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Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Tá ceist agam faoi dhá phíosa reachtaíochta atá fógartha. First, will the climate action and low carbon development Bill be debated in the Houses before the summer recess? Second, the Government made commitments under Construction 2020. Today, a State bank, AIB, began a social network campaign aimed at young people telling them not to wait until pay day to buy...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: It is a throwback to the problems that got us to this point. Under Construction 2020, the Government is committed to introducing an insurance or guarantee scheme to increase to up to 95% loan-to-value ratios for new mortgage participants. Is it still the intention to continue with this hair-brained idea? Does the Government need to legislate to bring it about? If so, when will that...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I apologise to Deputy Ó Fearghaíl, but I did not get an answer on the climate change Bill.

Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: No.

Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Will it be this session?

Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Tá trí cheist agam ar reachtaíocht atá fógraithe. Baineann an chéad cheist le Bille leasaithe an ESM, which the Minister informed me will be brought forward to allow for the burning of bondholders into the future and potential retroactive recapitalisation of the banks. When is that legislation due to be published given that there is a deadline by which all of...

Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: -----and a person must wait two and a half weeks to get an appointment. A constituent of mine who previously fought for Ireland cannot get passport clearance in time to go fight for her country.

Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: It is an issue that needs to be addressed. I have previously engaged with the relevant Ministers on this issue. The final issue relates to the Minister and the Department of Health. It was announced by the Government that a Supplementary Estimate for the Department of Health will again be necessary. This relates to the U-turn by Government, rightly so, in relation to discretionary...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Numbers (24 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of transfers of tracker mortgages to new homes AIB has facilitated since it announced the move in March; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26637/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (24 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 27 May 2014 if, in view of the transcript of the hearing in the Delaware bankruptcy court on 13 May 2014, when Judge Sontchi stated in his summing up, which led to the order for IBRC to set aside US$36 million, there is money being set aside to make sure that, in the event the recognition order is overturned,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Sector (24 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form for each of Bank of Ireland, Allied Irish Banks, Permanent TSB, National Treasury Management Agency and the National Asset Management Agency, the number of employees currently on a total remuneration package between €100,000 to €200,000; €200,001 and €300,000; €300,001 and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Pensions (24 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 320 of 27 May 2014, the number of the 119 former Ministers he mentions who are serving Ministers. [26700/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Pensions (24 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 320 of 27 May 2014, the number of the 119 Ministers he mentions who were Ministers of State; the number who were full Ministers; and if any of the 119 are receiving or will receive more than one ministerial Oireachtas pension. [26701/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is being subject to harassment that goes beyond appropriate and acceptable behaviour by a social welfare inspector; if she can provide any evidence that this person is not fully compliant with the terms and conditions of their claim for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations (24 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 466. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the Director of Public Prosecutions decision regarding a Garda investigation arising from evidence uncovered by the Moriarty tribunal. [26816/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Renewals (24 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 667. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider implementing a procedure whereby persons working abroad can have their driving licences renewed or replaced in the event of such a licence being lost or stolen without having to present themselves in person at a national driving licence service centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26633/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Renewals (24 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 668. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will facilitate the replacement for a stolen driving licence in respect of a person (details supplied) without the need for them to return to Ireland. [26634/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: My questions are not about the bond yields, although I propose to comment briefly on that issue. On Professor McHale's comment that the quantative easing programme was responsible in part for the fall in Irish bonds, it could also be argued that it also played a part in the fall of bond yields in Greece. I do not believe Greece reaching its targets was the result of it being subject to a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The council's report identifies as an area of control the possible dampening of the property tax if house prices were to increase. The Government already has a strategy for housing. One of the areas identified is Government support where loan-to-value ratios are at 95%. This was criticised by the IMF in its report yesterday. Is this an issue of concern for the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council?