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Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Expenditure (3 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of contracts and their total financial cost awarded to companies (details supplied) by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 or whatever years practicable; if all the contracts were winning public tenders; and if he will provide a breakdown of the contracts by date, purpose and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (3 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 23 April 2013, when he stated he welcomed KBC Group’s commitment to the Irish market and note that it is planning to develop its business in Ireland further with new retail branches and distribution platforms to be rolled out in 2013 and continued expansion of its retail product portfolio; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision (3 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if FÁS has entered into a contract with a driving school in County Donegal for the delivery of the MOMENTUM project; if so, with whom is the contract; when was the contract tendered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51890/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (3 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form details of JobBridge internships that have been offered in VEC premises in County Donegal since the commencement of the scheme; the number of these that have been completed and reoffered; the number of interns that have subsequently become employed by the VEC; the location of the premises in which they became...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (3 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any barriers to a person who has completed a JobBridge internship subsequently being offered a subsequent JobBridge internship or community employment scheme while they remain a jobseeker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51892/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (3 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 269. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 18 July 2013, if the further investigations and legal advice as a result of the decision of the Ombudsman in respect of a project (details supplied) are now completed; the outcome of those investigations; if the Ombudsman made a recommendation that funding should be paid in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New Entrants to Dairying Scheme (3 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a grant for the establishment of a new farmer (details supplied) in County Donegal can be processed in the absence of a quota of €50,000 litres where the person in question was denied a quota under the new entrant scheme and has applied through the trading scheme; if he is satisfied that the milk quota arrangements in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New Entrants to Dairying Scheme (3 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a dairy farmer (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused a quota under the new entrant scheme; the number of farmers in County Donegal who have applied under this scheme for a quota; the number granted a quota and details of the amount of quota granted; the number refused; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (3 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reintroduce the sports capital programme; the funding supports that exist at present for the development of sporting facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51896/13]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Report Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 2:In page 9, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following:“(c) which is a newly built property, previously unoccupied, but has been acquired by the individual for the purposes of occupation by the individual as his or her only or main residence on completion of the qualifying work and which is so occupied upon completion;”.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Report Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister understands the purpose of and the spirit behind the amendment as we discussed the issue at length on Committee Stage. It is not intended to bring within the scope of the Bill newly constructed houses that have not been fitted out or to allow buyers to avail of this tax relief to finish off those houses. The Minister of State spoke about "dead weight" and that is a term we...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Report Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It is regrettable that we are rehashing the same arguments and counter arguments and that I must now rebut the argument being made by the Minister of State. This is unfortunate, because the amendment is about taking us forward. The main justification for the Department's argument is that an individual can apply for a housing adaptation grant or disability grant to do the type of work I have...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Report Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 3:In page 10, to delete lines 37 to 39 and substitute the following:"behalf, proves that in the years of assessment, he or she has made payments to a qualifying contractor or a number of qualifying contractors in respect of qualifying expenditure to which this section applies, incurred over the years of assessment as set out in subsection (2) of this section, the income...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Report Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate the clarification. Outside of the technical considerations with regard to what I am seeking to do with this amendment, namely, to make matters clearer, the statements from the Minister of State and the Minister, Deputy Noonan, that it can be aggregated and that this can be done in respect of a number of contractors are welcome. I tabled an amendment on the issue relating to...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Report Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The legislation does not contain a definition in respect of "year of assessment". What is the year of assessment? A claimant must prove that in a year of assessment-----

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Report Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The key point I made earlier is that a claimant does not have to prove that he or she made a payment in a year of assessment. My amendment seeks to provide clarification and I do not understand why it could not be accepted. All it does is clarify an issue, namely, the fact that what constitutes a year of assessment is not defined. In response to amendment No. 3, the Minister of State...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Report Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The amendment is designed to bring clarity. Following an initial reading of the subsections in the Bill, I and quite a number of others were of the view that it would not be possible to accrue the €5,000 over the years of assessment. The Minister of State-----

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Report Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: While I appreciate the Minister of State's offer, I do not need further examples. The key issue is that this is now allowed. The Minister of State indicated it is being interpreted by Revenue, which is fine. I can give examples of mistakes resulting in complacency creeping into legislation. The Revenue was involved in the legislation on the local property tax, which included a mistake...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Report Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 5:In page 11, lines 29 and 30, to delete “than €5,000” and substitute “than €1,500”.I do not intend to labour the point in respect of this amendment. The amendments adopted on Committee Stage and the clarification the Minister of State has just provided on the years of assessment and multiple contractors have gone some way...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Report Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We will not find common ground on this here. I acknowledge that the Minister accepted amendments - indeed, the Minister accepted one of my amendments - on Committee Stage, and accepted the spirit of amendments that were raised at Second Stage as well. The Bill has been strengthened. It is important, because it has not been placed on the record, to state that in this section we are also...