Results 1,061-1,080 of 36,639 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (20 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 338. To ask the Minister for Finance to confirm that no additional tariffs over what was already in place by the end of March this year were assumed in the baseline economic projections contained in the Annual Progress Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25655/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (20 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 339. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the impact on the Exchequer and general Government balance if money were to be drawn down and spent from either of the Future Ireland Fund or the Nature Climate and Infrastructure Fund in 2026; how with the transfers to and from these funds by treated by the mid-term planning; do these funds provide greater flexibility under the mid-term...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (20 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 340. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide additional information on the €-3,050 million in accruals in year 2025 in the Annex 3 of the Annual Progress Report outline the driver of the €5.7 billion swing from 2024 to 2025 and the substantial change from the information outlined in the Fiscal and Economic Outlook published in Oct 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (20 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 664. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if urgent action will be taken to ensure that a family (details supplied) is moved to appropriate accommodation. [25406/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 747. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person in Donegal (details supplied) was not considered for day services in Donegal town, and when they will get confirmation of placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25098/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (20 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 753. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the allocations for the building blocks extension grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25329/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (20 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 754. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a timeline for the implementation of a €200 per month childcare cap, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25330/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (20 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 755. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current capacity of childcare services in County Donegal; her plans to increase the number of childcare facilities in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25332/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (20 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 786. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a specialist helmet was turned down for a child (details supplied) by his CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25197/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 793. To ask the Minister for Health when orthopaedic surgery in Letterkenny University Hospital will take place for a patient in County Donegal (details supplied), which was cancelled twice; if all and every avenue has been explored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25235/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (20 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 794. To ask the Minister for Health which local health authorities have a reimbursement scheme offering an ESB rebate in lieu of the excess electricity costs incurred by running a home oxygen generator/machine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25236/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transfers (20 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 807. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) in Letterkenny University Hospital will be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire; the current waiting times for such transfers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25322/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: This month the Department of Finance published its economic projections. The State will run a combined surplus this year and next of €15 billion. At the same time, the Government tells workers and families they are on their own and there will be no cost-of-living package in this year's budget. Does the Government simply not get it or is it ignoring the plight of ordinary people who...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: With respect, that is not good enough. The fact is that 2,260 letters were issued. The fact is the letters were issued as part of the implementation of a recommendation of the draft audit. The fact is the draft audit said all of those children should be recalled. The fact is there are 2,260 families out there that are anxious. The fact is none of those families knows whether their child...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: The Government needs to deal with this. I know every single person in this Chamber would be appalled at the idea of a young girl being opened up, her bone being chiselled into unnecessarily and left with a scar and pain, but it is the Government's responsibility to provide a pathway and certainty for those families. I ask the Minister a simple question - will the Government ensure that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Fuaireamar amach inné gur seoladh litreacha chuig 2,260 teaghlach faoin scannal tubaisteach maidir le hobráidí chromán na leanaí. Tá tuismitheoirí fós feargach nach bhfuil an t-eolas ón Rialtas ná na hospidéil á thabhairt dóibh. Yesterday we learned the scope and scale of the devastating hip surgery scandal. Some 2,260...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (15 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will bring forward an amendment to the defective concrete blocks Act 2022 that would allow the increase in the cap to be applied retrospectively to homeowners who already participate in the defective concrete block grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24566/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider how funding is being provided for social housing acquisitions, given the small amount of funding provided to Donegal and the significant need in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24836/25]

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: As my colleague Deputy Mac Lochlainn stated, people are waiting seven months for driving tests. As of April, 83,000 people were on the waiting list. Matters are getting worse because 10,000 more joined the list in the past three months. This is simply out of control, and the Government is sitting on its hands while it is happening. In some cases, the impact on these individuals is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Hear, hear.