Results 30,241-30,260 of 36,036 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the present state of national monument DG025-029001, DG025-029003, DG025-029006, DG025-029004, DG025-029005,  DG025-029002, and their grounds and access roads at present; if he will ensure that access to these national monuments is upgraded and the vicinity in which they stand is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 232. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient who is under the care of a consultant (details supplied) in County Donegal since November 2012 was informed that their surgery will not be carried out; the reason this is the case, and reassure this patient that they will receive the necessary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32460/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 233. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) in County Donegal whose case has been regarded as priority may expect to be called for elective hip surgery in view of the fact that the patient is in severe pain; the number of elective hip replacements carried out at this hospital last year and the expected number for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Other Questions: Banking Sector Remuneration (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The taxpayer spent €120,000 on the Mercer report and the public expected that senior bankers would see reductions in salaries. My question was specific, in that it related to base salaries. At AIB and Bank of Ireland, 257 individuals are on remuneration packages of more than €200,000. Some 2,500 are on remuneration packages of more than €100,000. I want the Minister...

Other Questions: Economic Growth Initiatives (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There has been much talk and one would be forgiven for thinking that Europe is going to come to our rescue with a huge stimulus package. It is being presented that way. The Minister mentioned the MFF, the budget agreed in Europe last week, and while the figures for the billions that will be invested over that seven year period are great, if one peels off the layers one finds that the budget...

Other Questions: Strategic Investment Fund Management (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We have been in record as arguing for the NPRF to be used as a stimulus so I welcome the fact that the Minister is finally moving in this direction. Next month, it will be two years since the Minister announced this legislation. He says he is hopeful it can be enacted by the end of the year. Deputy Michael McGrath raised other issues in respect of governance. We know there is a commitment...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Bank Codes of Conduct (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We are now approaching the mid-point of this Government's term in office. I assume that when the Minister took office he did not expect to be approaching the mid-point with the mortgage crisis getting worse. The latest figures show there is an increase in mortgage arrears. Under the Minister's stewardship, we have seen a doubling of the number of those in mortgage distress. There was also...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Bank Codes of Conduct (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister said, the new code of conduct on mortgage arrears came into force yesterday. There is no doubt that the banks are enjoying the fact that the Government and the Central Bank have let them off the leash. In recent months there has been a major spike in the number of people whose mortgages are in distress contacting my constituency offices in Donegal. The distress to which I...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Bank Codes of Conduct (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason, at a time of still increasing mortgage arrears, he is allowing banks, through a revised Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears, to deal more aggressively with struggling home owners including by removing the 12 month moratorium, lifting the limit of three contacts per month and supporting the reversal of the Dunne judgment. [32192/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Staff (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Notwithstanding the revelations on the Anglo tapes, I have made clear for a long time that those who were in senior positions in Anglo Irish Bank should not have been in the employ of the State. The individuals in question earned more than the Minister for Finance until February this year, despite having been involved in a bank that cost the State more than €30 billion. We see the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Staff (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he regrets continuing to employ persons (details supplied) in a State owned bank; the actions he took to ensure they were fit to hold these positions that were recently published in the media. [32191/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Staff (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The question was whether the Minister regrets continuing to employ Mr. John Bowe and Mr. Peter Fitzgerald, the latter until February of this year, in respect of which the Minister has passed the buck to the board of the bank. In October 2011, I asked the Minister how many of the top 50 senior executives employed in Anglo Irish Bank prior to the crash were still employed by the State. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the end of quarter two figures for mortgage resolutions targets will be published. [31709/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance the money that could be saved for the Exchequer if fuel dyeing was discontinued. [31808/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer each year as a result of diesel laundering. [31940/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered ending the process of dyeing diesel and instead offering a rebate to farmers, transport firms, hauliers and so forth, to compensate for accessing the more expensive diesel type. [31941/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 252. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of one excise duty for all diesel including green diesel, with a rebate system for agricultural and other users of green diesel; and if he will set out the financial ramifications of such a move. [32002/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Account Holders (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the issue of the losses accrued by credit unions because of the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the way these losses will affect members of the credit union movement; and if he is in contact with the credit union movement to discuss these losses. [31876/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Nationwide Report (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has not published the Irish Nationwide report to date; and if a banking inquiry is established, will he be forwarding the report to the inquiry team. [31862/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Nationwide Report (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to publish the report into Irish Nationwide, commissioned in 2009. [31773/13]