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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Training (23 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his views on recent reports that certificates of proficiency awarded to seafarers (details supplied) as part of training provided to offshore workers are not recognised by his Department; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of trainees over this failure to recognise the accreditation, particularly in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland Expenditure (23 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out in tabular form the funding allocated by Fáilte Ireland through its various schemes and programmes, including capital funding, funding for marketing and promotions, festivals, events and so on, by county in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24748/17]

Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 5 o’clock The Government needs to grasp the potential for the all-Ireland economy, which already exists and has grown organically because business people and entrepreneurs have recognised the benefits and value of that economy in growing jobs and businesses while taking advantages on both sides of the Border. They are ensuring they can tap into both markets and we know the...

Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: There is not.

Other Questions: Help-To-Buy Scheme (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Watching the Government on this issue is like watching a drowning man telling everybody that he is fine as the water comes up around his face. This week we had the International Monetary Fund telling us that, in the light of increasing houses prices, the planned review of the recently introduced help-to-buy scheme which might add to demand pressures was welcome. We have seen other reports...

Other Questions: Help-To-Buy Scheme (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is the master of the propaganda as I put hard facts to him. He has put money into the pockets of the 72% who have made claims under the help-to-buy scheme and they did not have a problem with the Central Bank rules. He states this is one of the primary reasons he introduced the scheme, but he does not want to deal with it - he wants to dismiss it - because he is wrong. He...

Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 10. To ask the Minister for Finance the work his Department has carried out in examining the potential benefits of an all-Ireland economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23356/17]

Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I ask the Minister about any work the Department of Finance has carried out in examining the potential benefits of an all-Ireland economy and if he will elaborate on the matter. He mentioned, in the context of the earlier question on Brexit, that 27 leaders of member states across Europe had discussed this issue in the context of the negotiating guidelines. What work, if any, is the...

Other Questions: Help-To-Buy Scheme (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 9. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will suspend the help-to-buy scheme in view of the large increases in house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23357/17]

Other Questions: Help-To-Buy Scheme (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Following the last discussion, it would be helpful if the Minister indicated whether the Government intends to respect the outcome of the vote on the resolution passed in the Dáil not to sell AIB shares. He should do that during Question Time. My question relates to the help-to-buy scheme, a matter Deputy Michael McGrath has already teased out with the Minister. Our position on it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Why is this information not being put into the public domain? Why is the Minister still refusing to do so?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I do not fault the Office of the Revenue Commissioners for doing its work or the scoping exercise in which it is engaged in planning on a contingency basis. My understanding is the plan to divert 8% of freight traffic crossing the Border and have roaming customs patrols randomly stopping people does not represent a hard border solution; it is part of what it is called minimising the impact...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance the options being considered by the Revenue Commissioners with regard to the Border post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23773/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday at the finance committee, we had the Revenue Commissioners before us for the first time. They gave us information on some of the contingency plans they were looking at for Border controls post-Brexit. The information was quite concerning. The Minister might be aware that I made a freedom of information request for documents that the Revenue Commissioners held. Indeed, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday's exchange at the committee was illuminating, although it was like pulling teeth. However, it did establish some facts that some of us, at least, knew were the case. Mr. Barnier told us last week that there would be consequences of Brexit for the Border. Of course there will be consequences and some type of Border posts or customs posts will be in place, even if they are not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: My concern is that the Central Bank has carried out a review of 11 institutions, including three that I have very strong reasons to believe are involved in breach of the consumer codes by not disclosing their interests in the underwriter. That should have been picked up by the Central Bank when it carried out its review. It was not. A judge has now ruled in a test case that the defendant's...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I have responded and I will continue to engage with the Central Bank, but I think there is also a responsibility for the Minister and the Government to engage with Permanent TSB, for example, to ask it about this section, which the courts have ruled was tantamount to misselling a product, and why it did not disclose to people who bought payment protection insurance that it had a relationship...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 4. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank will reopen the investigation into the misselling of payment protection insurance in view of a court ruling that the failure of a financial service provider to alert a consumer to the fact that the insurance company involved was part or fully owned by the provider constituted misselling; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I wish the Minister well following his earlier announcement. We have had many battles across the Chamber and this may be the last in this format. I want to thank the Minister for his engagement so far. The issue I have raised here is payment protection. It has been brought to my attention that there is potentially a whole new wave of payment protection insurance, PPI, policies that have...

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after "fall at a rapid pace. due to economic growth" and substitute the following: "and adjustments unrelated to actual economic factors: welcomes the emerging consensus that the fiscal rules are flawed and that, as pointed out by some during the referendum on the issue, they now represent a very real impediment to the investment in our economy and...