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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Debt Restructuring (29 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Finance the total aggregate amount in euro of original par value of loans where assets have been realised by the National Assets Management Agency and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation or the nationalised Angle/INBS; if he will detail those assets which have been realised by NAMA and IBRC; the total aggregate amount in euro for all assets that have been sold; the total...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (28 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received responses from the Irish Insurance Federation in respect of the Office of Public Works presentation regarding the proposed template for sharing information on flood defence and prevention measures; if this information has not been received, when he expects the IIF to respond to the presentation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (27 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is any legislation governing the establishment of federations or associations representing an entire business sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52722/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (27 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an order for deportation was made against a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52721/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Properties (27 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans the Health Service Executive may have for the future or continued use a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 7 as a drug treatment facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52719/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Properties (27 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Health if he has been provided with any further update from the Health Service Executive National Director of Estates on the use of the HSE has for a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 7; the additional progress has been made in advancing this situation since June 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52720/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which construction work will begin on the extension of the Luas BXD to Broombridge, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52759/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made to date on progressing the Luas BXD project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52760/12]

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Chapter 2 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report outlines the development of our national debt during the past four years. The graph provided - along with the rapid rise in the number who are unemployed - always strikes me as being the most disturbing illustration of the difficulties we are trying to manage at present. The graph in question shows that, as a result of the current...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Did Mr. Corrigan say €8 billion?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: That €7.25 billion is twice the amount of the adjustment the Government is seeking to make in the budget in the context of increasing taxes and reducing spending.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: This really illustrates the challenge we face in the context of our debt levels. The amount we are going to spend next year on servicing our debt is twice that of the saving the Government proposes to make in the budget. Will Mr. Corrigan indicate how he perceives we might deal with this issue over time?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: I will leave it at that. I thank Mr. Corrigan for answering all of my questions.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: In its engagement with investors the NTMA refers to the current state of affairs as opposed to how they could be in the future.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer to the different components of an improvement in our bank debt. Mr. Corrigan clarified that an arrangement on the promissory notes might not, of itself, improve the debt-to-GDP ratio which is one of the key thresholds of debt sustainability for our country. However, an arrangement on the ownership and value of our stake in the pillar banks could make a difference to the debt-to-GDP...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Is it correct to say that what will impact our overall debt-to-GDP ratio is the potential valuation given to the share price of the banks in which the State has a stake if these were disposed of at some point in the future?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Has the NTMA a yield figure in mind with regard to a sustainable return to the markets?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand. Mr. Corrigan made a point earlier in the discussion that our current yields are an improvement in many ways on the yield figures for the period when Ireland was rated as triple A.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue, then, is our relative performance in relation to Germany.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: In terms of the relative performance, is it correct that our notional bond yields with regard to the eight-year or ten-year debt are actually better than Spain's?