Parliamentary questions

Tracker Mortgage Numbers

Pearse Doherty

100. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders that are on tracker mortgages and the number by institution in both absolute and as a percentage of their total mortgages. [31346/13]

Emigrant Issues

Pearse Doherty

19. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a case in the USA where the Irish International Immigrant Centre turned over a young Irish immigrant to the US immigration authorities for a minor infringement of their visa conditions; and if his Department has investigated this matter. [30775/13]

Trade Missions Participation

Pearse Doherty

47. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide further details on the recent Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Canada, led by Minister of State, Deputy Costello; the objectives of the mission; the persons the trade mission met; and the suspected benefits for Ireland arising from the mission. [30783/13]

NAMA Loan Book

Pearse Doherty

80. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency did not take on outstanding development levies owed by developers when bad loans were transferred to the agency; and in view of the fact that these outstanding levies are now considered to stand at €750 million and some individual councils are trying to pursue individual householders, if he has considered the possibility of NAMA dealing with local authorities in cases in which the outstanding debt is from a developer who is now in NAMA, with a view to transferring the debt at a discount into NAMA. [30872/13]

Credit Unions Issues

Pearse Doherty

81. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the losses incurred by a credit union (details supplied) in County Waterford as a result of the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30891/13]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

82. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if tax credits for high income earners were phased out with a reduction of half the credits for income earners between €100,000 and €150,000; by three quarters for income earners between €150,000 and €200,000; and the abolition of tax credits for income earners in excess of €200,000; and further, to set out the impact this would have on the average tax take from salary earners in each of those categories for example €125,000, €175,000, €225,000. [30922/13]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

83. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost or saving to the Exchequer that could be made if the use of tax credits was abolished and the system instead returned to tax free allowance up to a cut-off point, followed by the standard and marginal tax rates. [30923/13]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

84. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the current tax treatment of discretionary trusts and the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if the once-off charge for establishing a trust was increased by 1% and the annual tax of the trust was increased by 0.5%. [30925/13]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the income tax system in Britain where the personal allowance is only applicable up to an income of £100,000; if he has considered abolishing tax credits for income earners in excess of €100,000 and if so, the amount it would raise for the Exchequer. [30927/13]

Excise Duties Yield

Pearse Doherty

86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing excise duty on fuel by five cent in the litre. [30928/13]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

88. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any expressions of interest in the establishment of REITs in Ireland since the passing of the Finance Act. [30979/13]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

89. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the possibility whereby applicants using the export repayment scheme calculator could provide details of car registration number for definitive verification on whether a car may already have been the subject of VRT repayments (details supplied). [30982/13]

State Banking Sector

Pearse Doherty

91. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the market value of his shares in AIB and Bank of Ireland respectively. [31110/13]

Social Welfare Code Issues

Pearse Doherty

139. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the annual cost of introducing two weeks paid paternity leave. [30931/13]

Alcohol Pricing

Pearse Doherty

220. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if an analysis has been undertaken of the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if minimum alcohol pricing was introduced in off-licences, with drinks companies then levied for the increased price portion. [30926/13]

Health Service Training and Development

Pearse Doherty

128. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if there is a cost-benefit analysis of overseas training and development courses provided to staff of his Department and the Health Service Executive, and funded by the State, for the years 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30393/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Pearse Doherty

137. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that persons appointed at senior executive or advisory level in the special delivery unit are paid through overseas companies; his views on whether this is a method of avoiding paying income tax in this jurisdiction; if this method of payment has been or is being used elsewhere in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30392/13]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

183. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to take further steps on the treatment of private pensions, specifically with regards to the way they are taxed, for example, if he will look for pension tax reliefs to be standardised; for the earnings ceiling to be further capped; or consider increasing the imputed distribution rates from super pensions such as ARFs. [30652/13]

VAT Rates Application

Pearse Doherty

189. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the case of a shopkeeper in County Donegal from whom Revenue has demanded a tax payment in respect of the sale of mass cards on a non-profit basis and subject to VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30135/13]

NAMA Loan Book

Pearse Doherty

193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown in geographical terms by region and country, percentage and value of the properties underlying the National Asset Management Agency loans in 2012 and to date in 2013. [30235/13]

Tax Collection

Pearse Doherty

194. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the names of the top ten companies managed by the Revenue's Large Cases Division. [30250/13]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

195. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline Ireland's financial contribution to the EU for the past ten years. [30251/13]

Company Registration

Pearse Doherty

197. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies his Department and the Revenue are aware of that are incorporated here but are non-tax resident anywhere in the world. [30290/13]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

198. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of increasing the entry point for the 41% marginal rate of tax from its current level to the following respective categories, €34,000; €35,000; €36,000. [30291/13]

Tax Avoidance Issues

Pearse Doherty

201. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 18 June 2013, the mandate given to the official of the Revenue Commissioners appointed to sit on the EU's tax platform and the grade of the official. [30333/13]

Betting Regulations

Pearse Doherty

203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the tax income expected to be generated from the proposed legislative changes to the betting industry. [30359/13]

NAMA Staff Issues

Pearse Doherty

205. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if any staff have left the National Asset Management Agency since January 2013 to date; and the number of those staff that have moved into private sector employment. [30474/13]

NAMA Property Sales

Pearse Doherty

206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the decision by the National Asset Management Agency to release two Dublin hotels for sale in 2013 after a previous statement of intent to hold hotels until 2015; if he will state if NAMA was given advice regarding the sale of the two hotels; and if so, by which organisation. [30475/13]

NAMA Court Cases

Pearse Doherty

207. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases in which the National Asset Management Agency is involved in the commercial courts. [30476/13]

NAMA Operations

Pearse Doherty

208. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency has decided to recently issue a tender for a business procurement support services when the National Treasury Management Agency already provides IT, finance, HR and other support services to NAMA; if this tender was included in the NAMA business plan for 2013; the value of the tender; the length of time for which the tender will be advertised; and the length of time for which the contract will run for. [30477/13]

NAMA Debtors

Pearse Doherty

209. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of the the National Asset Management Agency developers who have applied for bankruptcy in Britain since the beginning of 2013. [30478/13]

Bank Stress Tests

Pearse Doherty

210. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the person who will conduct the stress testing of Irish banks to begin at the end of this year and conclude in the first half of 2014. [30479/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

211. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when he expects unsold loans at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to be transferred to the National Asset Management Agency; and if the expected date of transferal of August 2013 has now moved to late in the year, or next year. [30480/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

212. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the average discount that is being offered on Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loans currently for sale. [30481/13]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

213. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of increasing the entry point to the 41% marginal tax rate for married couples with one earner to each of the respective amounts: €45,000; €47,000; €50,000; €55,000; €60,000 and €65,600. [30542/13]

National Debt

Pearse Doherty

214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the potential savings that would be made in debt servicing if €10 billion of the current cash holdings in the National Treasury Management Agency was used to write down existing debt or to buy back Government debt and reduce the interest payments on it in 2014. [30543/13]

Mortgage Interest Relief Statistics

Pearse Doherty

218. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if statistics are collected on the breakdown of mortgage interest relief in accordance with the recipient's mortgage type; and if so, if he will provide the breakdown by category of tracker mortgage, fixed term, SVR and so forth. [30599/13]

Betting Regulations

Pearse Doherty

219. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that will be raised in 2014 by the taxing of remote bookmakers and remote betting intermediary at the 1% turnover rate and a 15% on commission charges as per the Betting (Amendment) Bill 2012 respectively. [30615/13]

Betting Regulations

Pearse Doherty

220. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be raised in 2014 if remote betting intermediaries were taxed on the same basis as bookmakers that is a 1% turnover tax. [30616/13]

Betting Regulations

Pearse Doherty

221. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be raised in 2014 in each case if remote bookmakers were taxed at a rate of 1%,2%,3%,4% and 5% of turnover. [30617/13]

Betting Regulations

Pearse Doherty

222. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be raised in 2014 in each case if remote betting intermediaries were taxed at a rate of 1%,2%,3%,4% and 5% of turnover. [30618/13]

Tax Reliefs Application

Pearse Doherty

223. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a break down of the €250 million in carry-over for 2014 due to changes to the tax treatment of pensions; the way these changes would impact on the figure provided for the savings to the Exchequer if pension tax reliefs were standardised; and if he can also explain the changes to the standard fund threshold. [30646/13]

Tax Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the logic behind exempting savings bonds from DIRT and the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if DIRT was applied to the bonds, both at the current rate and at a new increased rate of an additional 2%. [30647/13]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

225. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if DIRT was raised by the following; 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%. [30648/13]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the proposal to introduce a fizzy drink tax; and if so, the amount of revenue such a tax has the potential to raise. [30649/13]

Revenue Commissioners Investigations

Pearse Doherty

227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance following a submission by the Revenue Commissioners to the comprehensive expenditure review, which set out that increased audit activity could raise in the region of €100 million for the State, if any steps have been taken to increase the number of Revenue officers deployed to this task or to fulfil any other of the Revenue Commissioners' proposals. [30650/13]

Unemployment Statistics

Pearse Doherty

233. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount, as a percentage and as a figure, of Ireland's total both EU and Government part-funding ESF spending in the past seven years that was spent specifically on youth unemployment initiatives or youth only programmes. [30377/13]

Youth Services Funding

Pearse Doherty

234. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount, as a percentage and as a figure, of Ireland's total both EU and Government part-funding ESF spending in the past seven years that was spent on programmes from which young persons are excluded for example community employment. [30378/13]

Foirne Scoile

Pearse Doherty

259. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil freagra aige ar na hábhair imní a ardaíodh i gcomhfhreagras a seoladh chuige ó scoil i nDún na nGall (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [30267/13]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Pearse Doherty

369. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is appropriate that a person (details supplied) in County Donegal whose long-term disability payment was stopped by her Department in September 2012 and subsequently appealed is still awaiting a decision on their case; when the person is likely to receive a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30379/13]

Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

382. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 384 and 385 of 14 May 2013, if he will provide a breakdown as requested by person and year. [30233/13]

Pension Provisions

Pearse Doherty

386. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the details of pension payments in respect of persons (details supplied) in counties Donegal and Galway. [30544/13]

Departmental Funding

Pearse Doherty

387. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of money provided in funding either individually to the person or company (details supplied) since its establishment, from Údaras, Foras na Gaeilge, and any other public funding body, Irish language or otherwise. [30545/13]

Local Authority Charges Yield

Pearse Doherty

407. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that could be raised for the State if the second home tax was retained and increased to €300 per house. [30651/13]

Commercial Leases Database

Pearse Doherty

465. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to launch the new commercial leases database, which was due to be launched in early June. [30473/13]

Nursing Staff Provision

Pearse Doherty

575. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the possibility of setting up a national transfer policy for nurses currently in the employment of the Health Service Executive who are seeking transfers to other HSE regions; the implications of adopting such a policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30261/13]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

576. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, per Health Service Executive region, information on the number of nurses that are on a national panel for current or future vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30262/13]

Public Procurement Contracts Tenders

Pearse Doherty

43. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether public procurement practices and policy must be strategic when planning what to buy, the way to buy and from whom to buy and that the lowest price does not always represent the best value to the State. [29558/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Issues

Pearse Doherty

45. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual monetary reduction to former office holders' pensions in payment to the value of the following amounts when the Haddington Road agreement reductions are applied from July 2013. [29560/13]

Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

116. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if changes have been made to the rules governing single male parents' rent supplement that until recently could be paid for a two or three bedroom house, depending on the number of children the father has access to as part of custody arrangements; if community welfare officers have been instructed to only provide a single person's allowance in circumstances where the applicant is not claiming social welfare for his children, meaning that he is being deprived of his right to family life; and if so, whether she will take steps to reverse the directive. [29431/13]

Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals

Pearse Doherty

125. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a rent supplement appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [29467/13]

Mental Health Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

215. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has not yet received a mental health assessment; and when this person will be assessed. [29532/13]

Tax Avoidance Issues

Pearse Doherty

83. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the role he sees for the EU's platform for tax good governance, aggressive tax planning and double taxation. [28648/13]

Tax Avoidance Issues

Pearse Doherty

84. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to engage with the EU's platform for tax good governance, aggressive tax planning and double taxation. [28649/13]

Tax Avoidance Issues

Pearse Doherty

85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the Irish representation that will be present on the EU's platform for tax good governance, aggressive tax planning and double taxation. [28650/13]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Pearse Doherty

148. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is still awaiting a decision on their student grant, given that their appeal was received by Student Universal Support Ireland on 25 April and a decision remains outstanding and, as a result of this delay, the student is prevented from accessing their fourth year exam results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29186/13]

One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for requiring former recipients of the one-parent family payment who become entitled to the proposed jobseeker's allowance transition payment to continue to parent alone while in receipt of the jobseeker's payment. [28733/13]

Family Income Supplement Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

204. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection what the impact on child poverty would be if there was full take up of family income supplement, as it is estimated that this payment is only claimed by 40% of those currently eligible. [28734/13]

Child Support

Pearse Doherty

205. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection her response to the claim by the End Child Poverty Coalition that the implementation of the reform of child income supports as proposed by the advisory group on tax and welfare will result in a low paid married couple with two young children losing more than five and a half times more of their income than a high earning family of the same size. [28735/13]

Child Support

Pearse Doherty

206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the alternative scenarios she has asked the advisory group on tax and welfare to look at with regard to reforming child and family income supports. [28736/13]

Family Reunification Policy

Pearse Doherty

38. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a timeline for the new policy on family reunification has been agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28231/13]

Family Reunification Policy

Pearse Doherty

43. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service will resume processing applications for an estimated 50 cases of family reunification, which were halted in advance of a new policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28232/13]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

57. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason the corporation tax figures in the end of May Exchequer statement show a significant reduction in year-on-year figures. [28399/13]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

58. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason less VAT was collected than expected as per the end of May Exchequer statement. [28400/13]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason less income tax was collected than expected as per the end of May Exchequer statement. [28401/13]

Pearse Doherty

76. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason gross capital spending was 15% less than profiled as per the end of May Exchequer statement. [28402/13]

Services for People with Disabilities

Pearse Doherty

197. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 5 March 2013, the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 has not received their assessment for autism from the Health Service Executive in Dublin. [28430/13]

Health Services

Pearse Doherty

203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has not yet received a mental health assessment; and when this person will be assessed. [28451/13]

Local Authority Housing Issues

Pearse Doherty

59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent call by NABCO and ICSH for investment in social housing which would support jobs; and if he is considering any proposals to undertake an investment package in social housing which would increase housing stock, improve conditions and create jobs. [27058/13]

Irish Water Funding

Pearse Doherty

65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the other sources of funding that are available to Irish Water apart from the National Pensions Reserve Fund, public Exchequer and borrowing on the commercial market; and the way it will access this funding. [28067/13]

EU Presidency Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

103. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of any fees paid to speakers at events during Ireland's EU Preseidency. [26640/13]

Excessive Deficit Procedure Administration

Pearse Doherty

134. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of times the European Commission has brought recommendations for actions under the Excessive Deficit Procedure to the European Council; the way Ireland voted in each instance and if there was no vote if Ireland objected in any way to any of the recommendations. [27106/13]

Excessive Deficit Procedure Administration

Pearse Doherty

149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of times the European Commission has brought recommendations for actions under the Excessive Deficit Procedure to ECOFIN; the way Ireland voted in each instance; and if there was no vote, if Ireland objected in any way to any of the recommendations. [27188/13]

Banking Sector Investigations

Pearse Doherty

154. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the office holders and former office holders who have access to or had access to the Ernst and Young report on Irish Nationwide as discussed in the RTE documentary Inside Irish Nationwide. [27327/13]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason persons with two or more properties are liable in 2013 for payment of non-principal private residence and local property tax; his views on whether this is a double taxation; the reason the fees are not consolidated; if he will explain the difference in the fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26915/13]

Central Bank of Ireland Investigations

Pearse Doherty

175. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 21 May 2013, when he expects the Central Bank of Ireland's administrative sanctions procedure into historic lending practices at Irish Nationwide Building Society to conclude. [26972/13]

Tax Residency Issues

Pearse Doherty

180. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 174, 175, 176 and 190 of 28 May 2013, the case law to which he is referring. [27081/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Pearse Doherty

181. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of local property tax returns that have been received from each county as a percentage of eligible properties; if he will provide a breakdown for each county of the number of returns that were electronic and the number made by hand. [27077/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Pearse Doherty

193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number and names of all groups or individuals who made a submission to the Central Bank of Ireland's consultation on a review of the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears. [27571/13]

Oideachas Gaeilge

Pearse Doherty

235. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an gcuirfidh sé acmhainní agus tacaíocht bhreise ar fáil do scoil (sonraí ar fáil) chun gur féidir an cúrsa Ardteistiméireachta trí mheán na Gaeilge a chur ar fáil do dhaltaí, ag cur i gcuntas go bhfuil an scoil suite i nGaeltacht Dhún na nGall agus go bhfuil éileamh ann ó dhaltaí a rinne an Teastas Sóisearach trí Ghaeilge leanúint ar aghaidh lena gcuid staidéir trí mheán na Gaeilge. [26639/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Pearse Doherty

263. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will further examine the case of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, which has been taken off the schools' capital buildings programme in view of his previous commitments to do so; the outcome of this re-examination; if he considers that the construction of a new school on the site identified by the Department as a priority in view of the current health and safety concerns brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26994/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

401. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason an Irish person born here will be asked to prove Irish nationality when applying for jobseeker's allowance or benefit. [27321/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

402. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that Irish citizens born in the Six Counties and resident in this State are entitled to equal rights as any other Irish citizens when applying for jobseeker's assistance. [27322/13]

Defined Pension Benefit Schemes Issues

Pearse Doherty

448. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if any analysis has been made of the number of defined benefit schemes here that are insolvent or in danger of being insolvent. [27567/13]

Renewable Energy Projects

Pearse Doherty

514. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to an incident whereby a 245 foot wind turbine (details supplied) in County Donegal collapsed during high winds; if he intends to order a public investigation into this matter; if he intends to introduce legislation which makes provision for a minimum 1km set back distance for wind turbines from dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27018/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Pearse Doherty

549. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the purpose of the fees in respect of two or more properties liable in 2013 for payment of non-principal private residence and local property tax; if he will explain the use to which the fees collected will be used; the person or agency which is responsible for collection of the fees; his views on whether the agencies collecting the fees are sharing personal information on citizens and whether this is a breach of data protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26915/13]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding

Pearse Doherty

569. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a budget has been allocated by his Department to Donegal County Council for the Dungloe Glenties DBO scheme; the specific date that the works for this scheme will commence on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26659/13]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Pearse Doherty

570. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 on 5 March 2013 and No. 503 on 17 July 2012, if he has considered the preliminary report submitted by Donegal County Council for the Falcarragh sewerage scheme; his views on whether this scheme will be progressed through planning in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26660/13]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding

Pearse Doherty

571. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has now issued full approval of the contract documents for the Donegal Group B sewerage schemes; the amount of funding that has been made available by his Department for the progression of these schemes in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26661/13]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Pearse Doherty

572. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Ballyshannon water supply scheme, County Donegal; if this scheme has now received full approval from his Department; if appropriate funding has been allocated to progress the scheme in 2013; when he expects works to commence on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26662/13]