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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the number of personnel employed by the National Ambulance Service; the number that avail of the facility to have union deductions automatically deducted through the NAS payroll system by union across each of the relevant recognised workers' unions, by which they are represented in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6803/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service personnel involved with direct patient contact; the number of personnel employed in administrative roles; the number of personnel employed in other roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6804/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 449. To ask the Minister for Health the details of funding mechanisms available for the purchase of vehicles for HSE community care facilities in County Donegal providing residential, temporary and respite care to ensure they meet HIQA standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6742/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 572. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a fibre broadband application for a property (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6322/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (12 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal holds a valid driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6327/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (12 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 681. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if financial support is provided in County Donegal to foster parents of those who, on reaching 18 years of age, continue to be cared for into adulthood and require mental health and disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6934/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 751. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to State-backed housing projects that have been delayed due to the sale of the loans of the contractor to vulture funds; if so, the projects, such as in the case of a company (details supplied); his plans to intervene to ensure the timely completion of such projects; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (12 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 777. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén stádas atá ag an gconradh le haghaidh seirbhís farantóireachta gasta, atá le riaradh idir Toraigh agus an tír mór; cén dáta a rachaidh an conradh reatha in éag; cathain a bhronnfar conradh úr; an dtig léi sonraí a thabhairt faoin chonradh seo, mar shampla...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I will finish on this. The PwC report-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I am just finishing on this.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach stated the PwC report would hold individuals accountable and identify individuals who made particular mistakes, and yet the terms of reference do not allow for that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It is more spin and not enough substance. Will the Minister, Deputy Zappone, stand over the fact that the report on the €391 million figure is being issued today?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The minutes of the meeting.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: We learned as we came into the Chamber that in September senior officials in the Department of Health were aware that the cost overrun was reaching a figure of €391 million. It is reported in The Irish Timesand on RTÉ. The minutes are there. We will have the copy when we leave this Chamber. Senior staff of the Department of Health knew that the overrun of that project was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: There is a crisis in our health services and in the Government. The Taoiseach and the Minister for Health have proved utterly incapable of resolving the various issues before us. Yesterday, we had general practitioners outside Leinster House due to the lack of Government investment in primary care. Our hospitals have the worst waiting lists right across Europe. Last month, there were...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: What we need is proper dialogue before that. Does the Minister accept that the Government's approach to tackling the recruitment and retention crisis so far has failed? Does the Minister accept that pay is an issue and is going to need to be addressed? Will the Minister accept that a process of engagement is needed right now without any preconditions and without any clauses?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs says something needs to shift. I put it to her that what needs to shift is that the Government needs to indicate – it can be done today, right here, right now – that it will enter into negotiations with the INMO on the basis of no preconditions. What the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, and the Minister for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: What we need is meaningful dialogue without preconditions. Will the Minister clarify who is right and who is wrong or is it the case that everybody is right with their differing messages in Cabinet?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (7 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagement to date his Department has had with the European Commission regarding flexibilities and additional supports from the EU through EU funding programmes and capital investment in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5960/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Records (7 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the actions by staff in his Department that have mistakenly altered documentation (details supplied) on the grounds that the national minimum wage was changed in January 2019 in view of the fact that the relevant pay scale is covered by the employment regulation orders for contract cleaning; when the contractor will be...