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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (16 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 1117. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 250 and 251 of the 16th of May 2013 if final approval has been issued to the two remaining Health Service Executive regions; if he will provide a county breakdown detailing the posts provided under the €35million funding provided; if he has satisfied himself that the funding has been utilised; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (11 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on plans to progress the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill; if this will substantially simplify and streamline the existing arrangements; if the reorganisation of the protection application processing framework will remove the current multi-layered processes and provide applicants with a final decision on their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The 11,500 people in question made income tax returns which means they might have had a tax liability in the State, but they are not tax-resident in respect of their global income.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I genuinely welcome this and the other proposals. As Mr. Flannery said, we can put flesh on the bones of this idea. If I thought there were hundreds of people availing of this scheme and some of them might attempt to abuse it, it could be justified by the number of genuine people who have Irish residency status in America or Canada or wherever else who want to contribute to this scheme, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the witnesses. This Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising document is an excellent one. It has busted a few myths for me and I am quite sad about some of the myths it has busted. We always had this impression that Ireland was the most giving nation in the world but the witnesses have outlined some very hard facts in regard to comparisons between ourselves and our closet...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will compare the interest rate of 8.8% payable under the microenterprise loan fund with the interest charges by banks to small and medium enterprises. [33499/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 48. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider seeking a reduction in the interests costs of the microenterprise fund in order to promote take up of the scheme. [33498/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 3 July, the exact dates as to when the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation was issued a court order; when it took possession of the evidence outlined in the question response; the date the bank was compelled and the date on which the Nyberg banking commission received the evidence outlined; the dates on which...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement used a court search warrant to seize information from Anglo Irish Bank in 2009 while the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation used a court order to seize its information. [33672/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff currently assigned to the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and to confirm if they are current or former employees of KPMG. [33673/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Interest Director Responsibilities (10 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance if the former public interest director (details supplied) at Anglo Irish Bank informed the Government of the existence of recorded phone conversations at the bank. [33674/13]

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...