Parliamentary questions

Road Network

Robert Troy

178. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is intended to provide a motorway service area on the M6 between Athlone and Moate, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8533/13]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Seán Crowe

179. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason funding applications under the sports capital programme by Dublin City Council in respect of Willie Pearse Park were rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8607/13]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Jim Daly

180. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the current policy that operates within local authorities whereby rural roads are repaired as they are eroded by the current weather cycles and never maintained to prevent this erosion. [8385/13]

Sale of State Assets

Olivia Mitchell

181. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the implications of a takeover of Aer Lingus by Ryanair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8396/13]

Sale of State Assets

Kieran O'Donnell

182. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the implications of a takeover of Aer Lingus by Ryanair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8462/13]

Public Transport Provision

Pádraig MacLochlainn

183. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress made to date with the Luas cross line project; the stage the project is at; the amount that has been spent to date on same; and the current estimated date of completion. [8582/13]

National Car Test

Anthony Lawlor

184. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will conduct a review of mileage data recorded in the national car test process to assess whether there is a widespread issue of mileage data being changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8499/13]

EU Transport Network

Thomas P. Broughan

185. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the recent cutting of the EU transport networks budget; if he will outline the impact on transport projects here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8392/13]

Driver Licence Applications

Alan Farrell

186. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular form the cost for a person to apply for a plastic card driving licence here compared with other jurisdictions in the EU that have introduced this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8325/13]

Public Transport Provision

Catherine Murphy

187. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will be placing sustainable public transport at the centrepiece of any national plan which will be the successor to the National Spatial Strategy; his views on whether spending on public transport, in particular rail, should take precedence over continued expansion of the road network over the next decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8531/13]

Tourism Promotion

Willie O'Dea

188. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he expects visitors from Britian to return in greater numbers in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8562/13]

Employment Data

Peadar Tóibín

189. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will detail the levels of employment for each year from 2007 to 2012 in respect of each of the following sectors: agrifoods, digital gaming, ICT, medical devices, financial services, manufacturing, tourism and industry. [7742/13]

Ministerial Appointments

Shane Ross

190. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Taoiseach the details of all appointments made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office, including the State owned banks and the Judiciary. [8126/13]

Ministerial Appointments

Shane Ross

191. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Taoiseach the details of the qualifications of all the appointees made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office including the State owned banks and judiciary for the appointments they have accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8144/13]

Ministerial Appointments

Shane Ross

192. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Taoiseach the number of appointees and the percentage of appointments made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office including the State owned banks and the Judiciary that were subject to a public applications process. [8162/13]

Job Losses

Peadar Tóibín

193. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide the number of jobs lost by sector; and the number of jobs created by sector for each region since 2007. [7883/13]

Company Registration

Peadar Tóibín

194. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of new start-up companies registered by region for each year since 2007. [7894/13]

National Debt

Seán Fleming

195. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Taoiseach the way the Central Statistics Office will record the changes in the national debt arising from the recent announcement in respect of the promissory notes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8438/13]

International Relations

Pearse Doherty

196. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach if he will confirm the discussions he had at the recent Davos summit with respect to investment in Myanmar and Burma; the persons with whom he had discussions; the nature of these discussions; and if he has committed to deliver any assistance to any party in respect of communications investment in Myanmar. [8629/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Joan Collins

197. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Taoiseach the total amount spent on outsourced security services in his Department; and if he will provide details of the companies providing these services. [8656/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Joan Collins

198. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Taoiseach the total amount spent on outsourced cleaning services in his Department; and if he will provide details of the companies providing these services. [8657/13]

Company Registration

Peadar Tóibín

199. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of companies that have closed or gone into receivership or administration by region for each year since 2007. [7893/13]

Ministerial Appointments

Shane Ross

200. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of all appointments made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office, including the State owned banks and the Judiciary. [8120/13]

EU Presidency Priorities

Tom Fleming

201. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main priorities for Ireland during the Irish Presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8128/13]

Ministerial Appointments

Shane Ross

202. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the qualifications of all the appointees made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office including the State owned banks and Judiciary for the appointments they have accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8138/13]

Ministerial Appointments

Shane Ross

203. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of appointees and the percentage of appointments made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office including the State owned banks and the Judiciary that were subject to a public applications process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8156/13]

Foreign Conflicts

Brendan Smith

204. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the most recent discussions in relation to Mali at the European Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8194/13]

Foreign Conflicts

Brendan Smith

205. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the recent Foreign Affairs EU Council extended the EU sanctions package against Syria beyond the end of March; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8196/13]

Nuclear Proliferation

Eoghan Murphy

206. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be represented at the forthcoming International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, to be held on 4-5 March in Oslo. [8233/13]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Clare Daly

207. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of foreign aid that has been paid to Uganda and Syria and if there are any plans to alter these arrangements. [8242/13]

Diplomatic Representation

Michael Healy-Rae

208. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the reinstatement of Villa Spada as Ireland's Vatican Embassy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8289/13]

Human Rights Issues

Patrick Nulty

209. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the reports that hundreds of families have been forcibly evicted from two makeshift camps in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, namely around 600 families from Camp Place Sainte-Anne and about 84 families from another camp called Fanm Koperative; if his attention has been further drawn to concerns raised by Amnesty International that these residents, and others in displacement camps, continue to be forcibly evicted in contravention of international human rights standards; if he will raise the matter with his counterpart in Haiti; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8292/13]

International Relations

Thomas P. Broughan

210. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland and the EU's current relations with the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia; if he will outline current developments here and the EU's relations with Ukraine and on the continuing imprisonment of Ms.Yulia Tymoshenko former Ukrainian Prime Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8410/13]

Consular Services Representations

Finian McGrath

211. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason an Irish citizen (details supplied) is still being detained in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8684/13]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Michael Healy-Rae

212. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Irish aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8768/13]

Passport Applications

Olivia Mitchell

213. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider issuing a new passport to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8797/13]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Tom Fleming

214. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Irish aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8827/13]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Ray Butler

215. Deputy Ray Butler asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to ensure that human and civil rights are protected in countries receiving overseas development aid from Ireland; if he will consider establishing multi stakeholder independent review mechanisms in priority countries to assess the effectiveness of Government systems when it comes to preventing or dealing with threats against civil society campaigning and advocacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8828/13]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Finian McGrath

216. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support Trocaire's Lenten Campaign for Safe Places for Communities (details supplied). [8889/13]

Illegal Dumping

Finian McGrath

217. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update in rendition flights going through Shannon Airport. [8890/13]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Brendan Smith

218. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals there are to introduce as a condition of funding under overseas development aid that recipient countries should provide adequately for civil society space as outlined in a document (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8906/13]

Human Rights Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the fact that Israel is in breach of the human rights clause (Article II) of the Euro Mediterranean Association Agreement which states that respect for human rights and democratic principles are an essential element of the treaty, if he will now call for the suspension of Israel from the Euro Mediterranean Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8970/13]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Derek Nolan

220. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that Irish Aid, through funding and diplomacy, will guarantee safe spaces for community organisations, leaders and local people to advocate for their rights in Irish Aid's priority countries; if he will establish independent review mechanisms to assess the effectiveness of Government systems when it comes to preventing or dealing with threats against civil society space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8975/13]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Micheál Martin

221. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the possibility of a referendum being held in Britain on their future membership of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2396/13]

G8 Summits

Micheál Martin

222. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to any diplomatic concerns raised over the proposed venue in Northern Ireland for the future G8 Summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2301/13]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Micheál Martin

223. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the effect of Britain opting out of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5096/13]

Boston College Archives

Micheál Martin

224. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received any representations in relation to the Boston College papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5087/13]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Micheál Martin

225. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on meeting groups representing the undocumented Irish when he is in Washington, USA, in March; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6832/13]

EU Presidency Priorities

Gerry Adams

226. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the College of Commissioners in Dublin Castle on 10 January. [2389/13]

Northern Ireland Issues

Gerry Adams

227. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised the issue of the murder of human rights solicitor Pat Finucane at the December 2012 EU summit or in any of the bilateral meetings he held on the margins of the EU summit. [2332/13]

Foreign Conflicts

Gerry Adams

228. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised the issue of the conflict in the middle east at the EU summit in December 2012. [2333/13]

Foreign Conflicts

Gerry Adams

229. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised the issue of illegal Israeli settlement building at the EU summit in December 2012. [2334/13]

Northern Ireland Issues

Gerry Adams

230. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with the British Secretary of State Theresa Villiers in relation to the recent publication of the De Silva Report into the murder of human rights solicitor Pat Finucane. [2325/13]

Northern Ireland Issues

Gerry Adams

231. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contacts he has had with the British Prime Minister in relation to securing progress on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. [2328/13]

Tobacco Smuggling

Eoghan Murphy

232. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle the illegal cigarette trading business, in particular the open selling of cigarettes in pedestrianised areas of the city centre. [8234/13]

Property Taxation Application

Finian McGrath

233. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the situation regarding senior citizens complexes in Dublin City Council and the proposed property tax; and if the council pays this property tax. [8361/13]

Tax Code

James Bannon

234. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce legislation to deal with the anomaly in relation to VAT legislation, that is preventing tenant purchase funding from being raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8625/13]

Credit Availability

Bernard Durkan

235. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has had discussions with the hotel industry with particular focus on the level of indebtedness and the way in which this might affect the efficient operation of the sector; if any endeavours have been made to identify the degree to which the lending institutions are willing to meet the on-going or day to day credit requirements of the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8893/13]

Credit Availability

Bernard Durkan

236. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance if he has studied the effect of the withdrawal of a particular bank from this jurisdiction resulting in the creation of some serious difficulties for the hotel sector; if he has had any discussions with the stakeholders in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8894/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Ciaran Lynch

237. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance the status of investments by credit unions in the now defunct Irish Bank Resolution Corporation formerly Anglo Irish Bank; if deposits will be returned on schedule (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9305/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Gerry Adams

238. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm news reporting that a number of legal entities remain outside the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation liquidation including entities related to the wealth management division and the assurance company; if he will list the names of each corporate entity that remains outside the liquidation of IBRC; the reason these corporate entities remain outside the liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8057/13]

IBRC Bond Issues

Gerry Adams

239. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail the total euro nominal value of unguaranteed and unsecured senior and subordinated debt that was outstanding in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation before its liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8058/13]

IBRC Staff

Pearse Doherty

240. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the redundancy treatment and the contractual entitlements of former top executives in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if top executives are entitled to jobs of equal status and financial terms under their contracts, or have clauses included in their contracts which allow for special payments in the event of liquidation. [8060/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Stephen Donnelly

241. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance in view of the banks' slow rate of progress in dealing with mortgage arrears and the potential delay to the personal insolvency service the actions he will take to encourage the banks to deal with borrowers in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8065/13]

Tax Collection

Michael McGrath

242. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue intend carrying out a revised income tax assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Galway in respect of years prior to 2012 on foot of the data sharing between Revenue and the Department of Social Protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8097/13]

Tax Reliefs Abolition

Bernard Durkan

243. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance if there is an entitlement to income tax relief in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8110/13]

Tax Credits

Bernard Durkan

244. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance if and when a tax allowance certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8111/13]

Ministerial Appointments

Shane Ross

245. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Finance the details of all appointments made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office, including the State owned banks and the judiciary. [8119/13]

Ministerial Appointments

Shane Ross

246. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Finance the details of the qualifications of all the appointees made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office including the State owned banks and judiciary for the appointments they have accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8137/13]

Ministerial Appointments

Shane Ross

247. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Finance the number of appointees and the percentage of appointments made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office including the State owned banks and the Judiciary that were subject to a public applications process.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8155/13]

Tax Code

Jack Wall

248. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a requested P21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8193/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Michael McGrath

249. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a matter raised in correspondence in the context of the appointment of a Special Liquidator at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (details supplied). [8207/13]

Bank Guarantee Scheme Administration

Michael McGrath

250. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if deposits taken by Anglo Irish Bank under a scheme designed specifically for credit unions (details supplied) will be fully covered by the deposit guarantee scheme and eligible liabilities guarantee; the reason deposits were not moved to AIB when the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation deposit book was sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8210/13]

Banks Recapitalisation

Michael McGrath

251. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the status of the promissory note issued to re-capitalise EBS; if he is considering restructuring same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8211/13]

NAMA Bonds

Gerry Adams

252. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail the aggregate of the principal of the National Assets Management Agency bonds that shall be issued in consideration for the net debt owed by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to the Central Bank of Ireland; if he will detail when these NAMA bonds shall be issued; if he will confirm whether these NAMA bonds shall be acceptable collateral under the ECB open market operations; if he will confirm whether if they are acceptable collateral under the ECB open market operations that the margin of profits accrued from these NAMA bonds by the Central Bank of Ireland are returned to the Exchequer here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8281/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Gerry Adams

253. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether the sale of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation assets as consideration for redeeming the aggregate principal of National Assets Management Agency bonds means on a net basis the total cost on the Irish State from IBRC could be higher than the €25 billion estimated by the now former chairman of IBRC Alan Dukes in October 2012 if those assets were to be sold at the aggregate principal of NAMA bonds; if he will confirm if the special liquidator will have regard for the capital provisions that were in place prior to the liquidation of IBRC in the disposal of its assets; if he will publicly detail the total nominal independent valuation of the IBRC assets in advance of the asset disposals taking place; if he will detail the gap between the capital provisions for the assets that were in place prior to IBRC’s liquidation and the total nominal value of the assets after independent valuation.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8282/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Gerry Adams

254. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide granular detail on a transactional and cash basis on the way the Bank of Ireland was repaid or is to be repaid for its one year repurchase agreement with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation that was due to expire in June 2013; if he will confirm further to his public statements on RTE radio on the 8 of February 2013 that the Government bonds which the Central Bank of Ireland has agreed to sell are tranches of the Irish government bond that was owned by IBRC but held by Bank of Ireland; if he will detail after the liquidation of IBRC who became the economic owner of the Irish Government bond issued to IBRC in March of 2012 and held by Bank of Ireland in a repurchase agreement with IBRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8283/13]

IBRC Staff

Gerry Adams

255. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) and their fellow senior executives are to receive different compensation above that detailed in his Departments questions and answers document on the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation liquidation published on 6 February 2013 under the heading background/redundancy entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8284/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Gerry Adams

256. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if the National Assets Managment Agency will or has already acquired the Exceptional Liquidity Assistance Master Loan Repurchase Agreement from the Central Bank of Ireland and therefore the loan assets assigned as collateral under the MLRA facility with Irish Bank Resolution Corporation which in June 2012 amounted to €5.9 billion; if he will confirm if NAMA has not acquired the Exceptional Liquidity Assistance Master Loan Repurchase Agreement from the Central Bank of Ireland whether the Central Bank of Ireland is now the owner of these loan assets assigned as collateral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8285/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Gerry Adams

257. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail the total amount of ELA debt that was provided to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation as consideration for the Facility Deed with IBRC before its liquidation; if he will confirm that the Anglo Irish Bank Annual Report and Accounts 2010 description of the Facility Deed with the Central Bank of Ireland as an unsecured loan facility guaranteed by him, who separately benefits from a counter indemnity from the bank should the guarantee be called upon is the correct description of this arrangement between the bank and the Central Bank of Ireland up until the liquidation of IBRC; if he will confirm that this Ministerial Guarantee and counter indemnity to honour this guarantee has now been called upon as a result of the IBRC liquidation and NAMA enforcing its security; if he will confirm that the counter indemnity from IBRC to him for the now repayment of National Assets Management Agency bonds issued as consideration for the Facility Deed ELA associated debt is indemnified against all of the assets on IBRC’s balance sheet except those assets which were secured as collateral against the Master Loan Repurchase Agreement and the Special Master Loan Repurchase Agreement between the Central Bank of Ireland and IBRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8286/13]

IBRC Expenditure

Gerry Adams

258. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail the total amount of ELA debt that was provided to the Irish Banking Resolution Corporation for the loan assets assigned as collateral under the Master Loan Repurchase Agreement facility with the Central Bank of Ireland before the IBRC liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8287/13]

Departmental Correspondence

Patrick Nulty

259. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure the publication of all correspondence from the European Central Bank to his Department in relation to the financial crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8291/13]

Mortgage Debt

John O'Mahony

260. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Finance if endowment mortgages will be catered for in the Personal Insolvency Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8297/13]

NAMA Portfolio Value

Derek Nolan

261. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the number of properties currently under the remit of the National Asset Management Agency in Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8340/13]

NAMA Portfolio Value

Derek Nolan

262. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the strategy or guidelines the National Asset Management Agency has in place to deal with the units currently under its remit in Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8341/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Mattie McGrath

263. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the hourly rate and the amount that has been paid to date to the Joint Special Liquidators appointed by him to liquidate the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, formerly Anglo Irish bank under the provisions of the Irish bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013; the way this hourly rate compares with other countries in the EU; his views on the often exorbitant rates of pay charged by liquidators, examiners and receivers; if he has considered introducing legislation or regulation to ensure that the State is not ripped off by such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8357/13]

National Solidarity Bonds

Finian McGrath

264. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the reason trade unions cannot put money into national solidarity bonds; and if anything can be done regarding same (details supplied). [8358/13]

Job Initiatives

Peadar Tóibín

265. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail, in tabular form, each of the initiatives announced by his Department to support employment; the date of the first announcement; the date when the initiative went operational; the budget set aside for the initiative; the total draw down to date for the initiative; and the number of net jobs created by the initiative. [8368/13]

Exchequer Revenue

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

266. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Finance the potential earnings for the Exchequer of the introduction of a 1% income tax increase for all earners over €100,000. [8408/13]

European Central Bank

Patrick Nulty

267. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether the European Central Bank ever threatened to end liquidity funding to Irish banks if Anglo-Irish Bank / Irish Bank Resolution Corporation was liquidated by the State in the time previous to the bank deal of the 6/7 February 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8420/13]

Tax Code

Brendan Griffin

268. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he is monitoring the success or otherwise of the SMS/MMS levy in Hungary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8502/13]

European Investment Bank

Catherine Murphy

269. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has input, through the voting of his representative on the board of the European Investment Bank, in influencing the policy changes which inform the investment decisions of that bank; if so, if he will provide details of the process by which his policies in relation to the EIB are achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8589/13]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Robert Dowds

270. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance his plans to revise an agreement with Zambia on avoiding double taxation which dates from 1971, which Action Aid says is implicated in losses to the Zambian Exchequer through transfer pricing. [8614/13]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Robert Dowds

271. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance if multinational companies with offices here are required to disclose international related-party transactions which may give the company a tax advantage; and if not, if he will consider introducing regulations on this issue. [8615/13]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Robert Dowds

272. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland shares information about taxation with developing countries, for example Ireland's long-term development partner countries in order to help developing countries address tax avoidance by multinational companies. [8616/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Seamus Healy

273. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the position of Credit Union Investments in the Irish Bank Resolutions Corporation and if these investments will be repaid in full, particularly since these investment bonds offered 100% capital security through an eight year three months fixed term deposit facility due to mature in September 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8630/13]

Tax Settlements

Bernard Durkan

274. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance the correct amount of tax liability outstanding in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if an investigation will be carried out as to whether bank drafts submitted in 2003 were offset against any tax liability in this person's case; if a payment history will be provided in this instance in respect of payments made off any tax liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8645/13]

Central Bank of Ireland Investigations

Michael McGrath

275. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the timetable for commencement and completion of the Central Bank of Ireland examinations of the code of conduct on mortgage arrears, money lending firms, sales incentives in the banking, insurance, investment, and stockbroking sectors and property insurance claims handling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8665/13]

Mortgage Arrears Rate

Michael McGrath

276. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of residential and buy to let mortgages outstanding at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at the time of its liquidation; the number of mortgages in arrears for greater than 90 days and 180 days; the total value of mortgages outstanding at IBRC; the value of mortgages in arrears of greater than 90 and 180 days; the plans for the disposal of the mortgage book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8666/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

277. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance his views regarding the winding down of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8721/13]