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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (23 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the total actual and total profile spend, split by capital and current, for his Department for the three months, January, February and March 2013; and the reason for any variance [18574/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the information he is now required to provide each month to the programme finance Troika and the reason this additional information has been sought; the length of time this monthly reporting and monitoring will be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18575/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (23 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 640. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding reviewing the system of organ donation to a presumed opt out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18888/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Administration (23 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 652. To ask the Minister for Health if any further progress has been made with the way an alternative scheme to the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant will be administered; if a decision will be made prior to the cessation of payments to those currently in receipt of mobility allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19014/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (23 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 673. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount contributed to date by the State for the construction of the A5 primary road route between Derry and the N2 in the State. [18733/13]

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Cast your vote.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Issues (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Court of Justice of the EU, in the case of Servet Kamberaj v Servet Kamberaj v Istituto per l’Edilizia Sociale della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano IPES, that EU member states are prohibited from implementing legislation which treats third-country nationals who are long-term residents...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Reports (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted any research on identifying a minimum essential standard of living; if she will provide the results of this research and the methodology used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18837/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio Issues (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 16 April 2013, if he will clarify the apparent inconsistency in policy between the National Asset Management Agency providing detailed information in a press release on its development of the Millmount project in Dundonald, County Down, but declines to provide information on its plans with respect to the 1916...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 16 April 2013, if he will identify the independent advisors to Allied Irish bank and the AIB pension fund in the transaction whereby €1.2 billion of EBS mortgages were transferred from AIB to the AIB pension fund in August 2012; if the same company acted as independent advisor on both sides of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Legal Fees (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 16 April 2013, if he will confirm the reason legal fees were paid to ICSA Software International, a provider of computer software. [19350/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual revenues that will be generated by the new personal insolvency sector being established to deal with the mechanisms in the Personal Insolvency Act 2012. [19351/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Recognition of Foreign Divorces (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 202. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the fact that certain divorces obtained outside the EU are not recognised here. [19353/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Declarations of Insolvency (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 203. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position of this State recognising bankruptcy declarations in other jurisdictions; and if there are bankruptcy declarations in jurisdictions which this State does not recognise. [19354/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Debt Resolution Processes (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 204. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an estimate of the number of applications for personal insolvency orders, bankruptcies and debt relief notices that will be made in the State in the first 12 months after the commencement of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012. [19355/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 253. To ask the Minister for Health if he approached the British National Health Service to explore if there are further economies of scale or efficiency savings that might be achieved on the cost of medicines by pooling buying and resources with the Health Service Executive. [19352/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: That is a welcome commitment. In the absence of a comprehensive Bill from the Minister for Justice and Equality, when does the Minister expect the alternative vehicle to be brought forward?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The reviewer is dealt with in section 11. Can the reviewer be an individual?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It is more likely that an individual would be appointed to compile a report depending on its scale. I agree with the sentiments expressed by Deputy Michael McGrath. While I know there is protection offered by the fact that the Central Bank has to approve the reviewer, would it not be more appropriate for the bank to have some panel of individuals who would know what it required? I know...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Is it not the case that the authorised officer of the Central Bank would be used in more extreme cases and that the reviewer could be used in more routine cases where the alarms were not as loud? When we get to the section dealing with authorised personnel, it will be seen that they have serious and substantial powers. I am not sure, therefore, if it is fair to compare them. It is not a...