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Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (9 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health the number of early retirements taken in 2012 from hospitals, nursing homes, primary care teams and other Department of Health funded health providers in the following locations (details supplied); and if he will provide a breakdown of the retirements by service provider. [7429/12]

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I would like to pick up on what Deputy McGrath has just said about allowing people to access their pension pots. I know it is a controversial issue. People who want to pay off loans or are in negative equity have already contributed to the recapitalisation of the banks. The banks should be writing down the loans that such people have, particularly if they are in serious negative equity or...

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: For example, a TD.

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: An individual on approximately nine times what a person on social welfare gets per year, who signed up to some of these section 23 reliefs and is able to avail of these legacy property tax reliefs will be able to continue to avail of them. After all the bluster we got from Fine Gael and the Labour Party in Opposition, this is what they have mustered up. Even a Minister of State earning in...

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Her quote is not that long. I like to remind her of what she said because it is disingenuous for politicians to change their views when they get into their ministerial cars. In the concluding remarks of her speech on the Finance Bill 2011, Deputy Burton made an important observation and outlined what was probably the most damning criticism of the pro-austerity and anti-growth approach of...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will make a decision regarding the banning corporal punishment in the home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8072/12]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has met with the Department of Justice and Equality to discuss the issue of the transfer of minors seeking asylum to adult services and the impact it has on the continuity of their education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8073/12]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he intends to make public the Irish language version of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union. [7998/12]

Written Answers — Constitutional Amendments: Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in the event that a referendum on the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union does not take place, he intends to have the treaty ratified in advance of the passing of enabling legislation through the Oireachtas, such as the fiscal responsibility Bill, or if...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the European Stability Mechanism Treaty was signed by embassy officials on 2 February 2012 rather than the Minister for Finance; the standard practice for the signing of such international treaties; if he will list any previous occasions on which an international treaty was signed by an embassy official...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance if the ratification of the European Stability Mechanism Treaty will take place before or after the passing of the European Stability Mechanism Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8229/12]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to AIB from staff overtime including the total overtime bill and total overtime hours worked broken down by month from January 2011 to January 2012; the average number of hours of overtime worked by affected staff; the number of staff working overtime broken down by month from January 2011 to January 2012 and expressed in numerical terms...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefabs currently being used by schools at locations (details supplied); and the number of pupils currently being educated in these structures. [7557/12]

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm whether an application has been made to the European Globalisation Fund for workers made redundant in TalkTalk in 2011; if so, when the application was made; the number of workers named in the application; the total funding being sought from the EGF for this application; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will supply the names of those individuals from County Donegal who were named in the application to the European Globalisation Fund for construction workers made redundant between 2009 and 2010. [7861/12]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed savings to be attained from the changes introduced to post primary school transport; if he will review the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8208/12]

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is permissible under European Globalisation Fund rules for a person to receive funds from the EGF or interventions funded via the EGF while in full time employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8306/12]

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) received a payment from the European Globalisation Fund or interventions funded via the EGF while employed by the Department of Finance; the nature and value of this payment; if this payment complied with the rules of the European globalisation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8307/12]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in community employment schemes at locations (details supplied). [7580/12]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently waiting for statutory redundancy applications to be processed; the average time for processing such applications; the number of staff involved in processing these applications; if any mechanism exists for fast-tracking these applications; if she will provide a breakdown of new applications by month from...