Results 33,041-33,060 of 35,959 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Construction (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the square footage of commercial units in the State which the National Asset Management Agency plans, either itself or via its receivers or its debtors, to construct on or on which to complete construction in 2012, 2013 and 2014. [38516/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance following the uncovering of mis-selling of interest ratehedging products such as caps, collars, swaps and structured collars in banks in Britain, the steps taken by the Central Bank of Ireland and the Financial Regulator to assess if similar issues have arisen with the selling of similar products by banks operating here. [38517/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation of the €25 million payment of promissory notes shown in the July 2012 Exchequer statement. [38518/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation of the €300.273 million receipts under the heading of Interest on Contingent Capital Notes shown in the July 2012 Exchequer statement. [38519/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Compensation Fund (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will lay before the House, the latest accounts and projections of the Insurance Compensation Fund. [38520/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Quinn Insurance Limited (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the total cost of rescuing Quinn Insurance; the consideration he has given to an inquiry into the finances of Quinn Insurance and the discharge of duties by auditors, Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Financial Regulator, Patrick Neary. [38521/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Numbers (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees that have resigned from the National Asset Management Agency since 1 January 2012; and the number of new employees engaged by NAMA from that date. [38523/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Pensions (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of pension provisions for employees at the National Asset Management Agency in the 12 months ending December 2011; and the estimate of pension provisions at NAMA in the 12 months ending December 2012. [38524/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Code of Conduct (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas a copy of the National Asset Management Agency’s procedures and employment contract extracts which set out to deal with potential conflicts of interest, or the assurance that the use of confidential or privileged information garnered by employees in the course of their work at NAMA is not used for their...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties that have been sold by the National Asset Management Agency, its receivers or debtors to NAMA employees, former NAMA employees, their families and associates, and the total value of such sales. [38527/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration that has been given by the National Asset Management Agency to adopting practices from other State asset management agencies, such as the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which ban outright any dealings in agency property by employees. [38528/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Transactions (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if any employees seconded by the National Treasury Management Agency to the National Asset Management Agency that have resigned from either organisation, and who have subsequently been engaged by organisations which have purchased property from NAMA, its receivers and developers or which have met with NAMA to express interest in the purchase of property. [38530/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Code of Conduct (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the safeguards that the National Asset Management Agency has in place to prevent confidential or privileged knowledge acquired during the course of employment at NAMA being subsequently used by departing employees when they begin work with a new employer. [38531/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Bonds (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the quantum of fees paid to date, by the National Asset Management Agency in respect of the State guarantee on €25billion-plus of NAMA bonds; and if no such fees have been paid, the basis on which State guarantee has been provided. [38532/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Proposed Merger (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration that has been given to the merger of the National Asset Management Agency with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and the scope for reducing competition between the two State owned entities for resources and customers, and potential savings to the combined annual operating costs of €400-500million. [38533/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Investigations (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the quantum of maximum potential additional costs that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation may incur, should IBRC’s appeal against the 27 July 2012 decision by the High Court in England in respect of the application by Assenagon Asset Management SA, fail and if IBRC is exposed to claims from other holders of subordinated notes. [38547/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Pensions Reserve Fund Administration (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Pension Reserve Fund has received the independent valuation review, referred to in its Quarter One 2012 review, of its share holding in Allied Irish Bank and Bank of Ireland; and if it has, if he will provide the independent valuation of the NPRF’s shareholding in AIB and Bank of Ireland. [38615/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Pensions Reserve Fund Administration (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the most recent valuation of the State’s share holdings in the covered institutions including Bank of Ireland, Allied Irish Bank and Permanent TSB in tabular form; and the basis and dates of such valuations. [38616/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the current rate of deposit interest retention tax; the way DIRT is applied; and the sum that could be raised for the Exchequer if DIRT was increased by five percentage points. [38777/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Guarantee Scheme (18 Sep 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that will be paid in debt related interest in 2013; and the amount of this interest that can be attributed to debt acquired by the State as a result of banking recapitalisation. [38789/12]