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Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of taking all those earning below €20,000 out of the universal social charge. [30266/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of taking all those earning below €25,000 out of the universal social charge. [30267/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of taking all those earning below €30,000 out of the universal social charge. [30268/11]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (18 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the operating budget for the Fiscal Advisory Council for 2011 and the expected operating budget for the council for 2012, including salaries, premises, communication and administration costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29997/11]

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (18 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance the position held by a person (details supplied) on the day Anglo Irish Bank was nationalised in 2009; the position they held the day after Anglo Irish Bank was nationalised in 2009 and the position held by the same person currently in Anglo Irish Bank; the roles and responsibilities held by this person in each case; the number of staff under...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (18 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the income levy in place last year would have returned in a full year if all those under the tax net were excluded from it. [29978/11]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (18 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out in 100% redundancy payments over the past year; the amount recouped by the Exchequer in terms of rebate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29796/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the delay in providing an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; when the patient concerned will receive the required treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29755/11]

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: As I noted in my remarks during the debate on the Keane report earlier, Sinn Féin believes there is an urgent need for the Government to act and put in place a comprehensive mechanism for addressing the root causes of mortgage distress. Everyone within this Chamber and further afield is aware of the 100,000 homeowners in serious mortgage distress and of the many more who are at risk of...

Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (18 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: As we all know, Ireland is in the midst of a severe housing crisis. Every indicator shows housing need has been rising steadily since 2008. Almost 100,000 families are on the social housing waiting list. This is twice the number that were on it in 2008. The numbers of claimants for rent supplement and mortgage interest supplement have increased dramatically during the same period, from...

Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (18 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: We learned the lessons. Whatever happened in the past, whatever lack of action there was, we must park it. This crisis is too big for any of us to be scoring points or making political capital. There are people in serious distress. If we knock our heads together, there will be enough solutions for us to tweak and shape and find a proper comprehensive solution. The Keane report is not...

Order of Business (18 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Financial Regulator, Mr. Matthew Elderfield, gave a warning to the banks that they should stop raising variable interest rates. Today, the head of the Banking Federation rejected his orders. Given it is Government policy that banks should absorb the interest increases that have happened-----

Order of Business (18 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: This relates to proposed legislation.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Given that it is promised Government policy that banks should absorb the rate increases that have applied - twice since the Taoiseach took office - is it the intention of the Government to introduce legislation to give Mr. Elderfield legal powers to cap the variable interest rates as they now stand because the banks are clearly in defiance of the orders he gave last week?

Order of Business (18 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Give him the powers.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (13 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing an amnesty for persons who become aware that they are in receipt of an overpayment through no conscious fault of their own in view of the fact that this would encourage more persons to bring their case to the attention of their social welfare officer without fear which would consequently give rise to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (13 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide an exemption to the qualifying criteria for rent allowance in respect of victims of domestic violence and their children. [29053/11]

Written Answers — Motor Fuels: Motor Fuels (13 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on increasing the excise on fuel in the upcoming budget; if he will carry out an impact assessment on Border filling stations before such a decision is made including the loss of PAYE-PRSI, corporation tax and VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29173/11]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (13 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in allocating a fair deal nursing home place to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if it is Health Service Executive policy to keep a person in a hospital ward for an indefinite period of time after their treatment has concluded rather than transfer them to appropriate nursing home care; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings to be made to the Exchequer from placing an earnings ceiling of €80,000 on pensions contributions and standardising tax relief for pension contributions at 20%. [29126/11]