his Department in supporting artisan food producers, if he will cover the cost of additional TB and brucellosis testing imposed on farmers who sell small volumes of raw milk to cheese manufacturers as in many instances the small volumes of milk involved and the cost of the current regime of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (25 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: 925. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is being given in his Department to approving grant aid for the re-establishment of forestry plantations which were felled in the recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14187/14]

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

Michael Creed: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details provided) in County Cork which secured an additional mainstream teacher in September 2013 was provided with or is entitled to any assistance towards the cost of classroom accommodation for this teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12752/14]