Results 34,321-34,340 of 36,133 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to phase out tax credits on higher incomes, for example halving the tax credits after €100,000 and eliminating them beyond €150,000 per annum; and the estimated savings for the Exchequer. [27427/11]

Written Answers — Trust Funds: Trust Funds (4 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an estimate of the funds held in trust funds in this State. [27429/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the potential to tax online gambling; the estimated return to the Exchequer if a 5% tax was placed on each bet made here regardless of the company handling the transaction online. [27430/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the current system of carrying forward investment losses for the purposes of avoiding capital gains tax can be continued; if he will consider a time limit for the carrying forward of these losses; and the estimated savings to the Exchequer if this facility was limited at five years. [27431/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance the potential savings to the Exchequer in limiting the time period over which businesses can carry forward profits for investment purposes capital allowances to five years. [27444/11]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (4 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated return to the Exchequer from increasing PRSI by 1%. [27428/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some community welfare officers are refusing to grant exceptional needs payments to persons in receipt of social housing support via the leasing initiative for the purposes of purchasing essential household items such as white goods, beds, floor covering and so on despite the fact that...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Oct 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 403: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason persons (details supplied) in County Donegal are being refused cavity wall insulation due to the fact that they had attic insulation works done, under the warmer homes scheme in 2009. [27435/11]

Sale of State Assets (29 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his plans for the State stake in Aer Lingus and the rationale for these plans. [26569/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [26704/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider creating a programme in which referrals from the Health Service Executive to acupuncture professionals could be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26865/11]

Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the extent to which the recent jobs initiative impacted on visitor numbers to Ireland in the July to September period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26497/11]

Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Government propose to introduce legislation to extend the bank guarantee that will elapse at the end of this year?

Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I do not normally disagree with Deputy Peter Mathews but today is not the anniversary of when the bank guarantee came into effect. It came into effect two weeks later when the terms and conditions were presented to the House-----

Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: -----which Sinn Féin voted against, something which other Members choose to forget.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: And the junk status.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Some 22,000 public sector workers sacked under Labour.

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax to GNP ratio for Ireland in 2010; and what it is projected to be in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. [26453/11]

Written Answers — School Meals Programme: School Meals Programme (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing each child of school going age with a daily lunch meal. [26452/11]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (28 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewage scheme for Glenties, County Donegal; if this scheme will be funded through the water capital project 2010-13; the estimated commencement date for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26463/11]