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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently in receipt of the funded individual social programme allowance in Clondalkin Dublin 22, Palmerstown Dublin 20, Lucan, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart and Brittas County Dublin [46295/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (23 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the measures taken by the Health Service Executive to implement Labour Relations Commission Recommendation No LRC20312 issued on the 29 June 2012 regarding to contracts for home helps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46378/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (23 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health in view of Labour Relations Commission Recommendation No LRC20312, the reason the Health Service Executive is currently allocating home help hours to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46379/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (23 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact the Health Service Executive has allocated more than 15,260 hours of home help to a company (details supplied) between 2011 and 2012, if he is satisfied that all home help workers employed by the HSE in County Donegal are currently operating at the full contracted hours as agreed between them and the HSE in 2009; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (23 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will lay before the Dail Éireann the business case which justifies the reported spending of €495,000 by Tourism Ireland on the Ireland.com domain name, acquired from the Irish Times. [45986/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (23 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he was consulted on and subsequently approved the spending by Tourism Ireland of €495,000 on the purchase of the domain name Ireland.com from the Irish Times; the date on which he was first consulted and the date on which he provided any approval. [45987/12]

Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I refer to the legislation passed to centralise the system of student supports which was supposed to get rid of delays. We are almost into November and 20% of student applications-----

Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: This relates to the legislation-----

Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I was unaware of that. I will refer to another item of legislation. The Taoiseach has often threatened to introduce legislation to allow the regulator to ensure additional charges or increased interest could not be imposed on persons struggling with their mortgages, yet since he made that claim, on two occasions AIB has increased its variable interest rate which exerts hard pressure. Does...

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (24 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an deis na ráitis seo a phlé, agus muid ag tabhairt aghaidh ar an gcáinfhaisnéis i Mí na Nollag. I would like to be in a position to congratulate the Government on its stewardship of the economy in the past 20 months.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (24 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I would, because it is in all our interests. While I did not vote for the Government, people across the country have wanted the Minister and his colleagues to succeed in their endeavours since taking office. That is the position, regardless of whether one voted for the Government. It is true that it inherited a social and economic mess of unprecedented proportions. It has been well...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (24 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Garda Representative Association's assessment that a fifth of the Garda vehicle fleet will need to be replaced by the end of 2012, amounting to 500 vehicles; and the way he intends to meet this requirement. [46413/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome our guests. There are a number of topics I wish to go through and I will try to be as brief as possible in questioning. I understand the restrictions with regard to Mr. Farrell and those activities. Who brought it to the attention of Mr. Daly that Mr. Farrell had bought a NAMA property?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: It is clear from today's presentation that if it were not for the media inquiring about the issue, it would possibly not have been addressed by NAMA. That issue led NAMA to discovering that sensitive commercial information had been taken and was released to the person's wife and potential investors in NAMA. If there had not been a media focus on NAMA, this would never have come to light....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: It is quite interesting to hear that the ten parties who could possibly buy from NAMA in future would not be blacklisted, given that not one of them approached NAMA and indicated that an employee had given up sensitive information. If an e-mail lands on a desk with the prices at which NAMA purchased the properties from the banks, surely an upstanding person with the interest of NAMA and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: In a parliamentary question reply and again today, NAMA has indicated that the information which was disseminated would not do commercial damage to NAMA. Mr. Daly has spoken about that at length. The last time Mr. Daly was before the committee he addressed the issue of greater transparency and how the public generally wants to know the value at which these loans were bought and are sold....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I shall pick up on Mr. Daly's earlier contribution. Is this the second investigation into a member of NAMA? How many current members of NAMA are suspended or have been suspended in the past?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: That is okay. Has there only been one other investigation in NAMA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I seek clarification. Mr. Daly mentioned earlier that this is only the second investigation in NAMA. I want him to clarify that there have been no other investigations regarding staff in NAMA since its establishment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: My question was not on current investigations because I did listen to what Mr. Daly said. My question relates to the operation of NAMA. Since it was founded, have there been other investigations and suspensions within NAMA? I know there are two current investigations. What about in the past?