Results 101-120 of 481 for going forward speaker:Pearse Doherty

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...na teaghlaigh seo agus feidhmiú ansin chun tacú leo. In áit seo agus in áit cáinaisnéis éigeandála a thabhairt chun tosaigh, beidh briseadh ag an Dáil seo fá choinne an tsamhraidh agus beidh míonna deacra amach roimh go leor teaghlach. The latest consumer price index, CPI, published this morning by the Central Statistics Office,...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...tithíochta tar éis éirí ina tubaiste sóisialta. Tá na liostaí feithimh ospidéil ag éirí níos faide ná mar a bhí riamh agus tá an caighdeán maireachtála ag titim. Is é ceann de na fáthanna go mbeidh mise ag vótáil mímhuiníne sa Rialtas seo ná go bhfuil á teip iomlán...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...who are most affected as a result of this. They come from the people who have campaigned for this for more than ten years and who, time and again, have shown that the schemes and solutions being put forward by the Department, by the officials and by the Minister are flawed or defective, just as are the concrete blocks that make up their homes. This is the reality. Even though tonight...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...legislation. That is why, unfortunately, we had this joint statement from the Donegal Mica Action Group, Mayo Pyrite Action Group, Clare Pyrite Action Group, Limerick Pyrite Action Group and Sligo Pyrite Action Group saying they cannot support this legislation unless there are changes to it. They outline in their statement the frustration, engagement, false dawns and false promises and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ..., all the other families who face a summer of dread. As the Tánaiste acknowledged, they are already dealing with petrol, diesel, home heating oil, energy, food and clothing costs skyrocketing and going in the wrong direction. Now, as kids finish up their school year, the bills are starting to roll in. It is €1,500 per child going to secondary school and €1,200 per...

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...paid directly to low- and middle-income earners, targeted to those most in need, or to set up a debt utility fund to help people to pay what their debts cost. He does not get it, and he has never gotten it as long as he has been in government, that the housing crisis and the spiralling rents that people are paying need to be dealt with. We need to a month's rent back in renters' pockets...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...áil an Ombudsman teip iomlán an Rialtais áiteanna scoileanna a chur ar fáil do pháistí agus do leanaí a bhfuil riachtanais speisialta acu. Tá gníomh éigeandála de dhíth anois le cinntiú go mbeidh áit scoile ag gach páiste sa Stát i mí Mheán Fómhair. The Ombudsman for Children has released a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Tánaiste for his response. I am surprised by his commentary that there are no plans for emergency legislation. This highlights the fact the members of the Government are not speaking to each other. The Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, is on the record as saying she has spoken to the Attorney General in the context of emergency legislation. We need emergency legislation....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: De réir mar a mhéadaíonn praghsanna fuinnimh mar gheall ar an gcogadh, fuair an Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, amach go bhfuil duine as achan trí teaghlaigh anois ag maireachtáil i mbochtaineacht fuinnimh agus diúltaíonn an Rialtas seo gníomhú. Tá níos mó daoine ag titim isteach i mbochtaineacht fuinnimh agus iad ag...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...prize tickets of an unlimited nature and prize funds of an unlimited nature. I just want to make that point. I want to pick up on something the Minister of State said which is wrong. This is a new source of funding. This goes to the core of the issue. Let me be clear. The only political party that went for a lottery licence last year, which is not currently allowed under law but the...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...and he should acknowledge that. Lottery permits are allowed. Indeed, individuals and businesses can apply for lottery permits but the key difference is that to get a lottery permit you do not go to court. You get it through the Garda. The maximum value of a ticket is €10 and the maximum prize fund is €5,000. This is where Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, but Fianna...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...here. Households are struggling to make it to the end of the week and the Taoiseach is telling them that they have to tighten their belt and that as the leader of this Government, he is not going to intervene with any single further measure until at least October, at the very earliest. That is testament of a Taoiseach and a Government who are so far out of touch we could not make it up....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Níl dabht ar bith ach go bhfuil an ghéarchéim sa chostas maireachtála ag tiomáint níos mó agus níos mó teaghlaigh go dtí pointe na bochtaineachta, agus nár oibrigh an méid atá déanta ag an Rialtas go dtí seo. Tá rudaí ag dul ó olc go holc agus tá daoine ag streachailt chun íoc as earraí...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Government's lack of forward planning in respect of special education school places is holding children back from achieving their full potential. The Government has had plenty of warning about this. The Milne family first appeared on "Prime Time" three years ago when the Tánaiste held the post of Taoiseach. The Government knows the number of children with special educational needs...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Níl dabht ar bith ach go bhfuil smacht caillte ag an Rialtas ar an ghéarchéim costais maireachtála. Tchímid go bhfuil méadú de 28% tagtha ar bhillí leictreachais, go bhfuil méadaithe os cionn 50% tagtha ar bhillí gáis agus go bhfuil an costas d'ola chun tithe a théamh beagnach dúbailte le bliain anuas. Tá cíosanna...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Scéimeanna Tuaithe (18 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...áil leis an gclár LEADER agus tá deis ann é a cheartú anois. Má fheictear ar LEADER amach sa todhchaí ón mbliain seo chugainn amach romhainn, tá fadhbanna faoi leith ag na hoileáin ach níl an Rialtas dírithe air seo mar go bhfuil áiseanna nach gcúitítear níos mó á dtabhairt do na hoileáin i...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Scéimeanna Tuaithe (18 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...ite aige. The priority here is to ensure that the next LEADER programme is shaped in the way that best fits the communities that need to be served by it. The Minister of State mentioned the amount of funding that is going to be made available. The key issue here for us is not the size of the pot, which in itself is very important when we look at it from a global point of view, but when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme: Former Members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...with disabilities and the difficulties there and having indicated at an earlier stage that they could not continue to assess but took the commitments at their word. I also want to look to where we go forward and how the scheme needs to be fixed so we can provide the necessary supports and not force families into the situation they are in. As a committee we have sought the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme: Former Members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...would tell us exactly when the document was created because the log is linked into the system. The letter that the Minister sent to Dr. McDonagh indicated the approach he was taking as he looked forward. He was suggesting that he was going to set up a working group, of which Dr. McDonagh is now part, to operate concurrently with the work that would be done by the NDIS working group on...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...I am voting for the legislation, especially at a time of pressure on workers and families. The Minister of State is saying that instead of them charging €560 interest on a €1,000 loan, we are going to legislate for them to charge €480. Jesus Christ, this Minister has got your backs, folks. Interest of €480 if people take out a €1,000 loan is...