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- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: I support the amendment, although I believe the two month criteria may be a little excessive. It is important we examine all of the decisions taken in relation to finance to see if they have resulted in the creation of jobs, extra revenue to the Exchequer and are supporting sections of society that are vulnerable or under immense pressure at this time. Many of the initiatives announced in...
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: As I said earlier, the two-month criteria would be almost impossible to meet given the data that would be available, and the Minister responded to this effect in his answer. However, we should look to have some type of report or review carried out on an interim basis, and we should not have to wait for the full review. An opportune timescale would be to have a six-monthly report prior to...
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: My point concerns section 1. The Minister made an interesting comment on the application and duration of the reduction in VAT, stating the reason the review is built in is that we may not be able to afford - I paraphrase - the decrease to the new VAT rate of 9% until the end of 2013. However, that was not what he led us to believe when he announced the jobs initiative in the House. At that...
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: At the start of Committee Stage on the Finance (No. 2) Bill, the Minister has landed an almighty bombshell in the middle of the debate. He stated that a review of the biggest ticket item of this Bill, the reduction of the VAT rate to 9% which will cost â¬350 million in a full year, is built in because we may not be able to afford the measure in the future. The review is to be completed...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (8 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State child care support that is available to single parents who are looking to upskill, move on to further education or take up the proposed new internships or the jobs initiative. [14473/11]
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (8 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an explanation for the withdrawal of special needs assistant services from a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14472/11]
- Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (8 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an up-to-date list of the total cost of bonds held by each of the five guaranteed banking institutions, broken down into senior bonds guaranteed, senior bonds unguaranteed and secured, and senior bonds unguaranteed, unsecured and subordinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14665/11]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive have any proposals to close facilities in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14688/11]
- Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (7 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a briefing on the content and decisions of last month's meeting of the euro group. [14226/11]
- Written Answers — EU-IMF Fund: EU-IMF Fund (7 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed report on his ongoing discussions with his ECOFIN colleagues regarding the renegotiation of the EU-IMF austerity programme. [14225/11]
- Written Answers — Government Debt: Government Debt (7 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the size of the Government debt between 2006 and 2011 as a percentage of GDP and in monetary terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14393/11]
- Written Answers — Budget Deficit: Budget Deficit (7 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the size of the Exchequer deficit in national budgets between 2006 and 2011 as a percentage of GDP and in monetary terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14399/11]
- Written Answers — Garda Reserve: Garda Reserve (7 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members operating in County Donegal; the areas in which they are operating; if there are any plans to increase the numbers in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14348/11]
- Written Answers — Mine Disaster: Mine Disaster (7 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider issuing an apology on behalf of the State to the families of the people killed in the Ballymanus mine disaster in 1943 in west Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14386/11]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the basis upon which he calculated the standard cost which was used in an application for grant aid under the farm waste management scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14394/11]
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the transport charge introduced by the Health Service Executive through the rural transport initiative levied on persons with disabilities attending training centres and day centres in County Donegal; his views on whether this additional burden should not be imposed on the disabled in view of the budget cuts to their payments;...
- Ballymanus Mine Disaster (7 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Minister for Defence, Deputy Alan Shatter, to the House. The issue I raise is a very important one that affected west Donegal. The Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, will be familiar with the stories that come from that part of the country. This one scarred a whole community. It happened a very long time ago, well before my time, and was brought to my attention only in...
- Tax Reliefs (7 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Why has the Government abolished five of them?
- Government Borrowing (7 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Earlier the Minister told us the State will run out of money in 2013.
- Government Borrowing (7 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: It is the same thing. We have enough money to run the State through to the second half of 2013.