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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2017: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: We all have to acknowledge that there has been a transformation in respect of how the office of the ombudsman deals with these cases and how financial institutions are engaging to try to resolve them informally, through mediation and through the decision process. There has been a step-change in how the office is dealing with this in respect of a large number of cases. I understand that in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2017: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: That is fine. I accept the bona fides of the Minister of State in his approach to this section, which is about trying to ensure the best outcome, based on mediation and the informal process, is maintained. However, the existing legislation does contain the word "shall" and provides for a large percentage to be resolved through mediation and the informal mechanism. That provision has not...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2017: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 24:In page 50, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: "(a) within 35 days of the date of notification of the decision of the Financial Services Ombudsman, or". Amendment No. 24 deals with the length of time an individual, financial institution or pension provider has to appeal a decision to the High Court. Currently, the timeframe in this regard is quite...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Supervision (29 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the notifications received by the Central Bank to date under chapter 3.12 of the consumer protection code by notifying bank, date of notification and branch location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30529/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Supervision (29 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance the compliance measures the Central Bank put in place to ensure that the obligations under chapter 3.12 of the consumer protection code are met after notification is received; the action the Central Bank has taken in cases in which the notifying bank failed to meet the obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30530/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Supervision (29 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if the obligations under chapter 3.12 of the consumer protection code apply to cases in which a bank is drastically reducing its services at a branch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30531/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (29 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the clause (details supplied) now contained in some updated mortgages; if he or the Central Bank is of the view that such a carte blanche exemption from liability is within the spirit of the codes of conduct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30533/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Oideachas Gaeltachta (29 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 172. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir leis an liúntas is déanaí a fógraíodh an 9ú Bealtaine 2017 le cuidiú le soláthraithe seirbhíse luathoideachais Gaeltachta ó thaobh tacaíochtaí teanga, cad chuige nach raibh deontas curtha ar fáil do sholáthraí i gContae Dhún na nGall (sonraí...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Oideachas Gaeltachta (29 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 173. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir leis an liúntas is déanaí a fógraíodh an 9ú Bealtaine 2017 le cuidiú le soláthraithe seirbhíse luathoideachais Gaeltachta ó thaobh tacaíochtaí teanga, cad chuige nach raibh deontas curtha ar fáil do sholáthraí i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí...

European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: With another European Council gone, another opportunity has been missed to put forward Ireland's demands and another chance has gone to tell the European Union that while moral support and rhetoric are fine and well, what this country, North and South, needs is real practical support. A first step would be for the Taoiseach to follow through on a promise he made to his party faithful while...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (28 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the insurance compensation fund legislation to allow the claimants at a company (details supplied) that are likely to be compensated soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30254/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (28 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance the action the Central Bank has taken after it asserted in correspondence to him that it had received false and misleading information in the context of its investigation into the motor insurance sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30391/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the delegates to the committee. I commend Deputy Thomas Pringle for his work in bringing this legislation through Second Stage to the point of pre-legislative scrutiny. It is probably fair to say everybody agrees with the spirit of what is being attempted by him in the Bill. Deputy Gerry Adams drafted similar legislation in the past and presented it to Trócaire. Since...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. The Minister has informed us that he has some concerns that the definition of fossil fuel companies could restrict investment in Bord na Móna and the National Oil Reserves Agency. Where should we be in permitting, or not as the case may be, investment in these State agencies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: It could be argued that it will limit the ability to make investments. Of course, it will as that is the intention of the legislation. Bord na Móna is a State body involved in peat extraction and in which the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, would not be able to invest. From the earlier conversation, was it suggested there might be openness to an amendment to allow the ISIF to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: On putting diesel in a tractor, the argument will be made that the definition will restrict investment by the ISIF. The fund already invests. We are familiar with its portfolio which is in the billions of euro and how it invests on a large scale. Through the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, it is one of three contributors, with KfW Bankengruppe and the European Investment Bank,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: It is only a matter of time. The clock is already ticking and has ticked down a lot. There is talk about the State’s dependency on fossil fuel imports. It is argued that because the Bill prohibits the direct support of fossil fuels it will potentially prevent investment in strategic infrastructure required to carry from Britain or elsewhere energy supplies which originated from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Is it correct that the Bill's intention is not to prevent that from happening?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Deputy Gerry Adams’s Bill deals with the storage and marketing of fossil fuels. It also deals specifically with financial vehicles and collective investments which, under this definition, could be a fossil fuel company. Accordingly, the investment could be in several aspects of a company's business, inlcuding the storage, production or extraction of fossil fuels. The question arises...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the witnesses for providing the information. I know Ms Sharkey wants to come in on this. It is an excellent effort on the part of Deputy Pringle and the witnesses who are supporting the legislation, and my party will support it as much as we can so that it might pass through the Oireachtas as quickly as possible. Hopefully we can have all-party support to send out the clear...