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Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: I want to dispel one thing that has been consistent from the Opposition, which is that the Government has done nothing on this. People are looking for a roadmap. There is a roadmap. There is the motor insurance report in conjunction with the report of the Personal Injuries Commission, PIC. I have been struck by one thing when meeting people, and since I have come into this job I have met...

Credit Union Sector Report: Motion (8 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: The Deputy should not misrepresent what was said.

Credit Union Sector Report: Motion (8 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: We have supported most of the 27 recommendations. The Deputy is choosing to ignore that.

Credit Union Sector Report: Motion (8 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: Again, that is misrepresentation. The Deputy is misrepresenting everything that was said.

Credit Union Sector Report: Motion (8 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: That is not the case.

Credit Union Sector Report: Motion (8 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: The Deputy misrepresents everything that has been said.

Credit Union Sector Report: Motion (8 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: The Department is implementing most of those recommendations. The Deputy is choosing to ignore that.

Credit Union Sector Report: Motion (8 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: I do listen. I am listening to condescension.

Credit Union Sector Report: Motion (8 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: I said we would do so but the Deputy chose to ignore that.

Credit Union Sector Report: Motion (8 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: The credit union in Gorey provided hugely important cashflow to those businesses. I know from speaking to other businesses over the years that the credit union has always been there. The Government and the Minister are supportive of a change to section 35. The Government is supportive of change, and there will be a paper on tiered regulation, which will be available next month. Time is...

Credit Union Sector Report: Motion (8 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: No.

Credit Union Sector Report: Motion (8 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: The discussions that have taken place on this motion on the report on the review of the credit union sector are timely and I very much welcome them. On behalf of the Minister for Finance, I thank the House for the opportunity to engage in this debate. The Government welcomes the report and the significant work undertaken by the committee in its review and acknowledges that both the...

Credit Union Sector Report: Motion (8 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: On behalf of the Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, I drew the Government's attention to the joint committee's report. The motion offers a welcome opportunity to address the House on the importance of the credit union sector and, in particular, to discuss the report of the joint committee, which followed the credit union advisory committee, CUAC, report in 2016. I welcome...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Medical Certificates (8 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. The disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax concessions) scheme provides relief from VAT and VRT, up to a certain limit, on the purchase of an adapted car for transport of a person with specific severe and permanent physical disabilities, payment of a fuel grant and an exemption from motor tax. To qualify for the scheme, an applicant must...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Medical Certificates (8 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: A number of improvements were made in January 2016. First, for those citizens who required extensive modifications to their vehicles to take account of their disabilities, where the cost of the modifications exceeded the cost of the vehicles, a category of extensively adapted vehicle was provided for drivers and passengers. The VRT and VAT relief on such vehicles can be up to a figure of...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: I wish to thank Deputy Michael McGrath again for the preparation of this Bill, and the other contributors to this debate this evening. As the Minister said earlier in the debate, it is important to put the issue in its broader context. Much has been done by the Government to help keep people in their homes, including the credit servicing legislation, the code of conduct on mortgage arrears,...

Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: Some politicians are a liability as well.

Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: We have established a protocol with Insurance Ireland but Deputy McGrath does not want to listen.

Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: Deputy McGrath can keep shouting and ignore the work that is being done.

Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: That is all he is doing - ignoring the work that is being done.