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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I have a number of comments about the administration subheads. Expenditure on travel and subsistence has increased by 19%; expenditure on post and telecommunications has increased by 36%; and expenditure on consultancy and other services has increased from €25,000 to €112,000. A percentage increase of zero is given, but I do not understand how that reflects the figures, which...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Chairman, the Minister and his officials to our first meeting of 2014. I hope they had a nice break before facing into the challenges that 2014 presents. Deputy Michael McGrath touched on many of these and there are probably more, including ones that have not yet been identified but will raise their heads over 2014. When we gather here in 2015 we will have to have seen big...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (15 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contacts, unsolicited and otherwise, that the National Asset Management Agency and its developers have received from former employees regarding the possible acquisition of the developers' properties. [55510/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Protection Policies (15 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the situation and rights of those who have a life assurance policy which is not in arrears assigned to a mortgage that is in arrears. [1523/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (15 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed or plans to discuss with the Central Bank the legal basis by which the Central Bank allows commercial banks to drop prudence and overvalue loans in their published accounts and the problems that such a policy has created. [1712/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banking Sector Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to a legal opinion produced by a person (details supplied) this year which confirms that efforts by the IASB to drop prudence, the safeguard against overvaluing bank loans, from the accounting framework was not endorsed by the EU and is therefore contrary to EU company law; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banking Sector Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that under Irish company law banks must not overstate the value of loans in their published accounts; and his views on the practice of Irish banks which claim they are not allowed under IASB rules to recognise expected losses on certain loans. [1711/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (15 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a claim for disability allowance was disallowed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in view of the fact that their medical conditions satisfied the domiciliary care allowance until they turned sixteen; if this person was medically assessed for disability allowance; the medical report that was used to determine...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (15 Jan 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 576. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the conditions an applicant for a licence under the gambling control Bill will have to satisfy; and if findings of criminal infringements by the applicant in other jurisdictions will be considered relevant in the granting of a licence. [1192/14]

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Other patients will be paying for those services.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme Projects (18 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has viewed the independent report completed by Achilles Consultants in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; his views on the recommendations made by the report; the reason his Department have not acted on the recommendations in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54641/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme Projects (18 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will meet with a cross party delegation to discuss the issues in relation to funding of a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he accepts that failure to resolve the issues with this project have consequences for future LEADER funding of similar projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (18 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 487 of 18 July 2013 and 269 of the 3 December 2013, if he will make public the findings of the Ombudsman in relation to the project in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54642/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Investigation (18 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the report by the Health Service Executive regarding a convicted sex abuser (details supplied) in County Donegal has been completed and made available to him; if the report by the Garda Commissioner regarding the same offender has been completed and made available to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54640/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (18 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is waiting on the single farm payment; if he will indicate a timeframe for when this payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54620/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (18 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the progression of the marina in Killybegs, County Donegal; if planning permission has been sought for the marina; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54621/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (18 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount Ireland expects to benefit from the European agriculture and rural development fund from 2014-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54713/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Expenditure (18 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will estimate the total direct single payments likely to benefit Irish farmers from 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54714/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (18 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Donegal who are on limited income and the cost of medication is causing substantial hardship; if he will provide a timeframe for when this claim will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54618/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 242. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment to have an operation on their back in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54619/13]