Results 47,701-47,720 of 49,836 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Costs (11 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the cost, to date, to the State of defending the promissory note challenge by Deputy Joan Collins in the High Court. [11614/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Costs (11 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the cost, to date, to the State of defending the promissory note challenge by Mr. David Hall in the High Court. [11615/14]

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

Stephen Donnelly: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance following publication of the Geoghegan report in 2011 which recommended the National Asset Management Agency’s board be strengthened with commercial expertise when it recommended the Board needs to be comprised of different skills and it needs to balance its current control features with those of entrepreneurial skills, ideally within the property...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: The problem is that policy is not working. Anyone on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and any Deputy will tell the Tánaiste that. Bank of Ireland is acting in a completely different way. As an example, I am dealing with a family in Wicklow, which cannot make full capital and interest payments. They can make partial capital payments with full...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Bank of Ireland is not using them.

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government should make it do that.

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: On Tuesday Wilbur Ross and Fairfax sold some of their shares in Bank of Ireland. They bought the shares for €600 million and they are now worth just over €1.9 billion, leaving a gain of approximately €1.3 billion. There is no issue as such with this profit, as these investors saw an opportunity and took it to make a killing. What is of issue is the action of Bank of...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (5 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (5 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Broadcasting Act 2009 to remove any mention of the subjective term “offence” from the duties of broadcasters.I am delighted to introduce the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2014. This year, the scandal known as Pantigate erupted, kicked off by comments made by Rory O'Neill on "The Saturday Night Show"...

Protection of Residential Mortgage Account Holders Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I congratulate Deputy Michael McGrath on his introduction of this Bill. It is important and timely legislation. While I acknowledge that the Government will accept the Bill tomorrow night, I listened carefully to the speech of the Minister of State in my office and, with respect, I have no idea what the Government will do. It will accept the Bill tomorrow night but I do not know if it will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (4 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland does not accept the notice of assessment by the Revenue Commissioners used to calculate income for all sectors, and the factors in the cost of doing business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10460/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Confidential Recipient (4 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date and manner in which he relieved from duty the confidential recipient, Mr. Oliver Connolly. [10924/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Confidential Recipient (4 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 320. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the termination arrangements which apply to the confidential recipient, Mr. Oliver Connolly, including the final date of his tenure and the compensation or termination payments made or agreed to be made to him. [10925/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Confidential Recipient (4 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 321. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a reference to the legislative basis for his relieving from duty the confidential recipient, Mr. Oliver Connolly. [10926/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Confidential Recipient (4 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, prior to his relieving from duty the confidential recipient, Mr. Oliver Connolly, he consulted with the Commissioner, the Ombudsman Commission, the Garda Síochána Inspectorate, the Garda Síochána Representative Associations and the trade unions or staff associations recognised as representing civilians; if he did, if he...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: -----can the Tánaiste please examine whether the sales process can be paused so we can at least try to figure out a process that allows these people to stay in their homes while still returning the same amount, or more, to the liquidator?

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: On Tuesday, we heard from the special liquidator of IBRC that it had secured the agreement of the bidders for the Irish Nationwide mortgages that they would voluntarily adhere to the code of conduct on mortgage arrears, CCMA. Yesterday, the special liquidator appeared before the finance committee. We heard of this voluntary agreement and that there would be no Central Bank oversight,...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I can only assume that the Tánaiste picked up the wrong piece of paper to read. I did not ask him about legislation on the CCMA. I asked him whether we could pause the sales process to figure out whether another could be devised in which families would be allowed to bid on their own mortgages while returning the same or greater value to the liquidator. I will provide a quick example...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: The two sources of State funding are through the Electoral Act and through the leaders' allowance. One is paid per Deputy; the leaders' allowance has a sliding scale. As the Minister pointed out, the Exchequer funding through the Electoral Act is paid per vote. Whether it is paid per Deputy or per vote, it does not take a great leap to say that the Deputies present today got the votes for...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I will wait if Deputy Lucinda Creighton wants a reply.