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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (25 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 461. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if tenants for proposed regionally based manufacturing facilities being built by the Industrial Development Agency in Waterford, Athlone and Letterkenny have been already found as per Action 114 of the Action Plan for Jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13168/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (25 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 462. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the collaborative research projects between industry and academia has been set at 825 as per action129 of the Action Plan for Jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13169/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (25 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 463. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update and details on the proposed partnership between Science Foundation Ireland and the Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland, as per action 142 of the Action Plan for Jobs, and which was due to be undertaken during the first quarter of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Action Plan for Jobs (25 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 598. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide more information on the national scheme relating to the distribution of 1,000 vouchers as per action 78 of the Action Plan for Jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13164/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Usage (25 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 599. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the specific supports to be provided to businesses to help them reduce costs through energy and resource efficiency, as outlined in action 96 of the Action Plan for Jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13167/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Speeds (25 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 607. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to achieve 100Mbps connectivity to 272 secondary schools, as outlined in action 102 of the Action Plan for Jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13176/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment Issues (25 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 700. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the works to provide Arklow, County Wicklow, with a wastewater treatment plant, and a full programme of work from now until completion, in view of the Environmental Protection Agency's report on urban waste water treatment which estimates the completion date for secondary treatment required by the...

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I am going to try to move us on to some better news. This morning's Irish Independent reported that a Dublin family has had a debt of approximately €150,000 written down by AIB and a further amount parked at 0% interest. AIB should ultimately get the same amount of money back from the family. As a consequence of this deal, the members of this family will stay in their home rather...

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I spent the morning talking to stakeholders who are involved in various parts of the mortgage crisis. They said a variety of things. They talked about the lack of transparency. Many of the debt write-downs that have already happened have non-disclosure clauses attached to them. They talked about the inconsistency of approach between the banks. Bank of Ireland was mentioned by everyone to...

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. We should not be fooled by the targets that are coming in.

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: We heard at the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform that the majority of targets that have come in so far are legal letters initiating repossession proceedings. The problem is that approximately 180,000 mortgages - one in five of that total - are in arrears. Ireland has several times more mortgages in arrears than the next closest country on earth. What has happened...

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Some bankers will say that the Central Bank is part of the problem, based on some of the things it is doing. The Central Bank will say the opposite. There are many different stakeholders, the system is complicated and nobody is joining the dots. The Central Bank is monitoring whether the banks are hitting the targets, but that is just one aspect of the matter. I have outlined five...

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: -----with Bank of Ireland being a notable outlier. They have said that there is no co-operation between the banks. They have said that there is too much red tape in the insolvency process. They have said that there is too much red tape in other parts of the system, such as the second code of conduct on mortgage arrears. That is why a system-wide review is needed. We are not talking about...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (11 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of housing units sold by the National Asset Management Agency since its inception for social housing in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11607/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (11 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 212 and 213 of 18 February 2014, if he will confirm the amount of advances approved by the National Asset Management Agency to be spent in Northern Ireland, for the two periods inception to May 2012 and inception to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11608/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (11 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 212 and 213 of 18 February 2014, if he will confirm the amount of advances approved by the National Asset Management Agency in respect of Northern Ireland borrowers for the two periods inception to May 2012 and inception to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11609/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (11 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 18 February 2014, if he will confirm that the National Asset Management Agency has foreclosed on 19 debtor connections in Northern Ireland out of a total of 180 such connections; if he will confirm that elsewhere, NAMA has foreclosed on 261 debtor connections out of a total of 670 such connections; if he agrees...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (11 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the names of the members of the National Asset Management Agency board along with the date on which their term of office will expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11611/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (11 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the date upon which a person (details supplied) ceased to be a member of the board of the National Asset Management Agency; the date on which NAMA first knew that this person would be ceasing to be a member of the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11612/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (11 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has failed to advertise vacant roles on the board of the National Asset Management Agency. [11613/14]