Parliamentary questions

Budget 2012

Pearse Doherty

81. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans, if any, to conduct and publish an analysis of the net effect on GDP and GNP of the measures taken in Budget 2012; his plans to conduct and publish any analysis of the output effects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14458/13]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

82. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money that would be raised in a full year by reducing the level at which persons and companies may claim interest repayments against tax for residential rental properties to 40%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14459/13]

NAMA Portfolio Issues

Pearse Doherty

90. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the recent statement by the National Asset Management Agency that it had sold €22 million of Irish residential property with its 80:20 deferred payment initiative, if he will confirm the overall value of the 80:20 mortgages that have been extended to buyers of such property and the overall value of sales which have not involved the 80:20 mortgage. [14570/13]

NAMA Portfolio Issues

Pearse Doherty

91. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 22 May 2012, if he will provide a breakdown of the stock of Irish residential housing in the National Asset Management Agency portfolio, showing the number of units rented and vacant, and showing the number of units being offered for sale and for rent. [14571/13]

Bond Markets

Pearse Doherty

92. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the fees payable to the joint lead managers, Barclays, Danske Bank, Davy, Goldman Sachs International, HSBC and Nomura, which have been mandated by the National Treasury Management Agency in respect of a recently announced issue of a March 2023 bond. [14572/13]

National Treasury Management Agency Bond Issues

Pearse Doherty

93. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will account for the premium yield paid by the National Treasury Management Agency on its recent €5 billion issuance of ten-year bonds when compared with the yield on the existing 2020 bond. [14573/13]

Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

94. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has confirmed with the European Central Bank, that in view of the recent issuance of €5 billion of ten-year bonds to a wide range of investors, that Ireland now qualifies for access to the ECB’s outright monetary transaction scheme. [14574/13]

Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

95. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his assessment on whether this State now meets the criteria for access to the ECB’s outright monetary transaction scheme, following the recent issuance of €5 billion of ten-year bonds to a wide range of investors. [14575/13]

EU-IMF Programme of Support Drawdowns

Pearse Doherty

96. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amounts currently borrowed from the International Monetary Fund under the programme finance agreement; the annual rate of interest payable on these borrowings; and the dates by which the principals must be repaid. [14576/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Pearse Doherty

97. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to his announcement on 13 March 2013 on dealing with the mortgage arrears crisis, if he will explain what he means by sustainable mortgage solution; if he will specifically outline any metrics that will be used to judge sustainability; and if he will identify the persons that will determine if a mortgage solution is sustainable or not. [14577/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Pearse Doherty

98. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to his announcement on 13 March 2013 on dealing with the mortgage arrears crisis, the independent advice that will be made available to borrowers who are being forced to sacrifice their tracker mortgage benefits in return for agreeing to a restructuring. [14578/13]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Pearse Doherty

54. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he has considered a proposal for a salary review in respect of the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive; if this is an upward review; the sum involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13775/13]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Pearse Doherty

163. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the proposed pay levels for the chief executives of the new hospitals groups; if he has proposed bonus payments for these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13776/13]

Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations

Pearse Doherty

203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is planning to outsource the running of its IT systems and their operation to HP; and if so, if there is a precedent for central banks outsourcing functions, particularly IT to private companies; the countries involved; and the periods for which they have used outsourcing. [13709/13]

Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations

Pearse Doherty

205. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is about to outsource its IT operations; if so, the protocols that are in place to ensure that commercially sensitive information will be protected in such an event; and his views on whether it is appropriate that any such outsourcing is made to a company that is in fact regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. [13710/13]

Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations

Pearse Doherty

207. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is about to outsource its IT operations; if so, the amount it currently costs to run the IT operations; the cost of the outsourcing; and the savings that will be made if such outsourcing is to take place. [13711/13]

Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations

Pearse Doherty

208. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is about to outsource its IT operations; and if so, the tender procedure the bank has undertaken to contract a private IT operator and the costs associated with the tendering process. [13712/13]

Public Service Contracts

Pearse Doherty

224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if consideration was given to the outsourcing of a call centre to a private company to deal with calls relating to the local property tax; if the cost of such a centre was estimated at €4.9 million; if it was intended that calls taken by that centre would then be processed back to Revenue; if he still intends to proceed with plans for a private call centre; if a direct call number has been established for local property tax queries; and the number of personnel who have been assigned to answering calls. [13992/13]

Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh

Pearse Doherty

337. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an gcuirfidh sé eolas ar fáil i bhfoirm tábla maidir le cé mhéad pacáiste tacaíochta teanga atá curtha amach chuig tuismitheoirí óna Roinn, agus é mionsonraithe de réir contae agus de réir míosa. [13642/13]

Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh

Pearse Doherty

338. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sé cuntas ar cé mhéad pacáiste réigiúnach éagsúil tacaíochta teanga atá ann, ar an ábhar atá i ngach pacáiste tacaíochta teanga atá ar fáil, ar theideal gach foilseacháin atá sna pacáistí agus ar na contaetha lena mbaineann gach pacáiste réigiúnach. [13643/13]

Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh

Pearse Doherty

339. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén méid airgid atá caite go dtí seo ar chur chun cinn na bpacáistí tacaíochta teanga; agus cén costas a bhaineann le gach ábhar-gach feachtas. [13644/13]

Special Protection Areas

Pearse Doherty

340. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the proposed Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if he will list the public facilities in which the maps and associated documents were displayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13676/13]

Special Protection Areas

Pearse Doherty

341. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if he will list the newspapers and radio stations in which the advertising for the consultation process were carried and the dates of these announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13677/13]

Special Protection Areas

Pearse Doherty

342. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if there is a requirement in his Department’s written guidelines or guidelines within the National Parks and Wildlife Service for prior consultation with landowners before formal written correspondence is issued informing them that their land is to be within the proposed SPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13678/13]

Special Protection Areas

Pearse Doherty

343. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if prior consultation has ever taken place with landowners before their land is included in a SPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13679/13]

Special Protection Areas

Pearse Doherty

344. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the coordinates of sightings over the past six years of the corncrake in the area proposed to be included in the Falcarragh/Meenlaragh Special Protection Area, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13680/13]

Special Protection Areas

Pearse Doherty

345. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if he will suspend the process of designation until such time as agreement can be reached with the local communities on the boundaries of the SPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13681/13]

Immigration Status

Pearse Doherty

376. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to correspondence sent to him regarding an application to remain here under the 2004 student probationary extension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; if this application will be approved in view of the fact that the applicant commenced studies in December 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14144/13]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Pearse Doherty

12. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dhéanfaid sé ráiteas maidir le hionadaíocht ó na Gaeltachtaí beaga ar Bhord an Údaráis ós rud é nach mbeidh ionadaíocht lánaimseartha ag Gaeltacht na Mí ar an bhord, agus go bhfuil ionadaithe ón dá Ghaeltacht bheaga eile ainmnithe aige ar an bhord. [13095/13]

Action Plan for Jobs

Pearse Doherty

51. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of where the 26,000 employed in aviation according to the jobs action plan work that is airport workers, manufacturing, leasing and so on. [13164/13]

Ministerial Meetings

Pearse Doherty

52. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of times he or his representatives have met with representatives of the aviation industry or aviation leasing industry since March 2011. [13165/13]

Temple Bar Cultural Trust

Pearse Doherty

133. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will lay before Dáil Éireann the latest report and accounts of the Temple Bar Cultural Trust, formerly Temple Bar Properties Limited. [13413/13]

Temple Bar Cultural Trust

Pearse Doherty

134. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out in tabular form the list of properties controlled by the Temple Bar Cultural Trust, formerly Temple Bar Properties Limited; and if he will designate each property that is currently rented or vacant. [13414/13]

Tourism Industry Issues

Pearse Doherty

128. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach further to the statements by the Irish Hotels Federation criticising both the detail of statistics collected by the Central Statistics Office in respect of tourist behaviour, and the tardiness of the production of visitor statistics with 2011 just now being published, if there are plans to improve the timeliness and detail of these statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12637/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

168. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total value of unsecured creditors at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation when it was placed in special liquidation on 6 February 2013. [12622/13]

Deposit Guarantee Scheme

Pearse Doherty

169. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 26 February 2013, which showed that deposits in Irish banks, based on which these banks hand over 0.2% at the end of each year to be held by the Central Bank of Ireland in its deposit guarantee scheme, had declined from €217 billion at the end of 2011 to €190 billion at the end of 2012, if this is correct; and the apparent discrepancy between this decline and statements from his Department which suggest a stabilization and modest growth in deposits. [12623/13]

Banking Sector Regulation

Pearse Doherty

170. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the policy of Allied Irish Banks in which he is the shareholder of 99.8% of the shares in writing down debt owed on commercial loans and if ordinary shareholders in companies where debt write-offs will be agreed by AIB, will be 100% wiped out before any debt write-off is agreed by AIB. [12624/13]

Eligible Liabilities Guarantee

Pearse Doherty

171. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown by covered institution of the €1,235,980,000 in 2011 and €1,024,786,000 in 2012 of eligible liabilities guarantee fees received by the State; and if he will provide a projection of the fees payable in 2013 by covered institution and the projected fees in budget 2013. [12625/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 on 27 February 2013, if he will confirm if it is KPMG corporate finance that will provide the independent valuation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage loanbook. [12626/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

173. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.63 of 27 February 2013, if he will provide an assessment of KPMG’s capabilities in disposing of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage loan book. [12627/13]

Bank Debt Restructuring

Pearse Doherty

174. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the involvement of KPMG in the sale of mortgage loan books at Permanent TSB and to provide an assessment of that company’s performance in selling PTSB’s loan books. [12628/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

175. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the disposal price of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage loan book if sold as one job lot and if broken down into subportfolios or individual mortgage sales. [12629/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

176. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of individual mortgage accounts that comprise the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage loan book. [12630/13]

IBRC Staff

Pearse Doherty

177. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an overview of what is involved in the valuation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage loan book; and if he will confirm the time required for the completion of an independent valuation. [12631/13]

IBRC Mortgage Loan Book

Pearse Doherty

178. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if an auction model has been considered for the sale of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage loan book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12632/13]

State Banking Sector

Pearse Doherty

191. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the publication of results for 2012 by Bank of Ireland, in which he owns 15% of the ordinary shares, if he will provide his reaction to the performance of the bank in 2012. [13076/13]

State Banking Sector

Pearse Doherty

192. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the latest valuation of the State’s interest in Bank of Ireland, particularly the value of its ordinary and preference shares. [13077/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the eventual publication on or after 4 March 2013, of the directions given by him to the National Asset Management Agency in respect of the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, if he will now publish the documents referred to in the directions, namely the facility agreement, deeds, transfers and schedules. [13078/13]

NAMA Debtors

Pearse Doherty

194. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the safeguards the National Asset Management Agency has in place to ensure that its debtors provide accurate accounting for their businesses and that benefits are not inappropriately withdrawn from debtor businesses by their proprietors. [13079/13]

NAMA Staff Numbers

Pearse Doherty

195. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the safeguards the National Asset Management Agency has in place to ensure its employees, particularly its asset managers do not become compromised, for example, through over familiarity, in the course of their management of specific debtors. [13080/13]