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Credit Union Bill 2012: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Amendment No. 19 gives the Central Bank and the registrar of credit unions broad regulatory powers. I am not objecting to that, because it is the purpose of the Bill. However, I have made the argument consistently as the legislation progressed through this House that a memorandum of understanding between the credit union movement and the Central Bank would strengthen the Bill and would be...

Credit Union Bill 2012: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister of State said, this is an issue that exercised me, my party and the credit union movement as well as many other Opposition Deputies on Committee Stage. I want to put on record that this is a sensible amendment which is appropriate and deals with the fear that the entire suite of financial services legislation, or a part of it that would not be appropriate, could be applied to...

Credit Union Bill 2012: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: My mobile phone has been turned off.

Credit Union Bill 2012: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Deputy Michael McGrath's question relates to one of our key concerns about the Bill. We are at the final stage of the debate on it. I want to commend the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, for the way he has engaged with the Opposition on the legislation from the start. I also commend the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, who was involved in part of the discussion on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (13 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to the correspondence sent to him from a member of the public (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will consider the request made to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56010/12]

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: We know what the Government plans to do in a couple of hours.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister should define what the serious business he has mentioned is.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: The Government is cutting child benefit.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Some 286,000 people would get out of the universal social charge under our pre-budget submission.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: How dare the Tánaiste say that? I did not see him standing shoulder to shoulder with carers outside Leinster House yesterday.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: How dare the Tánaiste say that? He did not stand shoulder to shoulder with carers or those who lost child benefit.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Defence the moneys received by the Defence Forces during each of the past ten years for providing escorts to cash in transit. [54706/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Investor Compensation Company Limited (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas the latest report and accounts for the Investor Compensation Company Limited; and if he will confirm the estimate of annual funding provided to this company in 2012 and 2013 by the State or its agencies including the Central Bank of Ireland. [55771/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation for the difference between the forecast contraction of gross national product by the Central Bank of Ireland produced in October 2012 for the full year 2012 of 0.4% and the forecast in the medium term fiscal statement produced by his Department in November 2012 which forecast real GNP growing at 1.4% in 2012. [55772/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the €10 million of subordinated bondholders at what was Irish Life and Permanent, whose bonds fell due for payment on 4 December 2012 (details supplied) issued on 4 December 2000 denominated in euros, if he will confirm if these bonds were repaid; if so, when; if they were repaid in full; if so, the efforts that were made to secure...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the additional revenue expected to be raised in 2013 and in 2014 for all those tax measures on wealth contained in budget 2013 and if he will detail each of these measures with their individual projected yields for 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55792/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by increasing the rate of universal social charge by 3% on income earned in excess of €100,000 per annum for PAYE workers; and by increasing the rate by 3% for income received in excess of €100,000 for the self-employed. [55803/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has held discussions with the Revenue Commissioners with the aim of taxing certain benefits paid to high earners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55775/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Arrears (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to her announcement on 6 September 2012 when she launched a scheme giving certain mortgage borrowers access to a consultation with an accountant worth up to €250, if she will confirm the number of borrowers that have to date partaken in this scheme. [55774/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry (12 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 1 May 2012, the progress made on the recommendations of the Moriarty Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55769/12]