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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the official policy in place within his Department which outlines the procedure for the rescue efforts of beached whales; if this policy is circulated to the various stakeholders such as Local Government and the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32027/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is best practice to allow beached whales to perish without any intervention in order to ease the suffering of the animal; his views on whether it is standard practice to prohibit volunteers from making rescue efforts; his plans to review this policy in the near future in view of the distress of the whales...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons the necessary equipment was not available to the National Parks and Wildlife Service in County Donegal to allow them to humanely put beached whales in Donegal to death by chemical injection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32029/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 618. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal despite submitting the necessary additional information relating to their medical card application has not had their application processed and when they will receive same. [32031/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for processing medical card applications. [32037/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 621. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for processing medical card applications following additional information being supplied and his views on the timeframe for finalising these applications [32038/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 730. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay on a decision in granting a discretionary medical card in respect of a family (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32825/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 731. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay on a decision in granting a discretionary medical card for a family (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32826/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a decision to be made in relation to granting a discretionary medical card for persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will consider granting a person a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32851/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 744. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a decision to be made on granting a discretionary medical card for a family (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will consider granting a person a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32852/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the radiology service in Shiel Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal has been reduced to two days per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32853/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 746. To ask the Minister for Health when the rheumatology service in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32854/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: If a person had two rooms available to rent it would still be €10,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: With regard to universal mortgage insurance and the loan to value ratio of lending by the banks, is this different from the Government's model to insure a portion of the loan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I would love to go into more detail with Mr. Davitt but the Chairman is pressing me for time. What should be the appropriate loan to value ratio for a mortgage? It is probably the basis for a wider debate. Should it be 95% regardless of who insures it? This is the real question. I wish to touch on several other major issues identified in one of the presentations. Serious concerns have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I agree in terms of the social dividend, but it was a late night clause included in the NAMA legislation. It was a sop to the Opposition to be able to say NAMA would be used for the social good. The Houses of the Oireachtas set up NAMA and will dismantle it when it believes its time is up. We can actually change the priorities of NAMA if we want to do so, given the fact that everybody has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Government announced a revision of Part 5 of its 2020 strategy. My fear is that it will be watered down. In some of the submissions it has been stated it should be revised and strengthened. Is any of the delegates concerned that Part 5 could be diluted? It was diluted many years ago. How important is it in dealing with the problems?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I refer to the tax incentives for landlords who make their properties available to those deemed homeless. I am not against tax incentives, but the Irish way of dealing with things is that if there is a problem, we throw a tax incentive at it to see if it will work. This is not a good way to deal with the issue. On the tax incentives identified such as capital gains tax, capital...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I am not 100% convinced by the IPAV proposal, but we would need to look at it more deeply. This is all about throwing out different ideas to examine them. My party examines all options. On the rent-a-room scheme, I am not sure how successfully it is working. Perhaps the IPAV might enlighten us. The proposal suggests anything above the €10,000 limit should be liable for tax. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: What is the rental price of a room in Dublin currently?