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Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: He does not have the grant.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 10:In page 7, lines 32 and 33, to delete all words from and including “outlining” in line 32 down to and including “failure” in line 33 and substitute the following:“outlining the reasons it considers non-compliance with the budgetary rule to be in the best social and economic interests of the citizens and the State”.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 11:In page 8, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“(a) provide an assessment of whether the fiscal and budgetary policy of the Government is contributing to economic growth, job creation, the delivery of high quality public services, greater income equality, social inclusion and poverty reduction,”.I have no intention of delaying the Bill at this...

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 12: In page 8, lines 28 and 29, to delete “in subsection (3)” and substitute “in any of its assessments”.This is an amendment I raised on Committee Stage which required a fuller response from the Department to the advice of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. We noted that the advice in terms of budgetary matters and the adjustments had not been...

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Given the Minister's indication that fuller responses would be provided, I do not intend to press amendment No. 12. On amendment No. 13, the Minister said we could arrange this with the Whips, and that is fine. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform already has discussions with the Fiscal Council on its reports. They are discussions, not debates - a...

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to make a brief final point. I accept the bona fides of the Minister in terms of debates of this nature. However, this Minister will not be here forever. A new government will take over at some point, whether the Minister likes it or not. Circumstances will change. The aim of this amendment is to include a safeguard that will provide for a debate, but it is not a die-in-a-ditch...

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I would like to respond briefly to the Minister. The Government's numbers give it the right to refuse to hold a debate. This is a significant matter which arises from a constitutional amendment. It is the central part of the legislation. The unique circumstances about which we would be talking - the Department ignoring the advice of a statutory body established under legislation on foot...

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 13:In page 8, line 31, after "it" to insert the following:"and allow for a debate on the matter in the Dáil"

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: My party opposes the passing of this legislation.

Education Funding: Motion [Private Members] (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an díospóireacht seo. Ní hé seo an chéad uair a dhearna an Dáil plé ar an ábhar seo. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil an Teachta O'Brien ag plé na ceiste seo le tamall fada. Tá leithscéal á ghabháil ag an Aire chuig scoláirí na hÉireann, ag deireadh na dála, as an mess millteanach...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will take legislative or other steps to ensure that the decisions of social welfare appeals officers are implemented by her Department promptly and in full, including recommendations that the appeals officers may make with regard to the recoupment of past overpayments. [49843/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Service (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will take legislative steps to introduce a public appointments procedure involving the publication of selection criteria and an open recruitment competition. [49842/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of Allied Irish Bank, if he will provide a listing of the public interest directors appointed to that bank since 2008; the total remuneration paid to each such director and the date on which their appointments expire. [49474/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the Educational Building Society, if he will provide a listing of the public interest directors appointed to that bank since 2008; the total remuneration paid to each such director and the date on which their appointments expire. [49475/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of Bank of Ireland, if he will provide a listing of the public interest directors appointed to that bank since 2008; the total remuneration paid to each such director and the date on which their appointments expire. [49476/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of Irish Nationwide Building Society, if he will provide a listing of the public interest directors appointed to that bank since 2008; the total remuneration paid to each such director and the date on which their appointments expire. [49477/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of Anglo Irish Bank, if he will provide a listing of the public interest directors appointed to that bank since 2008; the total remuneration paid to each such director and the date on which their appointments expire. [49478/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, if he will provide a listing of the public interest directors appointed to that bank since 2011; the total remuneration paid to each such director and the date on which their appointments expire. [49479/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Interest Directors (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in detail the responsibilities of public interest directors in the formerly six covered financial institutions and to contrast those responsibilities with the responsibilities of other directors on the boards of those financial institutions. [49480/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Interest Directors (13 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the performance of each the public interest directors at the six formerly covered financial institutions. [49481/12]