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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of delayed arrival times for the Bus Éireann Expressway 30 X30 Dublin to Donegal service for the months January 2023, February 2023, March 2023 and April 2023; the reason for any such delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21764/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is aware that the increase from 12 to 16 in the number of students that Mná Tí can house has resulted in households being unable to access insurance cover; if so, the action that has been taken to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21128/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance payment will be reinstated for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21060/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if respite services can be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21080/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: There are winners and losers in the cost-of-living crisis. The winners are clearly the big corporations. As has been mentioned, the European Central Bank,, ECB, made it clear that corporate profiteering or "greedflation" has been a key driver of inflation. We see profits soaring: ESB, up; Energia, up; and Bord Gáis, up. We learned today of Shell, the biggest oil and gas operator in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Do what Germany does.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It does not apply in 2022.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Not for 2022.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Hundreds of thousands of families will hear in the next hour or so that their mortgages are going up. They have just listened to the Tánaiste and have heard nothing on direct supports from him. His backbenchers will brief the media that the Government is considering this and so on but the leader of the party is still not saying that the Government is willing to intervene and provide...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Is there any direct intervention?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: So there is no direct support for mortgage holders.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Government Ministers are briefing the media.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Nonsense. The Government is abandoning the mortgage holders.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Inniu, táthar ag dréim go n-ardóidh an Banc Ceannais Eorpach rátaí úis don seachtú huair ó bhí mí Iúil ann. Tiocfaidh sé seo mar bhuille eile do na mílte teaghlaigh. Is é anois an t-am chun faoiseamh úis mhorgáiste a thabhairt isteach chun tacú leis na teaghlaigh seo. Today the European Central Bank is...

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Tá teaghlaigh ag streachailt faoin ngéarchéim costas maireachtála le breis agus bliain. Tá praghsanna fuinnimh do theaghlaigh ag dul suas go fóill, in ainneoin go bhfuil titim ar chostais do sholáthróirí. Tá an Rialtas ag diúltú dul i ngleic leis an mbrabús ollmhór a rinne na comhlachtaí fuinnimh anuraidh agus...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Dr. Sweeney for the presentation. In his paper, Dr. Sweeney suggests moving to a debt servicing cost as a benchmark of fiscal sustainability. How would that benchmark be anchored? Would it be as a percentage of GDP? Could Dr. Sweeney explain in greater detail he would like to have seen in relation to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Is it appropriate for Italy to fiscally contract at this point in time? Is that the outworking of the rules.? The criticism of the rules is that they are being counter-productive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: We have the general escape clause, where the fiscal rules are being suspended. Many European states, including Italy, heavily invested at the time of the pandemic to keep their citizens alive, notwithstanding the issues that Italy had of high debts before that and I am not taking away from that. However they made a significant amount of expenditure to protect the health of their citizens...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I ask Dr. Sweeney to address the new rule that is being proposed, namely, the minimum fiscal adjustment of 0.5% of GDP if debt is above 60% of GDP. Does that fiscal adjustment of 0.5% of GDP relate to debt reduction or deficit?