Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

EU Issues

Andrew Doyle

61. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he believes that there is significant overlap in the Foreign Affairs Council and the General Affairs Council in the European Council; if he further believes they should be merged into one council; if he will outline the proposed reforms Ireland intends to put forward in the future in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32652/13]

United Nations Resolutions

Andrew Doyle

62. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the names of resolutions and the dates that Ireland has voted for and against at the United Nations General Assembly from 2011 to the present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32653/13]

Overseas Development Aid Provision

Arthur Spring

63. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's current strategy on overseas aid; and if Ireland's commitment to overseas aid until 2015 will be met. [32691/13]

United Nations Reform

Andrew Doyle

64. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the establishment of a United Nations parliamentary assembly to scrutinise the work of the UN; if established, the way he envisages Ireland's participation in the parliamentary assembly; if he will detail Ireland's position, stance and contribution to the establishment of such an assembly to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32706/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

65. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of projects that were approved for funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders where such bonds were in place; the amount recovered through the use of bonds in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32720/13]

Official Engagements

Andrew Doyle

66. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements he had in Zagreb, Croatia, to mark the celebration of Croatia's accession to the European Union on 30 June 2013; if he will detail other engagements he had in Croatia to mark the occasion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32741/13]

Foreign Conflicts

Andrew Doyle

67. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current mass demonstrations taking place in Egypt, notably in the capital city of Cairo; if he will identify if any Irish citizens have been caught up in the current demonstrations taking place; the plan Ireland has in place for assisting Irish citizens in the region; if he will outline, in view of other governments pulling their staff out of their embassies in the country, if he plans to do likewise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32743/13]

Diplomatic Representation Issues

Andrew Doyle

68. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned regarding the recent revelations of apparent spying and surveillance by the United States of America on the EU's delegations to both the US in Washington and the UN in New York; if his attention has been drawn to any such concerns regarding this taking place on member states' diplomatic missions within the US, notably the Irish Embassy, consulates general and any other diplomatic activity in the US; if he shares the same concerns as the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, and the Chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs, Elmar Brok; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32747/13]

International Bodies Membership

Andrew Doyle

69. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body of which Ireland is a member and for which his Department or a State body or agency under the aegis of his Department is responsible or co-responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32811/13]

Carbon Tax Implementation

Brian Stanley

70. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the level of carbon tax, if any, to be charged on peat which is extracted for domestic turf cutting either at the point of extraction, when it is sold in plots on a bog or when it is retailed. [32611/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

71. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the special resolution filed in the Companies Office on 18 February, which sets out that the sole member of the company, shall be entitled at any time by notice in writing to the company to suspend any or all of the powers of the directors of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, in special liquidation, under the Companies Acts and under the articles of association, has been activated; and if he will provide details of any such notice serviced on IRBC and which directors powers under the Companies Act or the articles of association that have been suspended. [32750/13]

Companies Law Issues

Pearse Doherty

72. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the obligations and duties a special liquidator has under the Companies Act. [32751/13]

Companies Law Issues

Pearse Doherty

73. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the rights under the Companies Act or other relevant Acts a creditor has when a company is in special liquidation. [32752/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

74. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if it is intended that the provision of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013 is to have retrospective legal effect and override the specific provisions of the Companies Act that existed prior to the appointment of the special liquidator. [32753/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

75. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the special liquidator at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation has filed a statement of affairs; and if not, the reason. [32754/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

76. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the action being taken to ensure the filing of a statement of affairs for Anglo Irish Bank as at the date of the appointment of the special liquidator required under the Companies Act. [32755/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

77. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance with regard to the announcement of proceedings by the special liquidator against the former directors of Irish Nationwide Building Society, the position on taking similar civil proceedings against former directors of Anglo Irish Bank who served at executive and non-executive level-up to the collapse of the bank. [32756/13]

Plean Teanga

Éamon Ó Cuív

89. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Airgeadais an bhfuil sé i gceist aige a chinntiú go mbeidh suíomh Idirlín na nDuaisbhannaí dhá-theangach; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [32711/13]

Public Procurement Contracts Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

90. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the number of projects that were approved for funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders where such bonds were in place; the amount recovered through the use of bonds in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32719/13]

Financial Services Regulation

Éamon Ó Cuív

91. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance if he has commissioned independent advice to assess if the information being given to him by the Financial Regulator and the Central Bank in relation to the banking sector is accurate and correct; the source of such independent advice, if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32734/13]