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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the average fees paid on the management of pension funds here and her plans to cap these fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6042/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Greek Government Bonds (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance , further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 4 February 2015, if he will provide in tabular form, the expected repayments of capital from Greece of the €347,437,121.03 owed to Ireland. [6134/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance the total contribution of Greece to the European Union loans Ireland has availed of. [6135/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: GDP-GNP Levels (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the liquidation process of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation has affected Ireland's debt to Gross Domestic Profit ratio in general terms, and in figures, for 2013 and 2014; and a prediction for the effect in 2015. [6144/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 334. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to re-introduce the annual rent allowance payable to new Garda recruits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5570/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 389. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made by the Health Service Executive to include the drug Daxas in the community drugs scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5456/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 398. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make changes to the pay and remuneration received by nurses participating in the graduate nursing scheme in order that they will have parity of income and remuneration with their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5573/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 453. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision on an application for a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5936/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 454. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment with a neurologist in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5937/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 455. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an operation in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5938/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 456. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a knee operation in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5939/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the current need for infrastructural improvement in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if her attention has been drawn to the need to upgrade and replace the school's ageing facilities and equipment; her views on the challenges facing teaching staff which this situation is causing; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she will take to ensure that the current pupil-teacher ratio in our schools is improved; her plans to ensure that children with special needs are provided with adequate educational supports in order for them to participate fully in education and learning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5863/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (5 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 151. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to detail the number of sponsored site visits by enterprise agencies to counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past seven years by each of the agencies; the number of these that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5210/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (5 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 152. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of jobs created in each of the past seven years in enterprise agency-supported companies in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of jobs lost in each of the past seven years in enterprise agency-supported companies in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an tOllamh Black chun an coiste. I welcome Professor Black. We are short on time and, as he can see, we have a very strict Chair. I will delve straight into an article Professor Black wrote in 2009 entitled “Those Who Forget the Regulatory Successes of the Past are Condemned to Failure”. He presents in it a model of how to build an effective...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I need to move on to another question as my time will run out. In his opening statement Professor Black talked about the ultra concentration of commercial lending is a tell to use poker analogy. He said that is a characteristic in the rapid model of growth. In relation to the ultra concentration of assets of other witnesses, we have had various reports done on behalf of the Irish...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Professor Black said a rolling loan gathers no loss.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: You have proven that you are more than a banker. With regard to rolling loans and a stagnant commercial property market, where there is a downturn in commercial property sales and investment but a bank's loan book to commercial developers keeps growing, is that a tell? Whether it is or not, what should the reaction be?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh Mr. Nava. I ask him to clarify the role of the Commission and the minimum requirements set for member states. Is it correct that the Commission sets the minimum standards through the process Mr. Nava outlined earlier? When the minimum standards were applied they were transposed into national law and the Commission stood back and did not check whether those minimum...