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Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (17 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has an application for naturalisation currently with his Department; the status of this application and the time frame for processing of same. [11169/11]

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (17 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give details of the number of ministerial cars; the number of drivers; the total personnel; the number of ministerial cars that are provided for past Members of the Oireachtas; the cost to the Exchequer of the provision of ministerial cars to past Members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9652/11]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be received for the grassland sheep scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [11673/11]

Proposed Legislation (17 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 42: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will introduce equality proofing of legislation and policy initiatives that come from him. [11512/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further progress has been made with an application for a school (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/11]

Official Engagements (11 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the plans he has submitted as part of the National Reform Plan to the European Commission; if he will publish these plans and present them before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9641/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (10 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects to complete the implementation plan regarding the recommendations of the review of the mortgage interest supplement, June 2010; and the likely time frame for the implementation of same. [10447/11]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (10 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees in each year from 2007 to date in 2011 whose earnings meant that their employers were liable for the low rate of employers PRSI of 8.5%; the steps she will take to ensure that the lowering of the rate of PRSI will not encourage employers to reduce wages to come within the qualifying criteria for this new measure;...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of civil and public servants who are in receipt of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9666/11]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (10 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 235: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change the regulation regarding the erection of mobile phone masts, including the placing of these masts close to public buildings such as schools; and the output levels from these structures. [10681/11]

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (10 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Listening to the Minister's speech I now fully understand why the Government downgraded today's announcement from being a jobs budget to a jobs fund to a jobs initiative and the reason is crystal clear. It gives me no pleasure to say that across the country, hundreds of thousands of people will be deeply disappointed by today's jobs initiative. There are 439,571 reasons the Minister and his...

Departmental Schemes (10 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that participation in Tús involves training; and if she will make funding available for same. [10448/11]

Emergency Services (5 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: We are all glad at this stage that the fires that have raged across many counties are now under control. However, we acknowledge the threat that many of them can re-ignite in the short term, as some of them are still smouldering in my own county of Donegal. There is also a threat in the weeks and months ahead that these fires could take place again. The community response to these fires has...

Emergency Services (5 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: A sight of things to come.

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...