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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Stamp Duty (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I certainly hope the Minister is not going to dab back.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tracker Mortgage Examination (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: With regard to the update, I was hoping we might have some more concrete figures. As we know and as Deputy Michael McGrath has alluded to, since the announcement there have been 6,000 additional victims of the tracker mortgage scandal in Bank of Ireland. There is no certainty, however, and there are no targets for when all 6,000 individuals will be compensated and have redress. People are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tracker Mortgage Examination (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The issue of compensation has been discussed widely at our committee meetings for many months now. We are in sync here in believing the arrangement is not working. We have heard testimonies showing it is not. I believe this will be dealt with only through the courts unless there is action to set up some type of uniform redress scheme. This is why we have taken forward the class-action...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tracker Mortgage Examination (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will receive the next update from the Central Bank with regards to the tracker mortgage examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51309/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Functions (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to implement the actions attributed to his Department under the measures to enhance the States corporate, economic and regulatory framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50885/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the growing number of older persons that find themselves facing a choice between huge increases in premiums or a loss of value in their life cover due to the whole-of-life policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50884/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Licensed Moneylenders (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for legislation to set a cap on the interest rate that can be charged by moneylenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50883/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance the grounds on which the increase in commercial stamp duty will be sustainable; the expected revenue achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50882/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 129. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding has been committed to progress the installation and construction of a sea wall and associated coastal defences at Machaire Rabhartaigh in County Donegal; if so, the amount of funding that has been allocated for this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51254/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 130. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the installation and construction of a sea wall and associated coastal defences at Machaire Rabhartaigh in County Donegal; the costings associated with these planned works; when construction is expected to commence on this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51255/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 137. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future of long term residential care at a facility (details supplied); if bed capacity reductions are being considered as part of these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51256/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 138. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future of long term residential care at a facility (details supplied); if bed capacity reductions are being considered as part of these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51257/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 139. To ask the Minister for Health if reports detailing the investment and service needs of community hospitals in County Donegal (details supplied) will be made available to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51258/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Care Services (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 161. To ask the Minister for Health if a policy position has now been agreed in respect of the status of the loco parentis policy in relation to the current HSE review of care services and supports for children with life limiting conditions and complex healthcare needs; if service users and their families have been updated accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51328/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (30 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if the operational appraisal into the Ballyshannon campus site in County Donegal to examine respite service provision options within CHO1 and as requested by HSE corporate management is now complete; if he will provide the details of the report's findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51330/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers: Chairman, Office of the Revenue Commissioners (29 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Without dewelling on it, I want to pick up on the terminology used, including tax planning, tax efficiency, tax avoidance and tax evasion. Clearly, tax evasion is illegal. What is the status of tax avoidance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers: Chairman, Office of the Revenue Commissioners (29 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The reason I have asked the question is Mr. Cody has said that if there is evidence of aggressive tax avoidance contrary to Irish legislation - I do not want to get into a debate about definitions - it is no longer tax avoidance but tax evasion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers: Chairman, Office of the Revenue Commissioners (29 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Very good work was done on the medical consultants project. I commend the work of the Revenue Commissioners. I have always been impressed by it, despite my difficulties with the Apple case and all the rest. As it predated Mr. Cody's time, I will give him a pass on it. One of the issues with the Paradise Papers is the interaction of the financial institutions with their subsidiaries and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers: Chairman, Office of the Revenue Commissioners (29 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Was it in the past two years? It has been reported that there was a request and then a court order, with the result that the issue was dealt with in the courts on the Isle of Man. Does Mr. Cody have any indication as to when that happened?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers: Chairman, Office of the Revenue Commissioners (29 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Was it not AIB?