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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Jobs Initiative (29 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the 2011 Killybegs, County Donegal jobs initiative, if he will provide the minutes of all the meetings held by the initiative's high level group; if he will provide a comprehensive list of all the expenses claimed by the members of the task force; if he will provide the job creation figures achieved as a result of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (29 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form by county the total number of properties which have been successfully purchased through the national mortgage-to-rent scheme since its launch in 2012; his plans to reform the current scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4236/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the total anticipated cost of the water conservation grant to her Department including any additional administration requirements and so on; if she will provide a breakdown of these costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4941/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Eurozone Crisis (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts in which and the dates on which Ireland's contribution to the EU loans to Greece will be repaid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4395/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 235. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons subject simultaneously to both the public service pension levy and the private pension levy for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4421/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is legally possible to charge a different, higher VAT rate for goods bought online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4528/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Register Establishment (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 253. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland will outsource the operation of the new credit register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4679/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Negative Equity Mortgages Data (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 254. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons whose homes are in negative equity. [4682/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 270. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners has a policy of withholding tax refunds until a person has paid their property tax for the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4773/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 462. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment to see a consultant in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4790/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Debt Restructuring (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the need for a European Debt Conference to discuss and take action to reduce the high levels of debt of some EU countries including here. [4821/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Debt Restructuring (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: What is the State's position on having a European debt conference and the need for such a discussion to take place in order to reduce the high level of indebtedness of some EU countries, including Ireland? There has been much debate about what words were used by the Minister to the ambassadors. The Minister has said his words were taken out of context. However, it is very clear that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Debt Restructuring (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has not given us an indication of why it is the Government is resisting the idea of having a debt conference. One thing for sure is that we would not know the outcome of any such debt conference. Whether it would take place in the context of the Eurogroup or somewhere else is largely irrelevant. What is relevant is the need for a shift in thinking at the heart of Europe. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Debt Restructuring (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister will be aware that the Greek Minister for Finance tweeted, prior to the election, that the Minister was his first ally on the debt conference issue. This does not just concern what is happening in Greece, although I believe there is a genuine obligation on us, as a member state, to stop the absolute torture being imposed by the European Union. The Minister spoke in the House...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Debt Restructuring (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: It is in English. I thought the Minister stated he read all of his material.

Other Questions: Budget Consultation Process (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 8. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the budgetary process would benefit from the creation of a specific body to provide independent costings of alternative budgets from Opposition parties and if he sees an existing body such as the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council taking on such a role. [4654/15]

Other Questions: Budget Consultation Process (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: This question seeks the Minister's view on whether the budgetary process would be enhanced by the creation of a specific body to provide independent costings of alternative budgets from Opposition parties, whether an existing body such as the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council could take on this role and whether this process would enhance the type of debate we have on proposals from the Opposition...

Other Questions: Budget Consultation Process (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Minister's response to this proposal, which I have been making for some time. I note from the Official Report of the Dáil that this matter was also raised with the late Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, by the Tánaiste when Labour Party Opposition spokesperson on finance and by other Deputies. The provision of this type of process would allow for a proper,...

Other Questions: Budget Consultation Process (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. This is long overdue. I welcome that the Government has agreed to it. While this issue has arisen as a result of the, in my view, nonsensical debate in regard to budgetary costings, budgets were never costed by the Opposition until 2011. This is something new that has crept into the debate, although it is somewhat welcome. The debate around whether all proposals or...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Second Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille seo. Tá sé thar am dó. Anuraidh, bhí go leor plé agus scansáil ann nuair a d'fhógair an Rialtas go mbeadh an Bille foilsithe in 2015. Ag an am sin, dúirt mé gur chóir an Bille seo teacht os comhair na Dála go lom láithreach agus go gcomhoibródh Sinn Féin leis an Rialtas chun a...