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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Is it only that area that the Central Bank is looking at, namely, the five year and the ten-year rule? Is the Central Bank looking at the 15% as well, or will that remain in terms of the concentration of overall lending?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: One of the biggest criticisms I have in terms of the regulation of credit unions is that the Central Bank has not applied a tiered regulation, as a one-size-fits-all approach is not the solution. It was argued here a couple of years ago that we should take the current approach and then move to a more tiered system. Will we now take a tiered approach or will there be flexibility for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: What about the timeframe? I know the consultation will happen within weeks but how long is it expected to be before decisions are taken and that we will see changes if they are introduced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to comment on some of the specific credit union proposals. The Department has compiled a report on local public banking and what has become known as the Sparkasse model in the context of filling the gap that many have suggested exists. Do the witnesses support the concept of a Sparkasse model being introduced instead of credit unions filling the gap in respect of lending for SMEs? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Some of that was addressed in the opening statements. I just wanted to get a handle on where the organisations stand. My party and I are long-time supporters of public banking. With the pillar banks not meeting the needs of certain sections of society, it would be a terrible crime if we missed the opportunity to deal with the issue of public banking, whether that means the credit unions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I am not underestimating the capacity of the credit union movement to change and adapt. Mr. Molan outlined clearly how that has happened and how credit unions have had to respond to the Credit Union and Co-Operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012, as well as some of the advancements that have taken place. I am concerned about some of the shackles, as I have referred to them, or the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I would like to get clarification on that because the information on the record from the Minister is that CUDA has been through all of the processes and that it is now able to invest in a special purpose vehicle set up by one of the approved housing bodies. That is our understanding. There is a special purpose vehicle, CUDA is approved to invest in it and the league is likely to be in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, so-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I hear Mr. Johnson's point very clearly on the classification of the approved housing bodies and how that has potentially torpedoed what was on offer six years ago and should have happened many years ago. That is why I talk about the frustration about the length of time being taken. That was out of the hands of the credit union movement. Mr. Johnson mentioned that he thought the best...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The only affordable housing scheme in the State at the moment is the Ballymun scheme. It has an arrangement with AIB as the credit unions cannot fund a co-operative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Is that the type of area CUDA would like to get into?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Bodies (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance the involvement of State bodies under his aegis or the details of representatives of State-backed banks that are attending Saudi Arabia's Future Investment Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43221/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Reports (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners' tender for a report was completed (details supplied); if so, when the report was compiled and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43324/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Data (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners hold data on the number of workers paid weekly, fortnightly, monthly and so on; and if so, if it will provide same. [43676/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 343. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the involvement of State bodies under her aegis in attending Saudi Arabia's Future Investment Initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43222/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 371. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment from Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43242/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (23 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 443. To ask the Minister for Health when the short stay ward in Letterkenny University Hospital will be open; the number of beds which will be opened in 2018; the plans in budget 2019 that included this opening; the number of beds that will be opened in 2019 and 2020; if they will be open on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43668/18]