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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: It is not my view, it is the HSE's.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is making the point that is the cause of the overrun-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: -----and if he is suggesting that was not budgeted for then he can provide the details to this committee.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: When are we likely to see the report on the potential taxiing of the financial institutions which was committed to in last year's Finance Act? I understood that it was to be published by now. My first question then is when will it be published?.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: On the issue of the health service and on looking back on the figures from the HSE, on a point of information, staffing costs were less than one third of non-pay costs in relation to the overrun. While we have been talking in generalities here, in the case of my local hospital, Letterkenny University Hospital, the number of people waiting over 18 months has increased by 17% since the start...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: No, the Minister does not, he deliberately chooses other areas, that is the reality.

Other Questions: Insurance Costs (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: It is never acted upon.

Other Questions: European Semester Process (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: It is very clear that the Commission is recommending something that Sinn Féin has putting forward for many years, namely, that the banks must deal with the fact that many households will not be able to pay the full amount on their mortgage and the solution is either repossession or the current position, which involves selling off to vulture funds, which will end up in the same position....

Other Questions: Insurance Costs (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: As I outlined last night, there have been huge delays in the implementation of the report. One of the biggest criticisms I had at the time of the report is that everything seemed to be long fingered, but even that long fingering has now resulted in a further long fingering in respect of the national claims information database and issues relating to premiums. What the Minister of State...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Do I have another supplementary?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: It was worth a try.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the shortage of housing supply and continued significant increases in residential property prices and rents represents a major domestic risk to the economy. [31483/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: In the view of an tAire, is the shortage of housing supply, and the significant increase in property prices including rental prices, a major domestic risk to the Irish economy? If he believes that is the case, what steps will he take in this year's budget to deal with the major risk that has been identified by many outside authorities, namely the housing crisis?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is talking about supply. Demand is approximately 30,000. Others estimate it as 40,000. We know the output is in the region of 16,000, so it is about 50% of what is needed. The European Commission in its report will talk about the supply responses being insufficient. It talks about this as the major risk to the Irish economy. While there may be other potential risks, this is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The fiscal rules prevent us from pro-cyclical economic policies. That is what they were designed for. What I am saying is under those rules, the prudent thing to do is to use the €1.4 billion available to the Government to build the houses that should have been built under Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael but were not. It left us with a massive social crisis where there are 10,000...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Negotiations (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations being undertaken with regard to customs in the event of a no-deal Brexit. [30972/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance when the report on banks and corporation tax will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30971/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance the role his Department played in the recent publication of the report on the role of Sparkasse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30970/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the cap on intangible assets that could be written off against profits was raised to 100% in budget 2015. [30969/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (11 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the use of securitisation vehicles by banks in which the State has an interest to reduce the liabilities on its balance sheet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31191/18]