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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 3065. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation for mental health services in County Donegal by organisation from 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40121/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 3066. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the waiting list for mental health services in County Donegal by the stage of assessment and or treatment; and the corresponding length of time that those people have been waiting for assessment and or treatment in three month intervals in tabular form. [40122/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (27 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 3441. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of funding provided by her Department towards the development of the islands from 2015 to date, by island, funding type and the amount of funding provided in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40134/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I echo the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's sentiments and thank everybody for their assistance over what was a challenging time for all workplaces but no less for the Dáil as we operate in two different sites. On behalf of Sinn Féin, I thank all the staff. I also thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Ceann Comhairle for keeping the show on the road. I am sure none of us will miss the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Tánaiste's comments on my legislation. He has said before that it was a sensible idea. We have translated that into legislation and it has passed Second Stage. Unfortunately, however, the process of putting a nine-month stay on it just does not make any sense and nor does it make any sense that we cannot look at the Bill or even, as a committee, ask the Central Bank its...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Last week, we had data from the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, showing that the average personal injury award has fallen by 50% as a result of the new personal injury guidelines which came in to effect on 24 April of this year. This has halved the cost of awards relating to personal injury claims by insurance companies. It is clear that the reduced cost in claims is not being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 368. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement process for the drug zolgensma for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32364/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister knows, there is only one way to change our corporation tax rate and that is through legislation passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas. No international group, body or external force can do that. Ministers for Finance who have come before this committee down through the decades would have had no problem answering the question and saying that the rate would not change. The...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Ministers. On page 29 of the summer economic statement, there is a footnote to the effect that changes to international corporation tax are not due to take effect until 2023 and that a Revised Estimate will be required in respect of the impact of those changes on revenue for 2022. The State and the Department had factored in a €2 billion reduction over a period. Can...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Others will look at what the Minister has said and, more importantly, what he has not said. Successive Ministers for Finance were willing to say that they would not increase the 12.5% tax rate. Based on the fact that the Minister is not willing to say that three months out from the conclusion of these negotiations, some might argue that he is in a process of conditioning the Irish people to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Is the Minister saying that there is a full €1.1 billion of new decisions that can be made in relation to capital? It does not read like that. It reads that some of the capital portion is already factored in. We can see that because some of it was factored in in terms of the stability programme update, SPU. Will the Minister give us the breakdown of that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: We read in the newspapers-----

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 5: In page 9, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “(d) a liable person forms a view that the property has been damaged as a result of the use of defective concrete blocks,”. Táimid ag plé le section 18 den Bhille agus tá seo ag déileáil le tithe atá impleachtaí ó thaobh mica agus pyrite ag...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I know the Minister fully understands our position because we present it every year in our alternative budget. Local authorities should be funded by central government. When this legislation passed the Oireachtas and came into effect in 2013, the Government gave with one hand by charging property tax on the residents in local authorities and then took with the other hand the grant that had...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: We will all be glad to get back to the Dáil Chamber in Leinster House where we can all see each other better at such a late hour. Deputy Lawless made a very articulate contribution on how the process works in his local authority, which is good. I am sure councillors were doing what he described before the introduction of the local property tax, providing services such as surfacing...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: These amendments are grouped. Some of the sections it is proposed to amend are already contained within this new legislation, but a new section extends the boundary beyond an acre. I am sure the Government will have valid reasons to explain why that is important. Normally, though, when ample time is afforded to consider legislation and pre-legislative scrutiny is undertaken in a proper way...