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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: That may be the Minister's position, but many people will take the view, when they consider how they are getting on and the pressures they have in their lives, that it is not working. I want to move on to the point-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I am telling the Minister the reality of where people are at. That is the reality.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It is where a lot of people are at. It is fine to have projections on paper relating to deficits but there is an impact on real people and real lives in real communities, and that is what I am reflecting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: That is the reason I believe there needs to be a let-up in austerity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I fully contest that, but I want to move on to a question on unemployment. The Minister's last update, with which we must compare this, was in 2012. This time last year, the Minister estimated unemployment would be 11.7% in 2015. In this update, the Minister estimates it will be 12.8%. Given that the Government is suggesting that the action plan for jobs has been so successful, why does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Why does the Minister forecast that unemployment will be worse in 2015? He is forecasting that it will be 12.8%, compared to the 11.7% he forecast last year. The other issue I have is with regard to the growth forecasts from 2013 to 2015. Last year the Minister forecast growth of 2.2% for 2013, but this has now been revised downwards to 1.3%. For 2014 the forecast was 3%, which is now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It is in the domestic economy that jobs will increase. Will the Minister answer the question? This is my third time to ask it. Why is he projecting a rise in unemployment in 2015, giving a level of 12.8%, compared to the projection of 11.7% that was made last year, despite all the work the Government claims it has done on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has revised them downwards as well.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There is no doubt that Maura and Robert Gunn have done a huge service to many individuals who would have seen their family homes repossessed were it not for the case adjudicated upon by Ms Justice Dunne in July 2011. Many people refer to it as the Dunne judgment, but it should be called the Gunn judgment because of the individuals involved in the case against Start Mortgages at the time....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (1 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 58. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in the drafting of the Local Government Bill; and when he expect the Bill to be published. [20501/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (1 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 65. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made with the proposed alignment of local government and the engagement there has been with representatives of staff and the community sector. [20498/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (1 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the right a citizen has to a bank account. [20600/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (1 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines that exist for banks regarding lodgements they can refuse to accept, that is, packs of coins under a certain value or coins as part of priority lodgments for businesses.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20634/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Policy (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 12. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of family reunification cases currently being delayed by the current pause in processing certain categories pending his new policy in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20835/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 23 April 2013 if he will confirm the salary and related costs of diplomatic representation of staff posted from Ireland in 2011 and 2012; the capital expenditure expended on diplomatic representation in those years; if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Euro Coins Production (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance further to reports that it costs the State 1.65c to create a 1c coin, if he will confirm the unit cost of creating the following specie - 2c, 5c, 10c, 50c, 1 euro and 2 euro. [20862/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 23 April 2013 and confirmation that the Central Bank of Ireland has engaged BlackRock International to provide the stress-testing of Irish banks in 2013, if he will outline the principal acquisitions of assets in Ireland by BlackRock since the last stress-testing in January-March 2011. [20863/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency Remuneration (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 23 April 2013, if he will provide an explanation for Expenses of the NTMA as they relate to the net funds drawn down from the Exchequer to cover the National Treasury management Agency's administrative costs of €10.72m for the three months ending 31 March 2013. [20864/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: HGV Driving Courses (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to any discrepency on a county basis between the number of hours of lessons offered to participants on HGV driving courses for which participants have received funding from FÁS; the reasons for such a discrepency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21012/13]