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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department have investigated the use of personal guarantees for commercial lending in the State; if he has compared practice in this area with other jurisdictions, and if personal guarantees are a deterrent to economic development. [11351/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 19 February 2013, the reason he did not publish the directions issued to the National Asset Management Agency on or around 6 February 2013 at that time; the reason NAMA has not itself published the directions; and the reason he failed to publish the directions last week as stated in his reply. [11352/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consultancy Contracts (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if any State contracts had been provided to Enrst and Young since 2011; and if so, if he will list the contract details and value. [11448/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Legal Fees (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to the judgement in the High Court case between the National Asset Management Agency and the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information, the total legal fees incurred by NAMA to date in the case and the estimate of all legal costs including those of the OCEI. [11488/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Court Cases (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to the judgement in the High Court case between the National Asset Management Agency and the Office of the Commissioner for Environment Information, if he has considered issuing a direction to NAMA pursuant to section 14 of the NAMA Act 2009, not to appeal the judgement of the High Court to the Supreme Court. [11489/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Legal Fees (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the quantum of gross legal fees billed to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation as a result of the direct engagement of a law firm (details supplied) for both calendar year 2012 and for 2013 between 1 January and 6 February 2013. [11594/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Legal Fees (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the quantum of payments made by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to a law firm (details supplied) for both calendar year in 2012 and for 2013 between 1 January and 6 February 2013. [11595/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the special assigned relief programme tax relief in 2012; the number of persons that have submitted preliminary tax payments for 2013 on the basis of the new SARP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11645/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm whether a piece of land in Dublin 20 (details supplied) is currently under the control of the Department of Finance. [11208/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Constitutional Amendment on Children (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 294 of 20 November 2012 and 691 of 6 November 2012, if he will provide the total number of persons employed in the following roles in the Children's Referendum, Special Presiding Officers, Presiding Officers, Supervisory Presiding Officers and Area Inspectors, Poll Clerks, Count Supervisors, Count...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Offshore Islands (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding that will be made available to upgrade the roads infrastructure on County Donegal's populated offshore islands in 2013; the total expenditure by his Department in 2012 on infrastructure programmes on County Donegal's populated offshore islands; the amount allocated in his Department for the development of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Offshore Islands (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has allocated a sum of money to facilitate the commencement of construction of a helipad on Toraigh Island should planning permission for the project be approved in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10942/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 17 July 2012, the progress made in relation to the advancement of the Falcarragh sewerage scheme, County Donegal; when this project is likely to commence; the amount of funding allocated by his Department to the advancement of this project in 2013; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Noise Pollution Legislation (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation and regulations governing issues of noise pollution with specific reference to noise pollution created by vehicles on roads in residential areas. [11210/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Noise Pollution Legislation (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the noise pollution restrictions that apply to a road (details supplied) in Dublin 20 and the person responsible for enforcing these restrictions. [11211/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 431 of 20 November 2012 and 691 of 6 November 2012, if he will provide the total number of the persons employed in the following roles in the Children's Referendum who were immediately previously unemployed or on the live register, Special Presiding Officers, Presiding Officers,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has ever undertaken research into the use of polygraph technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11585/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Personal Insolvency Act to remove the veto from lenders over restructuring plans. [10584/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the number of foreshore and aquaculture licences processed to completion by his Department in 2012; the average waiting times for the processing of the applications; the number of applications still awaiting determination; the steps taken by his Department to expedite the processing of the applications; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 549 of 22 January 2013 and the vote of the European Parliament on the 6 February 2013 to adopt a legislative resolution on the proposal of a regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 regarding the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of...