Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Proposed Legislation

Stephen Donnelly

656. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if his plans to legislate for stem cell research here, as promised in the programme for Government, have been progressed; his views on whether the current lack of legislation puts Irish patients at unnecessary risk and expense; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27355/14]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Stephen Donnelly

172. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if congenital spinal stenosis will be added to the list of long-term illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26395/14]

Pensions Legislation

Stephen Donnelly

94. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that the Pensions Board has a statutory obligation to ensure that trustees of a pension scheme falling within its remit comply with the rules of the scheme trust deed and that a complaint of failure by trustees to do so is a matter for the Pensions Board (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26330/14]

National Risk Assessment

Stephen Donnelly

123. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach when Ireland’s national risk assessment will be published; the opportunities Dáil Éireann will have to debate the national risk assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25912/14]

NAMA Loans Sale

Stephen Donnelly

196. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to the recent announcement by the National Asset Management Agency of its decision to sell its entire portfolio of loans linked to Northern Irish borrowers, if he will confirm if the sale has been concluded; and if he will outline the legacy connection the National Asset Management Agency has with Northern Ireland. [26059/14]

NAMA Loans Sale

Stephen Donnelly

197. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to the recent announcement by the National Asset Management Agency of its decision to sell its entire portfolio of loans linked to Northern Irish borrowers, what will happen to properties, particularly those listed in the enforced property section of NAMA's website, to which NAMA has had receivers or similar appointed. [26060/14]

NAMA Loans Sale

Stephen Donnelly

198. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to the recent announcement by the National Asset Management Agency of its decision to sell its entire portfolio of loans linked to Northern Irish borrowers, what will happen to developments in which NAMA has previously announced and-or provided investment. [26061/14]

NAMA Loans Sale

Stephen Donnelly

199. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to the recent announcement by the National Asset Management Agency of its decision to sell its entire portfolio of loans linked to Northern Irish borrowers, the position with ongoing litigation with Northern Irish borrowers where NAMA is a party to that litigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26062/14]

NAMA Staff Resignations

Stephen Donnelly

200. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the restrictions that apply to the future employment of a person (details supplied) who resigned from his position at the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, and its board in January 2014. [26063/14]

Mortgage Applications Numbers

Stephen Donnelly

201. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to the recent publication of statistics by the Council of Mortgage Lenders for Northern Ireland, which showed that 2,400 new mortgages for residential property purchase had been provided in Northern Ireland in the first three months of 2014, and the recent publication of figures by the Irish Banking Federation, which showed that 3,495 new mortgages, of which approximately 3,200 were for property purchases, had been provided in the Republic of Ireland in quarter one of 2014, if he is concerned at the very low level of mortgage provision in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26064/14]

IBRC Liquidation

Stephen Donnelly

202. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the purpose of his recent instruction to the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to produce a progress report; and the reason the progress report omits financial information on liquidation proceeds and the overall financial position of IBRC and any predicted additional costs for the State. [26065/14]

NAMA Operations

Stephen Donnelly

203. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if he or anyone in his Department has received a pitch from KPMG to assist with an accelerated wind-down of the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26066/14]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Stephen Donnelly

204. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the disparity in treatment of mortgage arrears by Permanent TSB and Allied Irish Banks, on one hand, and Bank of Ireland, on the other, in view of recent announcements of debt deals, which involve restrictions on recourse, being offered and concluded with the former; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26067/14]

Banking Sector

Stephen Donnelly

205. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance when a decision on the restructuring of Permanent TSB is expected from the European Commission; the reason there have been delays to previously predicted dates for the issuance of a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26068/14]

NAMA Portfolio Value

Stephen Donnelly

206. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance in view of recent commercial real estate transactions in Dublin city centre, where per square foot capital prices of €900 have been achieved, if he is satisfied that the National Asset Management Agency correctly valued property linked to the loans it acquired in 2010 and 2011; if valuations correctly recognised development or redevelopment potential; or if valuations might have been impugned by an over-reliance on yield analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26069/14]

IBRC Liquidation

Stephen Donnelly

207. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the cost of the progress report recently produced by the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. [26070/14]

State Examinations

Stephen Donnelly

233. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the selection criteria for superintendents by the SEC; if he will consider prioritising younger teachers ahead of retired teachers and long tenured teachers for the post of superintendents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25468/14]

School Expulsions

Stephen Donnelly

240. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of expulsions from all second level schools; the number of related successful and failed appeals for the academic year 2012 to 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25576/14]

Direct Provision Expenditure

Stephen Donnelly

281. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the nature and cost of maintenance and renovation work carried out at the Athlone direct provision centre in County Westmeath in the past five years. [26134/14]

Pyrite Issues

Stephen Donnelly

449. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government based on reports that local authorities in the Leinster region are investigating potentially defective building blocks allegedly containing pyrite which were supplied to a number of building sites, which his Department was reportedly alerted to in April, the way his Department was alerted to this potential problem; the steps taken to determine the nature and extent of the problem by his Department; the steps taken to ensure defective concrete blocks are no longer being produced and supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25506/14]

Bord Bia Quality Assurance Scheme

Stephen Donnelly

522. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the allegations that Bord Bia is acting contrary to ISO producer driven standards and in breach of public procurement, in view of the fact that Bord Bia is a statutory based regulatory body and its quality assurance schemes are governed within the framework of ISO as an ISO 17065 accredited organisation; his views on whether this situation is causing any hardship to domestic growers; and if he has considered alternative proposals which are compatible with producer needs, industry and customer standards, EU policy and public procurement. [25853/14]

Bord Bia Quality Assurance Scheme

Stephen Donnelly

523. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the allegations that Bord Bia is making available subsidies to producers to upgrade their facilities on condition that they join its quality assurance scheme, encouraging producers into its scheme, contrary to producer commercial interests and ISO industry standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25854/14]

Bord Bia Quality Assurance Scheme

Stephen Donnelly

524. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the ISO system, to improve market conditions and protect domestic growers as is the duty of Bord Bia and its requirement in view of its ISO accreditation. [25855/14]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Stephen Donnelly

542. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, under the provisions of the Coroners Act 1962, the Attorney General will order an inquest into the remains found in the grounds of a home in Tuam, County Galway run by the Sisters of the Bon Secours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25227/14]

Direct Provision System

Stephen Donnelly

597. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, broken down into men, women and children, in direct provision accommodation in County Meath on 9 June 2014. [25963/14]

Direct Provision System

Stephen Donnelly

606. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a yearly breakdown of the number of persons that have been admitted from direct provision accommodation to psychiatric units in the past five years. [26135/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Stephen Donnelly

683. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the reason qualification for medical cards for the over 70s is calculated on gross income and fails to take account of tax, universal social charge, PRSI, payments under the nursing homes support scheme, or any other payments; if there are any plans to change the current system to take account of such payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25752/14]

Water Charges Administration

Stephen Donnelly

144. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to his announcement of an average annual household bill for water of up to €240, if he envisages that this figure will be inclusive of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24996/14]

Garda Investigations

Stephen Donnelly

129. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the coroner has received any communications from members of the gardaí, as required by section 18(3) of the Coroner's Act 1962, in regard to the remains found in the grounds of a home in Tuam, run by the Sisters of the Bon Secours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24947/14]

NAMA Property Rental

Stephen Donnelly

166. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of residential National Asset Management Agency properties in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24424/14]

NAMA Property Leases

Stephen Donnelly

167. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to the recent announcement by Dublin City Council that it had acquired the National Asset Management Agency’s 53% interest in the Ballymun Shopping Centre, if he will disclose the sale price and yield percentage of this asset which is being transferred between two agencies of the State. [24425/14]

NAMA Transactions

Stephen Donnelly

168. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the amount of vendor finance provided by the National Asset Management Agency to date; the amount presently outstanding; the number of transactions to which vendor finance has been provided; the number of transactions to which vendor finance has been provided which relate to property located in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Britain; and the amount of interest booked and paid to NAMA in respect of vendor finance in 2013. [24426/14]

NAMA Accounts

Stephen Donnelly

169. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance when the management accounts and report for the National Asset Management Agency, as provided for under section 55 of the NAMA Act 2009, were delivered by NAMA to his Department; when they will be published; the reason for any delay with publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24427/14]

NAMA Transactions

Stephen Donnelly

170. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to the recent publication of the National Asset Management Agency Annual Report 2013, which states the need for vendor finance in 2013 may be reducing, and in view of the relatively attractive terms on which NAMA’s vendor finance is provided, if he is concerned at dysfunction in the property marketplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24428/14]

IBRC Liquidation

Stephen Donnelly

171. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if he has any concerns with the deal reportedly struck between the special liquidators of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, acting under the appointment and on behalf of him, and two unidentified informants, whereby the special liquidators have agreed to pay the informants 3% of any moneys recovered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24429/14]

NAMA Operations

Stephen Donnelly

172. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance his views on the appropriateness of the recent appointment by the National Asset Management Agency of Pricewaterhouse Coopers to provide an internal audit service to the agency, in view of the ongoing litigation by the receivers of Quinn Insurance who are claiming approximately €1 billion in damages from PwC in respect of alleged audit failings by PwC at Quinn Insurance. [24430/14]

Insurance Industry

Stephen Donnelly

173. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of funding provided by the insurance compensation fund to Quinn Insurance to date; and the current estimate of the overall amount of funding to be provided, including that forecast to be provided in future. [24431/14]

Insurance Industry

Stephen Donnelly

174. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the litigation by the administrators of Quinn Insurance against PricewaterhouseCoopers, which was commenced on 15 February 2012, and involves a claim for damages of approximately €1 billion in respect of alleged audit failings by PwC at Quinn Insurance. [24432/14]

Legislative Measures

Stephen Donnelly

270. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form, a listing of legislative Acts signed into law in 2013 and to date in 2014, for which he is responsible for commencement; the date on which the Acts were signed into law; and the date on which he signed the ministerial order commencing the Act. [24433/14]

Departmental Funding

Stephen Donnelly

283. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to increase the resources and-or funding available to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24455/14]

Pensions Legislation

Stephen Donnelly

336. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Pensions Board has advised it is not qualified to determine whether an Act of the Oireachtas establishing a pension scheme has been complied with and that, as it is limited to the Pensions Act, it does not have the power to ensure the trustees carry out the duties imposed on them by that Act (details supplied); the actions she proposes taking to provide the Pensions Board with the competence necessary to fulfil its statutory obligation under the Pensions Act to ensure that trustees carry out the duties imposed on them by all law including the Pensions Act and to enable it to meet its key objective of providing authoritative guidance aimed at achieving voluntary compliance with the Pensions Act and other relevant legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24530/14]

Pensions Legislation

Stephen Donnelly

337. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department supports the conclusion by the Pensions Board that a complaint of failure by the trustees to comply with the law, trust deed and rules when amending the benefit structure of active members of a pension scheme does not fall within the board's remit and the accusation by the board chairperson that the complainant made very serious allegations against a number of parties including the board (details supplied); if she will provide information on the criteria used and reasons for deciding the complaint falls outside the board's remit as well as details of and justification for the very serious allegations the chairperson has accused the complainant of making; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24531/14]

Local Authority Staff Remuneration

Stephen Donnelly

386. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, all remuneration for all local authority managers from 2008 to 2011. [24265/14]

Local Government Reform Expenditure

Stephen Donnelly

387. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of all costs to date and projected, arising out of the recent amalgamation of local authorities in the State, including staff severance packages. [24266/14]

Homeless Persons Data

Stephen Donnelly

391. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the number of homeless persons registered in each county as of 1 May 2014. [24422/14]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Stephen Donnelly

392. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the funding provided for the construction of social housing units on a county basis; and the number of social housing units completed in each county each year since 2008. [24423/14]

Garda Investigations

Stephen Donnelly

438. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on recent reports of rising rates of uninvestigated corporate fraud and white-collar crime; her plans to increase the resources and-or funding available to the Data Protection Commissioner and the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24455/14]

NAMA Operations

Stephen Donnelly

75. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if he or his Department has had any contact with the National Asset Management Agency and its employees, including the NAMA chairman, Mr Frank Daly, in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22856/14]

NAMA Operations

Stephen Donnelly

76. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if he or his Department has at any time sought changes to specific personnel at the National Asset Management Agency, and-or to have named NAMA individuals reassigned so that they were not dealing with specific borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22857/14]

Pension Levy

Stephen Donnelly

119. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the length of time the pension levy will be used to fund State jobs initiatives in view of the fact that the private pension sector has already contributed €2.2 billion via the levy to fund job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22727/14]

Seized Property

Stephen Donnelly

128. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance for each of the years, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the number of motor vehicles annually seized by officers of the Revenue Commissioners under section 141(1) of the Finance Act 2001 on the grounds that they were liable to forfeiture under section 139(6) of the Finance Act 1992. [22843/14]

Seized Property

Stephen Donnelly

129. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the number of motor vehicles, analysed by year in which they were seized, currently in the possession of officers of the Revenue Commissioners as a result of seizures under section 141(1) of the Finance Act 2001 on the grounds that the vehicles were liable to forfeiture under section 139(6) of the Finance Act 1992. [22844/14]

Seized Property

Stephen Donnelly

130. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance for each of the years, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the number of motor vehicles disposed of by the Revenue Commissioners and the disposal proceeds, arising from seizures under section 141(1) of the Finance Act 2001 on the grounds that the vehicles were liable to forfeiture under section 139(6) of the Finance Act 1992; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22845/14]

IBRC Liquidation

Stephen Donnelly

131. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to his statement of 20 February 2014 in respect of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage borrowers that if the special liquidators were to sell mortgages individually, rather than in loan books, it could result in a mortgage holder's neighbour who had a row over planning permission buying the mortgage and, alternatively, someone with whom the mortgage holder is in dispute or another family member, in circumstances where the family is not pulling together, could come in and buy the mortgage; if, following the sale of the mortgages to Oaktree and Lone Star, he can confirm the protections that are now in place to prevent the scenarios outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22846/14]

IBRC Liquidation

Stephen Donnelly

132. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation managed to achieve sale prices for any of the circa €22 billion of par value loans that were recently offered for sale, which were in excess of the par value of the loans in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22847/14]

NAMA Loan Offers

Stephen Donnelly

133. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if it remains the position on the part of the National Asset Management Agency that the maximum amount it can recover on a loan is the par value of the loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22848/14]

NAMA Operations

Stephen Donnelly

134. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if it is the policy of the National Asset Management Agency to market openly assets which are being sold, except in circumstances where full outstanding par debt is recoverable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22849/14]

Lease Agreements

Stephen Donnelly

300. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of money that has been paid by his Department to a private organisation (details supplied); if he will specify the legal basis for these payments and, in the absence of such a legal basis, when he proposes to get repayment of the money that has been paid to the private organisation concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23300/14]

Garda Investigations

Stephen Donnelly

643. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Garda investigation of a former National Asset Management Agency employee (details supplied) against whom NAMA made a referral pursuant to section 202 of the NAMA Act 2009 to the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation in September 2012. [22850/14]

Garda Investigations

Stephen Donnelly

644. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Garda investigation of the unnamed former National Asset Management Agency employee, against whom NAMA made a referral to Garda, pursuant to section 202 of the NAMA Act, in February 2013. [22851/14]

Garda Investigations

Stephen Donnelly

645. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Garda investigation of the two unnamed National Asset Management Agency borrowers, against whom NAMA had made complaints pursuant to section 7 of the NAMA Act 2009, and which were alluded to by NAMA at its appearance before the Committee of Public Accounts on 18 December 2013; if she will confirm when the complaints were originally referred by NAMA to the Garda. [22852/14]

Garda Investigations

Stephen Donnelly

682. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a designated member of An Garda Síochána who is dealing with all complaints made by, and against, the National Asset Management Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22853/14]

Garda Investigations

Stephen Donnelly

683. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints that are currently being dealt with by An Garda Síochána involving the National Asset Management Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22854/14]

Garda Investigations

Stephen Donnelly

684. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has been asked to provide additional resources to An Garda Síochána to assist with complaints involving the National Asset Management Agency; if she is satisfied that the Garda has sufficient resources to deal with existing NAMA related investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22855/14]

National Drugs Strategy Budget

Stephen Donnelly

912. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health with regard to the potential loss of the parent support liaison nurse in north Wicklow, if he will commit to retaining the role, as a vital component of the efforts to protect children from the societal and familial impact of drug addiction (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23110/14]

Children in Care

Stephen Donnelly

913. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to provide suitable residential care in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23111/14]

Economic Data

Stephen Donnelly

136. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach the current capacity utilisation in the manufacturing industry here; the reason Ireland is the only EU state not to have provided this information to EUROSTAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20608/14]

Departmental Websites

Stephen Donnelly

138. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular format, a breakdown of all annual costs associated with the running of the MerrionStreet.ie Government news service since 2011; including staffing, overtime, website maintenance, equipment costs, hosting, spend on promoting content on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter or any other platforms and any other associated costs. [21003/14]

Departmental Communications

Stephen Donnelly

140. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls, the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21241/14]

Departmental Communications

Stephen Donnelly

150. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls, the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21235/14]

NAMA Court Cases

Stephen Donnelly

196. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual value of judgments obtained, together with the sums recovered, in respect of those judgments, by the National Asset Management Agency against companies and persons, as a result of proceedings in the courts here in each of 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. [21194/14]

NAMA Staff Data

Stephen Donnelly

197. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the current staffing total at the National Asset Management Agency; if, in view of the disposal by the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation of 90% of the IBRC loan book and the decision by him to instruct the special liquidators to re-offer the unsold IBRC to the market, the current staffing is appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21195/14]

IBRC Liquidation

Stephen Donnelly

198. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Special Liquidators recently sought legal immunity for him in respect of ongoing racketeering proceedings in New York, in consideration for selling loans relating to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin to a purchaser who is pursuing the racketeering proceedings and who was apparently offering the highest price for those loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21196/14]

NAMA Expenditure

Stephen Donnelly

199. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance following the report by the National Asset Management Agency for the third quarter of 2013 that it had spent €3,408,000 on what it termed Irish Bank Resolution Corporation integration costs, if he will confirm the cumulative amount expended to date by the National Asset Management Agency on such costs. [21197/14]

Departmental Communications

Stephen Donnelly

205. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls, the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21234/14]

Departmental Communications

Stephen Donnelly

252. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been, recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls and the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21232/14]

School Enrolments Data

Stephen Donnelly

284. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the capacity of junior infants classes in each junior school serving the Greystones area from 2008 to 2014; the number of children who applied for places in junior infants classes in each school in the area from 2008 to 2014; and the number of children who applied for junior infants places that each school was unable to accommodate from 2008 to 2013, and an estimate for 2014. [21581/14]

Departmental Communications

Stephen Donnelly

308. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls, the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21239/14]

Departmental Communications

Stephen Donnelly

323. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being or ever have been recorded, and if so, whether he will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls, the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21237/14]

Carer's Benefit Eligibility

Stephen Donnelly

371. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to correspondence dated 10 March 2014, if she will make an exemption to the employment condition in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21193/14]

Departmental Communications

Stephen Donnelly

376. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if any telephone calls in or out of her Department are being, or ever have been recorded; if so, if she will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls; the cost to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21240/14]

Departmental Communications

Stephen Donnelly

416. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls, the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21228/14]

Departmental Communications

Stephen Donnelly

434. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls, the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21230/14]

Water Charges Administration

Stephen Donnelly

464. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to his announcement of an average annual household bill for water of up to €240, if he will confirm the total number of households to which this average will apply; the planned total amount of water charges that Irish Water expects to raise from direct customer billings each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21211/14]

Departmental Communications

Stephen Donnelly

467. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls, the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21233/14]

Irish Water Expenditure

Stephen Donnelly

486. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the domain name, water.ie, has been acquired by Irish Water; and if so the date and cost of acquisition; the identity of the previous owner; and if not, if he will provide details of the ongoing cost of using the domain name to Irish Water. [21440/14]

Irish Water Expenditure

Stephen Donnelly

487. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm when the domain name, water.ie, was first acquired by a State agency; the name of the State agency which acquired the domain name; the consideration paid to the previous owner; and the identity of the previous owner. [21441/14]

Departmental Communications

Stephen Donnelly

501. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Defence if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls, the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21231/14]

Departmental Records

Stephen Donnelly

526. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls, the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21227/14]

Departmental Communications

Stephen Donnelly

553. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if any telephone calls in or out of her Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if she will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls, the cost to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21238/14]

Departmental Communications

Stephen Donnelly

610. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being or ever have been recorded and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls, the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21236/14]

Departmental Communications

Stephen Donnelly

678. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls, the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21242/14]

Departmental Records

Stephen Donnelly

700. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being or ever have been recorded; if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and store such calls, and the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21229/14]

IBRC Loans

Stephen Donnelly

33. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance following the conclusion of the recent trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives, if he will provide in tabular form the current status of each of the ten maple ten loans, specifically, the volume and value of loans 100% repaid to Anglo Irish Bank-Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the volume and value of loans transferred to the National Asset Management Agency and subsequently 100% repaid; the volume and value of loans transferred to NAMA and sold by NAMA without 100% repayment; the approximate price obtained by NAMA; the volume and value of loans transferred to NAMA which remain unsettled and the amount outstanding; the volume and value of loans sold by the special liquidators of IBRC and the approximate price obtained; the volume and value of loans remaining at IBRC as part of the unsold €2 billion par value rump of loans; and in order to protect the privacy of the ten borrowers, if he will provide anonymised totals against each of the above categories. [20426/14]

IBRC Loans

Stephen Donnelly

34. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance following the conclusion of the recent trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives if, from the point of view of the borrower, the loan facility terms of any of the maple ten loans were changed from 25% recourse to zero recourse, where the term 25% recourse means the borrower is personally liable to the lender for 25% of the sum borrowed in addition to being liable to offer up the entire asset purchased with the loan and where the term zero recourse means the maximum liability of the borrower to the lender is the entire asset purchased with the loan. [20427/14]

Corporate Governance

Stephen Donnelly

150. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality following the conclusion of the recent trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives, his views that corporate governance law in the State needs to be strenghtened following confirmation that €450 million was provided on extraordinarily advantageous terms, in loans by an Irish bank to borrowers in order that they buy the bank's own shares, and six years after the commission of this crime, only two individuals have been convicted, who currently face community service sentences and-or fines of up to €6,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20429/14]

Corporate Governance

Stephen Donnelly

151. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality following the conclusion of the recent trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives, where the judge characterised the maple ten borrowers as certainly good men and acting with good motives, his views on whether corporate governance law in the State needs to be strengthened so that borrowers offered loans by a company on extraordinarily advantageous terms to buy shares in that company should be held criminally liable if they accept such lending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20430/14]

Corporate Governance

Stephen Donnelly

152. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality following the conclusion of the recent trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives, if he will provide an estimate of the financial cost of the Garda investigation into the unlawful maple ten lending and lawful Quinn lending which supported the price of shares in Anglo Irish Bank. [20431/14]

Corporate Governance

Stephen Donnelly

153. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality following the conclusion of the recent trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives, if he will provide an estimate the number of Garda man years expended in the Garda investigation into the unlawful maple ten and lawful Quinn lending which supported the price of shares in Anglo Irish Bank. [20432/14]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Stephen Donnelly

300. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the benefit in amending section 99 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 in relation to solicitors and estate agents fees and costs to assist those who purchased homes through the affordable housing scheme and may now wish to sell and free up properties for first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20197/14]