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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (20 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 1084. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad chuige nár tháinig aon mhéadú ar an deontas reáchtála a íocadh le comharchumann i gContae Dhún na nGall anuraidh (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [12304/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Uasal Kissane chuig an choiste Gabhaim buíochas leis as ucht an cur i láthair iontach cuimsitheach a rinne sé. Bhris sé síos na hábhair uilig sna bainc difriúla. I welcome Mr. Kissane and thank him for his presentation which was very comprehensive. He has given us an under the bonnet look at what is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The issue of affected staff within AIB has not had a proper hearing. There is a view abroad that staff matters are only an issue for Bank of Ireland. I ask Mr. Kissane to address the fact that AIB has not dealt with all the staff issues. I understand the bank has dealt with some of them but that there are still individuals working for AIB who are victims of the tracker scandal who have not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Does Mr. Kissane understand that there are many people in that cohort? It is a horrible word to describe individuals who are victims.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: As I understand it, some of the cases within AIB are before the Ombudsman at this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Kissane mentioned the appeals process and I ask him to give his current view on the experience of that process in each of the banks. I ask because correspondence I have received from people dealing with Permanent TSB would indicate that its appeals process is very unsatisfactory. Is Permanent TSB an outlier in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I agree with Mr. Kissane and with his sentiments. The way these individuals have been treated is disgusting. It is heartbreaking. After one of the meetings the committee had with one of the banks, I received an email. The person wrote that she had cried and cried and cried, because her voice was being articulated for the first time by members of this committee. She had felt powerless....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I would like to ask about mortgages taken out individually and mortgages taken out jointly. We all know what happens in cases of separation, or when one party decides not to pay. Parties to a mortgage are jointly and individually liable. Yet when it comes to redress, it is only one payment. An individual might be wronged by the bank to a value of €20,000 and be offered...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, but I am not talking about the redress. I am talking about the compensation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I have also had correspondence from an individual who had to engage a solicitor to fight their case in the appeal. I presume this would apply to many people, who get not only legal representation but advisers such as Mr. Kissane. There are cases where the banks do not recognise the fees that are involved there. We have had the banks before the committee to tell us the schedule determining...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Before the appeal, however, many of these individuals-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Many of these individuals approached legal professionals or individuals like Mr. Kissane before the banks acknowledged their claim.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Yes. They were the pioneers who forced all this into the open, and there were charges as a result of that which were not acknowledged by the banks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: When representatives of one of the banks appeared before the committee, we questioned them at length on repossessions and contacting individuals who lost their homes. After that session I received a call from one of the victims, who was livid at the testimony given by the banks. They outlined to me in detail how in their view, the banks had misled the committee. They told me very clearly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I previously sent two cases to the Central Bank. Those cases involved documentation and evidence showing that during the period of the investigation by the Central Bank, lenders continued to challenge borrowers who were within the scope of the Central Bank examination and in those two cases, homes were lost as a result of the actions. The Central Bank is investigating that but given its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: That is a question we can definitely put to the banks at our next engagement.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Central Bank's Code of Practice on the Transfer of Mortgages is not enforceable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10836/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Costs (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the cost of insurance working group has examined to ensure a greater data granularity in the price of motor insurance in view of the fact that despite the CSO showing a decrease in premiums many persons are still receiving quotes for insurance that include a large increase in price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10837/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed deferred share bonus scheme of a bank (details supplied) would be subject to the excess bank remuneration charge of 45%; if a change to the taxation of non-standard performance related bank remuneration for the bank's executives would require legislative changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11560/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Clár Tógála Scoileanna (8 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé toilteanach páirt a ghlacadh i gcruinniú le húdaráis scoile agus le Teachtaí Dála áitiúla chun togra a phlé (sonraí tugtha); má tá, cén uair a bheidh an cruinniú seo ar siúl; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [11102/18]