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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Did the Minister of State refer to the deposit return scheme?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I understand. I was not aware of that and I thank the Minister of State for bringing it to my attention. We are talking here about returning a can of Coke and hundreds of millions-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: This is a cost being placed on the Irish Exchequer and on taxpayers across the State. It accumulates to hundreds of millions of euro. I do not understand why a report that does not contain commercially sensitive or personal data cannot be published. That is my basic question. We talk about full disclosure and all the rest. Why not publish the report?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: We may have to consider this issue on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: It is not.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister of State. Amendment No. 2 is technical. A section is to be deleted and from what I understand, amendment No. 3 replaces or does the job of the deleted section. We are deleting a section relating to the treatment of the compensation body as a creditor during the winding up of a company and have replaced that section through amendment No. 3. Will the Minister of State...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: This section follows on with regard to the State Claims Agency. Will the Minister of State clarify the time limits that could be placed on the State Claims Agency when auditing claims that have not yet been completed and how these will interact with the timeframes required to assess and provide compensation? Will he also clarify the factors that will be taken into account to determine the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Can I ask-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Sorry; I should not have interrupted. Is the Leas-Chathaoirleach finished?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister of State intend to table amendments on Report Stage?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Will it be on Wednesday?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I am snowed under by my notes. I have no problem with the amendments but would like to question the Minister of State on them when I make sense of the notes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: That may cause a problem for the schedule because we will have to table amendments. I was hoping for an undertaking. I hear what the Minister of State is saying about commercial sensitivity. In scenarios such as this, a Minister of State would sometimes say that a report can be published without compromising commercial sensitivity. If the State Claims Agency presents a report to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach is not entitled to an affordable house. It is €400,000 for an affordable home.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: €400,000,

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach cannot answer the question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Relations (2 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress that has been made in 2024 regarding the post-primary-level teacher relocation scheme including engagements with the teachers’ unions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28035/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (2 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of any funding streams nationally or from the EU for young fishermen to help purchase vessels to fish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28289/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (2 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made regarding an application by a person (details supplied) for a licence to fish clams at Ballyness Bay and Magheraroarty in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28294/24]