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Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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IBRC Legal Cases
Pearse Doherty
101. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the person who signs off on and authorises the continuation of all legal proceedings and the issue of new proceedings from the date of the appointment of the special liquidator at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. [32765/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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IBRC Legal Cases
Pearse Doherty
102. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the way court awards against the special liquidator will be funded. [32766/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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IBRC Legal Cases
Pearse Doherty
103. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the way any court awards in favour of the special liquidator will be allocated and applied. [32767/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
104. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the tender process that exists for legal and professional services for the special liquidator. [32768/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
105. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of unsecured creditors at the date of liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in February 2013. [32769/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
106. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the special liquidator's assertion that due to the level of insolvency of Anglo Irish Bank there will be no distribution to any unsecured creditors. [32770/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
107. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount due to creditors arising out of professional fees as at the date of the appointment of the special liquidator at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in February 2013. [32771/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
108. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the expected cost for professional fees for the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation for third party fees from the date of the appointment of the special liquidator. [32772/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
109. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the actual level of legal fees incurred from the date of the appointment of the special liquidator to May 2013. [32773/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
110. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the solvency of the Anglo Irish Bank pension scheme at the date of the appointment of the special liquidator in February 2013. [32774/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
111. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the value of the Anglo Irish Bank pension fund at the date of the appointment of the special liquidator in February 2013. [32775/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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IBRC Legal Cases
Pearse Doherty
140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm if section 286 of the Companies Act 1963 in regard to legal rules pertaining to any payments made in favour of any creditor in the six months leading up to the appointment of the special liquidator were complied with by Anglo Irish Bank. [32760/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pearse Doherty
263. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays in outpatient waiting lists at Letterkenny General Hospital; if his further attention has been drawn to the delays in a number of departments where significant numbers of patients are waiting in excess of one year; the actions he will take to reduce the waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32682/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pearse Doherty
268. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays in outpatient waiting lists at Letterkenny General Hospital; if his attention has been further drawn to the delays in a number of departments where significant numbers of patients are waiting in excess of one year: his plans to reduce the waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32746/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Pearse Doherty
23. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide assurances that the allocation of an additional 500 resource teachers to meet the increase in the percentage of children with special needs who are attending school from September 2013 onwards will result in funding being withdrawn from the overall education budget; if he will confirm that he has no plans to increase the pupil-teacher ratio. [32216/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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Third Level Funding
Pearse Doherty
28. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to objections raised by staff of Dublin Institute of Technology regarding the provision of Shell funding towards the new visual arts degree in Erris, County Mayo, which is being offered by DIT and Mayo County Council. [32217/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
72. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 26 June, if he will outline the effective tax rate effect for income earners whose tax credits were phased out with a reduction of half the credits between €100,000 and €150,000; three quarters of the credits between €150,000 and €200,000; and abolished over €200,000; based on the current tax rates; but also setting out a table of what the effective rate would be if a new third tax rate of 48% was introduced on income over €100,000. [32381/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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Tax Collection
Pearse Doherty
73. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 26 June 2013, if he will set out the additional average tax paid by employees in the categories mentioned if the employees were also subject to a new third rate of tax of 48% on income earned in excess of €100,000. [32382/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
74. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised if personal and not employee tax credits for high income earners were phased out with a reduction of half the credits between €100,000 and €150,000, three quarters of the credits between €150,000 and €200,000, and abolished over €200,000; the impact that would have on the average tax take from salary earners in that category; and the impact that would have on income earners in those categories if they were also subject to a new third rate of tax of 48% on income earned over €100,000. [32383/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
75. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to his Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 26 June 2013, if he will set out the average additional tax take paid by taxpayers earning over €100,000 if tax credits were abolished; the average additional tax take that would be paid if these taxpayers also incurred a new third rate of tax of 48% on the income earned in excess of €100,000; and what the effective tax rate with the credits abolished under either the current rate, or with the new tax rate, for average income earners at €125,000, €150,000, €175,000, €200,000, €300,000, and €500,000. [32384/13]