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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Debt Restructuring (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: It is in English. I thought the Minister stated he read all of his material.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Debt Restructuring (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the need for a European Debt Conference to discuss and take action to reduce the high levels of debt of some EU countries including here. [4821/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Debt Restructuring (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: What is the State's position on having a European debt conference and the need for such a discussion to take place in order to reduce the high level of indebtedness of some EU countries, including Ireland? There has been much debate about what words were used by the Minister to the ambassadors. The Minister has said his words were taken out of context. However, it is very clear that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Debt Restructuring (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has not given us an indication of why it is the Government is resisting the idea of having a debt conference. One thing for sure is that we would not know the outcome of any such debt conference. Whether it would take place in the context of the Eurogroup or somewhere else is largely irrelevant. What is relevant is the need for a shift in thinking at the heart of Europe. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Debt Restructuring (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister will be aware that the Greek Minister for Finance tweeted, prior to the election, that the Minister was his first ally on the debt conference issue. This does not just concern what is happening in Greece, although I believe there is a genuine obligation on us, as a member state, to stop the absolute torture being imposed by the European Union. The Minister spoke in the House...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Repossession (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 12. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will bring forward to prevent banks moving to repossess family home before all other solutions have been exhausted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4655/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Central Bank (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 18. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the ECB’s quantitative easing programme will be implemented by the Central Bank of Ireland and the ECB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4653/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Water Conservation Grant (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the EU Commission water conservation grant amounts to an Exchequer transfer to Irish Water and the implications a similar finding from EUROSTAT would have on his budgetary plans. [4651/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the planned tax cuts in 2016 announced by him will be in line with the expenditure benchmark and the Stability and Growth Pact. [4652/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the total anticipated cost of the water conservation grant to her Department including any additional administration requirements and so on; if she will provide a breakdown of these costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4941/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Eurozone Crisis (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts in which and the dates on which Ireland's contribution to the EU loans to Greece will be repaid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4395/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 235. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons subject simultaneously to both the public service pension levy and the private pension levy for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4421/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is legally possible to charge a different, higher VAT rate for goods bought online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4528/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Register Establishment (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 253. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland will outsource the operation of the new credit register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4679/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Negative Equity Mortgages Data (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 254. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons whose homes are in negative equity. [4682/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 270. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners has a policy of withholding tax refunds until a person has paid their property tax for the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4773/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (3 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 462. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment to see a consultant in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4790/15]

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

Pearse Doherty: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of deferred tax assets held by each State backed bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4101/15]

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

Pearse Doherty: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if PermanentTSB has contracted external consultants to advise on raising capital; and if so, the company involved; the value of the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4102/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Transactions (29 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect the Central Bank of Ireland's holding of the Anglo Irish Bank bonds will have on Ireland's ability to avail of quantitative easing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4104/15]