Parliamentary questions

Emigration Data

Pearse Doherty

498. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the funding that he is providing to the National Youth Council of Ireland for the research on emigration which formed the basis of the recent report Time to Go a qualitative research study exploring the experience and impact of emigration on Ireland’s youth. [24124/13]

Water Supply Contamination

Pearse Doherty

509. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the lack of clean water in the Lifford area of County Donegal over the past six years; if he will allocate funding for pipe replacement in 2013 to Donegal County Council to ensure that problems (details supplied) are rectified without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24353/13]

State Bodies Accounts

Pearse Doherty

512. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out in tabular form the names of all State-owned or substantially State-funded organisations under his Department whose latest accounts laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas are more than one year old - that is, relating to a period ending before May 2012; and those of all such organisations whose latest accounts are more than two years old - that is, relating to a period ending before May 2011. [25021/13]

Personal Insolvency Act

Pearse Doherty

534. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personal insolvency practitioners who are currently authorised in the State to provide services pursuant to the Personal Insolvency Act 2012. [24126/13]

Personal Insolvency Act

Pearse Doherty

535. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a plan or target for end of June 2013 for the number of personal insolvency practitioners authorised in the State to provide services pursuant to the Personal Insolvency Act 2012; and if so, the way such targets will be achieved and the way targets are monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24127/13]

Personal Insolvency Act

Pearse Doherty

536. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 24 April, 2013 if he will estimate the number of personal insolvency practitioners required to service 15,000 personal insolvency applications, 3,000 to 4,000 applications for debt relief notices and 3,000 bankruptcy applications in a 12 month period. [24128/13]

Commercial Leases Database

Pearse Doherty

537. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 26 February 2013 in which he advised the Commercial Leases Database would be published by the end of March 2013, and the subsequent failure of the Property Services Regulatory Authority which acts under his auspices to publish the CLD by the end of March 2013, if he will provide an explanation for the delay and a new date for the publication of the CLD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24129/13]

Commercial Rent Reviews

Pearse Doherty

538. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality following the enactment of the Irish Bank Resolution Act 2013 and its provision to suspend property rights in the common good, and in view of a raft of recent examinerships in which reductions in commercial rents in so-called Upward Only Rent Review leases to market levels, have led to several high-profile businesses being saved, if he has considered consulting with his colleagues to re-examine the possibility of abolishing UORR leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24131/13]

State Bodies Accounts

Pearse Doherty

556. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Defence if he will set out in tabular form the names of all State-owned or substantially State-funded organisations under his Department whose latest accounts laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas are more than one year old - that is, relating to a period ending before May 2012; and those of all such organisations whose latest accounts are more than two years old - that is, relating to a period ending before May 2011. [25019/13]

State Bodies Accounts

Pearse Doherty

591. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set out in tabular form the names of all State-owned or substantially State-funded organisations under his Department whose latest accounts laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas are more than one year old - that is, relating to a period ending before May 2012; and those of all such organisations whose latest accounts are more than two years old - that is, relating to a period ending before May 2011. [25015/13]

State Bodies Accounts

Pearse Doherty

602. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will set out in tabular form the names of all State owned or substantially State funded organisations under her Department whose latest accounts laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas are more than one year old, that is, relate to a period ending before May 2012 and more than two years old, that is, relate to a period ending before May 2011. [25017/13]

Services for People with Disabilities

Pearse Doherty

606. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that a child diagnosed with autism in February 2013 (details supplied) in County Donegal is still awaiting assistance from the Donegal autism services; if he will provide details on the current waiting times for children diagnosed with autism awaiting assistance in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23639/13]

Hospital Appointment Status

Pearse Doherty

640. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when an urgent appointment will be made available for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he can clarify the current waiting times for a public patient and a private patient awaiting appointment to see this consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23992/13]

State Bodies Accounts

Pearse Doherty

705. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will set out in tabular form the names of all State-owned or substantially State-funded organisations under his Department whose latest accounts laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas are more than one year old - that is, relating to a period ending before May 2012 - and the names of such organisations whose latest accounts are more than two years old - that is, relating to a period ending before May 2011. [25023/13]

Public Transport Subsidies

Pearse Doherty

719. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the way the Public Service Obligation subvention paid to Bus Eireann is calculated and if there has been any change to the calculation basis for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [24120/13]

Bus Éireann Services

Pearse Doherty

720. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an assessment of the finances of Bus Éireann. [24121/13]

Bus Éireann Finances

Pearse Doherty

721. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the financial results for Bus Éireann in 2012, its revenue, its profit and net assets. [24122/13]

Public Transport Subsidies

Pearse Doherty

722. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the Public Service Obligation payment made to Bus Éireann in each of 2009, 2010, 2011,2012 and proposed for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24123/13]

Human Rights Issues

Pearse Doherty

11. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recently released Human Rights Watch report which accuses the Burmese Government of crimes against humanity and not doing enough to stop ethnic violence in the country; and if he has discussed this issue with his European counterparts. [23223/13]

Human Rights Issues

Pearse Doherty

59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a recently released report by the US State Department which detailed human rights abuses in Bahrain; the recent arrest of prominent human rights defender Naji Fateel on 2 May ; and if he has discussed these issues with his European counterparts. [23232/13]

Deontais Caipitil

Pearse Doherty

193. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta maidir leis an gcúnamh caipitil a chuireann an Rannóg Áiseanna Pobail agus Teanga ina Roinn ar fáil, cad é luach na ndeontas a ceadaíodh in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 agus 2012, agus cén céatadán, contae ar chontae, a fuair na contaetha sin. [23475/13]

Health Services Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

250. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis, the way the €35 million allocated for additional staff in mental health services in Budget 2013 was spent; the locations at which the positions were created; the amount of additional posts that were created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23376/13]

Health Services Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

251. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the way the extra allocation of €35 million for mental health services in Budget 2013 has benefitted service providers and users; if he is satisfied that the allocation has been utilised to the maximum extent possible to increase the level of frontline mental health services available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23377/13]

Tourism Industry Issues

Pearse Doherty

46. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the fact that the number of nights spent in Ireland by overseas travellers decreased by 4.7% in 2012, down from 50.3 million to 47.9 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22858/13]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Pearse Doherty

67. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to distribute the €13.5m in the sports capital programme 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22847/13]

Consular Services Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

96. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 2 May 2013, if he will provide an analysis, by type of allowance, of the €8,709,948 allowances paid to headquarter staff working at diplomatic missions in 2012. [23167/13]

Consular Services Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

97. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 2 May 2013, in respect of the €8,709,948 allowances paid to headquarter staff working at diplomatic missions in 2012, if he will confirm the total of allowances paid against vouched receipts. [23168/13]

IBRC Loans

Pearse Doherty

113. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation breached the terms of its Commitments Letter to the European Commission by issuing a further €5 million loan to a person (details supplied) in 2012 to pay legal costs, when their debt with IBRC amounted to approximately €900 million in personal and corporate accounts at the time. [23153/13]

IBRC Staff

Pearse Doherty

114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if former or existing staff transferred to the National Asset Management Agency with Irish Bank Resolution Corporation are free to work with borrowers or has a cooling off period been imposed; if former or existing staff have to seek his Department's permission to take up roles with investment firms or with individuals-companies who have substantial loans with the IBRC. [23154/13]

Banking Sector Issues

Pearse Doherty

115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the net interest margin at Allied Irish Banks at the end of June 2012, September 2012, December 2012 and March 2013. [23155/13]

Banking Sector Issues

Pearse Doherty

116. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 7 May 2013, if the two advisors providing advice to both sides of the transaction whereby €1.2 billion of EBS loans were given by Allied Irish Banks to the AIB pension scheme in August 2012, were from the one firm, KPMG. [23156/13]

NAMA Debtors

Pearse Doherty

117. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the position adopted by the National Asset Management Agency in response to individual voluntary arrangement proposals in Britain by its debtors. [23158/13]

NAMA Debtors

Pearse Doherty

118. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance pursuant to section 2 (viii) of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 which provides for NAMA to contribute to the social and economic development of the State, if NAMA can outline how it regards its responsibilities and objectives in the context of the National Monument Site at 14-17 Moore Street in Dublin city centre. [23159/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

119. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the fees paid by Anglo Irish Bank to the law firm Matheson Ormsby Prentice in respect of advice and services connected to the so-called Maple 10 or Anglo Golden Circle transaction in 2008. [23160/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

120. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the fees paid, both directly and indirectly by Anglo Irish Bank to Morgan Stanley in respect of advice and services connected to the so-called Maple 10 or Anglo Golden Circle transaction in 2008. [23161/13]

Private Residential Tenancies Board Staff

Pearse Doherty

192. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to the publication of the 2011 annual report and accounts for the Private Residential Tenancies Board, the reason agency staff costs of €869,429 were incurred in 2011 in a relatively small organisation which employs 30 full time staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23157/13]

Private Residential Tenancies Board Staff

Pearse Doherty

193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to the publication of the 2011 annual report and accounts for the Private Residential Tenancies Board, if he will provide an analysis by recipient and amount of the €1,410,445 incurred in 2011 on legal and professional fees. [23166/13]

Crime Statistics

Pearse Doherty

212. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 900 of 16 April 2013 and 286 of 7 May 2013, the steps a member of the public can take to check that a reported crime has been captured on the Garda PULSE system. [23162/13]

Crime Statistics

Pearse Doherty

213. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 900 of 16 April 2013 and 286 of 7 May 2013, if only crimes in respect of which Gardaí have provided a crime number to the victim can be registered on PULSE. [23163/13]

Inter-Country Adoptions

Pearse Doherty

244. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm for each of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 the total number of adoption registrations here. [23165/13]

Health Services Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

133. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the scope of the cuts he proposes to impose on health services, other than staff pay cuts, during 2014 and 2015; if he has carried out an impact analysis of such cuts to date since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22561/13]

Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

145. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he has addressed with the Health Service Executive the concern that there will not be sufficient junior doctors at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; the action, if any, he proposes to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22560/13]

Budget 2014 Issues

Pearse Doherty

188. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the minimum adjustment that would be required to be made in budget 2014 to meet the original agreed deficit target as set out in the troika programme. [22364/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

189. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance of the ten persons, commonly known together as the Maple 10 or Anglo Golden Circle, if he will confirm the number of persons that continue to have outstanding loans at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if these persons have currently outstanding loans other than those related to the Maple 10 transaction. [22365/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

190. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance of the ten loans provided to the group commonly known together as the Maple 10 or Anglo Golden Circle, if he will confirm the number of loans which were provided originally on a recourse basis, but which were subsequently changed to non-recourse loans. [22366/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

191. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance of the ten loans provided to the group commonly known together as the Maple 10 or Anglo Golden Circle, if he will confirm the total of all repayments made and the current outstanding balance including interest and any other charges. [22367/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

192. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance of the ten loans provided to the group commonly known together as the Maple 10 or Anglo Golden Circle, if he will confirm the number of loans on which the bank has initiated court proceedings to recover sums outstanding. [22368/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation borrowers will be eligible to buy their own loans at less than par value when such loans over €10m are offered to the market imminently, but that borrowers at the National Asset Management Agency are precluded by the NAMA Act from buying their own loans at below par value. [22369/13]

NAMA Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

194. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the sums paid by the National Asset Management Agency to each of the ratings agencies Fitch, Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s and Dominion Bond Rating Service in each of 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [22370/13]

Financial Services Sector Remuneration

Pearse Doherty

195. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 208 and 210 of 23 April 2013, if he will confirm by year, separately, the salary and benefits and total remuneration of the Financial Regulator for 2010, 2011 and 2012. [22371/13]

Stock Exchange Issues

Pearse Doherty

196. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 1 May 2013, if the increase in the State’s shareholding of the ordinary shares in Allied Irish Banks as a result of receiving the €280m dividend in kind rather than in cash, will affect the stock exchange listing status of AIB. [22372/13]

State Banking Sector

Pearse Doherty

197. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason he has not been obliged to make an offer for all outstanding shares in Allied Irish Banks and Permanent TSB in view of his shareholding in both banks, 99.8% in the former and 99.5% in the latter. [22373/13]

Banking Licence Applications

Pearse Doherty

198. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm by year for each of end of 2010, end of 2011, end of 2012 and currently, the number of extant banking licences issued to banks operating in the International Financial Services Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22374/13]

Central Bank of Ireland Issues

Pearse Doherty

199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Central Bank of Ireland is considering outsourcing security for the bank's operations; if all security operations, or specific activities are being outsourced; the value of the contract that is being offered; the way it is being tendered and the closing date for tendering; the cost of the tendering process; the savings of net cost to the State of outsourcing security; if there will be job losses at the Central Bank of Ireland as a result of this. [22396/13]

Competition Authority Funding

Pearse Doherty

309. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will lay the latest annual financial statements of the Competition Authority before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [22377/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

382. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total capital and current spending for each of the Gaeltachts in each of the years 2002 to 2012. [22488/13]

Job Creation Numbers

Pearse Doherty

383. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of new jobs created as well as jobs lost for each of the Gaeltacht areas for each of the years 2002 to 2012. [22489/13]

Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

384. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown of total spending on salaries for full-time personnel at the Údarás na Gaeltachta Galway headquarters and at the regional office in Donegal, for the period 2002 to 2012 per person, per year. [22490/13]

Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

385. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown of total spending on expenses including travel and other for full-time personnel at the Údarás na Gaeltachta Galway headquarters, and regional office employees in Donegal for the period 2002 to 2012 per person, per year. [22491/13]

Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

386. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown of fees and expenses for all board members of Údarás na Gaeltachta for 2002-2012. [22492/13]

Departmental Bodies Reports

Pearse Doherty

465. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 2 May 2013, if he will confirm the latest annual report and accounts laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas for the Irish Film Classification Office and if he has any concerns regarding late reporting by the organisation. [22375/13]

Medicinal Products Supply

Pearse Doherty

659. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will consider including Pirfenidone on the drug payment scheme for sufferers of lung fibrosis; if he will confirm that is the only drug available to treat patients with idiopathic lung fibrosis; and when the Health Service Executive will conclude its negotiations with the manufacturer [22656/13]

Ombudsman for Children Reports

Pearse Doherty

7. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will advise her and her Department’s analysis, if same has been done, of the more than 1,200 complaints recorded and addressed by the Ombudsman for Children in 2012; if it is the practice that year on year such an analysis is undertaken in order to take appropriate action to help reduce, if not eliminate, the causes of repeat issues arising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21771/13]

State Banking Sector Regulation

Pearse Doherty

59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail the total nominal value of assets in the Asset Management Unit of Permanent TSB; if he will provide a category of the breakdown of these assets, in nominal value owner occupied mortgages, nominal value buy to let mortgages, nominal value of tracker owner occupied mortgages, nominal value of tracker buy-to-let mortgages, nominal value of commercial mortgages, nominal value of National Assets Management Agency bonds, nominal value of Irish Government bonds, nominal value of each of type of mortgage in arrears; if he will provide a breakdown of the type of deposits in the Asset Management Unit of Permanent TSB, the nominal amount of deposits below €100,000 and the nominal amount of deposits above €100,000; if he will provide a breakdown of the nominal amount of ECB or Ela finance in the Asset Management Unit of Permanent TSB, nominal value of Senior PTSB bonds in the Asset Management Unit, nominal value of PTSB subordinated bonds in the PTSB Asset Management Unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21982/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

60. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he instructs the Special Liquidator KPMG or indirectly the independent professional valuers of PWC and UBS pursuant to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013 to alter their preferred loan methodologies in order to ensure that the valuation of the total loan book of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation is greater than €12.928 billion combined with all the unguaranteed unsecured liabilities of the bank, the ELG liabilities of the bank and the Deposit Guaranteed Scheme liabilities of the bank that National Asset Management Agency’s acquisition of the remainder balance sheet of IBRC which is not sold to third parties would make all of those liabilities whole including providing an Exchequer boost of the €933.77 million the Exchequer has paid out for the ELG bonds as well as the £300 million of preference shares issued by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21983/13]

Central Bank of Ireland Issues

Pearse Doherty

61. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Central Bank of Ireland of borrowing unused capacity from counterparts in the 17-nation currency bloc relating to ANFA assets to ensure that the Central Bank of Ireland’s holding of Irish Government bonds as part of the promissory note restructuring deal is not in breach of Article 123 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; if he will detail the total nominal amount of capacity the Central Bank of Ireland has for holding ANFA assets without breaching EU Treaty law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21984/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

62. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the total fees charged by KPMG for the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation shall be published on an annual basis as they would be if it were a court liquidation; if he will confirm whether the breakdown of KPMG fees will be published, including the valuation fees awarded to PWC for the entire loan book minus the UBS mandated portion; if he will confirm if the National Assets Management Agency intends to hire their own independent valuer for the loans once the remaining loans are transferred to NAMA from IBRC; if he will confirm if the sale of the IBRC transferred assets to NAMA will have an EU/IMF deadline process for subsequent sale of the assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21985/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

63. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the insolvency initiated under the powers given to him in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013 is an insolvency proceeding within the meaning of section 6 (1) of S.I. No. 131/2003 European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 and therefore exempt to the application of Regulations 3 and 4 of the said regulations; if he will confirm whether the insolvency initiated under the powers given to him in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013 is considered a relevant insolvency proceeding within the meaning of the British Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 and therefore exempt from Regulations 4 and 7 of said regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21986/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the instructions given to the independent professional valuers of PWC and UBS, pursuant to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013, by the Special Liquidator KPMG or indirectly by him is to achieve the most accurate independent valuation of the current market value or whether the instruction given is to ensure that the total valuation of the total loan book of IBRC achieves at least €12.928 billion; if he will confirm that it would be advantageous to the Exchequer’s finances for 2013 that the independent valuation of the total loan book of IBRC is at least €12.928 billion in order to avoid additional Exchequer cost to meet the shortfall between the independent valuation and the price to which either the private investor or National Asset Management Agency will pay for the cumulative total balance of the loan book; if he will confirm whether NAMA is concerned that his interests are not aligned with those of NAMA who could be forced to take on assets at a larger price than it is able to sell in the short or medium term thus prolonging the retention of the IBRC assets by NAMA in order to avoid him facing up to losses now rather than in the future if NAMA make a loss on these assets [21987/13]

Tax Reliefs Application

Pearse Doherty

65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when SARP became operational; if any returns were made retrospectively for SARP in respect of 2011; if so, the number of people and the amounts involved; the instructions that have been given to persons availing of SARP in terms of conditions applicable; the number of jobs filled by Irish residents that have been created as a result of SARP; and if he will estimate the amount that will be saved for the Exchequer if SARP was abolished in 2014. [21997/13]

Tax Reliefs Application

Pearse Doherty

66. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the conditions applicable for retirement relief; when the €2 million cap is due to come in; the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if the €2 million cap before CGT is applied was reduced to a cap of €1.5 million; the amount that could be raised for the Exchequer if the cap for transferring to a non family member was reduced from €750,000 to €500,000. [21998/13]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

67. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 30 April 2013, in which he said that the Revenue Commissioners could not estimate the amount that would be raised if CGT was applied to the sale of principal residences because it is not a current policy, the reason an estimate cannot be made by his Department in view of the wealth of knowledge that has been accumulated by his Department in relation to house transactions in preparation for the local property tax; his views on whether it is acceptable that his Department cannot make estimates of revenue that could be raised or saved as a result of a new policy; and if he considers this an impediment to formulating new policies at budget time. [21999/13]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

68. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 30 April 2013, regarding the lack of information of revenue that could be raised if CGT and CAT was applied to transfers between spouses, if he will consider establishing a database in which transfers of this type had to be recorded; and if he will then consider examining the policy of introducing a threshold for spousal transfers and applying either CGT or CAT to transfers. [22000/13]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

69. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the current tax credit for rent relief; if it is being phased out and if so by when; and the cost of the tax relief in a full year at its current amount and at its previous value for €400 per annum. [22001/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

70. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that landlords can write the local property tax off against rent for tax purposes; and the estimated cost of this to the Exchequer. [22002/13]

VAT Rates Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

71. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason Betfair is not paying tax here; and the reason VAT is not being applied to the company. [22004/13]

Tax Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

72. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the sporting bodies that currently have CGT exemptions. [22005/13]

Capital Allowances

Pearse Doherty

73. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer by reducing the energy efficiency capital allowances from 100% to 50%; and the conditions applicable to avail of this allowance. [22006/13]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

74. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered modernising the base year for R&D tax reliefs. [22008/13]

Tax Collection

Pearse Doherty

75. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies and persons that were audited for non-payment or under-payment of tax in the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, by year; the total amount that was due in tax following these audits; the amount of the tax that has been collected and by how many persons; the total amount the surcharges and late payment fines amounted to in these years; the amount that was actually charged in surcharges and late payment fines; and the number of persons that paid the amounts. [22009/13]

Tax Reliefs Cost

Pearse Doherty

76. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by individual category of flat rate expenses; and their total cost to the Exchequer in tax reliefs in the last available tax year. [22010/13]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

111. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of proprietary directors in relation to income tax, PRSI and so on; the amount that would be raised for the Exchequer if PRSI was applied to proprietary directors' income. [22003/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Pearse Doherty

115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason financial brokers are excluded from the Mortgage Advisory Services she has announced. [21907/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Pearse Doherty

116. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has had a request from the Professional Insurance Brokers' Association to meet her regarding their exclusion from the Mortgage Advisory Service; and when this meeting will take place. [21908/13]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Pearse Doherty

176. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment of an agri-environment scheme 1 application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21940/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

222. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form per department in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, the current waiting times for public patients; the number of public patients currently on each list; the average number of public patients treated per month; the number of persons waiting more than nine months for either an appointment or procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22011/13]

Overseas Development Aid Provision

Pearse Doherty

55. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No.153 of 23 April 2013, if he will confirm the amount donated by Irish Aid to the Clinton Foundation in 2011 and 2012. [21599/13]

NAMA Court Cases

Pearse Doherty

62. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to an affidavit filed in the High Court in Dublin in which the National Asset Management Agency was seeking a judgment against a person (details supplied), if he will confirm that NAMA has provided confidential details, both the par value of the loan and the NAMA acquisition value, to persons not directly connected to the borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21635/13]

NAMA Property Leases

Pearse Doherty

63. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the arrangement between the National Asset Management Agency and the National Association of Building Co-Operatives; the number of properties to which the arrangement relates; the length of the lease terms; if NAMA is charging market rents; the location of the properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21636/13]

NAMA Property Sales

Pearse Doherty

64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm for each of 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013, the number of housing units sold by the National Assets Management Agency in the State for social housing; the number leased and the number presently being offered for sale or rent for social housing. [21637/13]

NAMA Accounts

Pearse Doherty

65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the 2012 unaudited accounts for the National Asset Management Agency, the reason interest income increased in 2012 compared with 2011, despite loans decreasing by €3bn and the European Central Bank reducing its main interest rate from 1.0% to 0.75% in July 2012. [21638/13]

NAMA Accounts

Pearse Doherty

66. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the 2012 unaudited accounts for the National Asset Management Agency, if he will provide an explanation for the line item portfolio management fees which in 2012 amounted to a cost of €4,670,000 compared to €15,902,000 in 2011. [21639/13]

NAMA Accounts

Pearse Doherty

67. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the 2012 unaudited accounts for the National Asset Management Agency, the reason due diligence costs of €4,086,000 were recorded in 2012 in view of the fact that the last tranche of NAMA loans were acquired in March 2012; and if the due diligence costs are properly rechargeable to the banks from which the loans were acquired. [21640/13]

NAMA Accounts

Pearse Doherty

68. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the 2012 unaudited accounts for the National Asset Management Agency, the staff costs excluding employer pension contributions and pay related social insurance in 2012; the average number of full time equivalent employees at the Agency during the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21641/13]

NAMA Accounts

Pearse Doherty

69. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the 2012 unaudited accounts for the National Asset Management Agency, if he will confirm the split of the €2.8bn of asset disposals between loan sales and real estate property sales. [21642/13]

NAMA Accounts

Pearse Doherty

70. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the 2012 unaudited accounts for the National Asset Management Agency, if he will confirm the percentage of non-performing loans by reference to nominal values and the original loan terms. [21643/13]

Exchequer Returns

Pearse Doherty

71. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a calendar of the future dates in 2013 when his Department’s monthly Exchequer statements will be published [21644/13]

NAMA Accounts

Pearse Doherty

72. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the 2012 unaudited accounts for the National Asset Management Agency, if he will provide his assessment of the performance of NAMA in 2012; and if he has concluded this assessment following consultation with the NAMA advisory board. [21645/13]

NAMA Transactions

Pearse Doherty

73. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of the collateral posting agreement between the National Treasury Management Agency and the National Asset Management Agency which required NAMA to place €1.15bn as collateral with the NTMA at December 2012 in respect of derivative exposure. [21646/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

83. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to review the situation whereby children with Down's syndrome are unable to access the maximum allocation of resource hours; if he will review Spec Ed 02/05 to ensure that children with Down's syndrome are recognised in their own right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21607/13]