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EU-IMF Programme (15 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: If the Minister believed the statement the late Brian Lenihan made here, then coming up to the general election he should have told the people: "I believe Brian Lenihan. I believe the IMF deal is contingent upon us paying the bondholders. Therefore if you elect us into government, we are going to continue to pay the bondholders." If the Minister believed what he said, that is what he...

EU-IMF Programme (15 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: I have a supplementary question. Another of these bonds for €1.2 billion will come up in January. What does the Minister believe will happen if he keeps to the people's understanding of his election promise, which was to burn these bondholders or in this case secondary speculators who now own the bonds?

EU-IMF Programme (15 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: What does the Minister believe will happen in January?

Mental Health Services: Motion (15 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: I am not an expert on mental health so in preparation for the motion, I spoke to mental health professionals on the medical side, the clinical therapeutic side and the complementary therapy side. I also spoke to people involved in community-based care and in hospital-based care and I have had input from constituents in Wicklow, both from those involved in community-based provision and those...

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (15 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance, in view of his earlier implication that the ECB had effectively threatened that there would be consequences if the bond payments due by the former Anglo Irish Bank were not paid and his more recent statement that the threats of increased interest rates or of a turning off of the tap of liquidity to the banking system were never explicitly made,...

Written Answers — Overseas Student Enrolments: Overseas Student Enrolments (15 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the registration of students by private colleges for courses accredited by HETAC and FETAC, if he will confirm if it is the case that such students can only be registered if they have a PPS number, or the British equivalent; the reasons for same; if he has considered the negative impact that this may have on uptake by...

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: I commend the Minister and his officials on putting together a multi-year plan. It is very useful. I read through the document in some detail and there are some great ideas in it. My concern with the plan is that there is no detail which allows me, as a Member of Parliament, to understand why particular things have been allocated. The Minister picked four pillars and there is reference...

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: To clarify, is the Minister saying that there are proposals in this document which may be subject to change before the budget? Will he release the information on decision criteria and cost benefit analyses immediately so that we can digest it before the debate next week in the House?

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: Can the capital programme be changed before the budget and will the Minister immediately release to us what he can?

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: Will the Minister release the background information so we can consider it in more detail?

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: I understand. However, without background information it is impossible for us as parliamentarians to assess the capital programme, which is just a list. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform must have decision criteria and must have reviewed cost-benefit analyses across a range of projects.

Order of Business (17 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: We are all aware that the social welfare safety net in this country is under huge strain at the moment. One of the holes in the net is an idiosyncracy whereby self-employed people get either very little or nothing when they lose their jobs or their companies close. Like other Deputies, I have constituents in Wicklow and east Carlow whose businesses have folded but who are getting nothing...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (22 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his policy with regard to the long-standing United Nations commitment to hold a referendum on the issue of self-determination for the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35589/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (22 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to allegations that an Irish oil exploration company (details supplied) is working in Western Saharan territory; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, according to an opinion by United Nations legal counsel, mineral resource activities conducted in Western Sahara under...

Written Answers — Security of Aid Workers: Security of Aid Workers (22 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the kidnapping of one Italian and two Spanish aid workers from the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria on 23 October; if he has considered if Irish officials could offer any support to Spanish officials working on this case, in particular in view of the experience of officials...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (22 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if, as part of budget 2012, he will consider reducing the VAT rate applying to artisan makers of musical instruments here from the higher rate of VAT, consistent with other businesses that are highly labour intensive and are VAT rated at 13.5%. [35583/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is proposed to introduce legislation to recognise legally the acquired gender of transgender persons, given that it is four years since the High Court ruled that Irish law in this area is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. [35594/11]

Written Answers — Civil Registration: Civil Registration (22 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for new birth certificates that have been received by the General Register Office or local offices from transgender persons since the decision of the High Court in the Lydia Foy case in October 2007 to the effect that the State must make provision for the legal recognition of transgender persons in their...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (22 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the entitlements and procedures applying to self-employed persons whose business has collapsed and who need social assistance; the difference between these entitlements and those applying to former PAYE workers who are now unemployed; if she will consider bringing these entitlements into parity; if she is considering...

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (22 Nov 2011)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made on the introduction of a national postcode system, as per the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010; if he will give any deadlines for when this will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35588/11]