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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 580. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will received a date for a scoliosis operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47614/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Following on from the final matter raised on Leaders' Questions, yesterday the Taoiseach could not give an cast-iron guarantee that there will not be any blackouts as a result of electricity shortages. Yesterday it was reported that the Tánaiste was saying he was reasonably confident that there will not be any problems. People want more than that. People want to know there is a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Failure to tackle this will simply lead to serious increased problems in bills.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Can I finish and ask this?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Could the Tánaiste support a debate in this House on the issue of the threats to our energy supply?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Government must freeze rents and put a month's rent back into people's pockets by means of a refundable tax credit.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I know Deputy McDonald asked this question yesterday but, with respect, it is Leaders' Questions, and the Tánaiste did not answer any question. I put forward the facts from the RTB-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: It makes a mockery out of Leaders' Questions if the Tánaiste is going to involve himself in diversion every day.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The people impacted by the mica scandal are outside the gates of Leinster House and have been every day for months. They are pursuing justice as their homes crumble around them. Yet, as often is the case, the Government's suggestions regarding a redress scheme were selectively leaked last night before the families involved even had sight of the working group report. That is completely...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I am not interested in the Tánaiste's snipes against me. It does not interest me. For years, we have been raising the issue of rent being out of control and for years the Tánaiste has stood up in his seat and given different excuses. Forget about what Sinn Féin is saying, and just listen to what the RTB is saying. Rent increased in the past year by 15.5% in Kilkenny, 16.1%...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (30 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional corporation tax that could be expected to be generated in each of the years 2022 to 2025, respectively if the bailed-out banks had applied to them a 25% and 50% limit respectively on the losses that could be carried forward in a year and a five year absolute limit in which such losses could be used; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (30 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance if the lapsing of the bank levy at the end of 2021 has been factored into the revenue projections for each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; if revenue raised from extending the bank levy to 2022 will result in additional revenue in the context of Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (29 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47154/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (29 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 261. To ask the Minister for Health if an increase is due in relation to a HSE pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47156/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I have a number of questions. Some of the topics have already been dealt with so I will delve into some specific areas that have not yet been covered. In particular, I am interested in whistleblower legislation and the impact it has on protection and the laws applying to the financial services sector. I am sure our witnesses are familiar with what happened after the collapse of Enron, when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that response. I am not sure if anybody else wants to comment on the matter. I have some experience with whistleblowers in the financial sector. There is no incentive for whistleblowing, but it is my firm view that for some of the wrongdoing within the financial sector, somebody on the inside is required to tell the story, or otherwise we cannot get to the crux of the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Without getting into the historical issue of that legislation or how other people are employed, the challenge here relates to the fact that moneylender would claim that it does not directly employ the individuals who sell the loans but that they are self-employed and, therefore, not entitled to that type of protection, which leaves a huge gap in respect of somebody coming forward with the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Prices (28 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to concerns raised by the National Competitiveness Council in its Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenges 2021 report regarding the sequencing and roll-out of demand-side measures announced by Government and their likely adverse consequences for house price inflation; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (28 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commit to the implementation of a 100% redress scheme for homeowners affected by the MICA and pyrite scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46450/21]