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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Statistics (15 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 212. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 900 of 16 April 2013 and 286 of 7 May 2013, the steps a member of the public can take to check that a reported crime has been captured on the Garda PULSE system. [23162/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Statistics (15 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 213. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 900 of 16 April 2013 and 286 of 7 May 2013, if only crimes in respect of which Gardaí have provided a crime number to the victim can be registered on PULSE. [23163/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (15 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 244. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm for each of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 the total number of adoption registrations here. [23165/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (16 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recently released Human Rights Watch report which accuses the Burmese Government of crimes against humanity and not doing enough to stop ethnic violence in the country; and if he has discussed this issue with his European counterparts. [23223/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (16 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a recently released report by the US State Department which detailed human rights abuses in Bahrain; the recent arrest of prominent human rights defender Naji Fateel on 2 May ; and if he has discussed these issues with his European counterparts. [23232/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Deontais Caipitil (16 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 193. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir leis an gcúnamh caipitil a chuireann an Rannóg Áiseanna Pobail agus Teanga ina Roinn ar fáil, cad é luach na ndeontas a ceadaíodh in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 agus 2012, agus cén céatadán, contae ar chontae, a fuair na contaetha sin. [23475/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (16 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 250. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis, the way the €35 million allocated for additional staff in mental health services in Budget 2013 was spent; the locations at which the positions were created; the amount of additional posts that were created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23376/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (16 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 251. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the way the extra allocation of €35 million for mental health services in Budget 2013 has benefitted service providers and users; if he is satisfied that the allocation has been utilised to the maximum extent possible to increase the level of frontline mental health services available to the public; and if he will make a statement...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Charges (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the need for banks to pass on European Central Bank interest rate changes; and the action he will take to compel them to do so. [24350/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Charges (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: In November 2011, when the ECB cut its interest rate, the Minister, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, brought the banks in and told them clearly that they must cut their rates. Initially, they refused, but as a result of the pressure the Government brought to bear, eventually, they did so. The Taoiseach said at the time that, if...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Charges (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Can the Minister confirm that there is nothing to prevent him, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform from doing exactly what they did in November 2011, which was to call the heads of the banks in and ask why none of them has passed on the ECB rate reduction? Is there anything to prevent them doing that or does the Minister support AIB fleecing its variable rate...

Other Questions: Financial Instruments (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There is significant concern about this issue and it was ventilated earlier when we discussed food poverty and the impact that has on developing countries. I would like to focus on the concerns of many groups about the watering down of this directive during the review. There has been a deal of transparency. For example, Sharon Bowles and a number of other senior MEPs have put on record the...

Other Questions: State Banking Sector Regulation (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It is fair to say the general public was sickened when the Minister decided not to exercise his right to vote against the remuneration of the CEO of Bank of Ireland, Richie Boucher, who receives a salary of €843,000. He holds the citizens' votes in trust. He holds them on behalf of the citizens who bailed out the bank. I would like to join Deputy McGrath in asking the Minister to...

Other Questions: State Banking Sector Regulation (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I will be succinct in the hope of getting a reply. Did the Minister receive any contrary advice on the direction he took, which was to abstain in regard to Mr. Boucher's remuneration or salary? Did he receive any contrary advice, other than to abstain?

Other Questions: State Banking Sector Regulation (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I take it he got contrary advice given the fact he will not give it out.

Other Questions: NAMA Loans Sale (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We need a very big debate in regard to the direction NAMA is taking, given the fact it has now bunched these loans into projects such as Project Aspen and Project Club. I am glad Project Club has been cancelled because there are serious questions in regard to individuals around that. Given the decision to sell portions of projects instead of individual assets, it is very clear NAMA is now...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation that took place with his Department by the Central Bank of Ireland before the launch of the pilot scheme for consumer multi-debt restructuring on 8 May 2013. [24130/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation that took place between his Department and the Central Bank of Ireland before the launch of the pilot scheme for consumer multi-debt restructuring on 8 May 2013. [24108/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a legislative basis by which unsecured creditors can be forced to accept write-downs in outstanding debt under the Central Bank of Ireland pilot scheme for consumer multi-debt restructuring. [24109/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of creditor companies that have signed up to the Central Bank of Ireland pilot scheme for consumer multi-debt restructuring; and if he will outline the impact the reported rejection of the scheme by the Irish League of Credit Unions will have on the scheme. [24110/13]