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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...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (18 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the efficiency of the Garda Vetting Unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11880/11]

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (18 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if measures adopted for vulnerable witnesses providing court testimony in this State are in accordance with the UN Guidelines on Justice in Matters Involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11879/11]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (18 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that they are not among the commercial semi-State bodies listed in the schedule of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No 2) Act 2009, when he will apply the provisions of the Act to Anglo Irish Bank, Irish Nationwide Building Society and EBS Building Society each of which the Government is the sole...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the withdrawal of special needs assistant services from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11995/11]

Written Answers — Waste Policy: Waste Policy (17 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 64: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which he will publish his new waste policy; if this policy will be free from incineration and thermal treatment projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11511/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (17 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plan to include or introduce a disregard for the new agri-environment options scheme payment for farmers applying for farm assist. [11182/11]