Results 18,561-18,580 of 35,756 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth Initiatives (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a new method of measuring the size of the economy and the growth of same in view of the unreliability of GDP as a measurement in an Irish context; the work which has been carried out by his Department and the Central Bank to date in 2017; the input the EU Commission and the fiscal council have had on the issue; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 280. To ask the Minister for Finance the advisers employed directly by a bank (details supplied) or his Department to provide advice or expertise related to the sale of the bank; the dates they were employed; the fees payable to each upfront or at the end of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27780/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Contracts (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 281. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that were put in place to ensure that no inside information or conflict of interest existed in the recent sale of buy-to-let mortgages to a company (detail supplied) in view of the fact that the company had previously been employed on a pro bono basis to advise a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27781/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability and Growth Pact (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 296. To ask the Minister for Finance further to parliamentary Question No. 143 of 30 May 2017, the impact on the fiscal space in 2017 and the following years if his Department fails to persuade the EU Commission that the retrospective change cited should not be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28080/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability and Growth Pact (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 297. To ask the Minister for Finance if, as per the council recommendation on the 2017 national reform programme for Ireland COM (2017) 507 final, further fiscal adjustments are required in 2017 in order to comply with the fiscal rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28081/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 298. To ask the Minister for Finance the consequences of the State being found to be in a situation in which a significant deviation has occurred under the fiscal rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28082/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 305. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of exempting IREF funds from stamp duty on the transfer of shares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28335/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 306. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of exempting IREF funds from VAT on property management fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28336/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgages Examination (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 322. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons affected by the tracker mortgage investigation at each of the banks involved in specifying the numbers identified as possible victims; the number of customers to date contacted each bank; the number that have had their case closed with redress and compensation paid at each bank; the timeframe in which all affected persons will have...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Data (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 325. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the net fiscal space for 2018 of retaining mortgage interest relief; his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28684/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Pay (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 326. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recently agreed public sector pay deal will be counted as investment in public spending under the confidence and supply agreement that there will be a two to one ratio between investment in public spending and tax cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28685/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Revenue Commissioners (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 386. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the requests received by his Department from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners regarding recruiting additional personnel to fill vacant posts in 2016 and to date in 2017; the date on which the request was received; the title of the position; if the vacancy in question related to a new or existing post; if the request was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cóiríocht Scoile (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndéanfaidh an Roinn teagmháil dhíreach le bord bainistíochta scoile i gcontae Dhún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar fáil) d'fhonn teacht ar réiteach atá inghlactha i gcoitinne ar an easpa spáis atá sa chlós scoile; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [27154/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the existing July provision scheme with the view to implementing recommendations from various stakeholders concerning the need to extend the programme to include children with Down syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27268/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of incidences whereby parents of children with Down syndrome and-or individual schools were contacted by his Department to issue a warning of possible legal action and-or possible recoupment as a result of funding via the July provision scheme having been sanctioned and provided for a child with the condition previously only for his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce staffing levels at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if a staffing appeal has been received by his Department from authorities at the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28604/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 736. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the type of services that the vouchers granted under the abhaile scheme entitle a person to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27060/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 737. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the controls in place to ensure a personal insolvency practitioner in receipt of a voucher under the abhaile scheme considers all options for a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27061/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 738. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times a personal insolvency practitioner in receipt of a voucher under the abhaile scheme has suggested personal insolvency as the next step for a person; if he will provide this number as a percentage of the number of recommendations from PIPS under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 739. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the free legal advice offered under the abhaile scheme amounts to general legal advice on debt and insolvency and does not constitute specific advice to a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27063/17]