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Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (3 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid on interest on the national debt in the past year; and the amount of that interest due to debt arising from the capitalisation of the banks and other supports given by the State. [41477/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (3 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has held any discussions with other heads of state on the issue of Syria; and if he will report back on these discussions. [39143/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 16. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings the Cabinet sub-committee on mortgage arrears held since the summer recess. [40866/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: There is a proposal today for the suffering former residents of Priory Hall, which involves cancellation of their mortgages - as we know, they were on a criminally compromised residential complex, which was a fire trap - State-sponsored remediation of the fire hazard, and new secure homes for a range of people. The residents are considering those proposals and I will not transgress on that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: There are perhaps many, as yet, undiscovered.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: Of course.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings held between the banks and the Economic Management Council. [40867/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: Will the Taoiseach indicate whether there are Standing Orders or written materials on the Economic Management Council or its function and role? Many people believe that a coup d'état has taken place inside this Government and that the Economic Management Council has seized all powers to itself. It is made up of the Taoiseach - the prime minister, the deputy prime minister and two...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: More seriously, the Taoiseach rides roughshod over the democracy of the Irish people. That is the key point. The Taoiseach's predecessors in history, the four horsemen of the apocalypse, brought pestilence and famine and he has not gone quite that far yet.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: However, the Economic Management Council foists the dictatorial demands of the European monetary and political establishment on the people to save the financial interests of the big bondholders and financial markets and at a huge cost. I ask the Taoiseach to answer the question raised by the revelations on the part of the deputy editor of The Sunday Business Post, which are that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: Finally, does the Taoiseach not realise the people fundamentally distrust both him and the Government? Does the Taoiseach realise the undemocratic way in which the Government is operating was a huge factor in people's minds last Friday? The Taoiseach could not convince the people to abolish an institution elected by means that would make the managers of the old rotten boroughs in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the increase in class sizes and the impact this has on the educational welfare of the children that are affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42528/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43396/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Pay Cap (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public servants that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach’s salary and in excess of the Government’s pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42846/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman Issues (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of determinations that were made by the Financial Services Ombudsman; the number of these that were appealed; the number of these appeals that were successful; the total legal cost of these appeals over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42847/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of public servants in his Department who are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43394/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants in his Department who are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43400/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43398/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Ombudsman (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of determinations that were made by the Pensions Ombudsman; the number of these that were appealed; the number of these appeals that were successful; the total legal cost of these appeals over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42849/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of public servants in her Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43401/13]