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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 Jul 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants dismissed in the period 1 January 2000 to 30 June 2006. [32000/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 Jul 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants dismissed in the period 1 July 2006 to 31 December 2011 by the Government and by a Minister for the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32001/12]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (3 Jul 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of CAS applications received in the 2012 round; the number of these received for homeless accommodation; when decisions will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32007/12]

Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (3 Jul 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 541: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when files submitted to his Department in relation to a single farm payment will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal to enable an application for the agri environment option scheme to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31667/12]

Written Answers — Treatment Abroad Scheme: Treatment Abroad Scheme (3 Jul 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 631: To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the procedures for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who has been on the treatment abroad scheme since 1997 in view of the fact that the person may need treatment abroad up to three times per year and each time before travel approaches there are numerous forms that need to be completed by the consultant; if there is...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (28 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 43: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give an update on the development of the National Assets Management Agency properties for social housing; and if he will endeavour to secure housing from NAMA for local authority ownership. [31205/12]

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (27 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the European Globalisation Fund application in respect of a company (details supplied); and the measures he will take if this application is successful to ensure that the failure that occurred with previous EGF programmes is not repeated. [30990/12]

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (27 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the failure highlighted in the Dáil on Wednesday 26 October 2011 in respect of the use of European globalisation funds; and the EGF funding programmes for workers in companies (details supplied). [30991/12]

European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (27 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a Aire Stáit. When I raised this issue in a Topical Issue debate last October, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn said, "I share with the Deputy my concerns about the maladministration of this set of programmes by the previous administration. I will be honest with the Deputy, it is not a satisfactory situation". I agree with the statement he...

European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (27 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: What has the Minister of State done since admitting the existence of maladministration last October? Has he established who is responsible for the maladministration? Has he conducted any internal investigation, given that under the last three programmes at least €10 million has gone back to the European Commission? There are serious questions to be answered. It is time for an independent...

Banking Sector IT Systems (27 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: The debacle at Ulster Bank continues. This morning we heard from the managing director of branch banking at Ulster Bank, Mr. Jim Ryan, who admitted that despite earlier assurances, customers will continue to experience disruption into next week. More than 150,000 people have now been affected by this failure, which is causing enormous difficulties for families, individuals and businesses....

Banking Sector IT Systems (27 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome that the Minister of State has undertaken to ensure we receive a written response to any of the questions he cannot respond to today. The Minister of State referred in his reply to the call by the Governor of the Bank of England for an investigation into this matter. There has been no call by our Financial Regulator, which regulates Ulster Bank in this State, for any...

Written Answers — EU-IMF Programme: EU-IMF Programme (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of moneys drawn down to date from the EU-IMF programme; the dates on which the draw-downs took place; the interest rates payable on those draw-downs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30319/12]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance following on from reports that suggests that, after taking credit default insurance into account, Bank of Ireland will not make any profit on the arrangement whereby it replaces the funding provided by the National Asset Management Agency to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in order to satisfy the promissory note commitment that fell due in...

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if the credit default insurance that Bank of Ireland has announced that it is putting in place in respect of the arrangement to provide a loan of one year to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in order to satisfy the promissory note commitment that fell due in March 2012, is provided by a party related to either Bank of Ireland or its...

Written Answers — Courses Accreditation: Courses Accreditation (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the report commissioned by him and the higher Education and Training Awards Council on the nature of academic validation of five specific complementary therapies including acupuncture; and the criteria for identifying complementary therapies which warrant the academic validation of programmes by HETAC; and if he...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements available for a person of a minority faith (details supplied) wishing to send their child to their nearest selected faith school which is more than 15 kilometres away. [30785/12]

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for carer's allowance claims to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30361/12]

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some claimants are waiting up to 10 months for claims in respect of carer's allowance to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30362/12]

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (26 Jun 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that the average waiting time for carer's allowance, as published by her Department, was 17 weeks in respect of the last quarter of 2011, the reason these times have increased in the past six months in spite of the modernisation process due to be completed by her Department by the end of June; and if she will make a...