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Topical Issue Debate: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Raid the savings.

Order of Business (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to ask about legislation that may emanate from the publication last week of the Mercer report. We have the revelation that Mr. Richie Boucher is on a salary of €843,000 and I wish to point out to the Minister that four years ago, his party had a right go at the former Minister for Finance, the late Deputy Brian Lenihan. Indeed, Deputy Richard Bruton-----

Order of Business (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Deputy Bruton accused the then Minister for Finance of "bottling it" when he said that a cap of €500,000 on bankers' pay was adequate. Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and others all voted to reduce bankers' pay. The only people who did not vote to reduce it were members of the Fianna Fáil Party. The Government has no problem with threatening public sector workers with legislation to...

Order of Business (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: When will we see legislation to reduce bankers' pay or is the Government bottling it, just as it accused the previous Government?

Order of Business (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: This Government is bottling it, just like the previous Government.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered a proposal for a salary review in respect of the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive; if this is an upward review; the sum involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13775/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the proposed pay levels for the chief executives of the new hospitals groups; if he has proposed bonus payments for these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13776/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is planning to outsource the running of its IT systems and their operation to HP; and if so, if there is a precedent for central banks outsourcing functions, particularly IT to private companies; the countries involved and the periods for which they have used outsourcing. [13709/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is about to outsource its IT operations; if so, the protocols that are in place to ensure that commercially sensitive information will be protected in such an event; his views on whether it is appropriate that any such outsourcing is made to a company that is in fact regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. [13710/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is about to outsource its IT operations; if so, the amount it currently costs to run the IT operations; the cost of the outsourcing; and the savings that will be made if such outsourcing is to take place. [13711/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is about to outsource its IT operations; if so, the tender procedure the bank has undertaken to contract a private IT operator and the costs associated with the tendering process. [13712/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Service Contracts (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration was given to the outsourcing of a call centre to a private company to deal with calls relating to the local property tax; if the cost of such a centre was estimated at €4.9 million; if it was intended that calls taken by that centre would then be processed back to Revenue; if he still intends to proceed with plans for a private call...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an gcuirfidh sé eolas ar fáil i bhfoirm tábla maidir le cé mhéad pacáiste tacaíochta teanga atá curtha amach chuig tuismitheoirí óna Roinn, agus é mionsonraithe de réir contae agus de réir míosa [13642/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sé cuntas ar cé mhéad pacáiste réigiúnach éagsúil tacaíochta teanga atá ann, ar an ábhar atá i ngach pacáiste tacaíochta teanga atá ar fáil, ar theideal gach foilseacháin atá sna pacáistí agus ar na contaetha lena...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén méid airgid atá caite go dtí seo ar chur chun cinn na bpacáistí tacaíochta teanga; agus cén costas a bhaineann le gach ábhar / gach feachtas. [13644/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the proposed Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if he will list the public facilities in which the maps and associated documents were displayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13676/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if he will list the newspapers and radio stations in which the advertising for the consultation process were carried and the dates of these announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13677/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if there is a requirement in his Department’s written guidelines or guidelines within the National Parks and Wildlife Service for prior consultation with landowners before formal written correspondence is issued informing them that their land...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if prior consultation has ever taken place with landowners before their land is included in a SPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13679/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the coordinates of sightings over the past six years of the corncrake in the area proposed to be included in the Falcarragh/Meenlaragh Special Protection Area, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13680/13]