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Written Answers — Department of Finance: General Government Deficit (15 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the level that the general Government deficits from 2008 to 2009 would have been excluding deficit increasing direct payments to the banks from the general Government sector and excluding deficit reducing direct receipts from the banks to the general Government sector and what this is expected to be for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50237/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2013 (15 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the impact of the planned fiscal adjustment to be contained in Budget 2013 on GDP employment and Government revenue projections for 2013; if any assessments of the impact of the adjustment on these matters has been undertaken or is due to be undertaken by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50236/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (15 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if employees at the National Asset Management Agency pay a pension levy in accordance with the announcement of the previous administration on 3 February 2009. [50601/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (15 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if employees at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, in which he is the sole shareholder of 100% of the shares, pay a pension levy in accordance with the announcement of the previous administration on 3 February 2009; and if no such levy is paid to provide an explanation for this position. [50602/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (15 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if employees at Permanent TSB, in which he is the shareholder of 99.5% of the shares, pay a pension levy in accordance with the announcement of the previous administration on 3 February 2009; and if no such levy is paid to provide an explanation for this position. [50603/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (15 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if employees at Irish Life, in which he is the sole shareholder of 100% of the shares, pay a pension levy in accordance with the announcement of the previous administration on 3 February 2009; and if no such levy is paid to provide an explanation for this position. [50604/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (15 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if employees at Allied Irish Banks including the Educational Building Society, in which he is the shareholder of 99.8% of the shares, pay a pension levy in accordance with the announcement of the previous administration on 3 February 2009; and if no such levy is paid to provide an explanation for this position. [50605/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (15 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if employees at the Bank of Ireland, in which he is the share holder of 15% of the ordinary shares and controls preference shares estimated to be worth €1.493bn, pay a pension levy in accordance with the announcement of the previous administration on 3 February 2009; and if no such levy is paid to provide an explanation for this position. [50606/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (15 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the estimated annual receipts to the Exchequer which would arise if employees in the following organizations were required to pay a pension levy in accordance with the announcement of the previous administration on 3 February 2009: Allied Irish Banks incorporating the Educational Building Society, Bank of Ireland, Permanent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals. (14 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: What is Ms McVeigh's gut instinct on whether it would have a neutral, positive or negative effect on us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals. (14 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I will be brief. I thank Ms McVeigh for her presentation on the FTT. The Government's approach to this is the right one maybe for the wrong reasons but its approach in terms of opposing the tax in the format being suggested is definitely the right one. Also, in her presentation she said that the Government believes that it is best that the EU budget is funded through own resources and not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals. (14 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: With the indulgence of the Chairman, I have two final questions. There is a proposal for enhanced co-operation to which 11 member states have opted in. Has an assessment been carried out by the Department or has it asked anybody else to carry out an assessment of what impact, positive or negative, enhanced co-operation on the basis of the proposal on the table could have for Ireland? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals. (14 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I agree with that. There is a need to be cognisant of what independent forecasters are saying. The forecasting ability of the Department in years gone by is well documented. I am not sure what the Department has done with the mid-term statement that is sitting in our pigeonholes but I am sure the forecasts have again been downgraded for this year and next year, and, if the trend continues,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals. (14 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: My point is that if, for the purpose of this discussion, we take it that the fiscal council will be the independent agency - it may not be, but there is merit and sense to the suggestion - the buck will stop with the fiscal council. I understand the point Mr. Palmer is making that it can negotiate. However, if the fiscal council, after endless nights of negotiation, turns around to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals. (14 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Mr. Palmer for providing clarity on this. This is worth pointing out because we are dealing with Report and Final Stages of the Fiscal Responsibility Bill, which establishes the fiscal council. I believe this is a good thing in terms of independent advice; I do not agree with the advice it has given us, but it is good to have it. It represents a significant strengthening of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals. (14 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: It will come as no surprise to the officials that Sinn Féin and I are opposed to the measures. We have discussed them in the Chamber in respect of their impact on democratic accountability and the ability of the Oireachtas to set economic policy. In my view, it ties us into a fiscal straitjacket. It is also part of the austerity programme within the Commission. During the debate on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (14 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the further escalation of violence against protesters in Bahrain, increased sectarian attacks and the Bahraini Government’s decision to revoke the nationality of 31 dissidents; and if he has raised the issue directly with the Bahraini authorities. [50109/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (14 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of universal social charge paid per week and per annum by a person on the minimum wage salary. [50204/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of places available at pre-school, primary school and post primary school levels in County Donegal for children diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50418/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Nov 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form of the total number of special needs assistant hours allocated to children in County Donegal who have been diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50419/12]