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Fiscal Code (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Parliament has a veto.

Fiscal Code (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: The Commission has said that Parliament has a veto.

Fiscal Code (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Does it factor in the €8.6 billion in cuts?

Fiscal Code (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Does it factor in those cuts?

Fiscal Code (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: An answer would be nice.

European Council Meetings (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I want to try to get an answer to this question. I asked about the report on more cuts and tax increases and reference was made to the chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, Professor John McHale. I asked about the structural deficit given the plans to make an €8.6 billion adjustment over the three years. In particular I asked what the automatic correction methods would entail....

European Council Meetings (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of order I have asked five questions to which I have not received an answer. I am trying to make the questions quite simple. I do not want to be shouting over the Minister and I am sure he does not want that either as people are probably listening to this debate. I ask the Minister to try to answer the questions. This is supposed to be Question Time.

National Asset Management Agency (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Sinn Féin has argued we should use NAMA's cash resources to stimulate the economy so I welcome today's announcement. I have not seen clarification on this matter in the NAMA statement. Will the €2 billion to be invested in coming years all be spent in Ireland? Of the €1 billion that has already been invested, more than half of it has been spent in Britain. Given that NAMA has €5...

Stability and Growth Pact (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail structural deficit projections for 2016, 2017 and 2018 and the adjustments and or growth projections that will be required to move from the structural deficit target of 3.5% which he projects for 2015 and the 0.5% rule that the he will have to meet after 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25884/12]

Stability and Growth Pact (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I agree with the Minister regarding the difficulty in predicting the structural deficit for 2015 and beyond. A range of moveable factors will impact on the figures to improve them or make them worse. However, let us deal with the Department's best predictions based on the models and expertise available to it. Does he agree that the statement on the programme update issued by the Department...

Stability and Growth Pact (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: This is a Priority Question at a very important time. A decision was made to group Priority Questions and this denied a supplementary question for this Priority Question. It is inappropriate.

Stability and Growth Pact (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: It is utterly inappropriate that the option has been denied to us. It is our right to have a supplementary question on the Minister's argument. The grouping of this question by people who are opposed to the treaty is absolutely wrong.

Stability and Growth Pact (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Did I go over the time allocated to me? It is not my fault if the Minister went over his allocated time.

Stability and Growth Pact (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: It is wrong.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: We had the blueshirts and now we have the yellowshirts.

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (22 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his commitment to reducing hunger in the global south is compatible with his efforts to promote the sale of Irish food and drink products in Africa; and if local production is being displaced by these Irish exports. [25357/12]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (22 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way he will be urging Indonesia to adopt specific measures to ensure religious freedom, free expression, and accountability for abuses at the Universal Periodic Review of Indonesia at the UN Human Rights Council on 23 May 2012. [25354/12]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (22 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms upon which the National Assets Management Agency has provided the short-term funding to meet the Anglo promissory note payment due on 31 March; if he will confirm the amount provided by NAMA; the interest rate that will apply to NAMA's contribution and consequently the amount of interest in monetary terms that will be paid to NAMA; if...

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (22 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which he expects Bank of Ireland to refinance the Anglo promissory note that was temporarily met by the National Assets Management Agency at the end of March 2012; and when he expects Bank of Ireland to hold an EGM to secure shareholder approval for the transaction. [24848/12]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (22 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will carry out an analysis of the 10,000 residential properties that the National Assets Management Agency says are associated with its loans, showing the number of dwellings that are occupied and vacant; and in respect of the vacant dwellings, the number being offered for sale or for rent; if there are vacant dwellings that are neither for...