Parliamentary questions

Local Authority Finances

Pearse Doherty

765. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 165 and 166 of 21 March 2013, if he will provide, in tabular form, the total income of local authorities for 2002-2010 setting out amounts received under the headings of specific State grants, commercial rates, fees and charges for goods and services and general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund. [16296/13]

Departmental Funding

Pearse Doherty

768. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when full approval will be granted by his Department for a project (details supplied) in County Donegal, which has been initially approved for funding by DLDC and has been referred to his Department for approval in December 2012; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the delay in granting final approval for this project has put this project significantly behind schedule for construction; if the project will be approved by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16317/13]

Departmental Funding

Pearse Doherty

769. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money that has been allocated to projects under the LEADER programme to date; the total amount of money available for allocation under the LEADER programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16318/13]

Election Management System

Pearse Doherty

785. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government following the recent by-election in Meath East, the steps he took to reserving polling station and count staff positions for those on the live register where practicable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16596/13]

Election Management System

Pearse Doherty

786. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government following the recent by-election in Meath East, if he will outline the requirements in respect of the advertising of polling station and count staff positions in advance of each election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16597/13]

Election Management System

Pearse Doherty

787. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government following the recent by-election in Meath East, the number of the persons employed in the following roles in the by-election who were immediately previously unemployed or on the live register: Special Presiding Officers, Presiding Officers, Supervisory Presiding Officers and Area Inspectors, Poll Clerks, Count Supervisors, Count Calculators and Counters. [16598/13]

Election Management System

Pearse Doherty

788. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government following the recent by-election in Meath East, if he will provide the number of the persons employed in the following roles in the by-election, and the average remuneration provided: Special Presiding Officers, Presiding Officers, Supervisory Presiding Officers and Area Inspectors, Poll Clerks, Count Supervisors, Count Calculators and Counters. [16599/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

794. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an estate (details supplied) in County Dublin was not included on the current or previous list of unfinished estates prepared by his Department; and if he will consider its inclusion. [16693/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

795. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria used in the compilation of the list of unfinished estates by his Department; and the criteria used in drawing up the initial list under the previous Government. [16694/13]

Liquor Licensing Laws

Pearse Doherty

887. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is any current provision similar to section 19 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2000, which was in operation for one year, to allow those who currently hold a restricted publican licence to apply for a full seven day licence; if he intends to amend existing legislation to facilitate those wishing to upgrade their licences; his views on whether introducing such a provision would provide a boost to already established and successful businesses operating under restricted licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16332/13]

Crime Data

Pearse Doherty

899. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the controls which exist in An Garda Síochána to ensure that all reported crimes are captured for statistical purposes by the Central Statistics Office. [16594/13]

Crime Data

Pearse Doherty

900. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way a member of the public who has reported a crime to An Garda Síochána can be confident that the crime has been captured for statistical purposes by the Central Statistics Office. [16595/13]

Sheep Technology Adoption Programme Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

982. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider granting a special derogation to sheep farmers on the offshore island of Arranmorein County Donegal regarding the eligibility requirement of a stocking level of 30 breeding ewes for the STAP scheme in cases where the farmer concerned cannot reach this level of stock density due to the marginal and exposed nature of the land on which they farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15982/13]

Food Labelling

Pearse Doherty

996. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the publication by his Department of the recent report on the horse meat scandal, if he will outline the sanctions he intends pursuing against companies and individuals criticized in the report. [16297/13]

Children in Care

Pearse Doherty

1077. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current capacity of medium to long term residential care beds in County Donegal specifically designated for children and teenagers awaiting long term foster care or identified at being at risk or temporarily removed from the family home; the number of persons in County Donegal who have availed of this service in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012; the locations of the beds in the county; the number of social workers and other staff employed in residential care of children and teenagers identified as being at risk or awaiting foster care in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16335/13]

Homeless Persons Supports

Pearse Doherty

1115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided by the Health Service Executive to bodies working in the area of homelessness in each year for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and the amounts projected for 2013 subdivided into HSE area; and if expended on social inclusion children and families or other objectives. [17346/13]

Food Safety Authority Meetings

Pearse Doherty

1152. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland will have sufficient directors so as to enable it to lawfully meet. [16298/13]

Disability Support Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

1160. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed by the specialist services for children within the multidisciplinary autism team in County Donegal; if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff employed in the specialist services for children within the multidisciplinary autism team in County Donegal for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; the number of staff employed by the specialist services for children within the multidisciplinary autism team in County Donegal that are currently on maternity leave; the number of staff that have been employed on temporary contracts to replace those on maternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16336/13]

Disability Support Services

Pearse Doherty

1161. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the Donegal Autism Service specifically for the support of children diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum in County Donegal for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; the total amount that has been allocated under the Health Service Executive care plan for 2013 for the support of children diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum in County Donegal for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16337/13]

Disability Support Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

1162. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an initial appointment with the relevant children’s specialists on the autism team in County Donegal; the average length of time from when a child is initially referred to the autism team and a full assessment or diagnosis is made; the number of children in County Donegal who are awaiting an initial appointment with a relevant specialist within the autism team; the number of children who have been referred to the autism team in County Donegal who are undergoing assessment or awaiting final diagnosis; the percentage of children referred to the autism team in each of the past five years who have been diagnosed as having autistic spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16338/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

1163. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he has considered correspondence sent to him outlining the situation whereby two Departments (details supplied) in Sligo Regional Hospital have taken the decision to suspend referrals from general practitioners in County Donegal due to a backlog of waiting lists and increasing workload; the steps being taken by him to resolve this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16339/13]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

1164. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an appointment with a dermatology specialist in both Letterkenny General Hospital and Sligo Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16340/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

1165. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, who was referred by their general practitioner in June 2012 as an urgent case for a surgical procedure due to their pain levels is still awaiting the procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16341/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

1228. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect to receive treatment for a condition at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. [16688/13]

Departmental Websites

Pearse Doherty

1369. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1235 of 6 November 2012, if he will now provide the details requested. [16289/13]

Departmental Websites

Pearse Doherty

1370. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the purchase of the Ireland.com domain name from The Irish Times for €495,000 in October 2012 by Tourism Ireland Limited which operates under the auspices of his Department, if he is concerned that DiscoverIreland.com is still the website most promoted by Tourism Ireland in traditional marketing. [16290/13]

Departmental Websites

Pearse Doherty

1371. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the purchase of the Ireland.com domain name from The Irish Times for €495,000 in October 2012 by Tourism Ireland Limited which operates under the auspices of his Department, if he is concerned that according to website rankings published by Alexa.com that Ireland.com is ranked 86,595 in the world in terms of global traffic while DiscoverIreland.com is ranked higher at 81,470 in the world. [16291/13]

Ministerial Travel

Pearse Doherty

24. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of his recent official visit to South Africa; and if any of his meetings with South African business groups were successful in creating trade and investment for Ireland. [15528/13]

Middle East Peace Process

Pearse Doherty

28. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the World Bank report on the Palestinian economy, which states that Israel's system of checkpoints and restrictions in the occupied West Bank has inflicted long-term damage on Palestinians' ability to compete in the global market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15533/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

235. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15802/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

236. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15803/13]

Job Creation Numbers

Pearse Doherty

63. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide detailed figures of the numbers and types of jobs created as a result of the Government's 2012 Action Plan for Jobs which identified targeting capital investment in public tourism product and infrastructure as a key priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15305/13]

Motor Vehicles

Pearse Doherty

79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of motor vehicles currently operating on the road that were registered before 2008. [15058/13]

Financial Services Regulation

Pearse Doherty

193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance , further to his announcement on mortgage arrears on 13 March 2013, if financial institutions will continue to prepare their accounts under international financial reporting standards, and particularly if the requirement to write down the value of certain loans to the value of the underlying security will lead to the necessity for banks to produce two sets of accounts. [14901/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Pearse Doherty

194. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance , further to his announcement on mortgage arrears on 13 March 2013, if he will quantify by reference to the most recently available data, the number of proposed sustainable mortgage solutions that the banks are targeted with proposing by end of June 2013; the number of proposed sustainable mortgage solutions that the banks have proposed by 13 March 2013; and if he will specify what is meant by proposing and if proposals must be in writing to borrowers. [14902/13]

Central Bank of Ireland Issues

Pearse Doherty

195. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the terms of the Agreement on Net Financial Assets overseen by the European Central Bank. [14903/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

196. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the proportion of the €25 billion of sovereign bonds used to swap with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation for its €27.7 billion of promissory notes, that are directly held by the Central Bank of Ireland. [14904/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

197. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will set out, in tabular form, by country the holdings of €25 billion of sovereign bonds used to swap with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation for its €27.7 billion of promissory notes. [14905/13]

Deposit Guarantee Scheme

Pearse Doherty

198. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the adequacy of the deposit guarantee scheme overseen at the Central Bank of Ireland in the event of the failure of any of the main Irish financial institutions. [14906/13]

Banking Sector Remuneration

Pearse Doherty

199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the Mercer Report on pay and perks, the investigation, if any, he has carried out into the reported practice in Spain where executives of Bankia were ordered to pay back annual incentives paid before the bailout. [14907/13]

Banking Sector Remuneration

Pearse Doherty

200. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the Mercer report on pay and perks, the reason employees in banks have seen their salaries increase to levels which are amongst the highest in Europe, whilst employees in the public sector are being asked to accept pay cuts. [14908/13]

Financial Services Ombudsman

Pearse Doherty

201. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Financial Services Ombudsman, due to the Irish bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013, cannot now investigate complaints by mortgage holders against the IBRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14917/13]

Cypriot Financial System

Pearse Doherty

218. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the exposure of Irish households and businesses to the Cypriot financial system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15179/13]

Cypriot Financial System

Pearse Doherty

219. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the exposure of Irish banks including the Central Bank of Ireland to Cypriot sovereign bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15180/13]

Cypriot Financial System

Pearse Doherty

220. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the exposure of the European Central Bank to the Cypriot financial system; and if he will provide an assessment of the contribution of this State to any losses incurred by the ECB on its exposure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15181/13]

State Banking Sector

Pearse Doherty

221. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the capital control measures he has available to him to prevent bank runs on Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15182/13]

State Debt

Pearse Doherty

222. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the sterling and euro sums drawn down on the bilateral loan provided by Britain to the State as part of the 2010 programme finance arrangement; the applicable annual interest rate; the sterling and euro sums that he expects to be drawn down in future; and if he will provide an assessment of the risk that penalties provided for in the bilateral loan agreement in case the full amount of the loan is not drawn down, will be triggered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15183/13]

Tax Compliance

Pearse Doherty

223. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide his assessment of the plans by the British government and its Chancellor of the Exchequer to name and shame promoters of tax avoidance schemes; if he has any plans to introduce a similar practice here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15184/13]

Bank Deposits Levy

Pearse Doherty

227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain his decision to welcome the Cypriot loan deal as proposed; his views on whether it is acceptable to levy depositors in a banking crisis but leave senior bondholders untouched; if he put forward any alternative solutions to the levying of depositors, particularly depositors under €100,000; if any discussions have been held regarding this being a potential avenue for Ireland either in the past, or in the future; and if he will confirm that he is still committed to guaranteeing the first €100,000 of a depositor's account in the event of a bank collapsing or needing new capital. [15319/13]

Prisoner Numbers

Pearse Doherty

449. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the number of prisoners who have sought or been provided with medical attention at Wheatfield Prison, Cloverhill Road, Dublin following assaults or suspected assaults in each of January, February and March 2013 together with the current total number of prisoners at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15185/13]

Health Services Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

542. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 612 and 570 of 12 March 2013, the reason the medicine olanzapine costs consumers €166 in this State compared with €9 in Northern Ireland. [14915/13]

Health Services Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

543. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 612 and 570 of 12 March 2013, the reason the medicine atorvastatin costs consumers €33.77 in this State compared with €2.87 in Northern Ireland [14916/13]

Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

544. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation as to why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 had their primary medical certificate withdrawn by the Health Service Executive despite their medical condition deteriorating and medical evidence to prove this deterioration being provided to the HSE. [14921/13]

Bank Staff Remuneration

Pearse Doherty

2. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the salaries of senior executives at bailed-out banks, as opposed to reducing the payroll more generally, in view of the fact that more than 6,400 staff in these banks earn more than €100,000, 165 top executives in Bank of Ireland and AIB are receiving salaries in excess of €200,000 per year, 55 of these are earning more than €300,000 per year and 28 are earning more than €400,000 per year. [14401/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Pearse Doherty

5. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason in view of the crisis in mortgage arrears he did not take the power away from the banks and appoint an independent body with the power to compel banks to come to binding agreements with mortgage holders in last week’s mortgage arrears plan; if he considered this option; and if so, the reason he did not include it. [14402/13]

Property Taxation Application

Pearse Doherty

24. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will carry out an impact assessment of the property tax on social housing service providers. [14060/13]

Budget 2012

Pearse Doherty

75. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to conduct and publish an analysis of the net employment effects of the measures taken in Budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14452/13]

Budget 2012

Pearse Doherty

76. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to conduct and publish an analysis of the distributional effects of the measures taken in Budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14453/13]

Budget 2012

Pearse Doherty

77. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any,he has to conduct and publish an analysis of the distributional effects of the measures taken in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14454/13]

Budget 2012

Pearse Doherty

78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to conduct and publish an analysis of the distributional effects of the measures being considered for Budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14455/13]

Tax Reliefs Application

Pearse Doherty

79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to publish the economic rationale for all existing tax reliefs and for all proposed tax reliefs being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14456/13]

Tax Reliefs Cost

Pearse Doherty

80. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to publish the direct cost to the Exchequer of all existing tax reliefs, including a distributional analysis of which households by income decile group are expected to benefit from each existing tax relief; the firms that are expected to benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14457/13]

Budget 2012

Pearse Doherty

81. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans, if any, to conduct and publish an analysis of the net effect on GDP and GNP of the measures taken in Budget 2012; his plans to conduct and publish any analysis of the output effects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14458/13]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

82. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money that would be raised in a full year by reducing the level at which persons and companies may claim interest repayments against tax for residential rental properties to 40%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14459/13]

NAMA Portfolio Issues

Pearse Doherty

90. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the recent statement by the National Asset Management Agency that it had sold €22 million of Irish residential property with its 80:20 deferred payment initiative, if he will confirm the overall value of the 80:20 mortgages that have been extended to buyers of such property and the overall value of sales which have not involved the 80:20 mortgage. [14570/13]

NAMA Portfolio Issues

Pearse Doherty

91. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 22 May 2012, if he will provide a breakdown of the stock of Irish residential housing in the National Asset Management Agency portfolio, showing the number of units rented and vacant, and showing the number of units being offered for sale and for rent. [14571/13]

Bond Markets

Pearse Doherty

92. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the fees payable to the joint lead managers, Barclays, Danske Bank, Davy, Goldman Sachs International, HSBC and Nomura, which have been mandated by the National Treasury Management Agency in respect of a recently announced issue of a March 2023 bond. [14572/13]

National Treasury Management Agency Bond Issues

Pearse Doherty

93. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will account for the premium yield paid by the National Treasury Management Agency on its recent €5 billion issuance of ten-year bonds when compared with the yield on the existing 2020 bond. [14573/13]

Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

94. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has confirmed with the European Central Bank, that in view of the recent issuance of €5 billion of ten-year bonds to a wide range of investors, that Ireland now qualifies for access to the ECB’s outright monetary transaction scheme. [14574/13]

Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

95. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his assessment on whether this State now meets the criteria for access to the ECB’s outright monetary transaction scheme, following the recent issuance of €5 billion of ten-year bonds to a wide range of investors. [14575/13]

EU-IMF Programme of Support Drawdowns

Pearse Doherty

96. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amounts currently borrowed from the International Monetary Fund under the programme finance agreement; the annual rate of interest payable on these borrowings; and the dates by which the principals must be repaid. [14576/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Pearse Doherty

97. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to his announcement on 13 March 2013 on dealing with the mortgage arrears crisis, if he will explain what he means by sustainable mortgage solution; if he will specifically outline any metrics that will be used to judge sustainability; and if he will identify the persons that will determine if a mortgage solution is sustainable or not. [14577/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Pearse Doherty

98. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to his announcement on 13 March 2013 on dealing with the mortgage arrears crisis, the independent advice that will be made available to borrowers who are being forced to sacrifice their tracker mortgage benefits in return for agreeing to a restructuring. [14578/13]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Pearse Doherty

54. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he has considered a proposal for a salary review in respect of the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive; if this is an upward review; the sum involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13775/13]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Pearse Doherty

163. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the proposed pay levels for the chief executives of the new hospitals groups; if he has proposed bonus payments for these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13776/13]

Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations

Pearse Doherty

203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is planning to outsource the running of its IT systems and their operation to HP; and if so, if there is a precedent for central banks outsourcing functions, particularly IT to private companies; the countries involved; and the periods for which they have used outsourcing. [13709/13]

Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations

Pearse Doherty

205. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is about to outsource its IT operations; if so, the protocols that are in place to ensure that commercially sensitive information will be protected in such an event; and his views on whether it is appropriate that any such outsourcing is made to a company that is in fact regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. [13710/13]

Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations

Pearse Doherty

207. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is about to outsource its IT operations; if so, the amount it currently costs to run the IT operations; the cost of the outsourcing; and the savings that will be made if such outsourcing is to take place. [13711/13]

Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations

Pearse Doherty

208. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is about to outsource its IT operations; and if so, the tender procedure the bank has undertaken to contract a private IT operator and the costs associated with the tendering process. [13712/13]

Public Service Contracts

Pearse Doherty

224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if consideration was given to the outsourcing of a call centre to a private company to deal with calls relating to the local property tax; if the cost of such a centre was estimated at €4.9 million; if it was intended that calls taken by that centre would then be processed back to Revenue; if he still intends to proceed with plans for a private call centre; if a direct call number has been established for local property tax queries; and the number of personnel who have been assigned to answering calls. [13992/13]

Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh

Pearse Doherty

337. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an gcuirfidh sé eolas ar fáil i bhfoirm tábla maidir le cé mhéad pacáiste tacaíochta teanga atá curtha amach chuig tuismitheoirí óna Roinn, agus é mionsonraithe de réir contae agus de réir míosa. [13642/13]

Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh

Pearse Doherty

338. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sé cuntas ar cé mhéad pacáiste réigiúnach éagsúil tacaíochta teanga atá ann, ar an ábhar atá i ngach pacáiste tacaíochta teanga atá ar fáil, ar theideal gach foilseacháin atá sna pacáistí agus ar na contaetha lena mbaineann gach pacáiste réigiúnach. [13643/13]

Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh

Pearse Doherty

339. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén méid airgid atá caite go dtí seo ar chur chun cinn na bpacáistí tacaíochta teanga; agus cén costas a bhaineann le gach ábhar-gach feachtas. [13644/13]

Special Protection Areas

Pearse Doherty

340. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the proposed Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if he will list the public facilities in which the maps and associated documents were displayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13676/13]

Special Protection Areas

Pearse Doherty

341. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if he will list the newspapers and radio stations in which the advertising for the consultation process were carried and the dates of these announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13677/13]

Special Protection Areas

Pearse Doherty

342. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if there is a requirement in his Department’s written guidelines or guidelines within the National Parks and Wildlife Service for prior consultation with landowners before formal written correspondence is issued informing them that their land is to be within the proposed SPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13678/13]

Special Protection Areas

Pearse Doherty

343. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if prior consultation has ever taken place with landowners before their land is included in a SPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13679/13]

Special Protection Areas

Pearse Doherty

344. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the coordinates of sightings over the past six years of the corncrake in the area proposed to be included in the Falcarragh/Meenlaragh Special Protection Area, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13680/13]

Special Protection Areas

Pearse Doherty

345. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if he will suspend the process of designation until such time as agreement can be reached with the local communities on the boundaries of the SPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13681/13]

Immigration Status

Pearse Doherty

376. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to correspondence sent to him regarding an application to remain here under the 2004 student probationary extension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; if this application will be approved in view of the fact that the applicant commenced studies in December 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14144/13]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Pearse Doherty

12. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dhéanfaid sé ráiteas maidir le hionadaíocht ó na Gaeltachtaí beaga ar Bhord an Údaráis ós rud é nach mbeidh ionadaíocht lánaimseartha ag Gaeltacht na Mí ar an bhord, agus go bhfuil ionadaithe ón dá Ghaeltacht bheaga eile ainmnithe aige ar an bhord. [13095/13]

Action Plan for Jobs

Pearse Doherty

51. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of where the 26,000 employed in aviation according to the jobs action plan work that is airport workers, manufacturing, leasing and so on. [13164/13]

Ministerial Meetings

Pearse Doherty

52. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of times he or his representatives have met with representatives of the aviation industry or aviation leasing industry since March 2011. [13165/13]

Temple Bar Cultural Trust

Pearse Doherty

133. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will lay before Dáil Éireann the latest report and accounts of the Temple Bar Cultural Trust, formerly Temple Bar Properties Limited. [13413/13]

Temple Bar Cultural Trust

Pearse Doherty

134. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out in tabular form the list of properties controlled by the Temple Bar Cultural Trust, formerly Temple Bar Properties Limited; and if he will designate each property that is currently rented or vacant. [13414/13]

Tourism Industry Issues

Pearse Doherty

128. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach further to the statements by the Irish Hotels Federation criticising both the detail of statistics collected by the Central Statistics Office in respect of tourist behaviour, and the tardiness of the production of visitor statistics with 2011 just now being published, if there are plans to improve the timeliness and detail of these statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12637/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

168. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total value of unsecured creditors at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation when it was placed in special liquidation on 6 February 2013. [12622/13]

Deposit Guarantee Scheme

Pearse Doherty

169. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 26 February 2013, which showed that deposits in Irish banks, based on which these banks hand over 0.2% at the end of each year to be held by the Central Bank of Ireland in its deposit guarantee scheme, had declined from €217 billion at the end of 2011 to €190 billion at the end of 2012, if this is correct; and the apparent discrepancy between this decline and statements from his Department which suggest a stabilization and modest growth in deposits. [12623/13]

Banking Sector Regulation

Pearse Doherty

170. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the policy of Allied Irish Banks in which he is the shareholder of 99.8% of the shares in writing down debt owed on commercial loans and if ordinary shareholders in companies where debt write-offs will be agreed by AIB, will be 100% wiped out before any debt write-off is agreed by AIB. [12624/13]

Eligible Liabilities Guarantee

Pearse Doherty

171. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown by covered institution of the €1,235,980,000 in 2011 and €1,024,786,000 in 2012 of eligible liabilities guarantee fees received by the State; and if he will provide a projection of the fees payable in 2013 by covered institution and the projected fees in budget 2013. [12625/13]