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Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I have not been allowed to comment on this matter but I hope I will be given the opportunity to do so tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I disagree with some of my colleagues who have questioned the lowering of the alcohol limit for drink driving. I believe this is necessary and the legislation should come before the House as soon as possible. It has already happened in many countries throughout the European Union. Ireland received an exemption some years ago and was not required to lower the alcohol limit to 50 milligrams....

Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (22 Apr 2008)

Pearse Doherty: The theme of these statements is patient safety. I believe the biggest threat to patient safety is the grossly inequitable nature of the health service presided over by the Government for the past 11 years. Patient safety is the biggest issue of concern for everyone and the biggest failure of the Administrations in which Deputy Harney has served as Tánaiste and Minister for Health and...

Seanad: Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion (10 Apr 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an deis seo cur leis an rún ata os comhair an tSeanaid. Mar a dúirt an Seanadóir O'Malley, tá an rud atá ag dul ar aghaidh i leith Ingrid Betancourt scanallach. Iarraimid uilig go scaoilfí saor í láithreach. Tá sí á choinneáil ag FARC. I welcome this debate and commend the Independent Senators for putting forward this motion. The motion has the support of...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (9 Apr 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Tá áthas orm deis a fháil labhairt ar an mBille seo. Nuair a fhoilsíodh an reachtaíocht seo i 2006 agus nuair a tháinig sé ós cómhair na Dála i mí Meán Fhómhair 2006, chuir mo chomhghleacaí, an Teachta Aengus Ó Snodaigh, fáilte roimh an méid a bhí sa Bhille, go háirithe an moladh chun ombudsman ó thaobh seirbhísí dlí a thabhairt isteach. Cé gur chuir Sinn Féin in...

Seanad: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Tí. Tuigim, mar a dúirt tú leis an tSeanadóir Ó Domhnaill gur fearr leat a bheith anseo nuair a bhíonn ceist a bhaineann le do Roinn le plé. Is mór an trua é, nach bhfuil an tAire Sláinte agus Leanaí ábalta a bheith anseo leis an cheist seo a phlé, ach beidh an freagra agat. Tá súil agam gur freagra maith atá ann. Is í an cheist...

Seanad: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I expected such an answer from the Minister and the Department and it is disappointing for me and, more importantly, for those who have to avail of the services now and in the future. I note Deputy Ó Cuív's comments at the beginning of his response, which were not scripted by the Department, saying patients are willing to travel for the best care, and I concur with that. People will...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur ar an gCeannaire, cén uair a bheidh an díospóireacht againn ar chúrsaí na Gaeltachta agus cúrsaí Gaeilge sa tír seo? D'iarr mé go mbeadh an díospóireacht againn mar pháirt de Sheachtain na Gaeilge. Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge thart. I ask the Leader to facilitate that debate. When I contacted the Minister's office he was willing to come here during...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I apologise for not being here this morning when the President of the European Parliament was present. My car was broken into last night and I had the Garda on the scene investigating that crime, so I am sure Senators will understand the difficulties. I do not accept what has been said in this Chamber, that the harmonising of corporation tax has nothing to do with the Lisbon treaty....

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Pearse Doherty: The European Parliament has endorsed corporation tax harmonisation and Labour and Fine Gael MEPs have supported those proposals in the European Parliament in the past. If we are to have a debate let us have a serious one.

Seanad: Physical Education Facilities (20 Mar 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Is ceist tábhachtach an cheist seo, agus tá sé tábhachtach freisin gur chuir Seanadóir ó thaobh an Rialtais an ábhar seo ar an athló. Tá muintir Gaoth Dobhair ag iarraidh go rachaidh an halla spóirt seo ar aghaidh gan mhoill. As has been already mentioned, this goes back to the early 1980s. I can remember being in primary school when past pupils of Bunbeg national school came to...

Seanad: Physical Education Facilities (20 Mar 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for his response. To tell the truth, I am shocked just reading it. The parents' committee and the board of management received an official letter from the Department confirming that the sports hall was approved and should be on site within eight months, but there was a caveat that it could not go to tender until the mechanical and electrical designs had been approved....

Seanad: Sustainable Residential Development: Motion (19 Mar 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus roimh na treoirlínte. Tá sé thar am go bhfuil na treoirlínte againn. Níl dabht ar bith le blianta beaga anuas go bhfuil na conraitheoirí móra ag cur brú ar na bailte ar fud an Stáit, agus nach raibh na treoirlínte in ann cosc a chur orthu agus cinntiú go raibh an forbairt a bhí idir láimhe acu an forbairt ab fhearr don todhchaí agus go raibh...

Seanad: Sustainable Residential Development: Motion (19 Mar 2008)

Pearse Doherty: If one talks to any councillor throughout the State, one will hear that one of the major frustrations concerns trying to liaise with the planning sections. Councillors understand the burden the planners are under in trying to deal with enforcement, regulations and the huge number of applications, particularly given the construction boom, and while perhaps they will not be as busy in the...

Seanad: Sustainable Residential Development: Motion (19 Mar 2008)

Pearse Doherty: It will not be possible to do it for the foreseeable future unless the local authority is a very rich one, of which there are few, if any. The Minister refers in the document to proposals on limits for lower density, which would be an alternative for those who want to build one-off housing. In many of the towns and villages in my county, such as the one in which I live, many people build...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Pearse Doherty: The Bill had passed through one House. That is terrible.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Pearse Doherty: The Leader said on Tuesday that there was no need for such a motion.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Some of them cannot return.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Pearse Doherty: He was not misquoted.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (13 Mar 2008)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister says it is preferable to keep pupils, parents and boards of management in the dark and not publish a large list. This is only preferable for the Department and not for parents, teachers and pupils. The Minister of State must know of the frustration among the community in terms of the schools building programme. Nobody expects every school will be modernised tomorrow morning or...