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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Code (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: A recent Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, report was unambiguous in stating that cuts in the top rates of tax or in the universal social charge would have a strong impact on households with incomes in the top 10%, but little effect on households at low and middle income levels. Despite that, this is the Government's stated position in the run-up to this year's budget. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of submissions received to the recent consultation on the future of the local property tax; and his plans arising from the consultation. [24539/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Economic Dialogue (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Economic Dialogue will operate in such a narrow way, as per his letter of invitation which, for example, states that the fiscal space will be shared on a 50:50 basis, between expenditure and tax measures. [24535/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the future role of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; and if he envisages a purpose in its ongoing existence. [24538/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct the Central Bank of Ireland to no longer accept the repossession or voluntary surrender of the family home as a sustainable solution under the mortgage arrears resolution targets. [24537/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans, to cease with immediate effect, the practice of issuing letters to welfare recipients, in which they are encouraged to have their payments made directly to a current, deposit or savings account in either a bank or a financial institution; if she is aware that such a practice is detrimental to the survival of the post office network;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 254. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which financial institutions, which do not take deposits, are regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24935/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Loans (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 255. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 16 June 2015, if any borrowers at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation refinanced their loans, post the expiry of their loan facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24943/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 412. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive an appointment for a dental procedure; the timeframe the child will be expected to wait in view of the urgency of the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24619/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 435. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the routine or urgent waiting list in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal for exploration laparoscopy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24763/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 436. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for exploration laparoscopy in Letterkenny General Hospita in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24764/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Conditions (23 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 604. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the outcome of ongoing talks which are taking place between his Department and Donegal County Council regarding the issuance of a foreshore licence for a location (details supplied) in County Donegal; when it is expected that a licence will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24902/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Bonds (18 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the ordering in February 2013 of the National Asset Management Agency to take over any Irish Bank Resolution Corporation assets, including any of the Agency's bonds not sold at the reserve price, the reason the bonds were allowed to be sold at a later date by the Special Liquidator at a discount under the reserve. [24231/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Bonds (18 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department was consulted regarding the sale of National Asset Management Agency bonds held by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will reveal the buyer of the bonds; and if any effort was made by the agency to buy back the bonds. [24232/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Legal Cases (18 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation or the State have spent in legal fees in cases involving a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24244/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Deposit Guarantee Scheme (18 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the transposition of the deposit guarantee scheme directive, the consideration he is giving to using the discretion permitted to allow credit unions contribute at a lower rate, given their social ethos and for other reasons, as outlined by the Irish League of Credit Unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24334/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (18 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the details of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal have not been included in the most recent upload of the commonage container of a land parcel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24471/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (18 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's position regarding grazing rights on the commonage lands of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24472/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (18 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farm payments for the year 2014 in respect of a commonage parcel have not been issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, yet payments were administered to other persons in respect of the parcel for this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24473/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (18 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with respect to a letter issued by his Department to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal pertaining to a single payment, a basic Payment and his Department's schemes, in which it is stated that all claimants must agree as a collective to the shares of the commonage for which each may claim; if he will confirm that this is...