Results 22,641-22,660 of 35,959 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Resolution Processes (12 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of properties which have been successfully purchased through the mortgage-to-rent scheme since its launch in 2012 by county, in tabular form; his plans to reform the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39879/15]

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome that the Taoiseach has clarified for the first time that bankruptcy will be dealt with.

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: We have been asking about it for weeks.

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: We have clarity that it is supposed to come in, and we will keep the Government to the commitment. The electoral (amendment) (referendum spending and miscellaneous provisions) Bill will provide for the extension of the spending limit period. It has not been approved by the Government yet and is No. 83 on the list. Will it be approved by the Houses and will the limits be implemented before...

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: It would also be the first time the Taoiseach had answered either question.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (11 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected returns in dividends or any other form from the State's stake in Allied Irish Banks in 2015 and 2016 and beyond, given the announcement on 6 November 2015 by the bank regarding its capital restructuring. [39718/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Submissions (11 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the groups or persons he, or his officials, have met to discuss budget 2016 and the Finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39747/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Veterans (10 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 313. To ask the Minister for Defence why a person (details supplied) in County Cavan was not informed regarding the application process for a disability pension, specifically the timeframe involved; and if an exception will be made to this case. [39179/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (10 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 374. To ask the Minister for Health when the motorised transport grant replacement will be in place; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39095/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (10 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan is not in receipt of home help hours; his plans to make provision for this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39151/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 405. To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated report into inadequate and unreliable home care provision for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been compiled; the progress that has been made to date in progressing such a report; when this document will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39287/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (10 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Donegal is classified as an all-Irish school when assessing the eligibility of applicants for the post-primary school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39286/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (10 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm whether only approximately €500,000 of the €2.49 million of the European Commission's contribution to the Lufthansa Technik European globalisation adjustment fund has been spent to date; whether, given that the deadline for expenditure is 19 September 2016, this programme could end with a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (10 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether as of May 2015 only 127 of the 424 eligible redundant workers and only 54 of the 200 not-in-education, employment or training person cohort had accessed programme measures under the Lufthansa Technik European globalisation adjustment fund programme; whether enough is being done to ensure that all eligible persons can...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (10 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the south Dublin partnership and community-based training centres, such as Áras Rualach on the Neilstown Road in Clondalkin in Dublin 22, have been invited to assist in ensuring a greater participation rate from among the not-in-employment, education or training person cohort in the Lufthansa Technik European globalisation adjustment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (10 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of all moneys returned to the European Commission from previous European Globalisation Adjustment Fund programmes, expressed in nominal terms and as a percentage of the total amount awarded for each programme by the European Commission. [39388/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Regulations (10 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to a report compiled in 2010 by the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Commission into past dumping at sea of chemical weapons and munitions in the commission's maritime area, which gave details of chemical munition dump sites off the County Donegal coast, if he is aware...

Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: On behalf of Sinn Féin I strongly oppose the guillotining of this Bill and also the Bill that will follow. This is about proper parliamentary practice and there needs to be an opportunity for every Member of the House to have an input into the Finance Bill. There are details within the Bill that were not discussed on budget day, yet there was a lengthy discussion in terms of the Budget...

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: As I said, these are not isolated cases. The individual circumstances are obviously particular to these families, as are the tragedies that unfolded. We all know of different cases. Yesterday, there were more than 400 people on hospital trolleys and this is likely to continue. The Taoiseach's answer to this question yesterday was that things were likely to get worse and that we would hear...

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Why is it not working?