Results 32,901-32,920 of 36,066 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (17 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide further details on his senior level meeting with the World Bank; and if it will signal any change in Ireland's economic engagement with developing countries. [44818/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (17 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following his public commitment to reaching the UN target of development aid spending of 0.7 of GNP, if he will specify a timescale for reaching this target; and in view of this public commitment if he will ensure that Budget 2013 will not cut official development assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (17 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the cost to the Exchequer of reducing the excise rate on fuel per litre by one cent; two cent; three cent; four cent; five cent; six cent; seven cent; eight cent; nine cent and ten cent. [45105/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Intellectual Property (17 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to a report in a British publication which claims that a company (details supplied) has transferred US$7 billion of costs for intellectual property from Switzerland via Luxemburg to this State and is being given tax relief in this State equivalent to US$7 billion overtime, if the Revenue Commissioners are aware of same and have approved any such scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Statistics (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has investigated and sought to quantify the link between social welfare cuts and job losses in view of the fact that there has been a net loss of 33,400 jobs since the publication of her Pathways to Work. [44557/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Payments (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend operational guidelines on the back to education allowance to allow consideration to be given to awarding the back to education allowance when it can be demonstrated that a lower or equivalent level qualification is required to secure progression or employment. [44558/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance pursuant to the approval by the Competition Commissioner at the European Commission, of the State-aid provided to Bank of Ireland in 2009 and 2010, and specifically pursuant to paragraph 140 of the Decision N546/2009, if he will confirm the current market shares of Bank of Ireland in each of the four markets referred to in paragraph 140. [44281/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Codes of Conduct (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance pursuant to the approval by the Competition Commissioner at the European Commission, of the State-aid provided to Bank of Ireland in 2009 and 2010, and specifically pursuant to paragraph 155 of the Decision N546/2009, the way the commitment given in the following terms the IBF switching codes for personal and business customers will be placed on a statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Codes of Conduct (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance pursuant to the approval by the Competition Commissioner at the European Commission, of the State-aid provided to Bank of Ireland in 2009 and 2010, and specifically pursuant to paragraph 155 of the Decision N546/2009, the way the commitment given in the following terms, the National Consumer Agency will run a shop and switch public awareness campaign in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance pursuant to the approval by the Competition Commissioner at the European Commission, of the State-aid provided to Bank of Ireland, Allied Irish Banks and Permanent TSB, the way standard variable rate mortgage borrowers in negative equity can switch to cheaper alternative lenders. [44284/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Schemes (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to the offer made by Permanent TSB in April 2011 to its tracker mortgage borrowers to pay down €5,000 or multiples thereof from the principal outstanding on the mortgage in return for a 10% reward, the number of borrowers that responded to the offer and the total amount paid down on tracker mortgages through the scheme. [44285/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans Sale (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the procedure adopted by the National Asset Management Agency when selling loans under its control, so as to maximise the return to the taxpayer from such disposals. [44286/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans Sale (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the National Asset Management Agency does not sell loans under its control for less than the original book value plus accumulated interest to the point of disposal, unless there is a competitive bidding or tendering process. [44287/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans Sale (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the National Asset Management Agency has sold loans, or allowed loans to be refinanced out of NAMA, at less than the original book value plus accumulated interest to the point of disposal; and if it has, if the relevant debtor has obtained any financial advantage through debt forgiveness or debt write-down from these transactions. [44288/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans Sale (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the cash received by the National Asset Management Agency since its inception in respect of the sale of loans; the total original book value of the loans plus interest accruing to the point of disposal and the total NAMA acquisition value of the disposed loans. [44289/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that could be made for the Exchequer if the Standard Fund Threshold the maximum allowable pension fund for tax purposes was reduced from €2.3 million to €1 million. [44514/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that could be raised for the Exchequer if the cumulative lifetime limit for tax free retirement sums was reduced from €200,000 to €100,000. [44515/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that could be raised for the Exchequer if the imputed distribution percentage on approved retirement funds was increased from 6% to 7% for ARFs with assets of €1 million or more. [44516/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Private Partnerships (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a list of public private partnership arrangements entered into, in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012, for the provision of premises and related facilities; the name of the partner/developer; the address of the site or premises; the duration of the agreement and the estimate of the total payments to be made by the State for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (16 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the total sums expended on leasing residential property by his Department and its agencies in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and the volume of dwellings such expenditure relates to [44277/12]