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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (2 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 260. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will become available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41315/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take to ensure those struggling with mortgage repayments will be offered genuinely sustainable arrangements that do not threaten the family home; that the banks do not rely on repossession or a legal process that could end in repossession as the main method of meeting the quarter four 2013 target of 15% and the quarter one 2014 target of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We had a debate during the previous two days in the House on mortgage distress as a result of the Bill introduced by Deputy Joan Collins. The question is specific. We ventilated in this Chamber and at committee level how the banks have used 14,720 legal letters to meet the targets that were originally set down for mortgage holders who will be offered long-term solutions. We know that is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Will the banks be able to meet those targets by repossessing homes and when does a concluded arrangement take place if it is in the repossession category?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I will put the question in a simple way. The Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform will have the bankers in again after the end of this year and will ask them how they have reached the 15% target of concluded arrangements to the end of this year. If they say to us that 10% of the figure is made up of repossessions of buy-to-let properties and family homes, is that...

Other Questions: Budget 2014 Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I had not imagined the Minister would divulge the budget’s details today. However, I am concerned about what he said about the 5.1% target and that he would target the high fours, trying to bring the deficit into the 4% area. Where is the sense behind that? He said there was a delicate balance between closing the deficit and achieving economic growth. When the Government came into...

Other Questions: Budget 2014 Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The buffer the Minister talks about is made up of real cuts affecting real people. It is millions of euro of cuts that will cause hardship and pain, as well as additional taxes. I am disappointed that the Minister is going beyond the troika target of 5.1%. We have been led to believe by the Government that the troika is making us go into the high 4% region. The Tánaiste is correct...

Other Questions: Budget 2014 Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It might be useful information for the Tánaiste, Deputy Gilmore also.

Other Questions: NAMA Staff Qualifications (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister spoke about the NTMA reviewing the contracts and mentioned new employees and those seeking promotion. We are aware that this issue does not just affect NAMA, it also affects employees who have been seconded to the Department of Finance. There are concerns about banks poaching certain people who worked in the banking unit within the Department who may have information. A period...

Other Questions: Bank Debt Restructuring (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I agree on the importance of Permanent TSB to the Irish banking market and we await eagerly the Commission's recommendations. I am aware that the bank itself expects a favourable response on the restructuring plan, but this is in the hands of the Commission. At this point there are questions about the restructuring. There are also questions hanging over Ulster Bank and about how the...

Other Questions: Insurance Compensation Fund (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Without going into the legal case, if there was an outcome that resulted in the scrapping of the legal case and the auditors had to take on the liability of the losses incurred, what would be the intention of the Government with regard to the money generated from the levy heretofore, which would not then be required?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the case of Newbridge Credit Union. [41516/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has introduced a statutory instrument that will specifically conceal the names of Anglo Irish Bank/Irish Bank Resolution Corporation creditors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41639/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the benefit to the taxpayer of the former Anglo Irish Bank/Irish Bank Resolution Corporation from his introduction of a statutory instrument that will conceal the names of creditors and further delay the requirement for the outstanding Anglo Irish Bank statement of affairs which is now seven months late. [41640/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if any precedent exists for his legal involvement in the concealing of names in the statement of affairs at Anglo Irish Bank/Irish bank Resolution Corporation. [41641/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Contribution Fee (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to cap the student contribution fee. [42200/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an assessment of the effects on Traveller children of the withdrawal of all major educational Traveller-specific supports; if he will consider reinstating State affirmative action such as upskilling and employing Travellers to be employed by his Department as community education workers and within schools and the National...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeilge (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an aontaíonn sé gur chóir don Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna soláthair a dhéanamh den tacaíocht chuí atá ag teastáil do scoileanna Gaeltachta le leanúint ar aghaidh, lena chinntiú go mbeidh oideachas lán-Ghaeilge ar ardchaighdeán ar fáil do dhaltaí scoile Gaeltachta,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions Issues (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide clarification on the future of the Killybegs School of Tourism; if his attention has been drawn to the contents of the financial plan provided by LYIT to the Higher Education Authority; if he has considered the options presented under the plan regarding the Killybegs School of Tourism; his plans to make moneys available in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobBridge Scheme Eligibility (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any discretion for a graduate (details supplied) in County Donegal who has applied for five internships, has been advised that there is a position available for them, but is not eligible to participate due to the fact that they do not have the required number of days on unemployment benefit; his views on whether this graduate would be...