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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Is the overall economic forecast for the Continent a concern for our fiscal position?

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: There has been considerable speculation on water charges legislation and Ministers have refused to rule out the involvement of Revenue. Is it planned to introduce a water services (amendment) Bill which would change the structure of how charges are collected? Two weeks ago we debated the European Stability Mechanism, ESM, legislation. This is the day on which the ESM receives applications...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: That is not interest, it is capital.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach does not know the meaning of the word.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: He did not. It was a private letter to a colleague.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) had their payment cut; the criteria used; if all considerations, including PRSI deductions, were made in the means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41651/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 266. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form an analysis of the price of oil and the price of petrol, excluding excise duties in both cases, compared to the price of oil and petrol on the international market over the past ten years. [40909/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the liquidators at a credit union (details supplied) in County Kildare to engage with the local community and members of the credit union to put in place a plan for the future use of the credit union building as a resource for the community. [40914/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Applications Approvals (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 276. To ask the Minister for Finance the way persons who have already had a mortgage approval or are in the process of buying a house, but may not conclude the sale until 2015, will be affected by the proposed new Central Bank of Ireland rules on mortgage lending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41086/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Finance Agency Funding (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 313. To ask the Minister for Finance if loans from the Housing Finance Agency to voluntary sector housing associations are included in the calculation of the State's debt to GDP ratio. [41549/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budget Contribution (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 321. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the reported recalculation of EU member states' contributions will affect Ireland's contribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41640/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 322. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff directly employed by AIB and the number employed through outsourcing as of October 2014; and these same figures at the time of the State takeover of the bank. [41727/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 323. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that the outsourcing of staff at any bank in which the State has shares will be done in a way that respects the pay, conditions and trade union recognition standards of the staff involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41728/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 324. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff directly employed by all State owned or State part owned banks and the number employed through outsourcing as of October 2014, and these same figures at the time of the State takeover of the banks. [41729/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 329. To ask the Minister for Finance if the corporation tax measures in the Finance Bill 2014 have been approved by the EU Commission on state aid grounds. [41833/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 380. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs' contribution on the Trans Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in July 2014 and Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 16 October 2014 regarding the findings of the Copenhagen study commissioned by his Department, his plans to publish the findings of the report; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to ensure the interests of Ireland’s agriculture will be protected under the transatlantic trade and investment partnership negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41070/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay for the area based payment and the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41186/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to extend the early childhood care and education scheme and introduce a full second year of free pre-school care and education as part of the programme, with the option of spreading the entitlement out over the course of a number of subsequent years in the case of children who have special needs; if this is the case, his plans...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 610. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41112/14]