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Business of Dáil (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: He has not spoken on the issue I wish to raise. We have already dealt with that matter and it has been dispensed with in the Dáil. This issue concerns item 3a and I ask for the Ceann Comhairle's guidance. Motions have been tabled by the Sinn Féin Party on annulling a statutory instrument on penalty points, which was overturned by the courts and found to be unconstitutional in two...

Business of Dáil (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: On that point-----

Business of Dáil (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: As somebody who protects the interests of Members of this House-----

Business of Dáil (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: No, I am not.

Business of Dáil (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: This is a very serious matter and I have no intention of protecting a debate.

Business of Dáil (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I ask the Ceann Comhairle, as somebody who protects the interests of Members, to seek advice as to how a statutory instrument-----

Business of Dáil (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: -----which will become law within 21 sitting days, can be annulled by a Deputy or the Opposition when such matters are not allowed to be discussed. There is an issue regarding legal clarification on how we make our rules-----

Business of Dáil (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: -----because this Parliament is acting unlawfully unless we allow and facilitate that debate within the 21 days that are set down. You should not allow a Minister to introduce secondary legislation and then prevent the Dáil having a debate and voting against it if it so wishes, which it is entitled to do, under legal statute. It is simply not acceptable and this Dáil-----

Business of Dáil (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The Ceann Comhairle has not declared the vote.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Programmes (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused entry to a Level 5 certificate in health care support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7464/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services Data (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of service users who attended the weekly community welfare service clinic held at the inspector's office in Falcarragh, County Donegal, for each month in 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7491/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services Data (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the weekly clinics held as part of community welfare services in the Falcarragh and Dunfanaghy areas of County Donegal have been merged; if she is aware of the negative impact which this reduction to services will have on service users in terms of having their individual welfare needs assessed and the appropriate allowances allotted;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Compensation Fund (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the moneys paid out by the Insurance Compensation Fund for each of the past five years; the amount that would have been paid out if the ICF had no caps, absolute or based on percentage, on payments for third party claims, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7339/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Applications Approvals (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 6 April 2016, if he will direct Allied Irish Banks, as a State-owned bank, to provide the information requested, namely, the value of approved mortgages that are outside the normal 80% cap for non-first-time buyers or the equivalent cap for first-time buyers under the Central Bank of Ireland's macro-prudential...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injury Claims (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 138. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will direct the Personal Injuries Assessment Board to update its book of quantum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7322/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Motor Insurance (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 139. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will list all advice on the issue of motor insurance premiums he has received in the past 18 months; if he will publish these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7324/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider granting a person (details supplied) in County Donegal the 2015 young farmers scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7462/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Appeals (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision from the agriculture appeals office regarding an application under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7463/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 229. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant permission to remain here to persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7461/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (20 Apr 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 265. To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to the draft Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (Regulation of Temporary Absence Cover by Pharmaceutical Assistants) Rules 2016, which attempts to provide a legal definition to temporary absence of a pharmacist, his attention has been drawn to the concerns of qualified pharmaceutical assistants who assert that the proposed changes undermine...