Results 5,721-5,740 of 36,133 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

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

Pearse Doherty: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any expressions of interest in the establishment of REITs in Ireland since the passing of the Finance Act. [30979/13]

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

Pearse Doherty: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the possibility whereby applicants using the export repayment scheme calculator could provide details of car registration number for definitive verification on whether a car may already have been the subject of VRT repayments (details supplied). [30982/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the market value of his shares in AIB and Bank of Ireland respectively. [31110/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual cost of introducing two weeks paid paternity leave. [30931/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 220. To ask the Minister for Health if an analysis has been undertaken of the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if minimum alcohol pricing was introduced in off-licences, with drinks companies then levied the for the increased price portion. [30926/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Roads Authority Expenditure (27 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure safety standards on the M50 while avoiding increases in tolls and forcing drivers into residential or built up areas. [31033/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Numbers (27 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders that are on tracker mortgages and the number by institution in both absolute and as a percentage of their total mortgages. [31346/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Staff (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he regrets continuing to employ persons (details supplied) in a State owned bank; the actions he took to ensure they were fit to hold these positions that were recently published in the media. [32191/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Staff (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The question was whether the Minister regrets continuing to employ Mr. John Bowe and Mr. Peter Fitzgerald, the latter until February of this year, in respect of which the Minister has passed the buck to the board of the bank. In October 2011, I asked the Minister how many of the top 50 senior executives employed in Anglo Irish Bank prior to the crash were still employed by the State. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Staff (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Notwithstanding the revelations on the Anglo tapes, I have made clear for a long time that those who were in senior positions in Anglo Irish Bank should not have been in the employ of the State. The individuals in question earned more than the Minister for Finance until February this year, despite having been involved in a bank that cost the State more than €30 billion. We see the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Bank Codes of Conduct (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason, at a time of still increasing mortgage arrears, he is allowing banks, through a revised Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears, to deal more aggressively with struggling home owners including by removing the 12 month moratorium, lifting the limit of three contacts per month and supporting the reversal of the Dunne judgment. [32192/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Bank Codes of Conduct (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister said, the new code of conduct on mortgage arrears came into force yesterday. There is no doubt that the banks are enjoying the fact that the Government and the Central Bank have let them off the leash. In recent months there has been a major spike in the number of people whose mortgages are in distress contacting my constituency offices in Donegal. The distress to which I...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Bank Codes of Conduct (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We are now approaching the mid-point of this Government's term in office. I assume that when the Minister took office he did not expect to be approaching the mid-point with the mortgage crisis getting worse. The latest figures show there is an increase in mortgage arrears. Under the Minister's stewardship, we have seen a doubling of the number of those in mortgage distress. There was also...

Other Questions: Strategic Investment Fund Management (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We have been in record as arguing for the NPRF to be used as a stimulus so I welcome the fact that the Minister is finally moving in this direction. Next month, it will be two years since the Minister announced this legislation. He says he is hopeful it can be enacted by the end of the year. Deputy Michael McGrath raised other issues in respect of governance. We know there is a commitment...

Other Questions: Economic Growth Initiatives (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There has been much talk and one would be forgiven for thinking that Europe is going to come to our rescue with a huge stimulus package. It is being presented that way. The Minister mentioned the MFF, the budget agreed in Europe last week, and while the figures for the billions that will be invested over that seven year period are great, if one peels off the layers one finds that the budget...

Other Questions: Banking Sector Remuneration (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The taxpayer spent €120,000 on the Mercer report and the public expected that senior bankers would see reductions in salaries. My question was specific, in that it related to base salaries. At AIB and Bank of Ireland, 257 individuals are on remuneration packages of more than €200,000. Some 2,500 are on remuneration packages of more than €100,000. I want the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the end of quarter two figures for mortgage resolutions targets will be published. [31709/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance the money that could be saved for the Exchequer if fuel dyeing was discontinued. [31808/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer each year as a result of diesel laundering. [31940/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered ending the process of dyeing diesel and instead offering a rebate to farmers, transport firms, hauliers and so forth, to compensate for accessing the more expensive diesel type. [31941/13]