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Tue, 27 May 2014
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Human Rights Issues
Michael McNamara
61. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with his Sudanese counterpart the case of a person (details supplied), who has been sentenced to death by hanging for apostasy in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22868/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Passport Applications
Finian McGrath
62. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22874/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Driver Licences
Pat Breen
63. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the concern among the Irish community in Canada regarding the delay in reaching agreement with various Canadian provinces on driving licence exchange; and if he will provide an update on this matter. [23043/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Northern Ireland Issues
Clare Daly
64. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Justice Minister the issue of prisoners being held in the care and supervision unit in Maghaberry for months with no access to the separated wings, isolated, forcibly and repeatedly strip searched, and subjected to approaches by State agencies in total breach of human rights. [23074/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Foreign Conflicts
Micheál Martin
65. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to or written to the Ukrainian Prime Minister following recent events there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20858/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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International Relations
Micheál Martin
66. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the Taoiseach's visit to Rome, where he spoke with the Pontiff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20848/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Humanitarian Aid
Olivia Mitchell
67. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if emergency aid has been considered for flood relief in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23137/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Overseas Development Aid Oversight
Maureen O'Sullivan
68. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specifics of the new initiative he launched at the meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation, through which Ireland, Mozambique, Finland and Switzerland will work together to strengthen the quality and co-ordination of development co-operation in Mozambique and to bring new donors, such as China and Brazil, and civil society organisations into aid co-ordination and planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23192/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Foreign Conflicts
Maureen O'Sullivan
69. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent national commemoration of the Irish Famine, and Ireland's experience with famine, if he will address the ongoing failure of the international community to deliver aid to those starving to death in Syria as caused by the Assad's regime policy of starve or surrender; if he will insist that aid is delivered across Syria's borders to hundreds of thousands of Syrians in need of food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23193/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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EU Issues
Seán Crowe
70. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade considering Armenia’s decision to turn away from the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative and join the Russian-led Customs Union, the specific bilateral engagements his Department had with the Armenian Government; and if he discussed the issue of Armenian-EU relations with his European counterparts. [23212/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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UN Resolutions
Seán Crowe
71. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Argentine Government’s request for bilateral dialogue with the British Government on the question of the sovereignty of the Malvinas-Falklands islands; and if he has discussed the issue with representatives of either Government. [23213/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Mortgage Applications Approvals
Terence Flanagan
72. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance if he has concerns that persons are being prevented from purchasing a family home and getting on the property ladder because of their inability to pay the substantial deposits that are a requirement of banks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22278/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Tax Credits
Brendan Griffin
73. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance the amount the changes to the one-parent family tax credit system will save in 2014; his views that the measure is forcing some parents into poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22720/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Carbon Tax Collection
Terence Flanagan
74. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm where the money collected through the carbon tax is spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22802/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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NAMA Operations
Stephen Donnelly
75. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if he or his Department has had any contact with the National Asset Management Agency and its employees, including the NAMA chairman, Mr Frank Daly, in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22856/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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NAMA Operations
Stephen Donnelly
76. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if he or his Department has at any time sought changes to specific personnel at the National Asset Management Agency, and-or to have named NAMA individuals reassigned so that they were not dealing with specific borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22857/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Tax Code
Terence Flanagan
77. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance the reason increases in taxes and VAT were introduced for 4 x 4 vehicles in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23152/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Pension Provisions
Brendan Griffin
78. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will allow persons in private pensions to cash in their pensions without a tax liability if they invest in a start-up business; if he sees a merit in such a move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22127/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Banking Sector
Michael McGrath
79. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 1 May 2014, if he will separately disclose the proportion of AIB's non recourse lending which relates to mortgage and personal borrowing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22134/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Insurance Industry
Pearse Doherty
80. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he or the Financial Regulator ever investigated any potential conflict of interest at Setanta Insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22161/14]