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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if personal rather than employee tax credits were phased out for income earners over €100,000, with €1 in tax credits being lost for every €2 earned; the impact this would have on income earners' average tax take, using categories €100,001-€150,000,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if tax credits, personal and employee, were phased out for income earners over €100,000 with €1 in tax credits being lost for every €2 earned; the impact that would have on income earners' average tax take, using categories €100,001-€150,000, €150,001 -...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the dates on which the Garda bureau of fraud Investigation seized tapes from AIB and Bank of Ireland and-or other banks; and if a court order or court warrant was needed to access these tapes. [33671/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I propose to share time with Deputy McLellan. We have heard much about mortgages and I welcome the fact that we are debating the topic, which is one of the issues most frequently debated in Private Members' time in this Dáil. Sinn Féin tabled a Private Members' motion on the issue earlier in the year. We have heard much about the figures. I will never forget sitting in the...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff Recruitment (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I am well aware of the proposal to reopen five beds at Dungloe Community Hospital and four beds at Carndonagh Community Hospital and I am pleased this will be done in the coming weeks. It shows the importance of trade unions that SIPTU was instrumental in putting forward the proposal regarding Dungloe Community Hospital. It can be done because the staff are non-nursing staff. The reality...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff Recruitment (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Why then is the Government closing beds?

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff Recruitment (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Beds are being closed.

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff Recruitment (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The beds have been closed. What the Minister of State is saying is disgraceful.

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff Recruitment (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I hope this matter will be more engaging than the last debate between the Minister for Justice and Equality and the former Minister who was shamed out of office because of the false affidavit he provided against a colleague of mine. This issue is one I have been raising in the House nearly every sitting day for the last three weeks and I am delighted it has been selected. It concerns a...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the discussions between her Department officials and the officials of the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the announcement with much fanfare of the housing assistance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33260/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme Numbers (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the local authority community employment scheme announced in budget 2013; the number of persons who are currently participating in this scheme [33261/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Numbers (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 125. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 150 and 152 of 2 July 2013, the positions the seven officials in his Department held at the time of the banking guarantee and what positions they hold now. [33294/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency Expenditure (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of the advertisements placed in a publication (details supplied) on 2 July after the end of the Irish Presidency and the total cost of advertisements placed in media, broadcast, print and online, that were printed/broadcast/published after 30 June, the date of the end of the Presidency. [33031/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland was affected by a recent power disruption at the HP data centre in Santry, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32939/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Staff (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff of the former Anglo Irish Bank now employed by the National Treasury Management Agency and in the National Asset Management Agency specifically. [33120/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Staff (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that none of the former Anglo Irish Bank staff taken on by the National Asset Management Agency was involved in the events that led up to the failure of Anglo Irish Bank. [33121/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank Board Meetings (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out, by member, the attendance at Central Bank board meetings in the two years prior to the banking guarantee and in the months afterwards; the timeframe the board met; and the remuneration including expenses paid to the board members. [33039/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank Board Membership (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the members of the Central Bank board in the 15 years leading up to the banking guarantee and in the immediate aftermath of the guarantee. [33041/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if Anglo Irish Bank was trading solvently post September 2008 as a result of the banking guarantee; if the guarantee ensured the bank would not fail, or just insured that in the event of failure liabilities would be met; and if loan recipients following the banking guarantee can claim that their loans were issued fraudulently post 2008 because the bank was...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the members of the board of Anglo Irish Bank, who held position up to and post September 2008 failed in their responsibility to alert shareholders as to the financial difficulties that the bank was in. [33117/13]