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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business and Banking: Discussion. (26 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I was trying to dig up the quote, but Mr. Tomlinson has said clearly that he believes the tactics employed by RBS were the exact same tactics as employed by Ulster Bank here in Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business and Banking: Discussion. (26 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Has Ms Lavin had any engagement with officials of the Central Bank of Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business and Banking: Discussion. (26 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: In late 2013, there was also a report in one of the national newspapers in which Greg Harkin interviewed a former executive of Ulster Bank who claimed that the dash for cash, as Ms Lavin mentioned, was happening within Ulster Bank. There were engineered defaults and what he witnessed within the bank was appalling. Has Ms Lavin's organisation been able to reach out to that individual?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business and Banking: Discussion. (26 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: We appreciate that and we have had discussions on different legislation about why that figure of €3.5 million exists. It probably shines a spotlight on the difficulty of accessing the courts by commercial individuals or those who have a turnover of more than that amount. The whistleblower in Ulster Bank was a former executive of the bank operating here in Ireland. He claims that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business and Banking: Discussion. (26 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Does Ms Lavin believe that what happened in Britain was a carbon copy of what happened here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business and Banking: Discussion. (26 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Ulster Bank made it clear that fewer people would have come out of the GRG than would have done in Britain and they gave reasons for that. I will focus on the number. When Ulster Bank representatives were before the committee, I asked Mr. Andrew Blair if the number was six and he said it was more than that. I asked him if it was seven and he said: "It is more than six or seven." He also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business and Banking: Discussion. (26 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I have seen that report and we will follow it up with Ulster Bank. Regardless of whether it is six or 96, the fact is that over 2,000 Irish companies, with tens of thousands of employees, had a huge tax bill. Given what people from these businesses have said to me privately, they went bust as a result of being put on death row by Ulster Bank. With the support of the committee we will,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business and Banking: Discussion. (26 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Deputy Michael McGrath raised the issue of receivers. It is an issue that I know has been deeply frustrating for Mr. Beades's organisation and those it represents. It is an area we have raised ourselves with Government officials previously. Mr. Beades said it was very difficult to understand and that many members of the Judiciary do not understand it. With the support of the Chair, if the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business and Banking: Discussion. (26 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Costs (26 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenses occurred to date, and to whom the fees, etc., were paid, as a result of the decision to appeal the EU ruling on a case (details supplied), including any expenses incurred as a result of advice sought regarding the decision to appeal the decision, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3555/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance (26 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that no sectors of the economy or motorsports are damaged by the Vnuk judgment of the European Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3554/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Last night the House debated a Sinn Féin motion on the tracker mortgage scandal, with strong words coming from Members on all sides of the House condemning the banks' activities. Is it the Government's intention to bring forward legislation to beef up our laws to deal with white collar crime? In 2010, the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement made a submission to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (25 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent on the refurbishment of the Garda station in Clonmany, County Donegal; and the current opening hours of the Garda station. [3433/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Debtors (25 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons and corporate entities debtors whose total repaid debts upon exiting NAMA were at certain loan book values (details supplied) with regard to NAMA debtors that have exited the agency up to January 2017, having repaid their debts to NAMA, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3345/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Donegal; if a design team has now been appointed to the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3300/17]

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Ar dtús báire, cuirim mo bhuíochas in iúl d'achan duine a labhair ar an ábhar seo anocht. Mar atá ráite ag go leor Teachtaí eile, is ábhar fíorthábhachtach é a chuireann isteach go mór ar chuid mhór dár saoránaigh. Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis an Aire, an Teachta Noonan, na Teachtaí McGrath, Boyd Barrett,...

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes that:- the wrongful removal of tracker mortgage rates from mortgage holders, or a failure to restore mortgage holders to tracker mortgage rates they were entitled to, has affected thousands of families; - the damage caused by the action of the banks involved goes far beyond a purely financial effect and that the effects it has had on the health and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Corporate Taxation and Investment and Growth Strategies: Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs (24 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I have two questions. The first concerns a question the Commissioner answered earlier about the three rates of tax we would apply to multinational companies that would come under the current proposal. How can the Commissioner say this is not an issue of sovereignty when the proposal requires us to get rid of two of our existing tax rates that have been here for decades? The second...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Corporate Taxation and Investment and Growth Strategies: Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs (24 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I was not asking about the peace agreement. I was asking if it was currently possible for a country to negotiate international trade agreements without having customs between it and another European state.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bus Éireann (24 Jan 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect on fiscal space if Bus Éireann were to be placed on balance sheet for the purposes of the budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2642/17]