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Written Answers — Supreme Court Appeal: Supreme Court Appeal (5 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 48: To ask the Taoiseach if he will withdraw the Government's Supreme Court appeal to the Doherty decision which was secured in the High Court and which related to the filling of a casual vacancy in the Donegal South West constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6670/11]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (5 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision made in the education budget changes for 2011 and in particular to school bus services where the pick up density of pupils in a distinct locality on a particular route will have to increase from seven to ten to retain a service; if he will review the circumstances of a family (details supplied) in...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (5 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the summer works scheme for 2011; when schools will be notified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6497/11]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (5 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assistance available to those on social welfare, not in receipt of council housing, to make repairs on their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6624/11]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (5 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 265: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assistance available from councils to those on social welfare, not in receipt of council housing, to make repairs on their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6625/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (5 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify his position on the agri-environment options scheme for 2011; if it will reopen to accept the 10,000 farmers who will be leaving REP scheme 3 by mid May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6377/11]

Written Answers — Heritage Donations: Heritage Donations (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of tax relief for heritage donations awarded during each of the past five years under section 1003 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; the number of persons who availed of the scheme during each year; if he will provide details of their donations. [6202/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements that were adopted when a person on the live register was employed by the Central Statistics Office for the purpose of compiling census 2011; the savings that were made to the Department for each person employed in this way; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6330/11]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the efforts that have been made to assist the workers recently made redundant (details supplied) in County Donegal to find suitable alternative employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6238/11]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if she has instructed any Government Departments to target investment to a townland (details supplied) in County Donegal following recent job tosses in the area. [6239/11]

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Today's announcement draws a clear line in the sand and brings to an end the fallacy and pretence that some type of radical or fresh innovative approach would be taken by the Government. It draws a line in the sand with regard to all of the commitments given by Government spokespersons while in opposition and government. Previously Deputy Gilmore, now Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade,...

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Wherever the Deputy said it, he misled the people.

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Deputy misled the people when he told us this would be the cheapest bailout in the world and that it would only cost €4 billion. The figures presented today show that the real figure, leaving aside NAMA bonds, is closer to €70 billion. The Government's open-ended commitment to cover bank losses plainly exceeds the fiscal capacity of the State. The losses of the banking sector have...

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Who has gagged you?

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: We in Sinn Féin put down a Private Members' motion yesterday to scrap the universal social charge and replace it with the system that was in existence prior to the December budget. Everybody on that side, including Labour Party Members, voted to keep it there. They voted to keep the tax on the working poor. It would cost €420 million to revert to the old system. That is a great deal of...

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Those are the priorities of both parties in this Government. They have stolen the clothes of Deputy Micheál Martin and the former Taoiseach, Deputy Brian Cowen, and are wearing them proudly on the Government benches today, along with their smiles. It is sad to see people who so convincingly and eloquently articulated positions in this Chamber, which I believe came from their hearts, smile...

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: One of the major issues that has arisen, and the figures regarding Permanent TSB amplify this issue, is that the capital requirements of that bank are now €4 billion. The head of that bank told us two years ago that only about 1% of its loans would be bad loans. Permanent TSB did not get involved in the speculative development lending. It was more conservative than that. It dealt with...

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: We have the figures now for one half of the problem, namely, the banks, but we must now come up with solutions for the problems of the mortgage holders because people with two incomes who were getting two pay cheques every Thursday are now relying on social welfare payments. People who bought property at the height of the boom have to make the decision to put food on the table——

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: ——or pay their mortgage, and they are rightly deciding to do the former. We must examine a scheme which deals with debt forgiveness and non-recourse mortgages but one that bails out those people also. The Minister is going down the wrong track and I appeal to him——

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: ——to change direction. In particular, I appeal to the Labour Party members to use their influence and go back to what they said they believed. For God's sake, pumping more money into defunct banks does not make sense. They are about to sink the Irish State and they will be guilty of reckless trading.