Results 27,701-27,720 of 35,959 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Investigations (3 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 23. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure for the EU Commission’s investigation into a possible State aid breach by Ireland in the case of Apple; his views on whether the scope of the investigation will be widened; and if the Revenue Commissioner have changed or are intending to change their procedure for advanced opinions. [28490/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Allowances (3 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been a recent change in the way meal allowances for some civil servants are treated for tax purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28756/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2015 (3 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will decide the adjustment for budget 2015; and on which data he will make the decision. [28816/14]

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: My first question is one I raised last week. Can the Taoiseach clarify when the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government will issue regulations under subsection 20(6) of the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009? These are the regulations that will allow local authorities to vary local property tax rates by a factor of 15%. As the Taoiseach knows, local authorities do not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (2 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of the mortgages sold by Bank of Ireland (ICS) to Dilosk Limited that are PDHs or buy to lets. [28564/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Report Implementation (2 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance if the sale of ICS loans to Dilosk Ltd. includes the entire ICS loan book; if it includes the entire mortgage platform; if the value of the total transfers from ICS will match the assessment of the value he gave Dáil Éireann during recent debates of €1 billion. [28608/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (2 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the sale of ICS loans to Dilosk Ltd. will help create greater competition in the mortgage sector as the company itself states it has a particular focus on residential investment properties for buyers of family homes as opposed to buy to lets. [28609/14]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: It is the intention of the NTMA to use PPS numbers with prize bonds. Will this happen without delay?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: It will be more difficult to buy prize bonds for one's nephew or niece. One will need his or her PPS number.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: There are two deletions in Part 2 of Schedule 2, the amendments to the Ombudsman Act 1980, which relate to the National Development Finance Agency and the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission. Obviously, that is because both agencies will be dissolved as part of the legislation.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: My focus is on the amendments to the Ombudsman Act 1980. Can the Minister of State clarify which provisions are being affected?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Is it that they are removed from recourse to the ombudsman?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The agencies will cease to exist when the presidential seal is put on the legislation. The effect of the provision we are deleting was to give individuals recourse to the financial ombudsman. That was the reason for the Schedule in the first place. Is that not correct? Were these agencies exempted from the Ombudsman Act? Is it that they no longer need to be exempt as they are being dissolved?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: In relation to technical amendments on Report Stage, can we have the notes circulated?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: It would avoid us having to wait on the floor of the Dáil if we could have that before hand.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: On amendment No. 49, can we get a note on the sections affected by that table, Part 4, before Report Stage?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Can the Minister of State elaborate on the amendments the Minister for Finance intends to bring before us on Report Stage?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: On the 4%, we do not want the Minister to be able to raid the fund for Exchequer spending, given that it is supposed to be an investment fund and is supposed to continue to generate income. As I mentioned earlier on the directed investment area, the Minister gives himself the power to invest the fund in its entirety in a bank, and yet there is a limitation on the percentage that can be drawn...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: What is the relationship there?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: At this late hour, I will accept a note on that.