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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom ceist na ngardaí agus an Ghaeilge a ardú leis an Aire Stáit. Táimid ag iarraidh a chinntiú go bhfuil Gaeilge líofa ag gardaí atá lonnaithe i stáisiúin Gaeltachta. I wish to raise the issue of Irish-speaking gardaí working in Gaeltacht regions. Will the Minister provide an assessment of how much progress has been made...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome that the Minister of State has put new information on the record. I submitted a parliamentary question to the Minister for Justice, which gave me the breakdown of every Garda station in the Gaeltacht regions, including County Donegal. It comprised more than 300 gardaí in County Donegal and suggested there were only nine with Gaelic as a native language or with proficiency. I...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank everybody who spoke on the legislation, especially those who supported it. After three years of the Minister of State's Government being in office, the homelessness crisis has never been worse. That is a blatant, blunt fact. Each month it gets worse. New records are broken every single month by this Government when it comes to homelessness. As shocking as these new records are,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: For the second day in a row we have more than 700 patients who have been admitted to our hospitals and cannot get a bed. There were 57 yesterday in Letterkenny University Hospital and 47 today in University Hospital Limerick. For the second day in a row there are more than 100 patients admitted who cannot get a bed in that hospital. We have ambulances outside that cannot offload patients...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated revenue that will be raised in each of the years 2024 to 2030 by the proposed increases in all classes of PRSI by 0.1 percentage points in 2024 and 2025, 0.15 percentage points in 2026 and 2027, and 0.2 percentage points in 2028, disaggregated by PRSI class, employer, employee and self-employed, in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (12 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of an invalidity pension application (details suppled) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54603/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54962/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It is disappointing the Minister is leaving because I wanted to talk to him about the defective concrete block redress scheme in Donegal and elsewhere. Despite having been badly let down, people are trying to engage and rebuild their homes. The question, however, is about the mortgageability of these homes following remediation. Will people be able to sell the properties or get top-up...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Every bit of evidence shows it. What is the Minister going to do about the report that is published today? The report states very clearly that house prices in the greater Dublin area have increased by €90,000 since he became Minister for housing, over the past three years. It has told us clearly that to purchase a home, you need a joint income of €127,000-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: -----when the average income in Dublin is €37,000. What is the Minister going to do? He has no plan.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: He has no ideas. He is out of ideas and he is out of time. That is the reality.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: You have no idea.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It is about time you were called out.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Leis an Rialtas seo, tá praghsanna tithe imithe tríd an díon agus tá úinéireacht tí anois níos deacra agus níos deacra agus níos faide ar shiúl do ghlúnta ár ndaoine. Léirigh tuarascáil an lae inniu ó Chumann na Seirbhéirí Cairte go bhfuil ardú de bhreis is €90,000 tagtha ar chostais...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I am not even going to respond-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ----- to all the misleading points the Minister has made because it is complete deflection. What I will respond to is him stating that his plan is working. I genuinely ask him or any of the those who were laughing and heckling there if they think it is working when we have seen the record level of rent increases - since records began - at 12%. Does he think it is working when house prices...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the Implementation Steering Group with respect to the defective concrete block scheme; why stakeholders, including affected homeowners, the banking industry, insurance industry, engineering sector and others are not included to resolve key outstanding issues; if a commitment was ever made by the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the significant increase in average rent in County Donegal, according to the ESRI and the Residential Tenancies Board new renters in County Donegal are paying almost 30% more each month than existing tenants; if the Government have any plans to deal with this significant increase; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passports will issue on time for children (details supplied) who applied for in October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54260/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration for a person (details supplied); the timeframe in which it will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54328/23]