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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I do not want to be rude but I am not clear about this. I have discussed a number of letters at this committee about the dysfunctionality of the insurance industry. One letter from the Central Bank to the Minister for Finance states that an insurance company provided false information to the Central Bank. It goes on to state that the Central Bank was powerless to act in this regard. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Must the institution itself be found guilty of an action before a decision or action can be taken by the Central Bank relating to an individual? It seems that, if an individual supplied false and misleading information to the Central Bank on insurance reporting matters, the Central Bank would have no powers to act because it would have to establish that the company itself was deliberately...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The Central Bank can only take action on foot of a statutory request for information, not on the basis of voluntary information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: It happened a couple of years ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I raised this because I have drafted legislation to close the lacuna in the law and it will come before the finance committee in due course. We will have to discuss it at that time.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 143. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44303/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 156. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card or general practitioner visit card holders are exempt from charges arising from blood tests performed at general practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44348/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (19 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing an application for the AEOS 2 plan by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44301/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: It is going to be successful.

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome that the Minister for Finance is finally going to bring in the CEOs of the banks. It is ten months after I called on the Government to do that on the Order of Business. Today, I want to ask about the scandal of the victims of Setanta Insurance, which collapsed in 2014. They have been painstakingly through the courts process. There are over 1,500 active claimants. Is the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: We had a vote on budget night and Deputy Michael McGrath voted against.

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: It is another case of brass neck.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Three years on.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Banking (18 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 194. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when he will publish the report on public banking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44102/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid (17 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance the dates his Department has received regarding the date for the appeal by the State against the European Court of Justice, ECJ, ruling on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43945/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (17 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance the detailed allocation for fiscal space in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43986/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 3 October 2017, if the actual enrolment figures relating to the school referred to have now been received by the appeals board; if a decision has been made to uphold the school's appeal in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43525/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 310. To ask the Minister for Health if full cover is in place for personnel employed at a respite facility (details supplied) in County Donegal who are availing of maternity leave or parental leave entitlements; the gaps in staff cover at the facility as a result; the number of hours each day for which cover is not in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43553/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (17 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal had an appointment cancelled at Our Lady’s children’s hospital, Crumlin; when another appointment will be issued to this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43747/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 402. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a new appointment from the Mater hospital for surgery; the reason the original appointment was cancelled by the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43980/17]