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Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (13 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons that will be recruited to the Army Reserve and the Naval Service Reserve over the next two years. [38663/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that Letterkenny General Hospital supports 160 children with type 1 diabetes, if he will ensure that paediatric diabetes services are not removed or downgraded at the hospital; and if he will work with the Health Service Executive to ensure that a dedicated paediatric diabetes nurse specialist is appointed to the hospital in...

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Tá sé do-chreidte go bhfuil a leithéid de Bhille os comhair na Dála inniu. Tá sé dochreidte go bhfuil Rialtas atá déanta suas de Fhine Gael agus Páirtí an Lucht Oibre ag gearradh cánach ar dhaoine nach bhfuil an t-airgead acu leis an cháin seo a íoc. Chuala mé go leor daoine atá ag tabhairt tacaíochta don Rialtas ag rá, taobh istigh den Teach agus taobh amuigh, nach bhfuil...

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: For the record, the Taoiseach's figures are wrong. We did not borrow €63 billion at that time. If that is what the Taoiseach is telling them, they are probably laughing at him behind the tables or the doors. He needs to get his figures right if he wants to engage in serious negotiations.

Naval Service (13 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Defence the total cost for the provision of two new off shore patrol vessels for the Naval Service. [38662/11]

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I also oppose No. 6, which is about shoving through the Social Welfare Bill as quickly as possible. All Stages are ordered for completion tomorrow. That is simply unacceptable. The Tánaiste knows that. If he were still on this side of the House he would oppose the guillotining of the Social Welfare Bill and the order that is proposed today. The Social Welfare Bill contains nearly all of...

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I am trying to be generous to the Labour Party because I know that it will need a great deal of time-----

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: -----to explain the U-turns to the public. I will push the proposal to a vote because this is most important and it will affect so many people that there must be a vote to stop the ramming through of the Social Welfare Bill in the way proposed by the Government.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: This week the Tánaiste's Government and party delivered a devastating budget which has hit the poorest hardest. Once again, we are seeing a Government that is protecting the high earners. We have seen how the Government looks after its own, with party hacks being appointed as special advisers in high positions. Pay caps are being breached because the Tánaiste tells us that these people...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: No.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I could spend all day correcting the Tánaiste on the points he has made.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: This is the question. For example, the mortgage interest supplement has been deferred and payments have been cut by €22.5 million. Part-time workers will now not be eligible for the same type of social welfare benefits as previously. The Tánaiste says he hopes banks will pass on the ECB's interest rate cut, but thousands of people hope the Government will do something about it. It is...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste should tell mortgage holders that he will introduce legislation to force the banks to pass on the ECB interest rate cut that is expected to be announced today. That is what people wanted when they elected a Government. They asked it to act on behalf of their interests, not the banks'. It is nonsense for Ministers to say it is pathetic that banks do not pass on the ECB's...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: And they faced you down.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: And they will face you down again.

Financial Resolution No. 1: (Tobacco Products Tax) (6 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach mentioned that the increase was due to health concerns. Perhaps he will clarify when those concerns were adopted by both Government parties. I do not have their pre-election programmes before me and I do no know whether they entered into this commitment during the election. It is a revenue-raising measure. While their are health grounds for the increase, it is not one of the...

Financial Resolution No. 1: (Tobacco Products Tax) (6 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: It has to do with the increase.

Financial Resolution No. 1: (Tobacco Products Tax) (6 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I will give the Ceann Comhairle a commitment.

Financial Resolution No. 1: (Tobacco Products Tax) (6 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I will be brief. I have nearly concluded. Of the €5 billion lost, much owes to the illegal importation and black market sale of cigarettes. The Government has not tackled this issue despite this measure to raise revenue and protect health. People are buying cigarettes on Dublin's streets and in towns and villages at half the price charged by retailers. Even a small proportion of the...

Written Answers — House Repossessions: House Repossessions (6 Dec 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 24 November 2011, the number of legal cases taken by each of the banks named for each of the years detailed; the number of repossessions sought and secured by each bank in each respective year; the number of repossessions of domestic properties by bank and by year; and if he will make a statement on the...