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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Expenditure (26 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1033. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of employing a person (details supplied) as chief executive officer and director of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, including employer's pay-related social insurance, employer's pension contributions, basic salary, expenses and directors' fees; and if the person contributes to their own pension. [20342/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Expenditure (26 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1034. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the current contract of a person (details supplied) with Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company will expire in February or March 2016, bringing that person up to seven years as chief executive officer; and if that person is reappointed, if he will receive a contract of indefinite duration; if this happens before...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Expenditure (26 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1030. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to three directors (details supplied) of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company who have received just under €400,000 in directors' fees over the past number of years, at a time when ordinary workers have seen their wages cut and when the harbour company has lost the Stena contract and made annual losses, his views on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Expenditure (26 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1031. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company has been designated a port of regional significance, along with the ports in Drogheda, Galway, New Ross and Wicklow, if the company fees to directors and chairpersons for all these harbours will come into line with one another; and the rates of same. [20340/15]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]: - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have reflected over the past few weeks on what I have learned as a new Deputy who came to Dáil Éireann four years ago as we approach a possible general election. What I have learned is that the defining characteristic of establishment politics, in so far as they dominate the main political parties in the State and the political machinery of Dáil Éireann, are the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Common Security and Defence Policy (19 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland supported the European Union request to the United Nations to sanction military action against migrant boats crossing from Libya to Europe; the discussions that preceded this request; the persons who participated in these discussions; and the role Ireland had; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19324/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (19 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish Government's position in relation to the ongoing wars in Libya, and elsewhere in the Middle East, in the context of the growing refugee crisis; his views that these wars are contributing to the refugee crisis, and if so, the demands the Irish Government has made, at European Union level, in relation to this; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 294. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who is on the waiting list for the National Rehabilitation Hospital in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19210/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Comrade.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Mr. Masding and his team for the information and for participating in the meeting. I will pursue the same theme of mortgage arrears as I am dealing with people in that situation. Will the delegation remind me, because one gets dizzy from the number of banks that have come in here to outline different policies-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I know what bank it is. I know who you are, Comrade Masding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Permanent TSB does not do write-downs of the residual after people have given back their home. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am dealing with a case which involves a customer of the bank. The young couple are both working but earn low incomes. They have been hit by all the stuff that everyone has been hit by so they had to sell their house. They are renting, are on a council housing list, their second child is on the way, rents are increasing rapidly and they are struggling. They had to give back their house...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I presume there are quite a few such cases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not mean to rush Mr. O'Sullivan. I understand he is trying to answer my question but I have a limited time to ask questions. Let us look at the scenario in which a family has filled out all of the financial statements and given up their home, which is a pretty big sacrifice. The bank knows that their income is very low and that they do not have anything to spare; they are in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have heard that answer and I will follow up on the individual case. I would hope that such a reasonable approach is being pursued.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to shift tack slightly now. The term "moral hazard" was deployed by both the Government and the banks when the mortgage crisis was at fever pitch a few years ago. At that time, some of us were saying that there should be an across the board write-down to market values and so on, but moral hazard was the argument deployed to counter that. Is the same principle applied when it comes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Fair enough. I should have known that. Mr. Masding cannot really comment on that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is fine. We will be dealing with that matter later. I wish to turn now to the cost of funding. The witnesses said that most of the funding for Permanent TSB comes from deposits, if I understood correctly. They said that 60% of its funding is from deposits and they cited that as one of the reasons for their difficulty in reducing the variable interest rate. Obviously, the witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What is the average interest rate for deposits?