Results 28,621-28,640 of 35,924 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the impact of the National Asset Management Agency on the economy of the North of Ireland and if that impact has, to date, been positive. [9019/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the differences in approach between the National Asset Management Agency and a potential commercial buyer of its Northern assets, in the context of the impact of differing approaches on Northern Ireland's economy. [9020/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the number of jobs that are presently supported by the National Asset Management Agency in Northern Ireland. [9021/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Transactions (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the revenue generated by the National Asset Management Agency from its disposal of assets in Northern Ireland; and if he will provide his assessment if these disposals are in line with NAMA’s commitment not to hoard or fire sale assets. [9022/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of a bank refusing to consider loan applications from anybody benefiting from the family income supplement; his views on whether this practice is arbitrary and discriminatory; and his further views on whether it is in line with best practice and regulations set down by the Central Bank of Ireland. [9177/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on requesting independent individuals of any of the four major auditing and accounting firms to the main banks before and during the crisis to review the decision of the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to initiate proceedings against a company (details supplied) for its role in auditing Anglo Irish bank, but not to pursue...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff currently seconded to his Department from external companies; the company from which each person is seconded and the role of each in his Department. [9573/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of children who have been granted reasonable accommodation in respect of their junior certificate examination in the past five years; the number who have been granted reasonable accommodation in respect of their leaving certificate examination in the past five years; the number who have applied and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 361. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the applications received by his Department from Donegal County Council in respect of flooding damage including the amount requested and a list of works and details of damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9640/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 419. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an appeal for domiciliary care allowance has not been assigned to an appeals officer in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9633/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 420. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the means test for the humanitarian assistance scheme includes a capital assessment; the number of persons per county who have applied for relief under the humanitarian assistance scheme as a result of the recent flooding to date; the length of time to process the applications; the average payment made under the scheme; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 424. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of all lands that have been removed from the Falcarragh to Meenlargh special area of conservation (details supplied); the dates of the removals; the reasons for the removals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9631/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 425. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of site visits undertaken by the National Park and Wildlife Service with landowners-users of lands currently or previously designated under the Falcarragh to Meenlargh special area of conservation (details supplied); the number of visits in which officials met personally with the landowners concerned; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received a submission or correspondence from the Architects Alliance of Ireland in respect of the new building regulations; his views on this correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9624/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria for inclusion on the register of approved builders for the purposes of the new building regulations; if the register has been compiled; if he will consider granting a derogation to those who have embarked upon the planning process before the introduction of the new regulations; if he will confirm that the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has met with representatives of Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists in relation to the impact of the new building regulations on the profession; if he has considered the onerous obligations it places on members of CIAT who wish to be included on the register; if his attention has been drawn to the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Harbours and Piers Expenditure (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation at Magheraroarty pier in County Donegal whereby dredging is required on an ongoing basis when sand accumulates at the pier; the amount spent dredging this pier to date; if he intends to make funding available to Donegal County Council to develop and implement a permanent...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 608. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm receipt of correspondence of the ERAD division from my office in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Donegal; the reasons a reply has not been issued in respect of same; if the matter complained of has been investigated; if compensation will be awarded to the person in question; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 609. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing an application for AEOS in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9629/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (25 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 610. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for the delay in processing an application for the AEOS scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9630/14]