Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

616. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in receiving an appointment at Tallaght Hospital for urgent medical treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [9829/13]

Job Creation

Pearse Doherty

16. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by Industrial Development Agency supported businesses along the Border region; and the total number of job losses in IDA supported business along the region. [9051/13]

Retail Sector

Pearse Doherty

59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact of upward only rent on the retail sector in terms of lost competitiveness and in terms of jobs lost. [9050/13]

Tax Reliefs Application

Pearse Doherty

97. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will examine extending the entitlement to reclaim VAT and VRT on car conversions for disabled persons with primary medical certificates to cars with engines sizes over 2.0l /2000 cc to allow persons who require larger wheelchairs to benefit. [9141/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

104. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the potential conflict in the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, KPMG being responsible for considering the feasibility of outstanding litigation against competing business and former auditor of Anglo Irish Bank, Ernst and Young; and if he will outline the safeguards that exists to prevent a conflict of interest in respect of consideration of this litigation. [9231/13]

Banking Sector Remuneration

Pearse Doherty

105. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the preparation and publication of the Mercer expert report on banking pay and perks. [9232/13]

NAMA Operations

Pearse Doherty

106. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the activities undertaken by the National Asset Management Agency in anticipation of acquiring loans from Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if NAMA has engaged external assistance in undertaking these activities; and if so, if he will confirm the companies or persons engaged and fees payable. [9233/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

107. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Special Liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will entertain approaches and offers from individual mortgage borrowers to buy out their outstanding loans; and the range of discounts on offer by the special liquidator to potential buyers of mortgage lending. [9234/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

108. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of approved payments where the payment was for a sum in excess of €1 million made by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation for the seven days prior to 4.30 p.m. on 6 February 2013 and to provide a similar schedule for payments made in the seven days from 4.30 p.m. on 6 February 2013. [9235/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

109. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of individuals and companies which the special liquidator of Irish bank Resolution Corporation regards as necessary for the ongoing functioning of IBRC during the liquidation period. [9236/13]

Consumer Protection

Pearse Doherty

145. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the merger of the Competition Authority with the National Consumer Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9237/13]

Coillte Teoranta Lands

Pearse Doherty

161. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that any plans to sell off the State’s forest assets pose a serious threat to the use of these forests by the people of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8605/13]

International Relations

Pearse Doherty

196. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach if he will confirm the discussions he had at the recent Davos summit with respect to investment in Myanmar and Burma; the persons with whom he had discussions; the nature of these discussions; and if he has committed to deliver any assistance to any party in respect of communications investment in Myanmar. [8629/13]

IBRC Staff

Pearse Doherty

240. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the redundancy treatment and the contractual entitlements of former top executives in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if top executives are entitled to jobs of equal status and financial terms under their contracts, or have clauses included in their contracts which allow for special payments in the event of liquidation. [8060/13]

NAMA Investment Funds

Pearse Doherty

278. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the number of completed transactions where the National Asset Management Agency has provided so-called vendor finance; the total value of such finance provided and the total amount of such finance presently outstanding. [8752/13]

NAMA Loan Offers

Pearse Doherty

279. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will set out the safeguards that the National Asset Management Agency has in place to prevent loans which it sells to third parties being re-sold to the original debtors who might be in default of loans to NAMA. [8753/13]

NAMA Loan Book

Pearse Doherty

280. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency has not provided potential purchasers of its Project Aspen and Project Club loan portfolios with standard valuations; and if such an omission is considered to be detrimental to the prospects of NAMA maximizing income from the disposals. [8754/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

281. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Special Liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will sell loans to the original borrowers at a discount to the amounts outstanding on such loans. [8755/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

282. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Special Liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will sell loans to the original borrowers at a discount to the amounts outstanding on such loans, even in circumstances where such loans are in default or in breach of the terms of the loan, including loan to value covenants. [8756/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

283. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the criteria the Special Liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will use in deciding whether or not to sell loans now, or to allow such loans to be transferred to the National Asset Management Agency. [8757/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

284. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the manner in which the Special Liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will sell loans; if there will be a tender for panels of loan sales advisers and if so, when such a tender will be issued. [8758/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

285. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will lay before Dáil Éireann copies of directions issued to the National Asset Management Agency pursuant to the NAMA Act and the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. [8759/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

290. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the investigation into a company (details supplied) which the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board found did have a role to answer as auditors of Anglo Irish Bank, following the liquidation of IBRC. [8831/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Pearse Doherty

316. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills following on from the announcement of capital funding for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, when he expects this school to be built; the capacity of the school; the date on which he expects enrolment to take place; and any other information about this school that he has at his disposal relevant to its immediate future. [8329/13]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Pearse Doherty

406. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for the processing of domicilary care allowance applications; if she will provide in tabular form, for the past five years, the number of claims awarded on first application; the number of claims refused; and the number of claims received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8235/13]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals

Pearse Doherty

407. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form for the past five years the number of domiciliary care allowance appeals submitted to her Department; the number of these refused; and the number granted. [8236/13]

Community Welfare Services

Pearse Doherty

408. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria used by her Department to determine the level of demand for community welfare clinics in County Donegal in view of the fact that the exact numbers of persons who have accessed each community welfare clinic in County Donegal is not available; if she will provide a breakdown of the staff employed in the Community Welfare Service in County Donegal, differentiating between those responsible for making payments and those with supervisory or administrative roles, over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8237/13]

Social Welfare Appeals Delays

Pearse Doherty

411. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a social welfare appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [8269/13]

Health Services Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

686. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the new criteria recently announced for the funding of day centres; the considerations his Department has given to sparsely populated areas and rural isolation of the elderly in formulating this criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8239/13]

HSE Correspondence

Pearse Doherty

690. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 227, 228, 229, and 230 which were referred to the Health Service Executive on 23 January 2013, when the replies to these questions from the HSE will be forthcoming. [8266/13]

Departmental Funding

Pearse Doherty

764. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the level of Departmental funding allocated to SITT rural transport service for 2007-2013 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8238/13]

General Medical Services Scheme Administration

Pearse Doherty

27. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the products that will be delisted from the GMS scheme as outlined in the Health Service Executive national service plan 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7460/13]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

107. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will advise the annual State spend on high tech drugs in each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; if he will list the medications involved; if he will advise the savings he has negotiated and secured across each of the relevant expenditures; the way he will deliver the €10 million savings in the high tech drugs bill as outlined in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7459/13]

IBRC Staff

Pearse Doherty

154. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of ex-staff of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation who have been re-hired by the special liquidator or the National Asset Management Agency. [7992/13]

IBRC Staff

Pearse Doherty

155. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the numbers in each grade, clerical, risk officer, executive and so on, of the staff in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation when it was liquidated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7993/13]

IBRC Staff

Pearse Doherty

159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the way the percentages of ex-staff in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation have been re-hired by the special liquidator or the National Asset Management Agency in the following categories: those who were earning less than €100,000; those who were earning between €100,000 and €200,000; those who were earning between €200,000 and €300,000; those who were earning between €300,000 and €400,000; those who were earning between €400,000 and €500,000; and those who were earning over €500,000. [8048/13]

Education and Training Provision

Pearse Doherty

169. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all local training initiatives in tabular form broken down by local authority area; the location of the initiatives; the number of staff; and the number of training places. [7810/13]

Departmental Contracts

Pearse Doherty

208. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has granted any contracts or is considering granting any projects to private companies for the implementation of the pathways to work programmes; and if she will list the private companies involved. [7811/13]

Youth Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

36. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she intends to launch the review of the 2001 Youth Homelessness Strategy to be undertaken by the Centre for Effective Services; when she expects the CES to complete and submit its findings and recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7312/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

50. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the announcement by the National Asset Management Agency on 7 February 2013 when it said in the period to mid-2013, the special liquidator will seek to value and sell the secured underlying assets subject to the floating charge, after the sales process conducted by the special liquidator has been completed later in the year, National Asset Management Agency will acquire the unsold loans in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan portfolio in addition to the proceeds of any asset sales conducted by the special liquidator during the sales process, if he will to confirm the NAMA valuation methodology of any loans acquired from IBRC and if such methodology will be further to the European Commission approval of the NAMA scheme in February 2010; and specifically if NAMA will be required to pay so-called long term economic value. [7717/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

51. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the announcement by the National Asset Management Agency on 7 February 2013, if NAMA will bid for loan assets and associated collateral being disposed of by the special liquidator between now and mid-2013 when NAMA is to bid for any remaining loans. [7718/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

52. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the announcement by the National Asset Management Agency on 7 February 2013, if he will provide an assessment of the merit in directing NAMA to acquire all legacy loans at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation today. [7719/13]

General Government Debt

Pearse Doherty

53. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form, by year, for 2013 onwards, the forecast impact on general government deficit and general government debt of the proposed new scheme to substitute the promissory notes provided to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation with sovereign and NAMA bonds. [7720/13]

Government Bonds

Pearse Doherty

54. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the terms of any new bonds which he proposes to issue as part of the proposed new scheme to substitute the promissory notes provided to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation with sovereign and NAMA bonds. [7721/13]

Government Bonds

Pearse Doherty

55. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the date upon which he proposes to issue sovereign bonds as part of the proposed new scheme to substitute the promissory notes provided to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation with sovereign and National Asset Management Agency bonds. [7722/13]

Government Bonds

Pearse Doherty

56. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the maximum period for which the Central Bank of Ireland may hold any sovereign bond issued as part of the proposed bond issued as part of the proposed new scheme to substitute the promissory notes provided to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation with sovereign and National Asset Management Agency bonds; and the factors that will affect the period for which the Central Bank has discretion in any decision to hold the sovereign bonds. [7723/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

57. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the number of depositors and the total amount of deposits in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation on 6 February 2013: and the number of deposits in excess of €100,000; and the overall value of such deposits and the total excess of those deposits over €100,000 each. [7724/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

58. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of bonds payable by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation on 6 February 2013 showing the type of bond, the date redeemable, the coupon and the redeemable amount. [7725/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the way outstanding bonds in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will be dealt with as part of the liquidation announced on 6 February 2013. [7726/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

60. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the cost to the Central Bank of Ireland in compensating depositors at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation for deposits up to €100,000; and if he will confirm if there is a pre-existing fund maintained by the CBI for such events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7727/13]