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Written Answers — Marine Safety: Marine Safety (1 Feb 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Transport if the findings of the reports into the sinking of the [i]Evelyn Marie[/i] in 1975 and the [i]Carraig Úna[/i] in 1976 are covered under the Freedom of Information Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4517/11]

Written Answers — Marine Safety: Marine Safety (1 Feb 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason there was no formal inquiry into the sinking of the [i]Evelyn Marie[/i] in 1975 and the [i]Carraig Úna[/i] in 1976; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4518/11]

Written Answers — Foreshore Leases: Foreshore Leases (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date the proposed lease (details supplied) in respect of reclaimed foreshore at Burtonport Harbour will be transferred to Donegal County Council; his views on the length of time this lease has taken to be issued in view of the fact that this issue had been agreed more than eight years ago and that a...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I will be brief as I am aware of the time constraints and wish to ensure the spokesperson from the Fine Gael Party and the Minister are able to contribute before the division. Deputy Burton spoke about all the relevant issues. I differ with her only on bankers' bonuses, an issue I will address presently. My amendment No. 9 proposes that the universal social charge does not take effect until...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: That is simply not true.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister did not listen to me. I said "income-linked".

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I said they should be linked to incomes-----

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: -----that are twice the national average wage.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The relevant figure is €68,000.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: That is a complete falsehood.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The figure I mentioned was 90%, by the way.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I agree with Deputy Lynch. In light of the type of discussion we have had today, I was astonished to hear the outburst of the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan. He made a cheap effort to score points in the Chamber through the complete and utter misrepresentation of what I said. He needs to clean out his ears, listen to what I have to say and represent it properly. I did not say people on...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I could be completely and utterly wrong, as I said. I am approaching this from a genuine position. Perhaps the Minister, Deputy Pat Carey, can tell me whether, after this Bill has been passed by the Oireachtas and signed into law by the President, the bonuses that were due to be paid to bankers but are on hold because of the threat of recapitalisation can be reduced to a level of €19,999...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. We are on the same page as the Labour Party in this matter. We agree there should be an exemption for the circumstances mentioned by the Labour Party Members, but the measure should be income-linked so that it does not catch the rest. I advise the officials, through the Minister, that the note needs to deal with the question of recapitalisation. I made this point to the...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Yes.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I am sorry. I thought the Leas-Cheann Comhairle was finished.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Yes; I want the Minister to reply. We have to vote on this amendment now, and that is what is important. I have laid before the House a specific question which can be answered simply by a "Yes" or a "No". I think I know the answer - in fact, we all do - and the answer is yes, the bankers would get their bonuses without the universal social charge. That is the honest answer. If that is...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: That is the case. I thank the Minister.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I see nothing wrong with this amendment but I would need to study the proposal in more detail if the amendment was accepted and if the effective tax rate were to be reduced for intellectual trading losses, and how this would affect job creation as mentioned by Deputy English. We discussed earlier a report on how tax reliefs might impact upon job creation. I take the Minister's valid point...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I will return to the amendment but it was interesting to listen to what the Minister had to say on the 3% penalty we are paying as part of the bailout money. He said, rightly, the rates are fixed - he was one of the finance Ministers who fixed the rates at the ECOFIN meeting. However, the Minister told the House he did not even ask for a reduction in those rates. He was correct to say...