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Order of Business (31 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate the earlier response to allow for a further and more in-depth debate on the results of the stress testing of the banks, possibly next week. The Tánaiste will be aware that the stress tests only deal with four of the guaranteed banks and the State is transferring €2.53 billion to Anglo Irish Bank and a further €0.5 billion to the Irish Nationwide this morning. This is aside...

Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (30 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expected timeframe within which the commission on taxation and social welfare will examine and publish recommendations on the interaction of the taxation and welfare systems as promised by the programme for Government. [6002/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (30 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details on the programme for Government commitment to expand eligibility for the back to education allowance including a timeframe and the intended form of expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6001/11]

Order of Business (30 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Are there any proposals by the Government to introduce legislation on-----

Order of Business (30 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: It is promised, actually.

Order of Business (30 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: It is promised, and I am asking whether the Government is proposing to introduce that legislation.

Order of Business (30 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: It is promised.

Order of Business (30 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: There was a promise to address the issue, and I am asking whether it will be addressed in the form of legislation. I refer to mortgage defaults, about which promises have been made outside the House, and it is in accordance with the Standing Orders laid down by the House to raise matters of promised legislation.

Order of Business (30 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: To restart, when will there be proposals to deal with mortgage defaults? This is an issue that we in Sinn Féin have raised consistently. It is serious and it is coming at us down the road. This is highlighted by the fact that Irish Life & Permanent has been delisted from the stock markets here and in London, given that fact that the bank was heavily involved in mortgage and development...

Order of Business (30 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Is there a proposal to deal with debt relief or debt forgiveness, as distinct from interest relief, which is being talked about at this point? We will hear the results of the stress tests-----

Order of Business (30 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: -----which will allow relief for the banks, but what about the other end - relief for the people who have to pay the mortgages?

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (29 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when he will implement the temporary, partial credit guarantee scheme as provided for in the programme for Government; the time scale for the implementation, duration and cessation of this scheme; if there will be a cost of providing this insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5411/11]

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Deputy should read the motion and be honest.

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The motion calls on the Government to revert to the existing system.

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister for Finance admitted last week that he got all his election figures wrong.

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, was sitting there listening to him.

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister admitted that he had miscalculated.

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: It is now clear why Deputy Lowry was a member of Fine Gael.

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — the Universal Social Charge is an unjust and regressive tax, bearing down most heavily on those least able to afford it; — the Universal Social Charge affects people earning as little as €77 per week; — the Universal Social Charge is indiscriminate and affects someone earning €100,000 at the same rate as someone earning €16,016; —...

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Are you addressing the Labour Party?