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Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: -----that we did not need tax cuts for the wealthiest. When the fiscal rules were there, every euro cut in taxes for the wealthiest in society was €4 that could have been put into capital investment, but they chose the wrong policies. We still have options and space. Instead of abolishing the USC, which Fine Gael proposed - a policy the Labour Party has a version of and Fianna...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach's figures are all wrong.

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: That is not what was said.

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: One thousand.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Credit (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has conducted a detailed study of the size of the motor finance market here; if so, the level of household exposure if there was to be a change in circumstances in the car market such as a change to residual values of contracts or increases in interest rates; the potential economic impact of such a change in the motor finance market; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to act on reports that there is a ticking time bomb regarding the practice of banks concerning revenue recognition before earned income from interest free credit cards in view of reports that a number of lenders (details supplied) are offering these introductory 0% balances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21681/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the proposed dividend of €250 million from the State’s holding in a bank (details supplied) announced in March will impact on fiscal space for 2018; the impact the proposed sale of the bank will have on this dividend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21979/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of properties which have been successfully purchased through the mortgage to rent scheme since it first launched in 2012, by county, in tabular form; if he will provide these data under both the approved housing body mortgage to rent scheme and the local authority mortgage to rent scheme; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an additional community employment scheme placement will be allocated to a community centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21912/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a jobseeker's application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22039/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 325. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received a letter from this Deputy dated 3 April 2017 concerning the issue of pension entitlement for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors; when a response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21590/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 327. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the scores recorded for each area across the State in which a cost benefit analysis of planned flood defence schemes has been conducted by the OPW and the relevant authorities, in tabular form; the minimum cost benefit score required to be achieved by an area in order for scheme works to be deemed viable; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 328. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps which will be taken to provide flood protection and defences in areas in which schemes have been deemed to be financially unviable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21674/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 329. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the parameters used and methodology employed in order to assess each flood defence scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21675/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tender Process (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 332. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to revise and update existing tendering practices and procurement procedures employed across the public sector with a view to ensuring that all private companies contracted to provide goods and or services and which are in receipt of public moneys are compliant with their legal obligations and responsibilities as employers;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 429. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a decision in respect of this application will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21600/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 657. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 in order to provide a clear and fixed definition of reasonable paid allowances, pay increases and or paid time off work with respect to Sunday premiums and supplemental provisions for workers; her views on whether the current lack of clarity in this area is enabling...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (9 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 681. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to review the restrictions on the rights of members of the Defence Forces to the collective bargaining process and to participate in various forms of industrial action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22017/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh na finnéithe go dtí an coiste. Tá cúpla ceist agam i dtús báire. B'fhéidir go gcuirfidh mé ceist ar an tUasal Ashmore ar an gcéad dul síos. Could I ask Mr. Ashmore about the role of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI? I have met with it a number of times. The work it does is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I might write to the SBCI and ask the IFA, whose representatives raised it with me, to bring it to the SBCI's attention as well. In respect of the ambition of the organisation, where does Mr. Ashmore see it going? We see the figures here. The agricultural long lending is very impressive and has been hugely welcomed by farmers but we see other areas relating to SMEs. When one puts it in...