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Written Answers — Regional Aid: Regional Aid (5 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will publish his Department's draft submission made to the European Commission on Regional Aid guidelines post-2013; his views on the new regional aid map structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10014/11]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (4 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to phase out the inefficient renting of school prefabs; the number and cost of prefab rental contracts to which the State is currently tied; and the dates on which they cease. [9848/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will devolve an annual capital budget to schools this year to allow schools to plan for capital projects. [9849/11]

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Tá sé soiléir anois go bhfuil an cleasaíocht thart agus go bhfuil na gealltanais a thug páirtithe an Rialtais thart ar ocht seachtain ó shin anois sa bhruscar. Tá siad séanta ag an Rialtas seo agus tá an Rialtas ag glacadh leis na téarmaí a foilsíodh inné ó thaobh an airgid atá muid ag fáil ón EU-IMF. Níl a fhios agam ar cheart dom trua a bheith agam don Rialtas agus don...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: There will be elections tomorrow in the North, where I hope we will see significant support for Sinn Féin. We are arguing to devolve economic powers to the Assembly-----

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: -----while the Minister is handing them away and tying the hands of future Governments in making financial decisions. The Minister will tell us he had no other choice, that his hands were tied and that everything is the fault of former Ministers. There are always choices and decisions that can be made. Otherwise, why is the Government there? Is Deputy Noonan a puppet for the EU-IMF or for...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (3 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review being taken by the Central Bank into the fitness and probity of all existing executive and non-executive directors of banks which have received State assistance; if the review will precede or impinge upon the announcement by him to remove all directors in banks who were in place before 2008; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (3 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that the external partners, including the IMF, all reported in advance of 2007 that Ireland's fiscal policies were sound and that the banks had adequate capital, his views that Ireland should be reliant therefore on the advice, direction and diktat of these partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9667/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the frequency with which she updates the transfers lists of those who have applied for transfers to other social protection offices; the frequency with which she updates the transfers lists of those who have applied for transfers to social protection offices in Donegal town; how often she contacts the applicants on the transfer lists...

Residential Mortgage Debt: Motion (3 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: There has been considerable media and political interest in the issue of distressed mortgages in recent weeks. However, this problem is not new. The number of families struggling to repay mortgages bought at the height of the boom has been steadily growing for the past two years. Wage cuts, tax increases and increasing unemployment have forced more and more people into mortgage arrears. As...

Euro Plus Pact (3 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has said the Government supports the pact for the euro. Does he support wholeheartedly the pact which states the European Commission will impose financial sanctions on member states which cannot meet the debt to GDP ratio? Has he asked his Department to carry out any risk assessment of the cost to the State if we cannot meet the targets set under the pact? Under the pact debt...

Bank Guarantee Scheme (3 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire for his response. Has he personally spoken to any of the public interest directors in the banks covered by the State guarantee and that are being supported by State funds? In particular has he called in the AIB public interest directors to ask them what they were doing when they allowed a package to be signed off under their watch allowing Colm Doherty to get...

Bank Guarantee Scheme (3 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Was Colm Doherty's severance package-----

Bank Guarantee Scheme (3 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I asked the Minister to state his position as to whether he believed the public interest directors in AIB were fit for their position, because under their watch they signed off on a severance package that allowed the taxpayers to pay Colm Doherty €3 million. As the public interest directors have a different role from that of the other directors of the bank, does the Minister for Finance,...

Bank Guarantee Scheme (3 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister have the power to call in the public interest directors?

Banking Sector (3 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review being taken by the Central Bank into the remuneration policies and practices of credit institutions; if this review will be retrospective and allow for the renegotiation of existing contracts; if he has sought information on the contracts of senior management in the banks which have received Government...

Banking Sector (3 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: People across the country were livid when they read in the newspapers that Colm Doherty was to receive a €3-million golden handshake. The Minister himself stated that it is his intention to replace all board directors who were appointed prior to 2008. I put a question on this earlier but the Minister did not deal with it. Has the Minister got a grip on this issue? As regards those...

Banking Sector (3 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I note the Minister did not deal with the question on Mike Aynsley and the fact that he is receiving €974,000 above the cap.

Banking Sector (3 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I already put that question. Does the Minister agree with his ministerial colleague, Deputy Shatter's statement that these bankers are in such fundamental breach of contract as not to be entitled to the rewards they are seeking? Let us forget about the previous Minister for Finance, because the current Minister is now in charge. Will he ensure that they will not get those type of golden...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (21 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to support the UN Human Rights Council resolution passed on 25 March 2011, which calls on the UN General Assembly to address the continuing impunity for war crimes and possible crimes against humanity committed in the 2008-09 Gaza conflict and the failure of both Israel and the Hamas [i]de facto[/i] administration...