Parliamentary questions

Hospital Services

Michael McCarthy

225. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the antenatal services currently available at Louth County Hospital in Dundalk; if there are any plans to close this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10823/13]

Medical Card Applications

Finian McGrath

226. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [10835/13]

Health Services Provision

Finian McGrath

227. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the supports available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [10837/13]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Finian McGrath

228. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason for the refusal of treatment under the treatment abroad scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the criteria on which the refusal was based; and where the treatment is available here. [10839/13]

Departmental Bodies

Kevin Humphreys

229. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the members or former members of the Judiciary who, during the past five years, have acted as chairperson or member of any body in or under his Department, or as chairperson or member of any inquiry, or have performed functions including arbitration, mediation, conciliation, patronage, advisory or law reform functions or any other role in or in any body under his Department or in any body wholly or partly funded by him, specifying in each case the name of the judge; if he or she is serving or retired; the court of which he or she is or was a member; the role or function performed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10882/13]

HSE Staff Remuneration

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

230. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if his Department has proposed a salary review for the CEO of the Health Service Executive; if this is an upward review, and the sum involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10899/13]

HSE Staff Remuneration

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

231. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the proposed pay levels for the chief executives of the new hospital groups; if his Department has proposed bonus payments for these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10900/13]

Hospital Staff

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

232. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that lamp treatment facilities for psoriasis patients are not in use in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, because of non-deployment of staff; and if he will address this as a matter of urgency with the Health Service Executive and the hospital so that this treatment can be made available to the patients who need it. [10901/13]

Medical Card Applications

Bernard Durkan

233. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10903/13]

Health Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

234. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which appropriate treatment will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10904/13]

Taxi Regulations

Nicky McFadden

235. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for prohibiting the transfer of vehicle licences under the new Taxi Regulation Bill, in view of the fact that it is the PSV licence that determines a person's suitability to carry out the function and not the vehicle licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10735/13]

Civil Aviation Regulation

Brian Stanley

236. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the Irish Aviation Authority carries out effective and adequate auditing of airfield sites in view of correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the issues contained therein relating to Kilkenny airfield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10743/13]

Penalty Points System

Thomas P. Broughan

237. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the upcoming new Road Traffic Bill will address any remaining difficulties with the production of driving licences in District Courts and any other issues that have allegedly arisen in relation to the registering of penalty points on the national vehicle driver file; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10808/13]

Departmental Bodies

Kevin Humphreys

238. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the members or former members of the Judiciary who, during the past five years, have acted as chairperson or member of any body in or under his Department, or as chairperson or member of any inquiry, or have performed functions including arbitration, mediation, conciliation, patronage, advisory or law reform functions or any other role in or in any body under his Department or in any body wholly or partly funded by him, specifying in each case the name of the judge; if he or she is serving or retired; the court of which he or she is or was a member; the role or function performed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10887/13]

Proposed Legislation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

9. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he intends to action the 2011 programme for Government commitment to legislate for a reformulated code of laws, replacing both the Ministers and Secretaries Acts and the Public Service Management Act, on the legal relationship between Ministers and their civil servants and their legal accountability for decisions and for management of Departments. [10439/13]

Public Procurement Tenders

Peadar Tóibín

10. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the National Procurement Service annual survey's 2012 acknowledgement that the challenges facing micro enterprises include particular barriers to participation in the public procurement market the action he will take to reduce existing barriers and increase micro enterprise participation in the public procurement process. [10431/13]

Public Service Reform Plan Measures

Catherine Murphy

11. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will specifically outline the way the interests of the citizen user of public services are included in framing the reform objectives of his Department; if he has consulted with citizen and consumer advocacy groups to ensure that his proposals are geared towards providing the best possible service from the perspective of the citizen user; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10193/13]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Michael McGrath

12. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress he expects to be made in 2013 on the implementation of the stimulus plan announced in July 2012; the number of jobs that will be created under the plan in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10399/13]

Croke Park Agreement Issues

Joe Higgins

13. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the negotiations with the public sector unions on a successor to the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10376/13]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

John Halligan

14. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of posts that have been filled in the public sector since the beginning of the moratorium on recruitment; if he will provide details by Department and the rationale for the lifting of the moratorium in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10371/13]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

15. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the saving to the Exchequer if all annual public sector pay, to include local authorities and State agencies, was capped at €100,000. [10428/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Michael Colreavy

16. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm if National Procurement Service contracts are now mandatory for all local public sector contract procurement; and if so, the necessary minimal annual turnover of a business to qualify to tender for a contract. [10437/13]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Micheál Martin

17. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings he envisages from the single public service pension scheme which came into effect on 1 January 2013; the timetable over which these will materialise; the number of employees he expects to be hired under the terms of the scheme in 2013; his views on the operation of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10395/13]

Flood Prevention Measures

Denis Naughten

18. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to address flood risks within the Shannon basin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10263/13]

Expenditure Reviews

Bernard Durkan

19. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which cost cutting targets set by his predecessors in the context of the memorandum of understanding have been met to date; if in the course of the review of the Croke Park agreement, cognisance will be taken of previous cost-cutting throughout the sector in order to ensure fairness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10348/13]

Public Sector Management Remuneration

Thomas P. Broughan

20. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to assemble key data on high payscales in the public and private sectors such as through a new high pay commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10196/13]

Public Procurement Tenders

Pearse Doherty

21. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by the school supply sector who believe their businesses cannot survive if excluded from the public procurement process; and the action he will take to tackle these concerns. [10432/13]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

22. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10304/13]

Commercial Rates Valuation Process

Joe McHugh

23. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update in the revaluations process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10191/13]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Clare Daly

24. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that there are no further pay cuts imposed on low and middle income public sector workers. [10303/13]

State Agencies

John McGuinness

25. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings achieved to date from the rationalisation and elimination of State agencies; the additional savings expected in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10401/13]

Public Sector Pensions

Pearse Doherty

26. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the saving to the Exchequer if he imposed public service pension reduction bands (details supplied) to all public sector pensions, including local authorities and State agencies. [10430/13]

State Agencies

Willie O'Dea

27. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to prevent the establishment of new State agencies and quangos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10411/13]

Construction Contracts

Patrick O'Donovan

28. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider, as part of the Construction Contracts Bill, a project bank account system, which was previously proposed by this Deputy and which has recently been progressed in Northern Ireland to ensure that only payments owing to subcontractors and individuals relating to particular projects can be made from specific bank accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10194/13]

Expenditure Reviews

Bernard Durkan

29. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if in the context of cost-cutting exercises throughout the public sector, he has identified any particular Government Departments or bodies under their aegis, State or semi-State, which have performed better than others in terms of meeting targets; if particular cognisance is likely to be taken of the issues in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10349/13]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

30. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the saving to the Exchequer if public sector increments were withdrawn for all pay under €50,000, between €50,001 and €60,000, between €60,001 and €70,000 and more than €70,000. [10429/13]

Budget 2014

Timmy Dooley

31. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes he plans to the budgetary process and timetable for budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10388/13]

Freedom of Information Legislation

Brian Stanley

32. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends consulting with the Information Commissioner in relation to those State agencies and or bodies which may be excluded from the freedom of information legislation to be introduced later this year; his views on the possible limitations that will come with the inclusion of An Garda Síochána, refugee and asylum agencies as set out in the draft heads of the Bill. [10444/13]

Croke Park Agreement Implementation

Barry Cowen

33. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the volume and quality of services delivered to the public will be improved as a result of the outcome of the Croke Park talks; the way this is measured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10386/13]

Exchequer Savings

Charlie McConalogue

34. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gross and net savings in each of the next three years from the targeted redundancy scheme in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10396/13]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

35. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proportion of the €1 billion cuts to public sector pay and pensions sought by him over the next three years that must come through in 2013. [10443/13]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Martin Ferris

36. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is encouraging small and medium enterprises to form consortiums when bidding for larger public procurement contracts; and in such instances the monetary value of a large contract. [10435/13]

Departmental Legal Costs

Brendan Smith

37. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is seeking further reductions in legal costs incurred by the State across all Departments and State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10407/13]

Public Procurement Contracts Social Clause

Michael Colreavy

38. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has progressed the inclusion of a social clause in public sector procurement contracts. [10438/13]

Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale

Mick Wallace

39. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on his plans to sell Coillte's timber harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10367/13]

Semi-State Bodies Remuneration

Robert Troy

40. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether there should be reductions in salaries for high-earning officials in the commercial semi-State sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10408/13]

Public Sector Staff Redundancies

Niall Collins

41. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he has had with trade union representatives and other groups in respect of his proposed programme of targeted redundancies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10385/13]

Public Sector Staff

Gerry Adams

42. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of clerical officers across the public service who are women. [10441/13]

National Lottery Licence Sale

Michael Moynihan

43. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of initial expressions of interest in the National Lottery licence that have been received; the prospective date on which the awarding process will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10402/13]

Public Procurement Tenders

Jonathan O'Brien

44. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he has introduced since March 2011 that have improved public procurement practices by removing obstacles and encouraging the involvement of small and medium enterprises and micro enterprises. [10433/13]

Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale

Thomas P. Broughan

45. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the sale of harvesting rights to State forests; if he has carried out a cost benefit analysis of this proposal; if so, if he will publish its findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10195/13]

Sale of State Assets

Brendan Smith

46. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the proceeds from the sale of State assets will be available for investment in the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10410/13]

Coastal Erosion

David Stanton

47. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to any studies or surveys in the County Cork area identifying the threat to farmland from coastal erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6938/13]

Office of Public Works Properties

Peadar Tóibín

48. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all properties for which the State has a long-term rental agreement. [10427/13]

Croke Park Agreement Issues

Seamus Kirk

49. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the latest date by which he expects the Croke Park talks to be concluded with the outcome approved by all sides; when implementation of the agreement will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10392/13]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

50. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he will take to protect the current pay arrangements for prison officers. [10440/13]

Communications Mast

Catherine Murphy

51. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the implications that the closure of Garda stations will have upon the ownership and operation of any telecommunications masts which are being used by public and or private telecommunications companies at present, specifically with reference to the arrangements envisaged upon the sale of former Garda stations; the income the State currently receives from telecommunications companies in respect of same; the projected loss to the State from this income; if consideration has been given to whether such masts will now require planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10309/13]

Public Procurement Tenders

Jonathan O'Brien

52. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the measures he has introduced that encourage buyers to break contracts into lots. [10434/13]

Appointments to State Boards

Gerry Adams

53. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has included gender parity for the board membership as part of his reforming agenda of the State agency sector. [10442/13]

Public Sector Reform Review

Joe Higgins

54. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has estimated the deflationary impact on the economy that will result in cutting the pay and premia of public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10377/13]

Public Procurement Tenders

Denis Naughten

55. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to assist small business in obtaining public contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10264/13]

Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale

Mick Wallace

56. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a report commissioned by Impact, entitled Assessment of the Consequences of the Proposed Sale of Coillte’s Timber Harvesting Rights, which found no economic case for the sale of Coillte's harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10368/13]

Construction Contracts

Joe McHugh

57. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his strategy for supporting construction subcontractors; the progress that has been made in this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10232/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Joan Collins

58. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of public sector workers who have retired in the last three years within his Department or any office or body under his aegis that have been reinstated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10995/13]

Illicit Trade in Tobacco

Robert Troy

59. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to ensure a clampdown on the illicit tobacco trade. [10463/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Sandra McLellan

60. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if a person with multiple sclerosis who had a house built to their specific needs will be exempt from paying the property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10518/13]

Primary Medical Certificates Applications

James Bannon

61. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the application for a primary medical certificate for the purpose of section 92 of the Finance Act 1989 and the Disabled Passengers (Tax Concession) Regulations 1994, which was refused following a purported medical examination in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford when in fact they were not examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10689/13]

Illicit Trade in Tobacco

Robert Troy

62. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he has any indicative figures of the potential loss of excise duty from the sale of tobacco illicitly. [10464/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

63. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance following the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act and the appointment of a special liquidator to resolve IBRC's balance sheets, the way the liquidator will deal with outstanding loans to the company; the way the liquidator will approach the outstanding issue of loans that are secured against mortgaged properties, where the property owner has arranged a debt write down with their bank following a sale; his views on whether the liquidator should allow property sales to go ahead and loans to be separated out from properties and repaid to the liquidator, or whatever asset manager is eventually appointed, on their own. [10475/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the decision to provide €1 billion credit facility from the National Asset Management Agency for the use of the special liquidator of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; when the decision was made; what the credit facility is intended to be used for; the way the €1 billion, if used, will be repaid to NAMA; if he had to seek permission to use NAMA for such a credit facility from another entity such as the European Central Bank; if the funding of the credit facility comes from cash assets at NAMA; and if NAMA can still meet its bond repayments due at the end of 2013. [10476/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the value privileged inside information may have to potential buyers of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation during the term of liquidation. [10502/13]

Legislative Process

Pearse Doherty

66. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will identify all non-Government parties which contribute to the drafting of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013. [10503/13]

Legislative Process

Pearse Doherty

67. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the involvement of a law firm (details supplied) in the drafting of any part of the Irish bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013. [10504/13]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

68. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the recent contacts he had had with Mario Draghi, President of the ECB. [2376/13]

Sale of State Assets

Sean Fleming

69. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the number of external consultants currently engaged by his Department providing advice in respect of the proposed sale of State assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2818/13]

Sale of State Assets

Sean Fleming

70. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the amount of expenditure incurred in 2012 in respect of advice and preparatory work connected with the sale of State assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2820/13]

Promissory Note Negotiations

Micheál Martin

71. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if he proposes to discuss the promissory note at the next EU Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2300/13]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

72. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the recent contacts he has had with European Commissioner Ollie Rehn. [2375/13]

Promissory Note Negotiations

Micheál Martin

73. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the promissory note with any of the EU leaders since Ireland took over the EU Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2316/13]

Banking Sector Regulation

Micheál Martin

74. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance the progress there has been at EU Council meetings on tightening banking regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2380/13]

Unemployment Levels

Peadar Tóibín

75. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance following budget 2013, the level of unemployment forecast for the end of year 2013. [3247/13]

Unemployment Levels

Peadar Tóibín

76. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the level of long-term unemployment forecast for the end of 2013. [3222/13]

Tax Code

Peadar Tóibín

77. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance his views that businesses operating in the domestic economy would benefit from effective tax rates as being paid by multinationals in this State. [3227/13]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Peadar Tóibín

78. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to deal with the issue of debt overhang that is impacting on the small and medium sized enterprise sector. [3223/13]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Peadar Tóibín

79. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the meetings that he has had with representatives of the banking sector to address the problem of debt overhang impacting on the small and medium enterprise sector especially amongst small business and micro business. [3224/13]

Maternity Benefit

Willie O'Dea

80. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance the estimated number of women affected by changes to maternity benefit in budget 2013, broken down by county; the estimated amount saved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4050/13]

Additional Voluntary Contributions

David Stanton

81. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered introducing legislation to allow indebted persons with supplementary private pension coverage early access to a proportion of their retirement savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4044/13]

Property Taxation Application

Barry Cowen

82. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the communications he has had with local authorities regarding the impact of the property tax on local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5568/13]

Promissory Note Negotiations

Micheál Martin

83. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the issue of the promissory note at any of his recent bilaterals with EU leaders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5092/13]

Fuel Rebate Scheme

Timmy Dooley

84. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance if he supports the extension of the fuel rebate for hauliers announced in budget 2013 to bus and coach operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8548/13]

Fuel Rebate Scheme

Timmy Dooley

85. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance the measures he will put in place to help bus and coach operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8564/13]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Dara Calleary

86. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance his views that the pillar banks are fulfilling their obligations to the small and medium enterprise sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9087/13]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Dara Calleary

87. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the amount of new lending to small and medium enterprise by the pillar banks in 2012; if he will outline the value of facilities renewed in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9070/13]

Job Initiatives

Brian Stanley

88. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the number of jobs that would be created by an annual €1 billion enterprise stimulus; the multiplier effect this investment would have on the economy and the savings to the State. [9063/13]

Fuel Rebate Scheme

Dessie Ellis

89. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on plans to extend tax rebates on fuel to other industries which rely on road transport and for which fuel makes up a significant part of their overheads. [8577/13]

Sale of State Assets

Michael McGrath

90. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the steps taken to engage with as wide a range of potential purchasers as possible prior to the sale of Irish Life to Great West Lifeco to ensure the maximum return to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10637/13]

NAMA Operations

Michael McGrath

91. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to increase or in any other way supplement the membership and resources of the National Asset Management Agency advisory board to reflect the impending increase in assets under the control of NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10640/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Michael McGrath

92. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the reason all the fixed term deposits related to investment products sold by Anglo Irish Bank were not transferred to AIB at the time of the sale of its deposit book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10641/13]

House Purchase Schemes

Michael McGrath

93. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether banks are responding adequately to the demand for credit from first-time house buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10642/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

94. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the announcement by the National Asset Management Agency on 21 February 2013 that it has made a €1bn credit line available to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, if he will confirm the interest rate and arrangement fee that applies to the facility and any moneys advanced under it. [10643/13]