Results 30,541-30,560 of 36,036 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (22 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance following the announcement by the National Asset Management Agency of the disposal of the so called Project Aspen portfolio of €810 million of loans relating to a developer (details supplied), if he will provide his assessment on the deal which involves NAMA providing staple finance and retaining a stake in the loans; if he will confirm the security...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Participation (22 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 23 April 2013, and further to his statement on 13 May 2013 that it seems to me that if we had one more sale of Irish paper, we would be eligible for outright monetary transactions scheme, if he will outline his basis for believing this to be the case and the reason he does not believe we would be eligible for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Participation (22 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 23 April 2013, and further to his statement on 13 May 2013 that we have not decided in Government yet whether we will apply or not for the Outright Monetary Transactions scheme but it is something that seems to be a mechanism that is working very well and it might be something that we would want to avail of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Participation (22 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 23 April 2013, and further to the publication on 14 May 2013 by the National Treasury Management Agency of its May 2013 presentation to investors which includes the statement clarity on Ireland's eligibility for ECB’s new Outright Monetary Transactions, OMT, would be helpful to underpin sustainable market...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (22 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to his statement that up to 200 housing estates in the State may be bulldozed, if he will outline the prior consideration that will be given to offering the estates for sale subject to conditionality including that the estates be made habitable within a specified period of time. [24702/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry Issues (22 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the publication on 14 March 2013 of the report Equine DNA and Mislabelling of Processed Beef Investigation and Parliamentary Question No. 996 of 16 April 2013 and comments of 15 May 2013 by the British Member of Parliament, Anne McIntosh, if his Department has concluded its consideration of the possibility of instituting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority Investigations (22 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 259. To ask the Minister for Health further to comments of 15 May 2013 by the British Member of Parliament, Anne McIntosh which criticized the Food Safety Authority of Ireland for failing to provide information to assist the probe into the horsemeat scandal in Britain, if he will outline the requests made to the FSAI by the British parliamentary probe and outline the responses provided. [24704/13]

Other Questions: State Banking Sector Regulation (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I will be succinct in the hope of getting a reply. Did the Minister receive any contrary advice on the direction he took, which was to abstain in regard to Mr. Boucher's remuneration or salary? Did he receive any contrary advice, other than to abstain?

Other Questions: State Banking Sector Regulation (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I take it he got contrary advice given the fact he will not give it out.

Other Questions: NAMA Loans Sale (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We need a very big debate in regard to the direction NAMA is taking, given the fact it has now bunched these loans into projects such as Project Aspen and Project Club. I am glad Project Club has been cancelled because there are serious questions in regard to individuals around that. Given the decision to sell portions of projects instead of individual assets, it is very clear NAMA is now...

Other Questions: State Banking Sector Regulation (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It is fair to say the general public was sickened when the Minister decided not to exercise his right to vote against the remuneration of the CEO of Bank of Ireland, Richie Boucher, who receives a salary of €843,000. He holds the citizens' votes in trust. He holds them on behalf of the citizens who bailed out the bank. I would like to join Deputy McGrath in asking the Minister to...

Other Questions: Financial Instruments (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There is significant concern about this issue and it was ventilated earlier when we discussed food poverty and the impact that has on developing countries. I would like to focus on the concerns of many groups about the watering down of this directive during the review. There has been a deal of transparency. For example, Sharon Bowles and a number of other senior MEPs have put on record the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Charges (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: In November 2011, when the ECB cut its interest rate, the Minister, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, brought the banks in and told them clearly that they must cut their rates. Initially, they refused, but as a result of the pressure the Government brought to bear, eventually, they did so. The Taoiseach said at the time that, if...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Charges (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Can the Minister confirm that there is nothing to prevent him, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform from doing exactly what they did in November 2011, which was to call the heads of the banks in and ask why none of them has passed on the ECB rate reduction? Is there anything to prevent them doing that or does the Minister support AIB fleecing its variable rate...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Charges (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the need for banks to pass on European Central Bank interest rate changes; and the action he will take to compel them to do so. [24350/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation that took place with his Department by the Central Bank of Ireland before the launch of the pilot scheme for consumer multi-debt restructuring on 8 May 2013. [24130/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation that took place between his Department and the Central Bank of Ireland before the launch of the pilot scheme for consumer multi-debt restructuring on 8 May 2013. [24108/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a legislative basis by which unsecured creditors can be forced to accept write-downs in outstanding debt under the Central Bank of Ireland pilot scheme for consumer multi-debt restructuring. [24109/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of creditor companies that have signed up to the Central Bank of Ireland pilot scheme for consumer multi-debt restructuring; and if he will outline the impact the reported rejection of the scheme by the Irish League of Credit Unions will have on the scheme. [24110/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures (21 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 8 May 2013, if he will confirm that the National Asset Management Agency has provided loan information to its borrowers showing the par value of loans and the NAMA acquisition price in this specific incidence. [24098/13]