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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Properties (23 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a formal request from a community based organisation (details supplied) regarding proposals to occupy and utilise a disused property for the purpose of delivering its programmes and services; if consideration will be given to such a venture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2795/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (23 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 361. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision in respect of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2925/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (23 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 364. To ask the Minister for Health if a device can be made available on discretionary terms to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2932/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (23 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list position of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a long-term bed at a residential facility in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3033/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (23 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 389. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a decision in respect of a medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3121/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Donations (23 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 391. To ask the Minister for Health the amount in donations received by the HSE by hospital or service for each of the past five years through the HSE donation fund form process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3158/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Donations (23 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints that have been received regarding dissatisfaction with the HSE donation fund process in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3159/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (23 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 421. To ask the Minister for Health if travel reimbursement for home support workers is deducted when calculating income for the purpose of medical card assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3362/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (23 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amendments proposed or being considered to the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006; the efforts being made to ensure that fishermen are afforded procedural fairness at all times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3190/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the witnesses and Professor Lane's statement that the bank will pursue individuals in terms of accountability if evidence presents. I also welcome the work done by the bank over recent months. The witnesses will be well aware that I have been very critical of the Central Bank's role in this issue, not only during Professor Lane's tenure but dating back to 2010. I do not intend to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Are IBRC customers the only ones who will not get their money back?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: They may not get all of the money that was taken wrongly by IBRC from their accounts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Professor Lane said that the vast majority of customers have been identified but that at this point there are a number of customers on the Central Bank's radar that the banks have not yet agreed are affected. Is it the case that as the examination continues, an additional number of cases could pop up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I hope there will be individual accountability in regard to this issue but I understand the Central Bank is restricted in terms of what it can say. I reiterate, this issue will present again and again until such times as individual bankers are held accountable for their actions. This point was made by a predecessor of Professor Lane on leaving his role in the Central Bank, and I agree with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Not necessarily.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: So 10% of turnover of one of the larger banks-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I am sorry for interrupting. There is no restriction. It will be 10% of turnover. There is a perception that there is a €10 million cap.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, that is my understanding. Prior to the amendment in 2013, was the cap €5 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: What is AIB's turnover at this point in time, approximately?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Jan 2018)

Pearse Doherty: With regard to the Ulster Bank figures, it is disappointing that 3,380 customers who were identified in September, with some having been identified at least a year before that, still have not been repaid. The banks will appear before us again and they have given us answers to prewritten answers. Ulster Bank is an outlier. The progress is absolutely appalling in comparison with PTSB and so...