Results 32,961-32,980 of 36,066 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Remuneration (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency operates a so-called long-term incentive plan as part of its remuneration package offered to some employees; if he will provide an outline of the scheme and indicate the sums of money potentially on offer to employees benefiting from such a plan. [42682/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the timeframe in which to process an application for a VAT EU refund for a business (details supplied) in County Antrim; if he will indicate the average length of time for processing such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42696/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the impact on haulage businesses cash flow arising from delays in the processing of VAT EU refund applications and the potential loss to the Exchequer that could arise if such delays forced businesses located in the north of Ireland to cease sourcing fuel from the south of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing VAT EU refund applications to be made and granted on a monthly basis rather than the current three monthly basis, in order to assist businesses meet their cash flow needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42698/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of raising the 20% bank threshold for married couples/one income and one parent families to the threshold for married couples of two incomes, which is currently €65,500. [42911/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector Regulation (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance to assess the improvement to competition in the banking sector. [43263/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the annual revenue that would be generated if a 0.1% financial transaction tax were to be imposed in this jurisdiction on the trading of bonds, derivatives and shares. [43264/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff Issues (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he wll estimate the number of persons in this jurisdiction employed directly in, or in support of, trading of bonds, derivatives and shares. [43265/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual tax that would be generated from applying a 2% tax on the current market value of residential property whose registered owner is not a natural person but a corporation or trust or other non-natural person. [43267/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual loss to the Exchequer of stamp duty on property transfers being avoided as a result of property being transferred via shares in companies including companies incorporated in other jurisdictions, or through changes to trusts. [43268/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to fund a central school book provision scheme for primary and secondary school children, which would see books provided free of cost at all schools. [42896/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Meals Programme (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to provide every primary school child in the State with a free lunch meal. [42897/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Issues (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost involved in a full year of lifting the recruitment freeze. [42901/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County donegal will be processed; if she will elaborate on her target to have made significant progress in respect of carer's by mid to late September; if she will outline the current processing times for applications; if she will provide in tabular form the average...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Banking Sector Regulation (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the efforts that have been made by An Post to secure a replacement financial partner after the collapse of the joint venture with BNP Paribas Fortis in 2010; and what that would result from a new partnership. [43263/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services Provision (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of mobile phone masts here. [43340/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Property Prices Register (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of extending the property price register to sales in calendar years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. [42683/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Property Prices Register (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration that has been given by him or by the Property Services Regulation Authority to commercialising the property price register. [42685/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulatory Authority Expenditure (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimate of the cost of operating the Property Services Regulation Authority in 2012. [42684/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question No. 724 of 17 July 2012, the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 had their hospital treatment rescheduled from 22 October 2012 to July 2013; his views on whether it is acceptable for a patient in urgent need of medical treatment must face a lengthy delay in receiving that treatment; if the impact of such delays on...