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Tue, 11 Jun 2013

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Harbour Fees

Pearse Doherty

786. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in tabular form the total moneys collected by his Department for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 in rates and charges for each of Ireland's fishery harbour centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26665/13]

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013

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Harbours and Piers Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

797. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he has to establish a small craft harbour in Killybegs, County Donegal; the total amount of funding allocated by his Department to the project; the estimated schedule for completion of the project; the size of the proposed harbour; the estimated number of crafts that will be facilitated in the harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27023/13]

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013

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Aquaculture Development

Pearse Doherty

798. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the strategic guidelines as recently presented by the European Commission with respect to challenges facing the aquaculture sector; his views on these strategic guidelines; the impact of these guidelines in resolving the current delays by the Department in processing aquaculture licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27024/13]

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013

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Aquaculture Development

Pearse Doherty

799. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current rate of growth of the Irish Aquaculture sector; the current value of Irish aquaculture production; the percentage of EU seafood consumption which comes from Irish aquaculture; the percentage of Irish seafood consumption which comes from Irish aquaculture; the supports in place by his Department to further develop the Irish aquaculture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27025/13]

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013

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Fishing Industry Development

Pearse Doherty

800. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding invested by Bord Iascaigh Mhara in Killybegs, County Donegal, in each of the past five years for the purposes of job creation; the mechanisms in place to ensure compliance with any conditions upon which the funding was contingent; the total number of jobs created by the investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27026/13]

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013

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Ambulance Service Provision

Pearse Doherty

919. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the investigation undertaken by his Department into a matter raised on 19 December 2012 regarding the provision of ambulance service in County Donegal; the specific measures and actions taken by his Department as a result of this investigation; if he will give assurances that all appropriate action has been taken to prevent such an incident from reoccurring in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26654/13]

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013

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Health Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

968. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if it is the plan of the Health Service Executive in County Donegal to close the Ballaghderg special needs preschool in Letterkenny; the proposals in place to accommodate the 5% of children with special needs that cannot be facilitated in the mainstream preschool setting in County Donegal in the event of such a closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27019/13]

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013

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Health Services Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

969. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will outline in tabular form the total amount of funds allocated to the Health Service Executive in County Donegal over each of the past five years to allow for the provision of special needs assistant support in the pre-school sector; the number of applications made to the HSE by childcare providers in each of the past five years in County Donegal for grant assistance towards the employment of SNAs; the total amount of money requested per year in the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27020/13]

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013

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Health Services Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

971. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the total amount of funds allocated to the Health Service Executive in County Donegal over each of the past five years to each of the special needs preschools in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27021/13]

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013

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Mobility Allowance Decision

Pearse Doherty

972. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work being carried out by the project group appointed by him on 27 February 2013 to review the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance schemes; when he expects the review to be completed and new schemes put in place; his views on whether the review process will be complete prior to the current schemes ending; if he will reassure those currently in receipt of payments under these schemes that they will continue to receive their payments until the new schemes are put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27022/13]

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Thu, 30 May 2013

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Comhairle Aireachta Thuaidh Theas

Pearse Doherty

40. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil aon dul chun cinn déanta ó thaobh teacht ar shocrú maidir le maoiniú na mbuneagras Gaeilge. [26250/13]

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Thu, 30 May 2013

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Arramara Teo

Pearse Doherty

41. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfaidh sé soiléiriú ar thodhchaí Arramara Teo; agus cad atá á dhéanamh aige chun slí bheatha na mbainteoirí feamainne a chaomhnú. [26249/13]

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Wed, 29 May 2013

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Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Pearse Doherty

54. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that rent supplement is not payable directly to the landlord; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25712/13]

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Wed, 29 May 2013

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Services for People with Disabilities

Pearse Doherty

59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all transport services which are co-funded by her Department in respect of persons with disabilities for each of the past four years; and the amount of funding allocated to them and their locations. [25713/13]

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Wed, 29 May 2013

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Gross National Product Forecast

Pearse Doherty

70. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a projection on the expected GNP of Ireland in the next three years including redomiciled public limited companies and excluding redomiciled public limited companies. [25969/13]

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Wed, 29 May 2013

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Gross National Income Forecast

Pearse Doherty

71. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance what Ireland’s GNI for the past five years would have been excluding redomiciled public limited companies; and the amount by which Ireland’s contribution to the EU budget would have been reduced if these redomiciled public limited companies were excluded from the GNI figures for these years. [25970/13]

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Wed, 29 May 2013

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Non-Resident Companies

Pearse Doherty

75. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a 1998 report produced by his Department on Irish registered non-resident companies which stated that IRNR companies have posed a threat to Ireland's international image and its reputation as a well-regulated jurisdiction for conducting business and that the companies are regularly advertised for sale in magazines alongside companies which are incorporated in tax havens; his views on whether the findings of this paper still stand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26063/13]

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Wed, 29 May 2013

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Non-Resident Companies

Pearse Doherty

76. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the findings of a 1998 Department of Finance report on Irish Registered Non-Registered Companies were ever enacted on, including the recommendations for company law and taxation elements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26064/13]

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Wed, 29 May 2013

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Non-Resident Companies

Pearse Doherty

77. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views following a 1998 report on Irish Registered Non-Resident Companies by his Department that changes need to be made to IRNR companies that change the tax residence rules where registration entails a test of tax residence as an alternative to the control and management test. [26066/13]

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Wed, 29 May 2013

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Tax Avoidance Issues

Pearse Doherty

78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered imposing limits on the transfer of losses within group companies; if such a precedent exists for this limiting in other states; and the conditions that currently apply to the transfer of losses in group companies. [26067/13]

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