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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Expenditure (15 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 550. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average cost of child care in Dublin; the average cost of child care across the State; and the number of child care places in Dublin as a percentage of the number of children. [17560/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (15 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 604. To ask the Minister for Health when a response will issue to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 23 January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17635/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (15 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 605. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug Daxas will no longer be available to medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17636/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (15 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 697. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxis registered in Dublin; and the numbers registered in 2007 to 2013, inclusive. [17559/14]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Athchóiriú Cuimsitheach Buiséid) 2014: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Inclusive Budget Reform) Bill 2014: First Stage (16 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Tairgim:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú.I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.I seek leave to introduce the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Inclusive Budget Reform) Bill 2014. This is a relatively short Bill but it could potentially have a significant impact...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Athchóiriú Cuimsitheach Buiséid) 2014: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Inclusive Budget Reform) Bill 2014: First Stage (16 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Tairgim: "Go dtógfar an Bille in am Comhaltaí Príobháideacha." I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (16 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that was paid to consultants (details supplied) to research possible changes to the tax treatment of pensions; the length of time their consultancy ran; and if their and the tax policy pensions group claimed savings of €400 million in a full year, to be achieved through changing the tax treatment of private pensions in ways that would...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (17 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the appointment of a person (details supplied) as an independent agent by the special liquidators to examine whether KPMG should be sued for its role in auditing INBS's books; if this person has been in receipt of any employ of fees from Irish Bank Resolution Corporation since the bank's liquidation; if his attention has been drawn to any...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (17 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance if at any time the special liquidator of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation considered issuing proceedings against former director of INBS Mr Cornelius P. Power; and if it did, but dropped these proceedings, the reason it considered that course and the reason for not pursuing it. [18258/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2014 (17 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list all the measures announced as part of budget 2013 or 2014 that are still awaiting EU approval. [18303/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postcode Implementation (17 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if An Post will be using the proposed new capita postcode; if they are, and are going to adjust their sorting technology to use postcodes, the amount it will cost and the person that will pay for it; and if An Post's costs are included in Government predicted cost of the postcode. [18281/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postcode Implementation (17 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the seemingly random nature of the proposed new Capita Ireland postcode, where the first three characters will be related to a postal district but the remaining four characters will be numbers and letters randomly allocated to letter boxes; and the amount of the Capita Ireland €26 million...

Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: We are all aware of the terrible news that Setanta Insurance has closed down, leaving 75,000 customers on this island high and dry – policyholders who had in good faith renewed with Setanta, many in recent months, and others who took out their policies prior to that. The situation exposes the weakness in our regulatory system, because this company was not regulated in Ireland. It...

Order of Business (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I just want to say at the start that I was a bit disappointed by the joking nature of the Taoiseach's comments about drug dealing in this city.

Order of Business (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I was also disappointed to hear the comments made by a backbencher about "your man". The man in question, Garda John Wilson, has done a great service to this State and is not involved in a "pantomime". I think these issues should be taken seriously. On the Order of Business, the Government has today re-announced the establishment of the banking inquiry and informed us that a motion...

Order of Business (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: And the white collar crime overhaul?

Order of Business (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I thought that as the Minister for Finance is here, I should ask a related question. I have asked this a number of times and I was told the legislation would not come before Easter. As we are on the other side of Easter, what is the position of the legislation allowing for payments to be made from claims to tribunals of inquiry? When do we expect it to reach Second Stage?

Order of Business (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, it concerns the agency to make payments for claims to tribunals of inquiry.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Rebate Scheme (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on transport providers providing the Revenue Commissioners with the invoices for purchases of petrol-diesel on a quarterly basis and as a 2,000 litre minimum is achieved for the purposes of the excise rebate. [18878/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (30 Apr 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the report by PwC into the disposal of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage book, a heavily-redacted copy of which was recently provided to the finance committee, if he will outline the methodology used by PwC in determining the value of underlying residential property. [18968/14]