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Corporation Tax: Motion (22 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: No, we did not. I ask the Minister of State to show some manners and listen to the debate. He should check the Official Report to ascertain which way Sinn Féin voted on the issue.

Corporation Tax: Motion (22 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: It is not in our manifesto. I can discuss the matter with the Minister of State later.

Corporation Tax: Motion (22 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State is getting uptight because a Department of Finance report sets out the options available to the State if the CCCTB is introduced. Given that he informed the House his Government will not allow the CCCTB to be introduced, there is no reason for him to become uptight. The Ernst & Young report was commissioned long before Ireland entered into an austerity pact with the...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (22 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will uphold the recommendations of the Ombudsman in relation to the lost at sea scheme; if he will compensate a family (details supplied) as per the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4852/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to restore breast cancer services to Sligo General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4873/11]

Order of Business (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The programme for Government and the Fine Gael general election manifesto referred to burden sharing in respect of banking debt. We are to have burden sharing and the Taoiseach has clearly stated in one of his first addresses that there will be no additional money put into the banking system other than the money already committed. We will have the stress tests later next week which will...

Order of Business (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: This legislation is promised. Given that the amendment I submitted on behalf of my party in December was defeated, that legislation will need to be amended. When is it proposed that this legislation will come before the House such that burden sharing could be applicable to senior bondholders within our banking system?

Order of Business (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of order-----

Order of Business (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: It is. As a relatively new Deputy, something struck me. I am asking about proposed legislation. The Minister for Finance will be answering questions later. When will the Government present to the Houses legislation on dealing with burden sharing with senior bondholders in our banks?

Jobs Fund (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the new jobs fund will be resourced in view of the fact that the measures contained in the jobs fund will have a cost to the Exchequer; the way the revenue will be made up following the introduction of these measures; the fiscal impact of these proposals given the commitment to the aggregate adjustment as set out in the National Recovery...

Jobs Fund (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister stated that the budget he will introduce following the first 100 days will be counterbalanced. That is the key to this question. If we consider three of the proposals referred to in the programme for Government, namely, the cutting of the 13.5% VAT rate to 12%, the halving of the lower 8.5% employers' PRSI up to 2013 and the abolition of the airport travel tax, those measures...

Jobs Fund (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I take it from the Minister's response that the proposed budget will include measures which will increase revenue in the period up to the end of 2013 by in excess of €2 billion. For this year alone, the three measures I outlined will cost €779 million. Is there any indication what measures the Minister proposes to introduce to bring in this money to the State? Are we facing a finance...

National Debt (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Finance the stage the State's debt burden becomes unsustainable; the measures being explored to safeguard debt sustainability; the cost of interest payments in the period to 2015 and the projected tax take for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5515/11]

National Debt (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I presume there will be supplementary questions.

National Debt (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I refer to debt sustainability. The Minister stated we could arrive at a position in which the State's debt could become unsustainable and the programme for Government mentions a danger of this burden becoming unsustainable. Therefore, this is the position of the Government, not mine. I believe we have already reached that point, as do many other economists and, indeed, the bond markets....

National Debt (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach announced he will not commit any further money other than the €10 billion already committed to the banks unless burden sharing is on the table. Will the Minister confirm that, regardless of the figure that emerges from the analysis next week, we will not put anything in excess of €10 billion into the banks unless burden sharing is achieved in this State?

National Debt (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: What is the figure?

Tax Code (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The universal social charge breaks the basic fundamental principle of progressive taxation because it asks those who have the least to pay. It is a tax on the working poor and very low income earners, with those on as low as €77 per week paying the charge. The exemptions which previously existed for income levies - such as for those with medical cards, working lone parents, working widows...

Bank Guarantee Scheme (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to renew the bank guarantee scheme when it runs out in June 2011; the consultation he has had with his European counterparts on the bank guarantee scheme and the possibility of its renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5392/11]

Bank Guarantee Scheme (23 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: In light of conversations in recent weeks and the Government's claims that it is arguing for burden sharing which would result in some senior bondholders taking a hit on their investments in private banks, does the Minister agree that it would be sensible and prudent for the Government not to guarantee new debt in private banks when the bank guarantee scheme is extended at the end of June?...