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Tue, 30 Sep 2014
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Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding
Pearse Doherty
558. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to engage with the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks, which engaged with 35,580 marginalised women across 17 communities throughout Ireland in 2013 alone, to resolve the difficulty that has arisen because that organisation created a national structure to meet the requirement of the community development programme, which now precludes it from securing funding post-2014 under the new SICAP. [36674/14]
Tue, 30 Sep 2014
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Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding
Pearse Doherty
559. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to support the voluntary board of the National Collective of Community Based Women's Network with its responsibilities to 17 local women’s projects, 44 staff members and approximately 200 non-directly employed staff. [36675/14]
Tue, 30 Sep 2014
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Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding
Pearse Doherty
560. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that marginalised women are not a target group of the new SICAP programme; and if he will provide reassurance to the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks that an alternative funding stream will be made available to continue this valuable work. [36676/14]
Tue, 30 Sep 2014
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Water Charges Administration
Pearse Doherty
561. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the water supply of persons living in areas in County Donegal which is often cut off due to burst pipes will still have to pay Irish Water a full service rate or will a system be in place to refund customers for times of non-existent service to their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36679/14]
Thu, 25 Sep 2014
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Insurance Industry
Pearse Doherty
60. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the implications for consumers and the Exchequer of the decision by the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland not to meet the claims of third party claimants at Setanta Insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36166/14]
Thu, 25 Sep 2014
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Fisheries Protection
Pearse Doherty
101. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties currently being experienced by fishermen in Killybegs, County Donegal and other places caused by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority's new guidelines on the weighing of fish at piers and the draining of water from fish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36202/14]
Thu, 25 Sep 2014
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Fisheries Protection
Pearse Doherty
102. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the current Sea Fisheries Protection Authority's proposals on the regulation of the pelagic fishing and processing industry here with a view to addressing the concerns of the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association and the Federation of Irish Fishermen as communicated to him on the 16 September 2014. [36203/14]
Thu, 25 Sep 2014
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Fisheries Protection
Pearse Doherty
103. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the scope allowed to him under Article 61(1) of Council Regulation 1224/2009 for the weighing of fish at factory premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36204/14]
Wed, 24 Sep 2014
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Fiscal Policy
Pearse Doherty
59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his reported comments on 18 September 2014 that getting the deficit below 3% of GDP next year could now be achieved without further spending cuts or tax rises are based on the collection of €500 million in domestic water charges next year or on an assessment that excludes this €500 million. [35969/14]
Wed, 24 Sep 2014
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Forestry Sector
Pearse Doherty
82. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the names of the property advisers used by Coillte. [35984/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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VAT Rate Application
Pearse Doherty
157. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason Irish dancing and ballet lessons are treated differently for VAT purposes; if there are any legal impediments to treating Irish dancing lessons as a cultural activity and to charging them at 9%; and the cost to the Exchequer of such a change. [35234/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Money Laundering
Pearse Doherty
158. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to establish a publicly available register of beneficial owners of companies and trusts in Ireland, as distinct from supporting a system where beneficial ownership can be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35267/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Money Laundering
Pearse Doherty
159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the fourth revision of the Anti-Money Laundering Directive will prevent him in any way from establishing a publicly available register of beneficial owners of companies and trusts here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35268/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Universal Social Charge Application
Pearse Doherty
161. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward legislation to amend the universal social charge rates payable on 1 January 2015. [35303/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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White Paper on Receipts and Expenditures
Pearse Doherty
172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the date on which the White Paper on receipts and expenditures will be published. [35748/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
Pearse Doherty
343. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the provision of wheelchair equipment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [35221/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Planning Issues
Pearse Doherty
477. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the paper on vacant land tax sent to him by Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35852/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
Pearse Doherty
487. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent by his Department or Donegal County Council on a scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35286/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
Pearse Doherty
488. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of times his Department has approved the sending to tender of a scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal; the dates of each approval; the outcome of each tender; and the reason in each case it did not proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35287/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
Pearse Doherty
509. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of public notices taken out by his Department or local councils to inform people of their liability to the non-principal private residence charge since its introduction and during its lifetime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35751/14]