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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2016 (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: If we are talking about genuine reform, we should not repeat that in future years.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2016 (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. I wish to discuss the once-off expenditure measures. Let us consider the hypothetical example of restoring the Christmas bonus. Am I not correct in saying the expenditure benchmark will be measured against the expenditure of 2015? If there is an expenditure increase in the Department of Social Protection, that would be the baseline against which one will be measured...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2016 (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Both.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2016 (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I want to dig a bit deeper into this. I hear the Minister loud and clear in terms of the 2.3% deficit target. The issue arises as to whether there might be space for additional expenditure to by made in 2015 in circumstances where that target could still be met. Is there any space to spend or have supplementary welfare budgets beyond the overruns in the Department at this point that would...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2016 (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the permissible fiscal space under the expenditure benchmark available to him in budget 2016 and for the remainder of 2015, as part of the Government's budget 2016 announcements; if these figures take into account the need for increased spending due to demographics changes and inflation in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2016 (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: My question follows on from Deputy Michael McGrath's and amplifies the need for a better process for having more information available in respect of the budget. The Minister referred to staying within the fiscal space of 1.5%, which applies to the expenditure benchmark in budget 2016. However, he has strongly indicated that there is scope to introduce supplementary Estimates to deal with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: NAMA Loan Book (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: From what we believe from Frank Daly, the Minister was informed on 13 March that one of NAMA's biggest sales processes had a potential conflict of interest. I know from the Minister's briefing notes which we obtained under a freedom of information request that this potential conflict of interest would have shone negatively on NAMA. The Minister was informed of this fixer's fee, this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: NAMA Loan Book (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for putting that on the record. Now, hopefully, he will answer the question I specifically asked him, namely, when was he informed, in regard to the call from representatives of PIMCO about the sale of the Northern loan book, that there was a £15 million fixer's fee? When was he informed by NAMA of that? What did he tell NAMA to do on receipt of information to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: NAMA Loan Book (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: No, that is not it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: NAMA Loan Book (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the National Asset Management Agency notified him of an unsolicited approach by representatives of the Pacific Investment Management Company related to the sale of the agency's Northern Ireland loan book; and the action that he took after this notification was received. [33184/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: NAMA Loan Book (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: This issue is being discussed on both sides of the Border. It relates to the sale of the Northern Ireland loan book by the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, and the fact that it is alleged there were fixer fees in the sales process. On what date was the Minister informed by NAMA of the unsolicited approach by representatives of Pacific Investment Management Company, PIMCO, relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the liquidation process at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; his views on whether the junior bondholders will receive payment during the process, the timeframe envisaged for such payments and the amounts estimated to be due. [32861/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected returns, in dividends or in any other form, from the State’s stake in Allied Irish Banks and Permanent TSB in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32857/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent meetings with the banks on the issue of the high standard variable rates paid by Irish mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32858/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will seek a social and economic impact assessment of the Central Bank of Ireland's new rules on mortgage lending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32860/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will seek the repayment of tax owed if the European Union Commission finds that Ireland and Apple were engaged in arrangements that amount to State aid or in a scheme to lower the tax liability for Apple in contravention of European Union rules. [32859/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance the return that would have been received on an investment of €27.2 billion in the National Treasury Management Agency, based on the average returns since September 2009. [32812/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budget Contribution (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 235. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross national income for the past five years if redomiciled public limited companies had been excluded; the amount by which Ireland’s contribution to the European Union budget would have been reduced if these redomiciled public limited companies were excluded from the figures for these years. [32941/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 299. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing the universal social charge rate of 7% to 5%; and to 6%. [33450/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 382 of 22 September 2015, if he will provide a breakdown, by local authority area, of the 76 homes that have received an exemption from the local property tax due to the presence of pyrite. [33127/15]