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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Sometimes as policy makers we do not have the luxury of waiting for 12 months. I agree 100%. For example, corporation tax is so lumpy that we cannot really comment on it for the first quarter or second quarter. Anyway, income tax should be more stable and predictable. The assumptions used to profile income tax should not be so far off in terms of the type of employment and so on....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: If the CSO has any comment that it can send to the committee, it would be valuable for us in terms of our scrutiny.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 177. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an operation at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21211/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The programme for Government refers to the national maternity strategy. Many Members of this House are aware that interviews were held by RTE at national level and by some local radio stations with Lisa, who is the mother of baby Eoin, who was born prematurely and passed away in Letterkenny General Hospital last winter. Unfortunately, he was left in a room for up to a month before he was...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (3 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has conducted a risk analysis of the potential impact to Ireland of reforms in the short, medium and long terms regarding the proposed US corporate tax changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20947/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to revise the favourable tax treatment, and in some cases exemptions, to taxes in the cases of retail estate investment trust Irish collective asset management vehicle and qualifying investor alternative investment fund that have invested in housing here in view of recent CSO data which shows that REITs and private equity companies have purchased...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (3 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an outstanding farm payment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20946/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Guidelines (3 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 297. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) concerning revisions to the wind energy guidelines; if a response was issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21058/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance the fees to date and the anticipated fees paid by a bank (details supplied) to advisers regarding the initial public offerings of the company; the details of the advisers concerned and the fees each one has received; the estimated amount of final fees to be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19178/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Data (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of investors the Government’s advisers have met to discuss the initial public offering of a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19179/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact on Ireland's debt ratio of the 25% and 100% sale, respectively, of a bank's (details supplied) shares at current market value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19180/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance the bonus or incentive plans in place for a bank's (details supplied) executives or staff linked to the initial public offerings of the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19181/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Protected Disclosures (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 247. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the whistleblower procedures for banks and other financial institutions are sufficiently strong and that they give adequate protection to whistleblowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19595/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Protected Disclosures (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of whistleblowers' allegations currently being examined by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19596/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Protected Disclosures (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 249. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has considered re-examining historic evidence and allegations from whistleblowers in view of the new legal and ethical rules in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19597/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 250. To ask the Minister for Finance the grounds on which a CAT payment could be delayed or paid in instalments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19600/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 251. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe in which CAT due is payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19601/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgages Examination (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 254. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of the legal rights of persons who are in the scope of the tracker review to compensation above and beyond redress; the way the scale of such compensation might be arrived at; the person or body responsible for deciding whether to provide compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19705/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgages Examination (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 255. To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to those affected by the tracker scandal who received their redress some years ago but now feel they should be entitled to compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19706/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Scholarships (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all scholarship programmes open and common to students of third level institutions; the process by which programmes can be accessed in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19238/17]