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Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion (Resumed) with Fáilte Ireland (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Yes, it will interfere with the recording equipment.

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion (Resumed) with Fáilte Ireland (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome the representatives from Fáilte Ireland, Mr. Aidan Pender, director, strategic development, Mr. Paddy Mathews, Ms Ethna Murphy and Ms Mary Stack. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the May 2012 report entitled Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration produced by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture; his views on the eleven recommendations contained in this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26629/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Directives (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 102. To ask the Taoiseach the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the Houses of the Oireachtas or through Statutory Instrument, to ensure Ireland is in compliance with the upcoming deadlines of Directives from the European Union; the deadline in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements the Minister of State for Trade and Development had at the United Nations in New York on 3 June, specifically around the signing of the Arms Trade Treaty on behalf of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26790/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his Minister of State's recent engagements at the May Plenary session of the European Parliament held in Strasbourg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26959/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Directives (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the Houses of the Oireachtas or through Statutory Instrument, to ensure Ireland is in compliance with the upcoming deadlines of Directives from the European Union; the deadline in each case;...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress the state of Mongolia has made as the newest member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, OSCE, which entered the organisation during Ireland's Chairperson-in-office at the 57th Ministerial Council in Dublin, December 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27542/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 29 May 2013 regarding the use of Corps Diplomatique or CD sign usage on Irish car registration plates, if he will confirm that there is no legislative basis here for the use of these signs despite the existence of the Vienna Convention; if he will outline the other Departments...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current civil and political unrest in Turkey; if any Irish citizens have been caught up in the current demonstrations taking place; the plan he has in place for assisting Irish citizens in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27659/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: State Visits (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the recent engagements the Minister of State for European Affairs had on their recent visit to Croatia; if he will highlight the importance of engaging with Croatia as the newest member of the European Union from 1 July;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27783/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the receivership of a hotel group (details supplied) in County Wicklow having regard to the fact that other hotels in the group are being profitably run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26850/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the receivership of a hotel group (details supplied) in County Wicklow; his views on the practices set out by the bank on the handling of the receivership having regard to the fact that other hotels in the group are being profitably run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26851/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any banks in which the Government is a shareholder that are considering providing an ATM machine in the village of Rathvilly, County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27128/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Correspondence (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will furnish members of the Oireachtas with a copy of the letter that is to be sent from him, through Ireland's Ambassador in Washington, to the Chairman of the United States Senate Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations, the United States Senator from Michigan, Carl Levin, rebutting his remarks that Ireland is a tax haven; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance when approval will be given for remission of the vehicle registration tax in view of the fact that some organisations are waiting more than three months for applications to be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26791/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 30 May 2013, if he will provide a break down of the figures of the returns in each rate band; the total amount of money they have received for the number of properties in each rate band; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27583/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the Houses of the Oireachtas or through Statutory Instrument, to ensure Ireland is in compliance with the upcoming deadlines of Directives from the European Union; the deadline in each case; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Euro Coins Production (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank of Ireland will be issuing a commemorative coin to mark the 50th anniversary of the visit to Ireland by the 35th President of the United States of America, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, in 1963; the number of coins that will be issued by the bank; the value of each coin and how much they will cost; the process by which they will be made...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Appointments (11 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 21 May 2013, regarding the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the person he intends to appoint to the board of directors once the terms of the incumbent comes to an end on 1 July 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27790/13]