Parliamentary questions

Deposit Guarantee Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

93. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the estimated potential exposure to the State in 2008 arising from the guarantee on deposits up to €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32736/13]

Banking Guarantee Scheme Liabilities

Éamon Ó Cuív

94. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the estimated potential exposure to the State in 2008 broken down between deposits, tier-one bonds and subordinated bonds arising from the blanket guarantee given at the end of September 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32737/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

124. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of projects approved for funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders where such bonds were in place; the amount recovered through the use of bonds in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32717/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

131. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders where such bonds were in place; the amount recovered through the use of bonds in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32724/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

139. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders where such bonds were in place; the amount recovered through the use of bonds in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32722/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

157. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of projects that were approved for funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders where such bonds were in place; the amount recovered through the use of bonds in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32713/13]

Departmental Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

158. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next payment will be made by his Department to the Solas project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32729/13]

Departmental Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

159. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when approval will be given to the Solas project to sign a contract for phase two of the Galway Art House Cinema project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32730/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

160. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason his Department insisted as a condition of grant aid that a bond be taken out against default by the builder on this contract; the reason that his Department now claims that this bond, which is being used to recover money lost when the original builder went into liquidation, cannot be considered by it in assessing the funding available to the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32731/13]

Natura 2000 Issues

Éamon Ó Cuív

161. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the circumstances where a person whose land is designated, under Natura 2000 or under national heritage site designations, is entitled to compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32732/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

164. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of projects that were approved for funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders where such bonds were in place; the amount recovered through the use of bonds in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32715/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

174. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders where such bonds were in place; the amount recovered through the use of bonds in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32718/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

210. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of projects that were approved for funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders where such bonds were in place; the amount recovered through the use of bonds in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32723/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

228. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Defence the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders where such bonds were in place; the amount recovered through the use of bonds in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32716/13]

Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale

Éamon Ó Cuív

233. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of future harvesting rights that have been sold by Coillte in each of the past three years; the total amount of rights that have been sold and the projected dates of maturity and the counties in which the rights have been sold, excluding sales of current standing timber sold to timber processors for harvesting within one year of sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32727/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

238. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of projects that were approved for funding by her Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders where such bonds were in place; the amount recovered through the use of bonds in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32714/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

267. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of projects that were approved for funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders where such bonds were in place; the amount recovered through the use of bonds in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32721/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

276. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of projects that were approved for funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders where such bonds were in place; the amount recovered through the use of bonds in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32726/13]

Local Improvements Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

277. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money allocated to the LIS scheme in each of the past ten years; if he intends allocating any funds to this scheme this year or next; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32728/13]

State Properties

Éamon Ó Cuív

278. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure CIÉ and Iarnród Éireann preserve full ownership of all their land on the disused section of the Limerick to Tralee railway in view of the claims of some local landowners to rights on part of this land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32733/13]