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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Non-Disclosure Provisions Under the Freedom of Information Act: Discussion with Information Commissioner (5 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: Now that the Chairman has let the scope of the meeting creep towards the new legislation - I am eternally grateful for his leadership in this regard - I would be very interested to know the Information Commissioner's view on whether the new legislation should introduce a fee for FOI requests. The committee has debated this issue at some length.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Non-Disclosure Provisions Under the Freedom of Information Act: Discussion with Information Commissioner (5 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: We will. I thank the Information Commissioner. I would very much like her thoughts on the fact that in the new insolvency legislation there will be a publicly available list of those who have availed of insolvency deals. The committee has dealt with this issue. To my mind, it is a name and shame policy. We do not know who the bondholders are; we do not know how much was guaranteed, but a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Yield (11 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised on alcohol products for each month of 2013 to date since the introduction of increased excise duty on such products in last December's budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26869/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Yield (11 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from taxes on alcohol products for each month of 2012; if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of that revenue per type of alcohol product, spirits, beer, wine, other fermented beverages, and intermediate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26877/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Guarantee Scheme Administration (11 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount covered, by bank, by the deposit guarantee scheme at the time of the September 2008 bank guarantee; the total additional amount therefore guaranteed, by bank, by the guarantee; the total to sum to the total liabilities guaranteed, by bank, once the guarantee came in to place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27535/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Assisted Suicide Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: 649. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will add the issue of assisted suicide to the legislative agenda, in view of the Supreme Court judgment in the case of a person (details supplied), on the issue of assisted suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26805/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Roads Authority Projects (11 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: 1102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the estimated reduction in journey time from Greystones to Gorey on the N11 once the upgrade is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27617/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2014 Issues (12 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all publications of forecast accounts from his Department which have been released to date this year, and which will be released for the rest of the year, which provide financial information relevant to Budget 2014, and the timing of their release (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28310/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reports (12 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: 100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all publications of forecast accounts from his Department which have been released so far this year, and which will be released for the rest of the year, which provide financial information relevant to Budget 2014, and the timing of their release (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: Would this sort of expenditure fall into the voted or non-voted category during the Estimates process?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: Within the voted bloc?

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann), 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: The Bill before the House, and the question that will be put to the Irish people, is whether or not to abolish the Seanad. That is a false choice. I have yet to meet anybody who believes the Upper House should be kept in its current form. As a new Deputy I was shocked to discover how Senators are elected, and dismayed at the functioning of the Upper House. If the referendum is defeated,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (18 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance based on the latest Fitch report citing the possible need for further recapitalisation of Irish banks, if he maintains his position, as outlined recently to the Joint Committee on Finance and Public Expenditure, that the Irish banks will not need further recapitalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28848/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (18 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to cover a requirement for substitute teachers to cover for teachers who will be travelling abroad with students who have won a national award and will be competing in the United States for Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28740/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electronic Communications Policy (18 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: 285. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the High Court order requiring UPC, Vodafone, O2, Imagine, Digiweb and 3 to block a website (details supplied) conflicts with the stated opinion (details further supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29326/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electronic Communications Policy (18 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: 286. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources following the High Court order requiring UPC, Vodafone, O2, Imagine, Digiweb and 3 to block a website (details supplied), his views on whether internet service providers need to install and operate technology such as deep packet inspection; if so, the safeguards that are in place to ensure that they are only used for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electronic Communications Policy (18 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: 287. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources following the High Court order requiring UPC, Vodafone, O2, Imagine, Digiweb and 3 to block the a website (details supplied) the process and the way in which websites or destinations can be added to this Court Order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29328/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (18 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: 580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide breakdown of spending per county of the €50 million recently announced for repairs and restoration of regional and local roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28851/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: Can the Minister answer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: It was a Freudian slip.