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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I get that, and with respect to Mr. Burgess he has provided the committee with a solution with regard to the mortgage housing payment, but he is also arguing for sales to the vulture funds. The argument, put forward by many, is that we should not sell to the vulture funds because we need to come up with other solutions to try to deal with individuals who simply cannot afford to pay. Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Where does the figure of 10,000 people come from?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I will move on as I have limited time and my colleagues want to come in also. Will Dr. O'Hagan-Luff comment on the proceedings around the legal difficulty in repossessions? Mr. Burgess presented the committee with three case files representing how the system is not working. In two of the cases orders were granted by the courts for repossessions. This may indicate that the system did...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I have made this point to Mr. Hall before, but again I thank his organisation for the assistance it provides to individuals and for the engagement I have had with it, as a public representative, on behalf of constituents. We get an insight into some of the detail of these cases. Other questions will be picked up by my colleagues, but I have one question about when an individual has failed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I will leave it there. I will come back on some of the issues that have been raised, including the 17,000 figure. I am sure others will pick up on these issues as well.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid (17 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if the United States Government has sought a role in aspects of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21846/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Data (17 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a State-owned bank (details supplied) is seeking access to the social media of potential mortgage holders; his views on the practice; if other banks engage in the behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21847/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the methodology used by the Garda Training College for the purpose of determining the allocation of new Garda recruits to Garda divisions and individual Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21780/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria employed for the purpose of determining if a Garda station can be assigned new Garda recruits; if the number of existing gardaí employed at a station, station grade, vehicle numbers and so on are all discernible factors which are taken into account when making such a decision; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda division in each of the years from 2012 to 2017, inclusive, and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21782/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in the Donegal division in each of the years 2012 to 2017, and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21783/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The point Mr. Coffey made earlier in his opening statement on how taxable income is determined is good advice to the committee. It is better than arguing on whether it should be 12% or 8%. Much of that is because of how we calculate taxable income. People may suggest taxable income which is not calculated as taxable income should be calculated as such and, accordingly, come up with...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: On that suggestion in terms of a recommendation on the level of claims, caps and so on, I agree with Mr. Coffey's proposal that we should be doing this annually or at least biennially because there have been dramatic shifts in terms of research and development tax credits in recent years and we need to keep up to speed with them. Is Mr. Coffey familiar with the document dump, one of those we...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The knowledge development box was supposed to complement the research and development tax credit. We have learned that there has been a very low rate of pick-up this year. It was confirmed to me by the Patents Office that not a single small or medium enterprise, SME, has applied for the scheme. We were told that the knowledge development box would be a major benefit for SMEs but none has...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: There are two different topics I want to discuss on a separate issue. It is the issue of intangible assets. It may not be one of Mr. Coffey's main recommendations but one that I picked out of the report on the day it was published was the reintroduction of the 80% cap for the writing-off of intangible assets against profits. We are glad that the Finance Act acted on that issue. I have...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: As someone who has looked at this in detail and who has provided a lot of information to us as legislators, an argument has been made that this could cause reputational damage among companies that brought their intellectual property or intangible assets onshore at a time when the tax code said that they would have a 100% write-off against future profits. Would it not be bad form of the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I call on Mr. Coffey to comment on this point. This is my final question but this point is tangential. My colleagues have discussed the concentration of corporation tax receipts. It is well known that nine companies or groups account for nearly 40%. There is an argument that we should not be using those receipts, or at least a certain portion of them, on repeated expenditure or tax cuts....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I will finish in ten seconds, Chairman. Given the volatility of corporation tax receipts, would it not be advisable to ensure those receipts are used not for recurrent expenditure or tax cut but to deal with the catch-up requirements of the economy? For example, should they be used to build the houses that we need to meet demand? Should they be used for other investment that was...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The data published this morning by daft.ieshows that more than half of all rental properties in Dublin are being listed as short-term lets. That is something we in Sinn Féin and Deputy Eoin Ó Broin have focused on in particular. We are concerned that professional landlords with multiple listings are misusing the system and using short-term platforms to boost their profits. We...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Over the past 24 hours we have learned that two women with cervical cancer who had contacted CervicalCheck in 2016 were refused direct access to the results of the audit of their smear tests. This information is contained in a letter from CervicalCheck to the chief medical officer, Dr. Tony Holohan, in October 2016. A separate memo in March 2016 says that doctors were told to use their...