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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank (4 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome that additional work in this area will be published. My concern is in regard to the sharp increase in prices in commercial property. I note Professor Lane's point that they are not increasing at the same rate. I would like to discuss the issue of interest rates and mortgage interest rates. While I acknowledge that a number of lenders have been reducing their interest rates...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank (4 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Professor Lane is aware that there is an ongoing review relating to bankers' pay that is looking at whether the cap of €500,000 is appropriate going into the future. Of course, Bank of Ireland has always breached the latter threshold. Has the Central Bank fed into that review? If he is in a position to do so, will Professor Lane outline his opinion in that regard? This was probably...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (4 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the emergence of new financial products that involve a service in which the lender buys directly from a shop on behalf of borrowers such as a website (details supplied); the rights of the borrowers in this scenario; and his plans to regulate the products. [40360/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (4 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost implications of a €500 increase or decrease in the small gift exemption under capital acquisitions tax rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40390/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Compensation Fund (4 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for those awaiting the 100% of their claims following the collapse of a company (details supplied) to receive their money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40472/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (4 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 154. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) to the HSE for the approval and reimbursement of a drug to treat a medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40500/18]

Taxation Orders 2018: Motion (3 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Our position as a party is very clear: double taxation agreements are good. They can allow citizens to work without being taxed twice. They can, however, also be exploited and used as a way of avoiding tax and of exploiting developing countries. Regarding this specific agreement, however, has the Minister of State made any estimate of the amount of unrelieved double taxation Irish...

Taxation Agreement: Motion (3 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas fá choinne an deis labhartha ar an rún seo atá os comhair an Tí anocht. Tá Sinn Féin ag tabhairt tacaíochta don rún seo. Tá sé tábhachtach ó thaobh an phróisis BEPS. Níl sé gan locht. Níl dabht ar bith go bhfuil lochtanna ann. Tá deacrachtaí móra againn ó thaobh an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (3 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the average response times taken by ambulance crews to respond to all emergency call-outs in County Donegal during August and September 2018; the number of occasions that the time taken to respond exceeded the average response time; the date on which each exceedance occurred; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40132/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (2 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason some mortgage holders have been written to by their banks demanding photo identification; if there have been recent legal or regulatory changes that provoked these letters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39457/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (2 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 373. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 773 of 7 September 2018, if the application submitted by hospital management to have the facility reopened has been formally assessed; the details of the application submitted including costings; when a decision will be made in respect of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39598/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 374. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for capital funding to redevelop a training facility (details supplied) for adults with intellectual disabilities in County Donegal; when a decision in respect of the application will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39599/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to develop a funding package to sustain and meet the long-term funding needs of a facility (details supplied) that provides training services and supports to children with disabilities and their families in County Donegal; if further discussions between the HSE and the service provider are scheduled to take place; and if he will make...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I will raise the issue of overcrowding. Last month, 8,000 sick and injured people were left without a bed, an increase on the previous year. Scandalously, 30 of them were children. Letterkenny University Hospital is top of the list in terms of the number of patients on trolleys and in wards. This morning as we speak there are 27 people on trolleys in that hospital. Every day last year...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Homeless numbers are also going up.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Pearse Doherty: This morning, the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, published its quarterly rental index for quarter 2 of 2018, which shows that rents continue to spiral out of control. The average cost of renting a home across the State is now €1,094. This equates to an annual increase of 7.6%. In the greater Dublin area, the situation is even worse in that average rents are now a shocking...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Existing rents are not in line with the RPZs. I am sure the Minister has read the report. The increase in rents was 4.9%, which is in excess of the 4% cap. The Minister's reference to the volatility of quarter-on-quarter reports is accurate but the problem is that the Government does not understand the pressures that renters are under at this point. According to the RTB report, rents in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Pearse Doherty: That will not stop rent increases.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme Funding (27 Sep 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 204. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional supports, including funding, will be made available to community organisations which provide community services through the community services programme administered by Pobal; if his attention has been drawn to the financial difficulties being experienced by such organisations owing to minimum and living wage...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The summer economic statement sets out the amount of discretionary spending that is available to the Minister in budget 2019. That was estimated at €800 million given that the Minister was not going to use €900 million and was going to put €500 million into the rainy day fund. Less than two weeks out from budget day, does he expect that figure to increase or decrease or...