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Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed) (20 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: We can already see who the beneficiaries of the McCarthy recommendations will be. Wages in State companies will be reviewed - and we all know what that means - while shareholders in the companies will be bought off and guaranteed an annual dividend of at least 30% of profits. There are no economies there. I could go on longer about all of this; the report deals with it all. We are...

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Too often in the clamour for ever higher profits in the years leading up to the crisis, the voice of reason was not heard and risks were ignored. The report has exposed this problem and revealed significant shortcomings in the risk control frameworks of financial institutions. In particular, the failure to assess properly the risks inherent in business models, portfolios and off-balance...

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The comment by a Minister accusing me of being a bank robber is absolutely disgraceful. The herd mentality also applies to that cheap sort of response.

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: It is exactly the same response that came from others who sat on those benches who continually dismissed or disputed warnings from the other side.

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: He did. We can look at the blacks.

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I am sure we all remember the 2007 election and the promises that the economy was on a sound footing. I have a 53-page document which I will make available to Members. It outlines what Sinn Féin continued to say in the period investigated in the report. The party repeatedly tackled Ministers regarding their failure to take any measures to stop the escalation of house prices. We...

Public Transport (20 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will provide a guarantee that Dublin Bus will not be hit with further cutbacks and planned cuts to Dublin Bus routes will not go ahead; and the supports, financial or otherwise, that will be made available to Dublin Bus. [8619/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in his Department who have applied for transfers to the social protection offices in Donegal town; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the number of applicants; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8167/11]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (19 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that can be saved by the State if the number on the live register falls to an average of 405,000 in 2011 in terms of average taxation receipts if these persons were to go into employment at the average industrial wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8449/11]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria issued to boards of management in relation to the filling of temporary teaching posts in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8212/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount that can be saved by the State if the number on the live register falls to an average of 405,000 in 2011 in terms of social welfare payments; the amount that can be saved by the State if the number on the live register falls to an average of 405,000 in 2011 in terms of other savings; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in her Department who have applied for transfers to the social protection offices in Donegal town; if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the number of applicants; if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the time waiting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8166/11]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (19 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for Garda vetting was received in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal and when it will be processed. [8165/11]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (19 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the sheep census form for 2010 was mislaid by his Department in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will conduct an investigation into same; if this person will receive the outstanding payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8460/11]

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (19 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the intended use of the dormant accounts fund; the persons who oversee the fund; the current figure for the amount held in the fund; the reason no money been spent since 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8264/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (19 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if physician assistants have formal recognition within the health profession; his plans to bring these qualifications into recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8294/11]

Údarás na Gaeltachta (14 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Tuigim ón méid atá ráite ag an Aire Stáit le 20 bomaite anois go bhfuil seans ann go mbeidh cúraimí fiontraíochta agus fostaíochta fágtha ag Údarás na Gaeltachta ach go bhfuil seans ann fosta nach mbeidh agus go gcaithfimid fanacht go dtí go bhfoilseofar an reachtaíocht ag tús na bliana. Níl sin inghlactha agamsa agus tá a fhios ag an Aire Stáit go maith nach mbeidh sin...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (14 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Ar an ábhar céanna, tacaím leis an Aire Stáit fosta maidir leis an scéim úr. Tá súil agam go mbeidh an scéim úr i bhfeidhm agus í bunaithe ar na prionsabail a luaigh an Aire Stáit, mar tá athstruchtúr de dhíth ar an scéim. Dúirt an tAire Stáit go bhfuil súil aige go mbeidh scéim úr ann. Muna mbeidh an scéim úr i bhfeidhm - b'fhéidir go mbeidh deacrachtaí sa Roinn...

Social Inclusion (14 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire. I am glad to see someone coming here from the Seanad and going straight into the Cabinet. Obviously, some people who are working are also living in poverty. We all share the views of the Government that we should stop people living in poverty through the creation of meaningful and well paid full-time jobs. However, there is another element in that cuts...

Community Development (14 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Táimid ag rith amach as am so cuirfidh mé an cheist seo go sciobtha. Baineann sé leis an Ghaeltacht, leis an chlár Leader. agus le ceann de na heagraíochtaí atá ag plé leis sin, Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta. An bhfuil sé ar intinn ag an Aire, mar go bhfuil aighneas ag dul ar aghaidh i Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta, fiosrúchán a dhéanamh faoin eagraíocht agus faoin mhéid...