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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Participation (22 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 23 April 2013, and further to his statement on 13 May 2013 that it seems to me that if we had one more sale of Irish paper, we would be eligible for outright monetary transactions scheme, if he will outline his basis for believing this to be the case and the reason he does not believe we would be eligible for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Participation (22 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 23 April 2013, and further to his statement on 13 May 2013 that we have not decided in Government yet whether we will apply or not for the Outright Monetary Transactions scheme but it is something that seems to be a mechanism that is working very well and it might be something that we would want to avail of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Participation (22 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 23 April 2013, and further to the publication on 14 May 2013 by the National Treasury Management Agency of its May 2013 presentation to investors which includes the statement clarity on Ireland's eligibility for ECB’s new Outright Monetary Transactions, OMT, would be helpful to underpin sustainable market...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (22 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to his statement that up to 200 housing estates in the State may be bulldozed, if he will outline the prior consideration that will be given to offering the estates for sale subject to conditionality including that the estates be made habitable within a specified period of time. [24702/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry Issues (22 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the publication on 14 March 2013 of the report Equine DNA and Mislabelling of Processed Beef Investigation and Parliamentary Question No. 996 of 16 April 2013 and comments of 15 May 2013 by the British Member of Parliament, Anne McIntosh, if his Department has concluded its consideration of the possibility of instituting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority Investigations (22 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 259. To ask the Minister for Health further to comments of 15 May 2013 by the British Member of Parliament, Anne McIntosh which criticized the Food Safety Authority of Ireland for failing to provide information to assist the probe into the horsemeat scandal in Britain, if he will outline the requests made to the FSAI by the British parliamentary probe and outline the responses provided. [24704/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (23 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the collaborative procurement training he intends to provide for business tendering for public procurement contracts. [24632/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Measures (23 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of the current changes to the annual budgetary process if he will consider the inclusion of equality budgeting within the new framework. [24633/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Services for People with Disabilities (23 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans, if any, to bring forward legislative proposals to allow access of digital audio recording of court proceedings for individuals with specific disabilities in order to enable them to prepare a legal defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24800/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Agencies Staff Numbers (23 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed by Coillte at Donadea forest, County Kildare; and the number currently on sick leave. [24842/13]

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: One used Dáil privilege and the other did not.

Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: On election topics, the Taoiseach spoke about transparency and not hiding any truths from the people, regardless of how difficult were those truths. In that context, when will the Government lay before the Houses the report from Ernst & Young that was commissioned in 2009 into the actions of Irish Nationwide and how that financial institution was being run? Four years have elapsed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (28 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the presentation made recently in the Oireachtas by Down Syndrome Ireland and the fact that Down syndrome is not included in one of the 11 low incidence disabilities that qualified for resource teaching hours; his views on whether Down syndrome should be reclassified as a low incidence disability. [25402/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Issues (28 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the investigation by the Higher Education Authority that is to examine the expense claims by institutes of technology including its terms of reference; and the projected timescale for when it is to be completed. [25401/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: IFSC Clearing House Group (28 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 124. To ask the Taoiseach the number of officials who have been present at each IFSC Clearing House Group meeting since March 2011 including each working group. [25673/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (28 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any arrangement explicit or implicit that has been entered into with Apple in order to limit tax paid by the company here; if there is such an arrangement; if he will provide details of that arrangement including the length of time it has been operable; the amount it has cost the State; and the person that negotiated the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (28 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any arrangements with any multi national corporations based here which allows special treatment for tax purposes; if any MNCs have made representations to him or his Department to avail of special tax reliefs; if any other organisation including business representatives or tax consultancy and advisory firms have made an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (28 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any tax incentive that was offered to Apple to enter Ireland in the 1980s; if so, if he will state what the incentive consisted of; and if he will confirm if other multi national corporations were offered incentives. [25524/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (28 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that could be raised for the Exchequer if the current withholding exemption on royalties was abolished and a 1% withholding tax was applied to outgoing royalties from Irish companies to foreign holding companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25295/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (28 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if withholding tax was applied to dividends paid to treaty countries. [25592/13]