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Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: The impression was given in an earlier contribution that we should be grateful this Bill has been published and that the austerity referendum was successful because we lost the run of ourselves and the budgetary and debt rules in this legislation will save us. I agree with the point that we should base our arguments on facts. We should look at the facts to support that earlier comment....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the final reports to the European Commission relating to the Waterford Crystal, SR Technics and the three construction programmes; and if he will provide an estimate of the total moneys due to be returned to the European Commission from all of the now closed European Globalisation Fund programmes. [43117/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of unique individuals who have accessed additional supports between December 2011 and June 2012 from the three European Globalisation Fund construction programmes; the total cost of these supports; and the estimated total moneys to be returned to the European Commission unspent under these programmes. [43116/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Increment Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify as of 31 December 2011 and as at 30 September 2012 the number of employees at the Central Bank of Ireland whose annual salary including non-discretionary payments in cash, is in excess of €200,000 per annum. [42677/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Increment Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if a request has been made by him to the Central Bank of Ireland that any staff member earning in excess of €200,000 per annum inclusive of non-discretionary cash payments waive 15% of their salary or a sum to reduce their salary inclusive of non-discretionary cash payments to €200,000 whichever reduction is lesser; if such a request was made, the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Recruitment (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the fees paid by the National Asset Management Agency for the recruitment of staff in 2011 and for the nine months ending 30 September 2012. [42679/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Accounts (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to the commitment made by National Asset Management Agency to calculate a provision for impairment twice a year, to quantify the provision for impairments made by NAMA for the six months ending 30 June 2012 as contained in the second quarter 2012 accounts which were due to be submitted to him by 30 September 2012. [42680/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Accounts (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate for the financial outturn at the National Asset Management Agency for the 12 months ending 31 December 2012 to include the estimated provision for impairment and the profit before tax. [42681/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Remuneration (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency operates a so-called long-term incentive plan as part of its remuneration package offered to some employees; if he will provide an outline of the scheme and indicate the sums of money potentially on offer to employees benefiting from such a plan. [42682/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the timeframe in which to process an application for a VAT EU refund for a business (details supplied) in County Antrim; if he will indicate the average length of time for processing such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42696/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the impact on haulage businesses cash flow arising from delays in the processing of VAT EU refund applications and the potential loss to the Exchequer that could arise if such delays forced businesses located in the north of Ireland to cease sourcing fuel from the south of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing VAT EU refund applications to be made and granted on a monthly basis rather than the current three monthly basis, in order to assist businesses meet their cash flow needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42698/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of raising the 20% bank threshold for married couples/one income and one parent families to the threshold for married couples of two incomes, which is currently €65,500. [42911/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector Regulation (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance to assess the improvement to competition in the banking sector. [43263/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the annual revenue that would be generated if a 0.1% financial transaction tax were to be imposed in this jurisdiction on the trading of bonds, derivatives and shares. [43264/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff Issues (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he wll estimate the number of persons in this jurisdiction employed directly in, or in support of, trading of bonds, derivatives and shares. [43265/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual tax that would be generated from applying a 2% tax on the current market value of residential property whose registered owner is not a natural person but a corporation or trust or other non-natural person. [43267/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual loss to the Exchequer of stamp duty on property transfers being avoided as a result of property being transferred via shares in companies including companies incorporated in other jurisdictions, or through changes to trusts. [43268/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to fund a central school book provision scheme for primary and secondary school children, which would see books provided free of cost at all schools. [42896/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Meals Programme (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to provide every primary school child in the State with a free lunch meal. [42897/12]