Results 6,421-6,440 of 35,575 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2023 if the number of training places for GPs increased to 293. [51237/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 692. To ask the Minister for Health if access to out-of-hours and weekend cover for mental health services is available in the County Donegal catchment area of the HSE, including nursing, psychology and other allied health services; if so, if he will provide details of these services, by WTE, across each discipline. [51238/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered delaying the introduction of the new benefit-in-kind regime for company vehicles to be introduced in 2023, given the wider context of the rising cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50789/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Regulatory Bodies (13 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance the average annual costs to the Central Bank of preparing, producing and publishing the National Claims Information Database; the options that are being considered by his Department with respect to the reimbursement mechanism provided in Section 11 of the Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (13 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances of the Revenue Commissioners providing a cohort of firms with seven days to clear outstanding debt in the final demand stage; his views on same; and if he plans to introduce provisions in the Finance Bill 2022 to provide flexibility to firms in similar circumstances in the context of rising energy costs and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (13 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 326. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees who have been settled in County Donegal, broken down by townlands; the number of the premises in which Ukrainian refugees are now settled that were previously used as rental accommodation; and the steps that his Department has taken to ensure that nobody has been displaced....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (12 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances where banks have rejected mortgage applications but refused to issue letters of refusal to persons wishing to apply for the local authority home loan; if he has had contact with banks in relation to this issue; and if he has considered measures to compel banks to issue letters of refusal where a mortgage...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (11 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on when fees for engineers will be returned to persons affected by defective blocks who have yet to receive this payment; if he has taken the impact that the rising costs have had on this cohort into consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49503/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are being put in place to bring a building (details supplied) on Arranmore island up to the standard required to make the school a safe environment for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50091/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (11 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 733. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered replacing the ambulance on Arranmore island for a newer model in order that the ambulance can spend more time on the island and less time on the mainland getting repaired; if a replacement ambulance has been considered; if so, when this change is likely to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50087/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 734. To ask the Minister for Health when Arranmore island will be assigned a full-time public health nurse to replace the island’s full-time public health nurse who retired in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50088/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: One of the most basic functions of a Government is to keep a roof over somebody's head and keep the lights on. Yet, as we speak, after 12 years of the Tánaiste being at Cabinet, there are 10,805 people in emergency accommodation, of whom, shamefully, 3,200 are children. EirGrid's annual generation capacity statement published today raises concern about the State's ability to keep the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: You were already fact-checked on this issue.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Tánaiste need another 12 years or 20 years?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: You have been in government for 12 years and the threat that the lights will go out is getting worse.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom ceist a ardú leis an Tánaiste faoi na costais atá ag cur isteach go mór ar theaghlaigh. Tá an geimhreadh ag bualadh linn agus tá imní ar theaghlaigh ar fud an Stáit faoi chostais fhuinnimh. Tá eagla orthu go bhfuil praghsanna ag dul in airde agus in airde agus nach mbeidh go leor fágtha acu chun billí a íoc agus na...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste spoke about what was done in the budget. He was wrong about what we suggested. We did have double payments, cash payments and all the rest. I will not go into that because it is a different issue.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Even with the budget announcement, there is a guarantee for many customers that from December right through to February, no matter how difficult they find it to pay their bills, their electricity will not be turned off. The lights will stay on for those customers. Then there are those 346,000 customers who do not have that commitment. That is the issue we are dealing with here. It is an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: That is not true.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: And €15 in the State pension.