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European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Tá mise, fosta, ag cur in éadan an Bhille. Mar adúirt mé ar Chéim an Choiste, aontaíonn Sinn Féin gur chóir go mbeadh ionad i gcroílár na hEorpa inar féidir airgead práinneach a thabhairt do thíortha atá taobh amuigh des na margaidh idirnáisiúnta. Ach ní seo an t-ionad atá de dhíth. Tá lochtanna iontach móra sa Bhille. Go háirithe, tá an t-airgead ag teacht ó...

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: -----and the liabilities, in the form of a blank cheque, to be placed on Irish and European citizens.

Local Government (Household Charge) (Repeal) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: During the debate, my colleagues have described in great detail the impact the household charge will have on low and middle income families. Not only is this flat rate charge unfair, it will make life demonstrably harder for many thousands of families struggling to make ends meet. I am sure the Minister of State must be aware from her constituency clinics of these people to whom I refer....

Local Government (Household Charge) (Repeal) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I know it is difficult for the Minister of State to hear this, but that is what she is paid for.

Local Government (Household Charge) (Repeal) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: The story of the Government's failure is seen in the plight of the countless constituents who come to me and colleagues throughout the State in great distress. Some are waiting to receive carer's benefit, the waiting list for which has increased to 15 weeks since the Government took office. Applicants for disability pensions are facing a 31-week wait before their claims are processed....

Local Government (Household Charge) (Repeal) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Fortunately, thousands upon thousands of people across my county have declared that enough is enough. They are standing up to this Government's incompetence and to the attacks it is launching on low and middle-income earners by refusing to pay the household charge. The Minister of State should heed the message they are sending.

Local Government (Household Charge) (Repeal) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: She should take on the board the fact that this was their only option to strike a blow to the heart of the Government and to assert that they have had enough of austerity. Their message to the Government parties is that they have betrayed the Irish people by failing to deliver the promised change in direction. The Minister of State and her colleagues have betrayed the founders of their...

Local Government (Household Charge) (Repeal) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Many of the proposals we have put forward were championed by the Minister of State and her colleagues when they were on this side of the House.

Written Answers — Child Abduction: Child Abduction (20 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the operation of the Child Response Ireland policy since its introduction; the number of child abduction incidents to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29755/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (20 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has drafted preliminary figures for the amount of funding that will be allocated to the newly merged human rights and equality body. [29765/12]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (21 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 12 June 2012 wherein he stated that debt forgiveness has not formed part of agreements entered into by the National Asset Management Agency with debtors, if he will confirm if NAMA has entered into agreements in which personal financial commitments and obligations by debtors have been reduced or waived...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (21 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary question Nos. 104 and 108 of 6 June, 2012 if he will set out in tabular form the value of property controlled by the National Asset Management Agency and its debtors in each of the 32 counties here. [30218/12]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (21 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 12 June 2012, wherein he stated that the said National Asset Management Agency's provisional impairment charge of €810,000,000 was based on estimated future cash flows on individual loans including cash flow from the future disposal of assets, if he will set out the basis on which NAMA calculates the...

Written Answers — EU-IMF Programme: EU-IMF Programme (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of moneys drawn down to date from the EU-IMF programme; the dates on which the draw-downs took place; the interest rates payable on those draw-downs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30319/12]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance following on from reports that suggests that, after taking credit default insurance into account, Bank of Ireland will not make any profit on the arrangement whereby it replaces the funding provided by the National Asset Management Agency to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in order to satisfy the promissory note commitment that fell due in...

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if the credit default insurance that Bank of Ireland has announced that it is putting in place in respect of the arrangement to provide a loan of one year to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in order to satisfy the promissory note commitment that fell due in March 2012, is provided by a party related to either Bank of Ireland or its...

Written Answers — Courses Accreditation: Courses Accreditation (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the report commissioned by him and the higher Education and Training Awards Council on the nature of academic validation of five specific complementary therapies including acupuncture; and the criteria for identifying complementary therapies which warrant the academic validation of programmes by HETAC; and if he...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements available for a person of a minority faith (details supplied) wishing to send their child to their nearest selected faith school which is more than 15 kilometres away. [30785/12]

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for carer's allowance claims to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30361/12]

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some claimants are waiting up to 10 months for claims in respect of carer's allowance to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30362/12]