Results 25,701-25,720 of 35,894 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a report on his meeting with Governor Honohan on 2 April 2015, listing all issues discussed, decisions taken and commitments made. [14423/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Targets (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance the maximum permissible budgetary adjustment possible in budget 2016, based on the latest available statistics, following negotiations with the European Union regarding Ireland's expenditure benchmark; and the way this figure is arrived at. [14544/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Water Funding (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect and-or cost of the current situation where Irish Water is placed on the books on the deficit-surplus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14545/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Proposed Legislation (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Taxation and Certain Other Matters (International Mutual Assistance) Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14737/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Seizures (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 356. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 393 of 31 March 2015, the value of illegal drugs awaiting destruction, currently in the possession of An Garda Síochána. [14349/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that an appeal from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has been received by her Department's primary staffing appeals board; when a decision in relation to this appeal will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14019/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Freedom of Information Requests (15 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 769. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department relating to Irish Water since 1 January 2014; the number of these that were completed, on time, after an extra requested period; the number that were not completed in either of these timeframes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14068/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Applications (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the national reserve scheme, if there are implications with regard to the processing of applications in instances where paper applications are submitted instead of online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13703/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Applications (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the national reserve scheme, if he will provide details as to the action that will be taken in instances where minor errors or omissions may be present on applications; if such circumstances are grounds for the rejection of an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13704/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 165. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13701/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the recommendations contained in the inter-agency working group report on job creation and new enterprise opportunities on the Gaoth Dobhair business park in County Donegal, in which a new scheme to reduce the burden of commercial rates payable by enterprise was advocated, his plans to introduce such a scheme;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the recommendations contained in the interagency working group report on job creation and new enterprise opportunities on the Gaoth Dobhair Business Park, County Donegal, in which the prioritising of the North West Donegal Gaeltacht within the National Broadband Plan was advocated, his plans to prioritise the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the recommendations contained in the inter-agency working group report on job creation and new enterprise opportunities on the Gaoth Dobhair Business Park in County Donegal, in which the development of the N14/A5 road project was endorsed, his plans to advance and fast-track the project; when he expects construction to...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh Mr. Moran. I was looking at The Irish Timespiece that Mr. Moran had in 2008 looking forward to 2009, when the podcast went off. I am not being paid by The Irish Timesto do that deliberately. It is the second time it has happened, so my apologies. Mr. Moran has said that in 2005 he suggested to his clients to sell and not buy at that point in time. Clearly they...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: If we consider the peak year of 2006, some €3.6 billion worth of transactions took place in Ireland. How many individuals or syndicates were involved in those transactions?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Moran stated that people were interested in stoking up the property market. The figures he provided indicate that a small number of individuals or syndicates were involved in the transactions in question. How could it have been in their interests to continue to invest when the suggestion was that the market was overheated?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Moran mentioned the fact that very little, if any, purchasing was done through the medium of cash and that lending was very much bank led. We know that €3.6 billion was spent here by Irish investors in 2006. However, large multiples of that amount were invested outside of the jurisdiction. Will Mr. Moran outline the type of investments involved in that regard?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Am I correct in stating that Irish investors invested approximately twice as much in the UK property market as they did in the Irish property market?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: In Mr. Moran's experience, would that have been funded by Irish-based banks?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Moran referred to his firm's responsibility to its clients and also to the financial institutions. What is his opinion regarding the financial stability update issued in 2007 which stated that when loans relating to commercial properties fall into arrears, banks expect to write off 60% of the money involved whereas the level of write-off in the context of residential properties is 18%?...