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Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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NAMA Court Cases
Pearse Doherty
207. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases in which the National Asset Management Agency is involved in the commercial courts. [30476/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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NAMA Operations
Pearse Doherty
208. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency has decided to recently issue a tender for a business procurement support services when the National Treasury Management Agency already provides IT, finance, HR and other support services to NAMA; if this tender was included in the NAMA business plan for 2013; the value of the tender; the length of time for which the tender will be advertised; and the length of time for which the contract will run for. [30477/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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NAMA Debtors
Pearse Doherty
209. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of the the National Asset Management Agency developers who have applied for bankruptcy in Britain since the beginning of 2013. [30478/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Bank Stress Tests
Pearse Doherty
210. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the person who will conduct the stress testing of Irish banks to begin at the end of this year and conclude in the first half of 2014. [30479/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
211. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when he expects unsold loans at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to be transferred to the National Asset Management Agency; and if the expected date of transferal of August 2013 has now moved to late in the year, or next year. [30480/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
212. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the average discount that is being offered on Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loans currently for sale. [30481/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
213. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of increasing the entry point to the 41% marginal tax rate for married couples with one earner to each of the respective amounts: €45,000; €47,000; €50,000; €55,000; €60,000 and €65,600. [30542/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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National Debt
Pearse Doherty
214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the potential savings that would be made in debt servicing if €10 billion of the current cash holdings in the National Treasury Management Agency was used to write down existing debt or to buy back Government debt and reduce the interest payments on it in 2014. [30543/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Mortgage Interest Relief Statistics
Pearse Doherty
218. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if statistics are collected on the breakdown of mortgage interest relief in accordance with the recipient's mortgage type; and if so, if he will provide the breakdown by category of tracker mortgage, fixed term, SVR and so forth. [30599/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Betting Regulations
Pearse Doherty
219. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that will be raised in 2014 by the taxing of remote bookmakers and remote betting intermediary at the 1% turnover rate and a 15% on commission charges as per the Betting (Amendment) Bill 2012 respectively. [30615/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Betting Regulations
Pearse Doherty
220. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be raised in 2014 if remote betting intermediaries were taxed on the same basis as bookmakers that is a 1% turnover tax. [30616/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Betting Regulations
Pearse Doherty
221. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be raised in 2014 in each case if remote bookmakers were taxed at a rate of 1%,2%,3%,4% and 5% of turnover. [30617/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Betting Regulations
Pearse Doherty
222. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be raised in 2014 in each case if remote betting intermediaries were taxed at a rate of 1%,2%,3%,4% and 5% of turnover. [30618/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Tax Reliefs Application
Pearse Doherty
223. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a break down of the €250 million in carry-over for 2014 due to changes to the tax treatment of pensions; the way these changes would impact on the figure provided for the savings to the Exchequer if pension tax reliefs were standardised; and if he can also explain the changes to the standard fund threshold. [30646/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Tax Exemptions
Pearse Doherty
224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the logic behind exempting savings bonds from DIRT and the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if DIRT was applied to the bonds, both at the current rate and at a new increased rate of an additional 2%. [30647/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
225. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if DIRT was raised by the following; 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%. [30648/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the proposal to introduce a fizzy drink tax; and if so, the amount of revenue such a tax has the potential to raise. [30649/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Revenue Commissioners Investigations
Pearse Doherty
227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance following a submission by the Revenue Commissioners to the comprehensive expenditure review, which set out that increased audit activity could raise in the region of €100 million for the State, if any steps have been taken to increase the number of Revenue officers deployed to this task or to fulfil any other of the Revenue Commissioners' proposals. [30650/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Unemployment Statistics
Pearse Doherty
233. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount, as a percentage and as a figure, of Ireland's total both EU and Government part-funding ESF spending in the past seven years that was spent specifically on youth unemployment initiatives or youth only programmes. [30377/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Youth Services Funding
Pearse Doherty
234. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount, as a percentage and as a figure, of Ireland's total both EU and Government part-funding ESF spending in the past seven years that was spent on programmes from which young persons are excluded for example community employment. [30378/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Foirne Scoile
Pearse Doherty
259. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil freagra aige ar na hábhair imní a ardaíodh i gcomhfhreagras a seoladh chuige ó scoil i nDún na nGall (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [30267/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Disability Allowance Appeals
Pearse Doherty
369. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is appropriate that a person (details supplied) in County Donegal whose long-term disability payment was stopped by her Department in September 2012 and subsequently appealed is still awaiting a decision on their case; when the person is likely to receive a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30379/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
382. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 384 and 385 of 14 May 2013, if he will provide a breakdown as requested by person and year. [30233/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Pension Provisions
Pearse Doherty
386. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the details of pension payments in respect of persons (details supplied) in counties Donegal and Galway. [30544/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Departmental Funding
Pearse Doherty
387. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of money provided in funding either individually to the person or company (details supplied) since its establishment, from Údaras, Foras na Gaeilge, and any other public funding body, Irish language or otherwise. [30545/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Local Authority Charges Yield
Pearse Doherty
407. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that could be raised for the State if the second home tax was retained and increased to €300 per house. [30651/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Commercial Leases Database
Pearse Doherty
465. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to launch the new commercial leases database, which was due to be launched in early June. [30473/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Nursing Staff Provision
Pearse Doherty
575. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the possibility of setting up a national transfer policy for nurses currently in the employment of the Health Service Executive who are seeking transfers to other HSE regions; the implications of adopting such a policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30261/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Nursing Staff Recruitment
Pearse Doherty
576. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, per Health Service Executive region, information on the number of nurses that are on a national panel for current or future vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30262/13]
Thu, 20 Jun 2013
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Public Procurement Contracts Tenders
Pearse Doherty
43. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether public procurement practices and policy must be strategic when planning what to buy, the way to buy and from whom to buy and that the lowest price does not always represent the best value to the State. [29558/13]
Thu, 20 Jun 2013
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Haddington Road Agreement Issues
Pearse Doherty
45. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual monetary reduction to former office holders' pensions in payment to the value of the following amounts when the Haddington Road agreement reductions are applied from July 2013. [29560/13]
Wed, 19 Jun 2013
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Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
Pearse Doherty
116. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if changes have been made to the rules governing single male parents' rent supplement that until recently could be paid for a two or three bedroom house, depending on the number of children the father has access to as part of custody arrangements; if community welfare officers have been instructed to only provide a single person's allowance in circumstances where the applicant is not claiming social welfare for his children, meaning that he is being deprived of his right to family life; and if so, whether she will take steps to reverse the directive. [29431/13]
Wed, 19 Jun 2013
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Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
Pearse Doherty
125. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a rent supplement appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [29467/13]
Wed, 19 Jun 2013
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Mental Health Services Provision
Pearse Doherty
215. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has not yet received a mental health assessment; and when this person will be assessed. [29532/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Tax Avoidance Issues
Pearse Doherty
83. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the role he sees for the EU's platform for tax good governance, aggressive tax planning and double taxation. [28648/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Tax Avoidance Issues
Pearse Doherty
84. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to engage with the EU's platform for tax good governance, aggressive tax planning and double taxation. [28649/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Tax Avoidance Issues
Pearse Doherty
85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the Irish representation that will be present on the EU's platform for tax good governance, aggressive tax planning and double taxation. [28650/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Appeals
Pearse Doherty
148. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is still awaiting a decision on their student grant, given that their appeal was received by Student Universal Support Ireland on 25 April and a decision remains outstanding and, as a result of this delay, the student is prevented from accessing their fourth year exam results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29186/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
Pearse Doherty
203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for requiring former recipients of the one-parent family payment who become entitled to the proposed jobseeker's allowance transition payment to continue to parent alone while in receipt of the jobseeker's payment. [28733/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Family Income Supplement Eligibility
Pearse Doherty
204. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection what the impact on child poverty would be if there was full take up of family income supplement, as it is estimated that this payment is only claimed by 40% of those currently eligible. [28734/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Child Support
Pearse Doherty
205. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection her response to the claim by the End Child Poverty Coalition that the implementation of the reform of child income supports as proposed by the advisory group on tax and welfare will result in a low paid married couple with two young children losing more than five and a half times more of their income than a high earning family of the same size. [28735/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Child Support
Pearse Doherty
206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the alternative scenarios she has asked the advisory group on tax and welfare to look at with regard to reforming child and family income supports. [28736/13]
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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Family Reunification Policy
Pearse Doherty
38. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a timeline for the new policy on family reunification has been agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28231/13]
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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Family Reunification Policy
Pearse Doherty
43. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service will resume processing applications for an estimated 50 cases of family reunification, which were halted in advance of a new policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28232/13]
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
57. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason the corporation tax figures in the end of May Exchequer statement show a significant reduction in year-on-year figures. [28399/13]
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
58. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason less VAT was collected than expected as per the end of May Exchequer statement. [28400/13]
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason less income tax was collected than expected as per the end of May Exchequer statement. [28401/13]
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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Pearse Doherty
76. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason gross capital spending was 15% less than profiled as per the end of May Exchequer statement. [28402/13]
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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Services for People with Disabilities
Pearse Doherty
197. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 5 March 2013, the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 has not received their assessment for autism from the Health Service Executive in Dublin. [28430/13]
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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Health Services
Pearse Doherty
203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has not yet received a mental health assessment; and when this person will be assessed. [28451/13]
Wed, 12 Jun 2013
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Local Authority Housing Issues
Pearse Doherty
59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent call by NABCO and ICSH for investment in social housing which would support jobs; and if he is considering any proposals to undertake an investment package in social housing which would increase housing stock, improve conditions and create jobs. [27058/13]
Wed, 12 Jun 2013
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Irish Water Funding
Pearse Doherty
65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the other sources of funding that are available to Irish Water apart from the National Pensions Reserve Fund, public Exchequer and borrowing on the commercial market; and the way it will access this funding. [28067/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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EU Presidency Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
103. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of any fees paid to speakers at events during Ireland's EU Preseidency. [26640/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Excessive Deficit Procedure Administration
Pearse Doherty
134. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of times the European Commission has brought recommendations for actions under the Excessive Deficit Procedure to the European Council; the way Ireland voted in each instance and if there was no vote if Ireland objected in any way to any of the recommendations. [27106/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Excessive Deficit Procedure Administration
Pearse Doherty
149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of times the European Commission has brought recommendations for actions under the Excessive Deficit Procedure to ECOFIN; the way Ireland voted in each instance; and if there was no vote, if Ireland objected in any way to any of the recommendations. [27188/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Banking Sector Investigations
Pearse Doherty
154. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the office holders and former office holders who have access to or had access to the Ernst and Young report on Irish Nationwide as discussed in the RTE documentary Inside Irish Nationwide. [27327/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason persons with two or more properties are liable in 2013 for payment of non-principal private residence and local property tax; his views on whether this is a double taxation; the reason the fees are not consolidated; if he will explain the difference in the fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26915/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
Pearse Doherty
175. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 21 May 2013, when he expects the Central Bank of Ireland's administrative sanctions procedure into historic lending practices at Irish Nationwide Building Society to conclude. [26972/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Tax Residency Issues
Pearse Doherty
180. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 174, 175, 176 and 190 of 28 May 2013, the case law to which he is referring. [27081/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Property Taxation Collection
Pearse Doherty
181. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of local property tax returns that have been received from each county as a percentage of eligible properties; if he will provide a breakdown for each county of the number of returns that were electronic and the number made by hand. [27077/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Mortgage Arrears Proposals
Pearse Doherty
193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number and names of all groups or individuals who made a submission to the Central Bank of Ireland's consultation on a review of the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears. [27571/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Oideachas Gaeilge
Pearse Doherty
235. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an gcuirfidh sé acmhainní agus tacaíocht bhreise ar fáil do scoil (sonraí ar fáil) chun gur féidir an cúrsa Ardteistiméireachta trí mheán na Gaeilge a chur ar fáil do dhaltaí, ag cur i gcuntas go bhfuil an scoil suite i nGaeltacht Dhún na nGall agus go bhfuil éileamh ann ó dhaltaí a rinne an Teastas Sóisearach trí Ghaeilge leanúint ar aghaidh lena gcuid staidéir trí mheán na Gaeilge. [26639/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Schools Building Projects Status
Pearse Doherty
263. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will further examine the case of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, which has been taken off the schools' capital buildings programme in view of his previous commitments to do so; the outcome of this re-examination; if he considers that the construction of a new school on the site identified by the Department as a priority in view of the current health and safety concerns brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26994/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
Pearse Doherty
401. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason an Irish person born here will be asked to prove Irish nationality when applying for jobseeker's allowance or benefit. [27321/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
Pearse Doherty
402. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that Irish citizens born in the Six Counties and resident in this State are entitled to equal rights as any other Irish citizens when applying for jobseeker's assistance. [27322/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Defined Pension Benefit Schemes Issues
Pearse Doherty
448. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if any analysis has been made of the number of defined benefit schemes here that are insolvent or in danger of being insolvent. [27567/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Renewable Energy Projects
Pearse Doherty
514. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to an incident whereby a 245 foot wind turbine (details supplied) in County Donegal collapsed during high winds; if he intends to order a public investigation into this matter; if he intends to introduce legislation which makes provision for a minimum 1km set back distance for wind turbines from dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27018/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Property Taxation Collection
Pearse Doherty
549. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the purpose of the fees in respect of two or more properties liable in 2013 for payment of non-principal private residence and local property tax; if he will explain the use to which the fees collected will be used; the person or agency which is responsible for collection of the fees; his views on whether the agencies collecting the fees are sharing personal information on citizens and whether this is a breach of data protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26915/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
Pearse Doherty
569. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a budget has been allocated by his Department to Donegal County Council for the Dungloe Glenties DBO scheme; the specific date that the works for this scheme will commence on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26659/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
Pearse Doherty
570. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 on 5 March 2013 and No. 503 on 17 July 2012, if he has considered the preliminary report submitted by Donegal County Council for the Falcarragh sewerage scheme; his views on whether this scheme will be progressed through planning in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26660/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
Pearse Doherty
571. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has now issued full approval of the contract documents for the Donegal Group B sewerage schemes; the amount of funding that has been made available by his Department for the progression of these schemes in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26661/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
Pearse Doherty
572. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Ballyshannon water supply scheme, County Donegal; if this scheme has now received full approval from his Department; if appropriate funding has been allocated to progress the scheme in 2013; when he expects works to commence on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26662/13]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Wed, 29 May 2013
written
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]
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]
Wed, 29 May 2013
written
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]
Wed, 29 May 2013
written
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]
Wed, 29 May 2013
written
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]
Wed, 29 May 2013
written
Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if tax data on multinational companies based here is collated separately; and if so, if he will state the minimum effective rate of tax paid by multinational corporations to the Exchequer. [26068/13]
Wed, 29 May 2013
written
Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
80. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount that could be raised for the Exchequer if corporation tax was applied to dividends received by one Irish resident company from another Irish resident company. [26069/13]
Wed, 29 May 2013
written
Tax Avoidance Issues
Pearse Doherty
81. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated loss to the Exchequer in corporation tax as a result of loss transfers among group companies; his views on whether this is aggressive tax planning and avoidance; the steps he has taken to alleviate the impact of this on the Exchequer; and the steps he has taken at European level to ensure this type of activity is limited. [26070/13]
Wed, 29 May 2013
written
Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
82. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated loss to the Exchequer from the corporation tax exemption from capital gains tax on gains arising from the disposal of substantial shareholdings where the Irish parented group is engaged in trading activities and the subsidiary is resident in an EU member state or a tax treaty country. [26071/13]
Wed, 29 May 2013
written
Company Data
Pearse Doherty
120. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of redomiciled public limited companies operating here; and the number that have been established in each of the past ten years. [25968/13]
Wed, 29 May 2013
written
Company Law
Pearse Doherty
121. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether, following a 1998 report on Irish registered non-resident companies, changes need to be made to IRNR companies, including an activity test for all companies applying for registration that would see a precondition of applying for registration being required to demonstrate that it intends to carry on a business or economic activity in the State. [26065/13]
Wed, 29 May 2013
written
Carer's Allowance Eligibility
Pearse Doherty
127. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a carer's allowance application took 15 months to process and was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [25977/13]
Tue, 28 May 2013
written
Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Pearse Doherty
96. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the presentation made recently in the Oireachtas by Down's Syndrome Ireland and the fact that Down's syndrome is not included in one of the 11 low incidence disabilities that qualified for resource teaching hours; his views on whether Down's syndrome should be reclassified as a low incidence disability. [25402/13]