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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies Reports (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will lay the latest annual report and accounts for the Irish Film Classification Office before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [20868/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for orthodontic treatments in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; the number of these that have been on the list for more than two years; the number of these who have been on this list for more than one year; the average length of time spent by a child on the waiting list before treatment is carried out;...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There is no doubt that Maura and Robert Gunn have done a huge service to many individuals who would have seen their family homes repossessed were it not for the case adjudicated upon by Ms Justice Dunne in July 2011. Many people refer to it as the Dunne judgment, but it should be called the Gunn judgment because of the individuals involved in the case against Start Mortgages at the time....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (1 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 58. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in the drafting of the Local Government Bill; and when he expect the Bill to be published. [20501/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (1 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 65. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made with the proposed alignment of local government and the engagement there has been with representatives of staff and the community sector. [20498/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (1 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the right a citizen has to a bank account. [20600/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (1 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines that exist for banks regarding lodgements they can refuse to accept, that is, packs of coins under a certain value or coins as part of priority lodgments for businesses.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20634/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Why does the Minister forecast that unemployment will be worse in 2015? He is forecasting that it will be 12.8%, compared to the 11.7% he forecast last year. The other issue I have is with regard to the growth forecasts from 2013 to 2015. Last year the Minister forecast growth of 2.2% for 2013, but this has now been revised downwards to 1.3%. For 2014 the forecast was 3%, which is now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It is in the domestic economy that jobs will increase. Will the Minister answer the question? This is my third time to ask it. Why is he projecting a rise in unemployment in 2015, giving a level of 12.8%, compared to the projection of 11.7% that was made last year, despite all the work the Government claims it has done on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has revised them downwards as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We are pressed for time. We are not giving away anything. The figures show the Government is overshooting its targets and, as the Minister remarked earlier, bond rates are substantially lower. However, that is a result of the austerity and the pressure that ordinary people in this State have had to endure. That is what has resulted in these positives. While the markets may be pleased and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I understand that, but I am asking whether it is the Government's strategy to get to 3% and whether any benefit or overshoot will be given back in the form of an easing of austerity in that year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Keeping expenditure that low over that period will result in severe pressure on ordinary people. We have a growing and an ageing population and that will translate into serious difficulties.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: That may be the Minister's position, but many people will take the view, when they consider how they are getting on and the pressures they have in their lives, that it is not working. I want to move on to the point-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I am telling the Minister the reality of where people are at. That is the reality.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It is where a lot of people are at. It is fine to have projections on paper relating to deficits but there is an impact on real people and real lives in real communities, and that is what I am reflecting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: That is the reason I believe there needs to be a let-up in austerity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I fully contest that, but I want to move on to a question on unemployment. The Minister's last update, with which we must compare this, was in 2012. This time last year, the Minister estimated unemployment would be 11.7% in 2015. In this update, the Minister estimates it will be 12.8%. Given that the Government is suggesting that the action plan for jobs has been so successful, why does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Like Deputy McGrath, I have been trying to parse the figures in the best way possible in the short time available. Most people are concerned about the fiscal adjustment the Government plans in the October budgets this year and next year. The updated document the Minister has provided basically says to stay on course. Some of that is technical assumptions. According to the figures the...