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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat agus curaim fáilte roimh Professor Honohan. I welcome Professor Honohan to this meeting. I always enjoy his engagement with this committee and listening to his opinions outside of the committee. I have a number of questions but may not have time to get through them all. Regarding the recapitalisation of the banks - which the Government has decided will only apply...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that and acknowledge the fact that Professor Honohan is not at the heart of these discussions. However, it seems clear that they are trying to row back. If member states in the future have to guarantee the losses of the ESM for the ESM to invest in banks, it makes it more difficult for our Government to recoup the money that was transferred from the Irish taxpayer to the banks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Can I ask another question? Having read Professor Honohan's statement to the committee, it is clear that an agreement on the promissory note issue is done and dusted and there is just a bit of tidying up to be done. What we have designed is largely in the interests of the eurozone system as a whole. The design is there and I appreciate that Professor Honohan is not going to tell us about...

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: On the first day of the new term-----

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: -----I asked a specific question in regard to promised legislation. The Bill sits at No. 84 on the schedule announced this week.

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: When will the legislation be introduced? We can duck and dive all we want but this is required to give full effect to the strategic investment fund.

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste mentioned earlier that a special Cabinet meeting will be held to deal with the unemployment crisis. More than 430,000 people are on the live register. On 29 September the Government announced the strategic investment fund. As part of that announcement it indicated that legislative change would be needed to allow for resources to be channelled from the National Pensions...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the programmes that will benefit from the €3.6 million increase in the Consular, Passport and Irish Abroad Services of his Department that are outlined in Budget 2013. [1674/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 115 of 25 September 2012, if he will provide an assessment of the profit foregone in the National Asset Management Agency as a result of the proscription in section 99 and 202 of the NAMA Act 2009, blocking NAMA from selling assets to borrowers who are in default. [1548/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions 179, 180, 181 and 182 of 16 October 2012, if the National Asset Management Agency sells loans without placing such loans. on the open market [1549/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loan Book (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions 179, 180, 181 and 182 of 16 October 2012, to confirm the original book value of loans sold by the National Asset Management Agency since his response [1550/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Legal Fees (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 and 230 of 13 November 2012, if he will outline the approach by the National Asset Management Agency in assessing the recoverability of legal fees incurred in pursuit of certain loans and borrowers. [1551/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Investor Compensation Company Limited (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.46 of 12 December, 2012, and further to a report in a national newspaper (details supplied) which states in relation to Custom House Capital that the collapse of the entity will leave the State out of pocket by €15m, if he will reconfirm that the Investor Compensation Company Limited is entirely self-funding. [1552/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Contingent Capital Notes (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance following the announcement that negotiations to sell Bank of Ireland Contingent Capital Notes had concluded, if he will confirm the way he ensured that all potential buyers of the CCNs had equal access to all information required to make an investment decision. [1726/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Contingent Capital Notes (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance following the announcement of his Department on 9 January 2013 that negotiations to sell €500 million to €1 billion of Bank of Ireland Contingent Capital Notes has concluded, if he will confirm if the sale had been discussed by the Board of Bank of Ireland; the date or dates on which it was discussed and if he had been lobbied or received requests...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the total tax take as a percentage of GNP from 1992 to 2012. [1895/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail expenditure on health care as a percentage of total tax revenue and per capita from 1992 to 2012 [1890/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail State expenditure on education care as a percentage of total tax revenue and per capita from 1992 to 2012. [1891/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail Government expenditure on social protection care as a percentage of total tax revenue and per capita from 1992 to 2012. [1892/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he wil detail total Government expenditure as a percentage of total tax revenue and per capita from 1992 to 2012. [1893/13]