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Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: The amendment touches on a very important point, namely, the powers to be conferred on the Minister for Finance, however long the present incumbent will last in that office. Given the difficulties my colleague, Deputy Arthur Morgan raised in regard to potential constitutional problems arising from this legislation overriding or supplanting laws already in existence, it is a minefield. I am...

Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: The reality is that four weeks ago he was defending the fact that we did not need the IMF, ECB or EU bailout.

Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has turned many corners in his career and has made many U-turns and should not laugh at me when I repeat what he said in this Chamber and to the nation and whole world just four weeks ago. Either the Minister was lying to us then or he was wrong. The reality is that the ECB has-----

Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I did not say that the Minister was lying. I am saying he was either lying or-----

Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I accept it is not appropriate to use the word "lying" in the Chamber. The Minister either deliberately misled us or was ill-informed at the time. What I am saying is what the Minister said in terms of not needing the EU-IMF bailout because we could depend on the international bond markets. The difference between my approach and the approach taken by the Minister four weeks ago is that he...

Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: We are not in government and cannot invoke the instruments that would burn the senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank. We are arguing that the Minister should at least empower the Houses of the Oireachtas, through this Bill, to take those measures. The Minister is attempting to enshrine in legislation debt for equity swaps and burning subordinate bondholders, gamblers who gambled in banks...

Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Our structural deficit can be reorganised. We may have differences of opinion in regard to how this can be done but it can be reorganised. We can get the deficit within the margins of 3%. There is only a year in terms of difference between the Sinn Féin approach and that of Government and other parties. I appreciate that I will not get to speak on the amendments I have tabled. However,...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (15 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence if prior to deployment each member of the Defence Forces has a consultation with a doctor where a prescription for the drug Lariam is issued and added to their medical file. [47283/10]

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (16 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Question 29: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the Budget 2011 decision to reduce the vocational training opportunities scheme training allowance from €31.80 to €20.00 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47670/10]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (16 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the decision in Budget 2011 which will see changes to the non-adjacent rate of grant support whereby the distance required to qualify will effectively be doubled from 24km to 45 km for all existing and new applicants from September 2011; her views on whether such a proposal would adversely effect...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Question 353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47987/10]

Written Answers — Banks Recapitalisation: Banks Recapitalisation (12 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to inject funds into Anglo Irish Bank or any of the other banks; the way in which this will affect the reserve money to fund the State in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1405/11]

Written Answers — Financial Reserves: Financial Reserves (12 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the reserves at the Central Bank; the extent of the National Pensions Reserve Fund at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1404/11]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (12 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 594: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons awaiting a decision on Garda clearance; if all of these applications are from the previous year; the average processing time of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1507/11]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (13 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will divert funding from the National Treatment Purchase Fund to be used directly by public hospitals, many of which, due to cutbacks, have unused or under used capacity, including closed beds and wards, while private corporations are profiting from public money in the form of NTPF contracts. [1775/11]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (13 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the stalled works on the development of the new accident and emergency department at Letterkenny Hospital, County Donegal. [1776/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has responded to the concerns raised in relation to a person (details supplied) in the care of the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1826/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied with the length of time taken to process an appeal for State pension non-contributory in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1827/11]

Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: No apology.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Not to me but to the Irish people.