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Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Surprise, surprise.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister will always get a job as a stand-up comedian.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Free health, free education, free septic tanks, free school books. The Minister does not want to hear.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: You are hilarious.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Is that what you told Deputy Kenny when he said it was morally unjust or when you told Deputy Gilmore to grow up and stop playing silly games?

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Sinn Féin is as aware as anybody that we are living in very difficult times. We have shown in each of our alternative budgets how we would do things differently and how we would face the challenges that the State faces in a fairer way. We know that there is no easy way out of the crisis, but the tax on the family home is not part of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Projects (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 514. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to an incident whereby a 245 foot wind turbine (details supplied) in County Donegal collapsed during high winds; if he intends to order a public investigation into this matter; if he intends to introduce legislation which makes provision for a minimum 1km set back distance for wind...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency Expenditure (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of any fees paid to speakers at events during Ireland's EU Preseidency. [26640/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excessive Deficit Procedure Administration (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the European Commission has brought recommendations for actions under the Excessive Deficit Procedure to the European Council; the way Ireland voted in each instance and if there was no vote if Ireland objected in any way to any of the recommendations. [27106/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excessive Deficit Procedure Administration (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the European Commission has brought recommendations for actions under the Excessive Deficit Procedure to ECOFIN; the way Ireland voted in each instance; and if there was no vote, if Ireland objected in any way to any of the recommendations. [27188/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance the office holders and former office holders who have access to or had access to the Ernst and Young report on Irish Nationwide as discussed in the RTÉ documentary Inside Irish Nationwide. [27327/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons with two or more properties are liable in 2013 for payment of non-principal private residence and local property tax; his views on whether this is a double taxation; the reason the fees are not consolidated; if he will explain the difference in the fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26915/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.80 of 21 May 2013, when he expects the Central Bank's of Ireland's administrative sanctions procedure into historic lending practices at Irish Nationwide Building Society to conclude. [26972/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of local property tax returns that have been received from each county as a percentage of eligible properties; if he will provide a breakdown for each county of the number of returns that were electronic and the number made by hand. [27077/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Residency Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 174,175,176 and 190 of 28 May 2013, the case law to which he is referring. [27081/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and names of all groups or individuals who made a submission to the Central Bank of Ireland's consultation on a review of the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears. [27571/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeilge (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an gcuirfidh sé acmhainní agus tacaíocht bhreise ar fáil do scoil (sonraí ar fáil) chun gur féidir an cúrsa Ardteistiméireachta trí mheán na Gaeilge a chur ar fáil do dhaltaí, ag cur i gcuntas go bhfuil an scoil suite i nGaeltacht Dhún na nGall agus go bhfuil éileamh...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will further examine the case of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, which has been taken off the schools' capital buildings programme in view of his previous commitments to do so; the outcome of this re-examination; if he considers that the construction of a new school on the site identified by the Department as a priority in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 401. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an Irish person born here will be asked to prove Irish nationality when applying for jobseeker's allowance or benefit. [27321/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (11 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that Irish citizens born in the six counties and resident in this State are entitled to equal rights as any other Irish citizens when applying for job seeker's assistance. [27322/13]