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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will initiate a project to promote and protect the structure of Doe Castle, ancient home of Clann Mac Suibhne, considering the vastness and beauty of this ancient building; his views that the Office of Public Works has failed to upkeep the grounds and promote tourism at DoeCcastle; his further views that a project should be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the guidelines that apply to State bodies, such as vocational education committees, when hiring JobBridge applicants; the measures in place to ensure the system is not abused by, for example, a VEC rehiring a different JobBridge applicant each term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32868/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will compare the interest rate of 8.8% payable under the microenterprise loan fund with the interest charges by banks to small and medium enterprises. [33499/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 48. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider seeking a reduction in the interests costs of the microenterprise fund in order to promote take up of the scheme. [33498/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 3 July, the exact dates as to when the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation was issued a court order; when it took possession of the evidence outlined in the question response; the date the bank was compelled and the date on which the Nyberg banking commission received the evidence outlined; the dates on which...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement used a court search warrant to seize information from Anglo Irish Bank in 2009 while the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation used a court order to seize its information. [33672/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff currently assigned to the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and to confirm if they are current or former employees of KPMG. [33673/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Interest Director Responsibilities (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance if the former public interest director (details supplied) at Anglo Irish Bank informed the Government of the existence of recorded phone conversations at the bank. [33674/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if personal rather than employee tax credits were phased out for income earners over €100,000, with €1 in tax credits being lost for every €2 earned; the impact this would have on income earners' average tax take, using categories €100,001-€150,000,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if tax credits, personal and employee, were phased out for income earners over €100,000 with €1 in tax credits being lost for every €2 earned; the impact that would have on income earners' average tax take, using categories €100,001-€150,000, €150,001 -...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the dates on which the Garda bureau of fraud Investigation seized tapes from AIB and Bank of Ireland and-or other banks; and if a court order or court warrant was needed to access these tapes. [33671/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the witnesses. This Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising document is an excellent one. It has busted a few myths for me and I am quite sad about some of the myths it has busted. We always had this impression that Ireland was the most giving nation in the world but the witnesses have outlined some very hard facts in regard to comparisons between ourselves and our closet...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The 11,500 people in question made income tax returns which means they might have had a tax liability in the State, but they are not tax-resident in respect of their global income.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I genuinely welcome this and the other proposals. As Mr. Flannery said, we can put flesh on the bones of this idea. If I thought there were hundreds of people availing of this scheme and some of them might attempt to abuse it, it could be justified by the number of genuine people who have Irish residency status in America or Canada or wherever else who want to contribute to this scheme, but...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (11 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on plans to progress the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill; if this will substantially simplify and streamline the existing arrangements; if the reorganisation of the protection application processing framework will remove the current multi-layered processes and provide applicants with a final decision on their...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (16 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 99. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been any contact or discussions between his Department and his Northern Ireland Assembly counterpart, Mr Alex Atwood, on climate change legislation. [33802/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (16 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 100. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of housing from the National Assets Management Agency special purpose vehicle; and if he will provide a breakdown of where these units have been delivered. [33777/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budget Contribution (16 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail Ireland's contribution to the EU for 2013; the way this was calculated and the amount this would have been if redomiciled companies were excluded from our gross national income statistics. [34222/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (16 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of July 2013, the basis on which the Special Liquidators have two years from the date of their appointment to make filings in the Companies Registration Office. [34230/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (16 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the filing obligations of the Special Liquidators of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in the Companies Registration Office since the date of their appointment. [34231/13]