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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability and Growth Pact (31 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance the minimum percentage improvement required to the structural balance for 2016 under the European Union fiscal rules; and the percentage improvement he is forecasting to the structural balance for 2016. [12539/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability and Growth Pact (31 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance the minimum percentage improvement required to the structural balance for 2017 under the European Union fiscal rules; and the percentage improvement he is forecasting to the structural balance for 2017. [12540/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excessive Deficit Procedure Administration (31 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance if, with regard to the recent announcement that Government expenditure in 2015 has been revised up by €1.5 billion, reflecting a reclassification of State transactions with a bank (details supplied) which therefore raises the expenditure benchmark, he can confirm this raises the benchmark; the departmental and corresponding figures he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Annual Report and Accounts (31 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which he will make National Asset Management Agency's 2015 management accounts available to the public; and the reason for the delay in their release, given that his Department received the 2015 accounts two months ago. [12628/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Life Insurance Policies (31 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance if, with regard to the correspondence supplied, he and the Central Bank believe a person (details supplied) has been treated fairly by the company; the legal avenues open to customers in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12739/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Life Insurance Policies (31 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank is aware that an insurance company (details supplied) has written to at least one customer demanding a significant increase in premium because of a historical mistake made by the company; if it will investigate whether this company has sent similar letters to other customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12740/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (31 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 6 April 2016, if the circa 11% figure given for a bank (details supplied) is a figure for the amount of new mortgage loans that are counted as exceptions under the Central Bank's loan to value rules or if they are the figure for exemptions, switchers, negative equity and so on; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government Implementation (31 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 249. To ask the Minister for Finance to expand on the programme for Government commitment to introduce a help-to-buy scheme or mortgage insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13210/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government Implementation (31 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 250. To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed help-to-buy scheme or mortgage insurance scheme will be a State-backed scheme or draw upon private insurers or investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13211/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Expenditure (31 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 540. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of moving the Garda barracks in Harcourt Street to a new location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13227/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Expenditure (31 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 541. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total rent paid by An Garda Síochana for its barracks in Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 to date. [13228/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (31 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 681. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alter specialist care services available to sarcoma patients currently provided at St. Vincent's University Hospital; if such plans include changes to medical personnel who work as part of the sarcoma multi-disciplinary team at the hospital; if changes are planned, the measures which will be put in place to ensure patients do not experience any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (31 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 736. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical device will be provided to a person (details supplied) under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13491/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Data (26 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue the universal social charge would generate on the basis of no policy change or its phased abolition or reduction (details supplied), in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form. [12256/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Data (26 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of a phased reduction (details supplied) of the universal social charge for each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form. [12448/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on assertions in the European Commission’s 2016 country report on Ireland that our tax revenue to gross domestic product ratio is low compared with the European Union average and is marginally decreasing, that tax cuts provided in the 2016 budget are likely to reduce further this ratio and that although Ireland's tax system is highly...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (26 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance why he has not acted on information his Department received from a whistleblower regarding the abuse of the dwelling house exemption by high wealth persons as a means of avoiding capital acquisitions tax; the details of anti-avoidance measures and the caps on relief he has considered to stop this supposed abuse; the number of persons who have availed of...

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I listened to Deputy Dooley's bizarre speech last night in which he said that Sinn Féin should thank Fianna Fáil for all they have done on the issue of water charges. I am not sure whether he was talking about his commitment in 2010 to introduce it, signing the troika agreement that introduced it or voting in favour of legislation under which Irish Water was introduced. As Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Prize Bonds (25 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which a citizen living in the Six Counties can purchase prize bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11945/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Prize Bonds (25 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of prize bonds sold in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11946/16]