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Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (15 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent sale by Northwood Investors of 1 Warrington Place in Dublin for €43 million following its purchase from a National Asset Management Agency developer for €27 million in April 2012, if Northwood Investors has now repaid its vendor finance to NAMA; and the amount vendor finance NAMA now has available to offer potential...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans Sale (15 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent appointment by Beltany Property Finance Limited of receivers to certain unspecified assets of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Assurance Company Limited and further to the acquisition by Beltany of loans from the special liquidators of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in March 2014 if he will outline the circumstances in which...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions Expenditure (15 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 345. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost to the State of trade missions undertaken by his Department since he has taken office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30797/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (15 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 470. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the cost of refitting local authority chambers in view of the recent elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30796/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulatory Authority Remit (15 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 579. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of errors in price details recorded on the Residential Property Price Register that have been corrected in the past 12 months; the number of notifications of errors in price details received by the Property Services Regulatory Authority during that period; if she is concerned at the level of errors in price details recorded on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (15 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 613. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied), issued earlier this year; if the card is still valid; and if it has been revoked, if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to reinstate the card. [30717/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (15 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 644. To ask the Minister for Health further to statements in Seanad Éireann on 2 July 2014, when his predecessor stated "I want to put on the record of the House the fact that the Health Service Executive has confirmed that the healthcare pricing office does not - and I repeat does not - make hospital patients' personal records available to pharmaceutical companies, insurers or any other...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (15 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 653. To ask the Minister for Health on the back of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014, if he has considered removing the maximum price on a packet of cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31096/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (15 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 654. To ask the Minister for Health on the back of research that shows plain tobacco packaging has led to smokers in other jurisdictions choosing cheaper brands, if any research has been undertaken to discover if there are health implications for such substitution among the smoking population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31097/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (15 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 655. To ask the Minister for Health on the back of the (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014, if he will consider introducing a minimum weight at which rolling tobacco may be sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31098/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Data (15 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 663. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, on a county basis, the number of children who have requested a special needs assessment for 2012, 2013 and the to date in 2014; the number of children over those periods whose assessment commenced within three months of receipt of application; and the number of children whose assessments were completed within six months...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Payments (15 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 710. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to reassess the case of a person (details supplied) to investigate if the medical card should be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31590/14]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I want to echo those points. I said at the start that I will support the Bill and I will do so because I agree with what the Bill is trying to achieve. However, honest to God, this is a €5 billion fund for lending to SMEs with up to €4 billion of a State guarantee provided by the Minister for Finance, with no ratification by Dáil Éireann. This is absolutely no way...

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: You must be kidding.

Strategic Banking Corporation Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: We are not allowed to interrogate the Minister's legal advisers.

Strategic Banking Corporation Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I respectfully suggest that the logic in the Minister's response is flawed. He stated that the purpose of the Bill is economic growth and that economic growth and economic development are what he is talking about. That is not stated in the Long Title of the Bill, which states that the Bill is for the purpose of "making credit available to enterprises and to other persons". Under the...

Strategic Banking Corporation Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I find myself increasingly agreeing with Deputy Boyd Barrett as the evening passes.

Strategic Banking Corporation Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: This amendment makes a great deal of sense. To ensure that my memory was serving me well, I checked to see whether one of the US Federal Reserve's mandates was employment. It is - the exact wording is "maximum employment". The amendment seems to be a simple, useful, risk-free and costless change. The focus on economic development and growth is welcome. However, there are probably a bunch...

Strategic Banking Corporation Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: There seems to be a contradiction and I accept that the Minister is saying in good faith that he has no intention of selling into private ownership the company. I take the Minister at his word that the setting up of the company as a private rather than a public entity is better for tax or transparency reasons. However, the Minister refers to section 11 in the Bill. Section 11(5) states:...

Strategic Banking Corporation Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I have discussed the amendments with Deputy Boyd Barrett. I note that the Minister has stated explicitly that he does not intend ever to sell the company. Nevertheless, my reading of the legislation suggests the Minister or a future Minister for Finance could sell it. If there is no legal impediment to what Deputy Boyd Barrett suggests, it would be welcome if the Minister would make the...