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Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Agreement (31 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of options that have been presented to him by the Troika regarding Ireland's exit from the programme; and if he will state the options that were presented. [4825/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Promissory Notes (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I am glad this topic was selected. Reuters Canada broke the story of the promissory note last week, followed by Reuters London and a Bloomberg interview that quoted three different sources from the meeting of the ECB last week, but this is the first time we have had an opportunity to speak about the restructuring of the promissory note and the fallout that occurred as a result of that...

Topical Issue Debate: Promissory Notes (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister did not enlighten us at all because he gave no additional information. I appreciate he will not give us the detail and intricacies of discussions at ECB governing council meetings but can he tell the Parliament whether a proposal, agreed by him, was put forward by Governor Honohan, and if so whether it met with resistance? Is the preferred option off the table and are we...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach referred to the troika. Does the Government plan to bring forward legislation to amend the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 to remove the legal impediment to repossessions based on the troika's advice to it? Will such legislation contain provisions to protect homeowners against repossession? In the past 24 hours we have been subjected to a number of well known and...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Next month marks the second anniversary of the Government's entry into office.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: This Administration has been in office for almost two years and the Taoiseach has indicated that he is glad the figures are not rising. Each day 115 people fall into mortgage distress. This is an absolute crisis. As already stated, the Government has been in power for almost two years and it continues to refer to the Personal Insolvency Act, the provisions of which have yet to be...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach should answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Taoiseach please answer the question I asked, particularly for the 180,000 people whose mortgages are distressed?

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Inniu, beidh Eagraíocht Naomh Uinseann de Pól ag foilsiú tuairisc s'acu a inseoidh, don chéad uair, go bhfuil breis agus 100,000 duine ag tiontú chuig an eagraíocht sin fá choinne tacaíocht fá choinne ghnáth chaiteachas cosúil le ola fá choinne teach a théthú nó bia a chur ar an tábla nó fa choinne...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: The Gathering Expenditure (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any special arrangements in terms of financial support to be made available for traditional Irish musicians, dancers and artists for the duration of the Gathering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4500/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the Exchequer borrowing level per year for the next three years and the promissory note/banking component of this borrowing. [4564/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest that will be paid this year to service debt and the component of this interest that is bank related debt. [4580/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Guarantee Scheme (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the remaining guaranteed bonds that remain to be paid. [4565/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if staff at the National Treasury Management Agency received bonuses in 2012; if so, the total of the bonuses paid; and if he will provide in tabular form the individual bonuses paid per type of employee. [4652/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in the Shareholder Management Unit in the Department of Finance; and the cost of the SMU in full year 2012 and the budgeted cost in full year 2013. [4653/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in the Shareholder Management Unit who are seconded to the SMU from the National Treasury Management Agency and if he will set out in bands of three months the number of secondees and their duration of secondment from the National Treasury Management Agency to the SMU. [4654/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons working in the Shareholder Management Unit in the Department of Finance who are not employees of the Department of Finance or secondments from the National Treasury Management Agency. [4656/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Numbers (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of individual secondments from the National Treasury Management Agency in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. [4655/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures in place at the NewERA organisation within the National Treasury Management Agency to prevent conflicts of interest if employees or staff in NewERA are appointed to companies being created under the auspices of NewERA or in which the State is disposing of stakes. [4657/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement (30 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he will take to address the anomaly in central public sector procurement whereby local suppliers may supply goods and services at a cost less than that charged by a supplier awarded centrally through the National Procurement Service. [4719/13]