Results 5,701-5,720 of 36,133 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services Funding (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount as a percentage and as a figure, of Ireland's total both EU and Government part-funding ESF spending in the past seven years that was spent on programmes from which young persons are excluded for example community employment. [30378/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Foirne Scoile (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil freagra aige ar na hábhair imní a ardaíodh i gcomhfhreagras a seoladh chuige ó scoil i nDún na nGall (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [30267/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is appropriate that a person (details supplied) in County Donegal whose long term disability payment was stopped by her Department in September 2012 and subsequently appealed is still awaiting a decision on their case; when this person is likely to receive a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30379/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 382. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 384 and 385 of 14 May 2013, if he will provide a breakdown as requested by person and year. [30233/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pension Provisions (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 386. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the details of pension payments in respect of persons (details supplied) in counties Donegal and Galway. [30544/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 387. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht total amount of money provided in funding either individually to the person and company (details supplied) since its establishment, from Údaras, Foras na Gaeilge, and any other public funding body, Irish-language or otherwise. [30545/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Yield (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 407. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that could be raised for the State if the second home tax was retained and increased to €300 per house. [30651/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Leases Database (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 465. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to launch the new commercial leases database, which was due to be launched in early June. [30473/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 575. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the possibility of setting up a national transfer policy for nurses currently in the employment of the Health Service Executive who are seeking transfers to other HSE regions; the implications of adopting such a policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30261/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 576. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form per Health Service Executive region, the number of nurses that are on a national panel for current or future vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30262/13]

Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There has been much talk in recent days about truth, transparency and the filling in of gaps in regard to the banking system in this country. Will the Taoiseach indicate, in this context, when the report on Irish Nationwide Building Society will be published? The Taoiseach has mentioned the many documents missing from his office, but this particular report has been in the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Missions Participation (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide further details on the recent Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Canada, led by Minister for State Costello; the objectives of the mission; the persons the trade mission met; and the suspected benefits for Ireland arising from the mission. [30783/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a case in the USA where the Irish International Immigration Centre turned over a young Irish immigrant to the US Immigration Authorities for a minor infringement of their visa conditions; and if his Department has investigated this matter. [30775/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loan Book (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Assets Management Agency did not take on outstanding development levies owed by developers when bad loans were transferred to the agency; and in view of the fact that these outstanding levies are now considered to stand at €750 million and some individual councils are trying to pursue individual householders, if he has...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the losses incurred by a credit union (details supplied) in County Waterford as a result of the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30891/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if tax credits for high income earners were phased out with a reduction of half the credits for income earners between €100,000 and €150,000; by three quarters for income earners between €150,000 and €200,000; and the abolition of tax credits for income earners in excess of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost or saving to the Exchequer that could be made if the use of tax credits was abolished and the system instead returned to tax free allowance up to a cut-off point, followed by the standard and marginal tax rates. [30923/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the current tax treatment of discretionary trusts and the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if the once off charge for establishing a trust was increased by 1% and the annual tax of the trust was increased by 0.5%. [30925/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the income tax system in Britain where the personal allowance is only applicable up to an income of £100,000; if he has considered abolishing tax credits for income earners in excess of €100,000 and if so, the amount it would raise for the Exchequer. [30927/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Yield (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing excise duty on fuel by five cent in the litre. [30928/13]