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Order of Business (25 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: On the promise made by the Minister for Finance when the House discussed the recapitalisation of the four covered institutions, the Minister indicated that a further assessment of the capital requirement for Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide would be made available in May. With the end of May approaching, when will the results of the assessment of the results of the stress tests into the...

Order of Business (25 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Will the deadline of May, set for completion of the stress test on Anglo Irish Bank, be missed?

Order of Business (25 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: It relates to the scheduling of business for next week.

Order of Business (25 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, we do. I have here the relevant rulings which state we may refer to business promised, sittings, legislation-----

Order of Business (25 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The matter I raise is business promised.

Order of Business (25 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister for Finance promised that an assessment would be done of both institutions by the end of May.

Order of Business (25 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister promised it in the House on the day in question.

Order of Business (25 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: We are about to inject billions of euro of taxpayers' money into Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide. The Minister promised he would have the relevant figures by May and I am asking if we will miss that deadline and whether the House will not have the debate it should have next week on the further recapitalisation.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (24 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: As we have said, there are ways of doing this through proper stimulus. Sinn Féin has pointed out that we should use the resources we have available. We should inject €2 billion from the National Pensions Reserve Fund into a stimulus package. We argued that we should invest €2.9 billion in total over the next 12 months, which is not only affordable but urgently needed if we are to...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to increase the number of women in the Irish Defence Forces. [12055/11]

Written Answers — National Debt: National Debt (24 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the total current level of debt held by the Government at the end of the first quarter of 2011 including details of the debt by lenders including the European Central Bank, EU, International Monetary Fund, Irish Central Bank, senior bondholders, subordinated bondholders, private banking institutions and...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full list of all personal and corporation tax expenditures currently operating here; and if he will provide an estimation of the revenue lost to the State as a result of these and previously existing expenditures in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 including a breakdown of revenue lost per expenditure type. [12855/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (24 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority mortgage holders in arrears in quarters 1, 2, 3, and 4 in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and in quarter 1 of 2011; and if he will provide a breakdown of the length of time each holder is in arrears over 90 days and over 180 days. [12773/11]

Order of Business (24 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Government intend to publish a third finance Bill this year given the Finance (No. 2) Bill does not contain the measures promised in the programme for Government and the legislative programme to deal with the taxation changes that are necessary as a result of the Civil Partnership Act 2010? Does the Government intend to amend the Finance (No. 2) Bill, Second Stage of which is being...

Order of Business (24 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The legislative programme clearly states that the Finance (No. 2) Bill would contain those measures. Why has it been changed? The programme was only published a number of weeks ago so why is there a need for a third finance Bill?

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (24 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: When the jobs initiative was announced, I stated that it would come as a major disappointment to the 440,000 people out of work. The Government missed an opportunity to use the resources at its disposal to invest in job creation and to have a proper stimulus package that would support businesses and struggling families. Not only will the initiative announced by the Minister fail to create...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (24 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Tell that to the people at the passport office and in Dublin Airport. Get in a taxi and go up to the 23 year old who did nothing wrong and nothing to cause this crisis, and tell him to wait for NewERA. Tell the mother who is crying at home because she must watch her child go off to Australia, America or Germany, maybe never to return. I am the son of an emigrant. Tell them to wait for...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (24 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: For 14 years, Fine Gael and the Labour Party sat in Opposition.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (24 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: They sat in Opposition for 14 years, and for many of those years they cried out about the then Government not doing enough about jobs. They are now in Government, and the mantra, "We have only been there for a couple of weeks" will start to become exhausted. They cannot use it time and time again. They have had opportunities to introduce proposals. They actually put proposals before the...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (24 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The previous Tánaiste spoke on the BBC about the plight of young people emigrating, saying it was a great thing that they were walking away with PhDs and degrees in their pockets. The people had their verdict on that type of attitude, and I believe they are genuinely disappointed. However, they still have hope that this Government can do a lot better than this Finance Bill. It needs to...