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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in granting a person (details supplied) in County Donegal the agri-environment options scheme payment for2014; when payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3721/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 369. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a hip replacement surgery from Cappagh hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3579/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Leases (22 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in arrears on their commercial leases to companies in which the National Asset Management Agency has an interest. [3210/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Leases (22 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of arrears on commercial leases to companies in which the National Asset Management Agency has an interest. [3211/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Incidence (22 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the number of cases of domestic violence involving male victims of domestic abuse that were reported to An Garda Síochána in County Donegal in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3179/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 155. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a hip operation with Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3177/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists (22 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 156. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 12, for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3178/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (22 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received correspondence from the National Collective of Community Based Women's Network in which the collective has formally requested a meeting with him in order to discuss future funding; his views on such a meeting with the NCCWN; if he will provide an indication as to when he plans to meet the collective in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that, because I have another commitment. The Department officials referred to the annual growth survey. Can the officials explain why GDP growth is ahead outside the eurozone countries? Why is there greater growth outside the eurozone by comparison with the eurozone? We have the figures. Is this the trend we have been seeing in recent times?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes - between the euro area and the rest of the EU.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: One of the Commission's proposals is what is termed an integrated approach. It is a more aggressive approach to tax evasion. Is the Department's position still that there is nothing to see here in respect of the Commission's investigation into the activities of a multinational company here? Has the Department formalised an approach on whether it will co-operate with the European Parliament...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Department expect an outcome of "nothing to see here"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Department of Finance co-operate with the European Parliament investigation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The Commission refers to growth-friendly fiscal consolidation. We hear the term time and again. During the budget, the Minister for Finance and other senior Ministers referred to how reducing the tax rate at the highest level would create so many jobs over so many years. Is it the case that an investment or social transfer of equal value would create the same amount of jobs? Has any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: That translates into what I have referenced in respect of the statement on budget day to the effect that reduction of the top rate of tax would create X jobs over X years. If an investment or social transfer of equal value were to take place, would it have the same impact in terms of job creation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Given the time constraints, we will not deal too much with that. Reference was made to the alert mechanism. One of the EU budgetary rules is the expenditure benchmark, something the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has raised several times, as have I. This limits new spending, including tax cuts, to the rate of growth. Can the Department officials set out the legal basis of this rule? How...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Is it binding in nature? Is it one of these rules that are somewhat fluffy around the edges? What if we breach it? I realise things can change in terms of revenues and growth rates and so on. I expect the Department's information was correct late last year when it produced a figure of €400 million. What if the Government were to surpass that in terms of expenditure or tax cuts?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Regarding the investment plan, when we are dealing with the excessive deficit procedure we cannot breach those targets but we can now because the European Commission has just decided to change the rules on investment. Is that correct? If we couple this with investment from Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's plan on the use of state resources, it will not be accounted for.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: If we consider the 3% deficit rule, is it correct that at this point in time EUROSTAT is the adjudicator in regard to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: However, the Commission is now saying we should not worry about what EUROSTAT says and that if we use some of this money that takes us above the 3% deficit rule it will not account for it. EUROSTAT is no longer the final adjudicator in this regard.