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Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Sheep Technology Adoption Programme Eligibility
Pearse Doherty
982. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider granting a special derogation to sheep farmers on the offshore island of Arranmorein County Donegal regarding the eligibility requirement of a stocking level of 30 breeding ewes for the STAP scheme in cases where the farmer concerned cannot reach this level of stock density due to the marginal and exposed nature of the land on which they farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15982/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Food Labelling
Pearse Doherty
996. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the publication by his Department of the recent report on the horse meat scandal, if he will outline the sanctions he intends pursuing against companies and individuals criticized in the report. [16297/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Children in Care
Pearse Doherty
1077. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current capacity of medium to long term residential care beds in County Donegal specifically designated for children and teenagers awaiting long term foster care or identified at being at risk or temporarily removed from the family home; the number of persons in County Donegal who have availed of this service in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012; the locations of the beds in the county; the number of social workers and other staff employed in residential care of children and teenagers identified as being at risk or awaiting foster care in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16335/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Homeless Persons Supports
Pearse Doherty
1115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided by the Health Service Executive to bodies working in the area of homelessness in each year for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and the amounts projected for 2013 subdivided into HSE area; and if expended on social inclusion children and families or other objectives. [17346/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Food Safety Authority Meetings
Pearse Doherty
1152. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland will have sufficient directors so as to enable it to lawfully meet. [16298/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Disability Support Services Provision
Pearse Doherty
1160. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed by the specialist services for children within the multidisciplinary autism team in County Donegal; if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff employed in the specialist services for children within the multidisciplinary autism team in County Donegal for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; the number of staff employed by the specialist services for children within the multidisciplinary autism team in County Donegal that are currently on maternity leave; the number of staff that have been employed on temporary contracts to replace those on maternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16336/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Disability Support Services
Pearse Doherty
1161. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the Donegal Autism Service specifically for the support of children diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum in County Donegal for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; the total amount that has been allocated under the Health Service Executive care plan for 2013 for the support of children diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum in County Donegal for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16337/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Disability Support Services Provision
Pearse Doherty
1162. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an initial appointment with the relevant children’s specialists on the autism team in County Donegal; the average length of time from when a child is initially referred to the autism team and a full assessment or diagnosis is made; the number of children in County Donegal who are awaiting an initial appointment with a relevant specialist within the autism team; the number of children who have been referred to the autism team in County Donegal who are undergoing assessment or awaiting final diagnosis; the percentage of children referred to the autism team in each of the past five years who have been diagnosed as having autistic spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16338/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pearse Doherty
1163. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he has considered correspondence sent to him outlining the situation whereby two Departments (details supplied) in Sligo Regional Hospital have taken the decision to suspend referrals from general practitioners in County Donegal due to a backlog of waiting lists and increasing workload; the steps being taken by him to resolve this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16339/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Hospital Services
Pearse Doherty
1164. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an appointment with a dermatology specialist in both Letterkenny General Hospital and Sligo Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16340/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pearse Doherty
1165. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, who was referred by their general practitioner in June 2012 as an urgent case for a surgical procedure due to their pain levels is still awaiting the procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16341/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pearse Doherty
1228. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect to receive treatment for a condition at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. [16688/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Departmental Websites
Pearse Doherty
1369. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1235 of 6 November 2012, if he will now provide the details requested. [16289/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Departmental Websites
Pearse Doherty
1370. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the purchase of the Ireland.com domain name from The Irish Times for €495,000 in October 2012 by Tourism Ireland Limited which operates under the auspices of his Department, if he is concerned that DiscoverIreland.com is still the website most promoted by Tourism Ireland in traditional marketing. [16290/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Departmental Websites
Pearse Doherty
1371. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the purchase of the Ireland.com domain name from The Irish Times for €495,000 in October 2012 by Tourism Ireland Limited which operates under the auspices of his Department, if he is concerned that according to website rankings published by Alexa.com that Ireland.com is ranked 86,595 in the world in terms of global traffic while DiscoverIreland.com is ranked higher at 81,470 in the world. [16291/13]
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
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Ministerial Travel
Pearse Doherty
24. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of his recent official visit to South Africa; and if any of his meetings with South African business groups were successful in creating trade and investment for Ireland. [15528/13]
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
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Middle East Peace Process
Pearse Doherty
28. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the World Bank report on the Palestinian economy, which states that Israel's system of checkpoints and restrictions in the occupied West Bank has inflicted long-term damage on Palestinians' ability to compete in the global market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15533/13]
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pearse Doherty
235. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15802/13]
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pearse Doherty
236. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15803/13]
Wed, 27 Mar 2013
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Job Creation Numbers
Pearse Doherty
63. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide detailed figures of the numbers and types of jobs created as a result of the Government's 2012 Action Plan for Jobs which identified targeting capital investment in public tourism product and infrastructure as a key priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15305/13]
Wed, 27 Mar 2013
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Motor Vehicles
Pearse Doherty
79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of motor vehicles currently operating on the road that were registered before 2008. [15058/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Financial Services Regulation
Pearse Doherty
193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance , further to his announcement on mortgage arrears on 13 March 2013, if financial institutions will continue to prepare their accounts under international financial reporting standards, and particularly if the requirement to write down the value of certain loans to the value of the underlying security will lead to the necessity for banks to produce two sets of accounts. [14901/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Mortgage Arrears Proposals
Pearse Doherty
194. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance , further to his announcement on mortgage arrears on 13 March 2013, if he will quantify by reference to the most recently available data, the number of proposed sustainable mortgage solutions that the banks are targeted with proposing by end of June 2013; the number of proposed sustainable mortgage solutions that the banks have proposed by 13 March 2013; and if he will specify what is meant by proposing and if proposals must be in writing to borrowers. [14902/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Central Bank of Ireland Issues
Pearse Doherty
195. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the terms of the Agreement on Net Financial Assets overseen by the European Central Bank. [14903/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
196. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the proportion of the €25 billion of sovereign bonds used to swap with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation for its €27.7 billion of promissory notes, that are directly held by the Central Bank of Ireland. [14904/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
197. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will set out, in tabular form, by country the holdings of €25 billion of sovereign bonds used to swap with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation for its €27.7 billion of promissory notes. [14905/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Deposit Guarantee Scheme
Pearse Doherty
198. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the adequacy of the deposit guarantee scheme overseen at the Central Bank of Ireland in the event of the failure of any of the main Irish financial institutions. [14906/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Banking Sector Remuneration
Pearse Doherty
199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the Mercer Report on pay and perks, the investigation, if any, he has carried out into the reported practice in Spain where executives of Bankia were ordered to pay back annual incentives paid before the bailout. [14907/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Banking Sector Remuneration
Pearse Doherty
200. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the Mercer report on pay and perks, the reason employees in banks have seen their salaries increase to levels which are amongst the highest in Europe, whilst employees in the public sector are being asked to accept pay cuts. [14908/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Financial Services Ombudsman
Pearse Doherty
201. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Financial Services Ombudsman, due to the Irish bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013, cannot now investigate complaints by mortgage holders against the IBRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14917/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Cypriot Financial System
Pearse Doherty
218. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the exposure of Irish households and businesses to the Cypriot financial system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15179/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Cypriot Financial System
Pearse Doherty
219. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the exposure of Irish banks including the Central Bank of Ireland to Cypriot sovereign bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15180/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Cypriot Financial System
Pearse Doherty
220. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the exposure of the European Central Bank to the Cypriot financial system; and if he will provide an assessment of the contribution of this State to any losses incurred by the ECB on its exposure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15181/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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State Banking Sector
Pearse Doherty
221. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the capital control measures he has available to him to prevent bank runs on Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15182/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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State Debt
Pearse Doherty
222. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the sterling and euro sums drawn down on the bilateral loan provided by Britain to the State as part of the 2010 programme finance arrangement; the applicable annual interest rate; the sterling and euro sums that he expects to be drawn down in future; and if he will provide an assessment of the risk that penalties provided for in the bilateral loan agreement in case the full amount of the loan is not drawn down, will be triggered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15183/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Tax Compliance
Pearse Doherty
223. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide his assessment of the plans by the British government and its Chancellor of the Exchequer to name and shame promoters of tax avoidance schemes; if he has any plans to introduce a similar practice here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15184/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Bank Deposits Levy
Pearse Doherty
227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain his decision to welcome the Cypriot loan deal as proposed; his views on whether it is acceptable to levy depositors in a banking crisis but leave senior bondholders untouched; if he put forward any alternative solutions to the levying of depositors, particularly depositors under €100,000; if any discussions have been held regarding this being a potential avenue for Ireland either in the past, or in the future; and if he will confirm that he is still committed to guaranteeing the first €100,000 of a depositor's account in the event of a bank collapsing or needing new capital. [15319/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Prisoner Numbers
Pearse Doherty
449. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the number of prisoners who have sought or been provided with medical attention at Wheatfield Prison, Cloverhill Road, Dublin following assaults or suspected assaults in each of January, February and March 2013 together with the current total number of prisoners at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15185/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Health Services Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
542. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 612 and 570 of 12 March 2013, the reason the medicine olanzapine costs consumers €166 in this State compared with €9 in Northern Ireland. [14915/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Health Services Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
543. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 612 and 570 of 12 March 2013, the reason the medicine atorvastatin costs consumers €33.77 in this State compared with €2.87 in Northern Ireland [14916/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility
Pearse Doherty
544. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation as to why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 had their primary medical certificate withdrawn by the Health Service Executive despite their medical condition deteriorating and medical evidence to prove this deterioration being provided to the HSE. [14921/13]
Thu, 21 Mar 2013
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Bank Staff Remuneration
Pearse Doherty
2. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the salaries of senior executives at bailed-out banks, as opposed to reducing the payroll more generally, in view of the fact that more than 6,400 staff in these banks earn more than €100,000, 165 top executives in Bank of Ireland and AIB are receiving salaries in excess of €200,000 per year, 55 of these are earning more than €300,000 per year and 28 are earning more than €400,000 per year. [14401/13]
Thu, 21 Mar 2013
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Mortgage Arrears Proposals
Pearse Doherty
5. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason in view of the crisis in mortgage arrears he did not take the power away from the banks and appoint an independent body with the power to compel banks to come to binding agreements with mortgage holders in last week’s mortgage arrears plan; if he considered this option; and if so, the reason he did not include it. [14402/13]
Thu, 21 Mar 2013
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Property Taxation Application
Pearse Doherty
24. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will carry out an impact assessment of the property tax on social housing service providers. [14060/13]
Thu, 21 Mar 2013
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Budget 2012
Pearse Doherty
75. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to conduct and publish an analysis of the net employment effects of the measures taken in Budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14452/13]
Thu, 21 Mar 2013
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Budget 2012
Pearse Doherty
76. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to conduct and publish an analysis of the distributional effects of the measures taken in Budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14453/13]
Thu, 21 Mar 2013
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Budget 2012
Pearse Doherty
77. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any,he has to conduct and publish an analysis of the distributional effects of the measures taken in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14454/13]
Thu, 21 Mar 2013
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Budget 2012
Pearse Doherty
78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to conduct and publish an analysis of the distributional effects of the measures being considered for Budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14455/13]
Thu, 21 Mar 2013
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Tax Reliefs Application
Pearse Doherty
79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to publish the economic rationale for all existing tax reliefs and for all proposed tax reliefs being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14456/13]
Thu, 21 Mar 2013
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Tax Reliefs Cost
Pearse Doherty
80. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to publish the direct cost to the Exchequer of all existing tax reliefs, including a distributional analysis of which households by income decile group are expected to benefit from each existing tax relief; the firms that are expected to benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14457/13]