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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes. I'm sure many people watching this would ... would deem your interpretation of a friend, you know-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: -----they'll have different interpretations what a friend is, you know, and these days we have online friends and all the rest-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: -----and Facebook friends but having a definition of a friend that they ... you go on holidays with is a ... is another version of that.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Listen, can I ... can I ask you, in relation to ... can I ask you-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I was only ... I was only giving you an opportunity to not-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Thank you. You've also acknowledged that you, in your 2004 budget, which was delivered in 2003, extended many of the property tax reliefs to 2006. Can I ask you, in light of that, when you travel around the country, and particularly if you go to the Shannon region, if you go to Leitrim, if you go to Roscommon, what do you think when you see the ghost estates, some of them that were built as...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes and that's all well acknowledged in terms of tax revenue and employment, and the impact it had on the ... on those communities at the time. But what is your view in relation to counties such as Leitrim, which would nearly have to double its population to occupy the houses that were built under schemes that you introduced and extended?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The market didn't sign the Finance Bill, with respect.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: A Minister signed the Finance Bill and extended these schemes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Can I just finally ... can I finally say this, because I was-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: That's fine. It's all the market's fault, in your view, in that area. But can I put it to you, and I mentioned this here, a review of the 400 top earners in Ireland during 2002 and 2001 ... and they benefitted ... the review shows that the way that they were able to reduce their effective tax rate was through these schemes. These schemes that allowed you to have the schemes such as the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is expected that an application for a carer's allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25824/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to subsidiary employment and entitlement to jobseeker's benefit, if she is aware of the large number of persons whose claims for jobseeker's benefit are being refused on the grounds that they are seasonally employed in fishing and/or fish processing and/or are self-employed farmers, despite the fact that they had previously qualified...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Legal Fees (30 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 253. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the Supreme Court judgment in the case of the National Asset Management Agency and the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information, the total legal fees incurred by the agency in the case to date; and the estimate of all legal costs, including those of the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information. [26060/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (30 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applications his Department has received, in tabular form by county, from those wishing to participate in the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; the number of applicants classified as being hill farmers and commonage farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25835/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (30 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the criteria employed when assessing certain public events for the purpose of charging organisers for policing services; her views that the practice of charging small community and voluntary groups as well as non-profit organisations for policing services is acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (30 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 406. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive currently provides funding to fund general practitioner out-of-hours cover; if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of such funding which has been allocated per region since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25722/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (30 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 407. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding which has been made available to the out-of-hours general practitioner service Now Doc Donegal in tabular form since the year 2010; the way this funding was utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25723/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (30 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 491. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26433/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (30 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 614. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the increasing frequency of rental tenants in private accommodation receiving termination notices by banks due to the failure of landlords to keep up with mortgage repayments; his plans to amend existing legislation in order to increase the various periods of termination notice afforded to tenants of...