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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered a proposal for a salary review in respect of the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive; if this is an upward review; the sum involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13775/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the proposed pay levels for the chief executives of the new hospitals groups; if he has proposed bonus payments for these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13776/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is planning to outsource the running of its IT systems and their operation to HP; and if so, if there is a precedent for central banks outsourcing functions, particularly IT to private companies; the countries involved and the periods for which they have used outsourcing. [13709/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is about to outsource its IT operations; if so, the protocols that are in place to ensure that commercially sensitive information will be protected in such an event; his views on whether it is appropriate that any such outsourcing is made to a company that is in fact regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. [13710/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is about to outsource its IT operations; if so, the amount it currently costs to run the IT operations; the cost of the outsourcing; and the savings that will be made if such outsourcing is to take place. [13711/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is about to outsource its IT operations; if so, the tender procedure the bank has undertaken to contract a private IT operator and the costs associated with the tendering process. [13712/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Service Contracts (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration was given to the outsourcing of a call centre to a private company to deal with calls relating to the local property tax; if the cost of such a centre was estimated at €4.9 million; if it was intended that calls taken by that centre would then be processed back to Revenue; if he still intends to proceed with plans for a private call...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an gcuirfidh sé eolas ar fáil i bhfoirm tábla maidir le cé mhéad pacáiste tacaíochta teanga atá curtha amach chuig tuismitheoirí óna Roinn, agus é mionsonraithe de réir contae agus de réir míosa [13642/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sé cuntas ar cé mhéad pacáiste réigiúnach éagsúil tacaíochta teanga atá ann, ar an ábhar atá i ngach pacáiste tacaíochta teanga atá ar fáil, ar theideal gach foilseacháin atá sna pacáistí agus ar na contaetha lena...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén méid airgid atá caite go dtí seo ar chur chun cinn na bpacáistí tacaíochta teanga; agus cén costas a bhaineann le gach ábhar / gach feachtas. [13644/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the proposed Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if he will list the public facilities in which the maps and associated documents were displayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13676/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if he will list the newspapers and radio stations in which the advertising for the consultation process were carried and the dates of these announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13677/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if there is a requirement in his Department’s written guidelines or guidelines within the National Parks and Wildlife Service for prior consultation with landowners before formal written correspondence is issued informing them that their land...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if prior consultation has ever taken place with landowners before their land is included in a SPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13679/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the coordinates of sightings over the past six years of the corncrake in the area proposed to be included in the Falcarragh/Meenlaragh Special Protection Area, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13680/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if he will suspend the process of designation until such time as agreement can be reached with the local communities on the boundaries of the SPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13681/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (20 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to correspondence sent to him regarding an application to remain here under the 2004 student probationary extension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; if this application will be approved in view of the fact that the applicant commenced studies in December 2004; and if he will make a statement on the...

Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Government has promised to bring forward legislation to cut the pay of public sector workers, including gardaí, nurses and firefighters. All front-line workers will face mandatory pay cuts if they do not sign up to the Croke Park deal. Ministers have made this threat repeatedly for several weeks and we know public sector workers will be considering the matter. It is clear that the...

Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I am speaking about the threat made by several Ministers to cut wages in the public sector.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There is a threat to introduce legislation. Is legislation being promised to cut the pay of senior bankers? Does the Minister think it acceptable that the CEO of Bank of Ireland, Mr. Richie Boucher, would still be earning €612,000, even if he succumbed to the request to cut his pay by 10%? Why is the Government treating senior bankers with kid gloves, while taking the hammer to...