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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Agus muid ag labhairt anseo inniu, tá os cionn 17,000 páiste ag fanacht ar teagmháil tosaigh ó fhoireann mhíchumas leanaí. Tá an Rialtas ag fágáil na páistí seo ar leataobh de bharr córas nach bhfuil ábalta freastal ar a gcuid riachtanas. As we speak, there are 17,000 children waiting for initial contact with children's...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: What these parents want is a plan. Unfortunately, what the Government has is a Minister of State who is not forward-planning. One third of all positions in disability services are vacant yet there is no plan in the budget to deal with this. The Government was brought to court by these families and it was found the law was being broken in relation to assessments of need. That is how dire...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: We provided five times the amount of money that the Government did-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: -----in our alternative budget.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste has been in government now for a decade-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: -----and these children have been left on the sideline.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste has been in Government, he has been a Minister-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: -----he has been the Minister for Health, he has been Taoiseach and he has been Tánaiste-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: -----and these children wait and wait. That is the reality.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (29 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if mink farmers received compensation for the closure of mink farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47717/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport ticket will be allocated to a pupil (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47476/22]

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: -----and we would have given certainty to those families and households for the winter months, ensuring that all households received fair support and certainty in the time ahead, based on the energy they use. Perhaps the Ceann Comhairle would like to inform the Government backbenchers who are heckling-----

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: -----that this measure is an option under the European Commission’s energy toolbox and has been since March of this year. It is a measure that provides households with certainty and the support they so desperately need. That is precisely why other countries throughout Europe have implemented it – from Austria to France and from Poland to the Netherlands. It was the right...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Today, the Government had the opportunity to give people certainty as they face into a winter of rising costs, including certainty about energy costs, certainty on rents and certainty that those on fixed incomes would be shielded from the price rises that they have seen. The Government had an opportunity to plan for the future and deliver on housing, health and real climate action, but it...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (27 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that a full driving licence was not issued for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46619/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a CPC practical driving test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47081/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (27 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when foreign birth registration applications will be processed for siblings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46652/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport ticket will be allocated to a student (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46565/22]