Results 14,521-14,540 of 35,891 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 158, 164 and 169 to 171, inclusive, of 13 November 2018, if the changes mentioned will be introduced by primary or secondary legislation or without legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48282/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Data (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the moneys allocated to all schools as part of the minor works grant scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47789/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if a reply issued to the school; the assistance and supports that will be provided to the school authorities in respect of their request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47863/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend July provision eligibility to include children with Down's syndrome; if his attention has been drawn to the evidence that such intervention has a number of educational and developmental benefits for those living with the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48291/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend July provision eligibility to include children with Down's syndrome; if his attention has been drawn to the evidence which exists that shows that such intervention has a number of educational and developmental benefits for those living with the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48291/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority Expenditure (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by the Health and Safety Authority on farm safety initiatives, campaigns and projects in County Donegal in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47799/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 402. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery at St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47924/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 443. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48093/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 458. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary care centre (details supplied) is structurally safe and poses no risk to the public; the recent building, construction and if applicable, remedial works which have been carried out to the property between 2011 and to date in 2018; the costs associated with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48246/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Post Office Closures (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 586. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to ensure the viability and sustainability of towns and villages in rural areas in which a decision has been taken to close the local post office; the efforts being made to mitigate against the harmful consequences of these closures on such local economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47900/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 587. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work and projects being undertaken in towns and villages in County Donegal as part of the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47901/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if illness benefit claimants who have not received payments or who are receiving sporadic payments owing to recent internal information technology systems problems and that are experiencing financial hardship as a result will be automatically granted an exceptional needs payment; if so, if payments in such instances will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names of the social welfare inspectors who worked across County Donegal and the area in which each was based between the years 2009 and 2011, inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48274/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have illness benefit payments issued. [48275/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused an emergency needs payment when an illness benefit payment was not issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48276/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta Data (20 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 677. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the employment positions with Údarás na Gaeltachta; the number of vacant, existing and newly created posts which have been filled or for which recruitment remains ongoing for each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the job title and location; the way in which the post was advertised; the platform and or...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday, the Centre for Co-operative Studies at University College Cork published a report on behalf of Social Finance Foundation. It reminds us that moneylenders are licensed to charge interest rates of up to 187%. Those rates exclude collection charges. When the latter are added in, the figure rises to 287%. This is more commonly known as the average percentage rate, APR. A total of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Since the referendum result became clear, Sinn Féin has been unequivocal in stating Brexit presents the most serious social, political and economic threat to our island in a generation. We have been crystal clear in stating the Government's approach to the negotiations had to be guided by an appreciation of the fact that the majority in the North voted to remain in the EU. That view...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Anybody who takes the time to read the document will see very clearly in the text that there should be no threat or perceived threat, real or otherwise, in regard to the unionist community in the North. The interpretation of this text will be crucial. The question I put to the Tánaiste was, following the conversation with Theresa May and her agreement to publish the legal documents...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: We all sat in this committee and we did a report on the insurance industry and the Minister brought forward his own report; would he not admit that it is simply not working? The insurance industry is rolling him over on the recommendations and as this is happening, people out there whether they are motorists, consumers, business people and those involved in the agricultural sector in marts...