Parliamentary questions

Home Help Service Provision

Pearse Doherty

1045. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing home help hours to the 2011 provision; and the additional hours this would entail. [34309/13]

Hospital Charges

Pearse Doherty

1046. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the cost of reducing accident and emergency attendance by €10. [34310/13]

Mental Health Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

1117. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 250 and 251 of the 16th of May 2013 if final approval has been issued to the two remaining Health Service Executive regions; if he will provide a county breakdown detailing the posts provided under the €35million funding provided; if he has satisfied himself that the funding has been utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35140/13]

Immigration Policy

Pearse Doherty

182. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on plans to progress the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill; if this will substantially simplify and streamline the existing arrangements; if the reorganisation of the protection application processing framework will remove the current multi-layered processes and provide applicants with a final decision on their application in a more straightforward and timely fashion; the date on which this system will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34120/13]

Microenterprise Loan Fund Issues

Pearse Doherty

17. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will compare the interest rate of 8.8% payable under the microenterprise loan fund with the interest charges by banks to small and medium enterprises. [33499/13]

Microenterprise Loan Fund Issues

Pearse Doherty

48. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider seeking a reduction in the interest costs of the microenterprise fund in order to promote take up of the scheme. [33498/13]

Banking Sector Investigations

Pearse Doherty

70. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 3 July, the exact dates as to when the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation was issued a court order; when it took possession of the evidence outlined in the question response; the date the bank was compelled and the date on which the Nyberg banking commission received the evidence outlined; the dates on which civil litigants were provided with evidence; and if he will list the litigants. [33670/13]

Banking Sector Investigations

Pearse Doherty

71. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement used a court search warrant to seize information from Anglo Irish Bank in 2009 while the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation used a court order to seize its information. [33672/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

72. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff currently assigned to the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and to confirm if they are current or former employees of KPMG. [33673/13]

Public Interest Director Responsibilities

Pearse Doherty

73. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the former public interest director (details supplied) at Anglo Irish Bank informed the Government of the existence of recorded phone conversations at the bank. [33674/13]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

127. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if personal rather than employee tax credits were phased out for income earners over €100,000, with €1 in tax credits being lost for every €2 earned; the impact this would have on income earners' average tax take, using categories €100,001-€150,000, €150,001-€200,000 and €200,001+ per annum, within the existing rate; if a new 48% band applied to the income in excess of €100,000, what the effective tax rate increase would be for income earners in those categories; and if he will state the existing effective tax rates. [33915/13]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

128. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if tax credits, personal and employee, were phased out for income earners over €100,000 with €1 in tax credits being lost for every €2 earned; the impact that would have on income earners' average tax take, using categories €100,001-€150,000, €150,001-€200,000 and €200,001+ per annum, within the existing rate; if a new 48% band applied to the income in excess of €100,000, what the effective tax rate increase would be for income earners in those categories; and what the existing effective tax rates are. [33916/13]

Garda Investigations

Pearse Doherty

206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the dates on which the Garda bureau of fraud investigation seized tapes from AIB and Bank of Ireland and-or other banks; and if a court order or court warrant was needed to access these tapes. [33671/13]

Community Employment Scheme Numbers

Pearse Doherty

92. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the local authority community employment scheme announced in budget 2013; and the number of persons who are currently participating in this scheme. [33261/13]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Pearse Doherty

115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the discussions between her Department officials and officials of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the announcement with much fanfare of the housing assistance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33260/13]

Departmental Staff Numbers

Pearse Doherty

125. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 150 and 152 of 2 July 2013, the positions the seven officials in his Department held at the time of the banking guarantee and what positions they hold now. [33294/13]

EU Presidency Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

132. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of the advertisements placed in a publication (details supplied) on 2 July after the end of the Irish Presidency; and the total cost of advertisements placed in media, broadcast, print and online that were printed/broadcast/published after 30 June, the date of the end of the Presidency. [33031/13]

Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations

Pearse Doherty

148. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland was affected by a recent power disruption at the HP data centre in Santry, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32939/13]

Central Bank Board Meetings

Pearse Doherty

156. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will set out, by member, the attendance at Central Bank board meetings in the two years prior to the banking guarantee and in the months afterwards; the timeframe the board met; and the remuneration including expenses paid to the board members. [33039/13]

Central Bank Board Membership

Pearse Doherty

157. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the members of the Central Bank board in the 15 years leading up to the banking guarantee and in the immediate aftermath of the guarantee. [33041/13]