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- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (24 Apr 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: 205. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation will be introduced to allow residents the right to light leylandii hedges impacting their own properties;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19412/13]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: VFM Report on Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence (23 Apr 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their contribution. To continue the theme regarding the causes and limitations of austerity, if financial markets will not lend to a country, or will only lend at a rate which is too expensive for the country, what are the choices open to it? We need to distinguish between countries which have access to financial markets and countries which do not....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: VFM Report on Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence (23 Apr 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Thank you Dr. Ahearne. I now turn to colleagues' questions and Senator Reilly was the first to signal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (23 Apr 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I welcome everyone. The Chairman will be joining us soon. The subject of today's meeting is completing economic and monetary union.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: VFM Report on Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence (23 Apr 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: The committee has held a number of meetings on this and intends to publish a report on it. I am delighted to welcome two of the foremost economists in Ireland, Dr. Alan Ahearne and Professor John McHale, who will be familiar to all the members. I thank them for attending this meeting to give us their views on this topic. Before inviting our guests to speak I must issue the privilege...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (23 Apr 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 is being charged universal social charge on their pension income and income from a home help job that they have despite that income not being assured from week to week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18255/13]
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013) Paschal Donohoe: It is a very small number.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013) Paschal Donohoe: The Comptroller and Auditor General made the point that the four he looked at ranged from 13 months to nearly three years. From what Mr. Kissane has told me, that is something the authority has acted on and it has a new-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013) Paschal Donohoe: Has the authority a process in place for dealing with that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013) Paschal Donohoe: That then drove up the number of unsuccessful applications.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013) Paschal Donohoe: On the issue regarding advances of funding on which Mr. Kissane may have touched in answer to my earlier question, an observation from the report is that in three of the 25 cases examined, 90% of the grant allocation had been paid out on the signing of the contract resulting in a risk exposure for the authority and, indirectly, for the State. At present, how does the authority deal with how...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013) Paschal Donohoe: It goes into whose account?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013) Paschal Donohoe: Is that because of the presence of the special account which is drawn down at a later point?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013) Paschal Donohoe: Collapses?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013) Paschal Donohoe: The authority gets the money back.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013) Paschal Donohoe: Is Mr. O'Keeffe's point that the larger amount of money upfront is needed to allow them leverage larger amounts of money elsewhere?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013) Paschal Donohoe: Only section 481 accounts.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013) Paschal Donohoe: Another point made in the report relates to consideration of past performance of a contractor. It appears to be a reasonable observation and I am sure the authority has acted on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013) Paschal Donohoe: On the issue of monitoring, a point made is that 12 of the 25 cases experienced slippage in their contracted delivery schedules. How does the authority handle such issues?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011 (18 Apr 2013) Paschal Donohoe: Does the authority have an understanding of what that improvement has been?