Results 19,081-19,100 of 35,924 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been brought to concerns raised by authorities of a school in (details supplied) County Donegal regarding the ongoing delays experienced to date in progressing a school building project which has been included as part of the capital programme 2016 to 2021; if construction of the project will begin in 2017; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence from the chairpersons of an association (details supplied) in which concerns relating to the new model of allocating resource teaching supports are outlined; if he will facilitate and attend such a meeting as requested therein with representatives from the association; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 525. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment scheme placements in County Donegal that are currently vacant and waiting to be filled; the number of such placements which have been vacant for three months, six months, nine months, 12 months and longer than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19318/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 526. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of refusals per county which have been made in respect of persons seeking to take up a placement through the community employment scheme for each month in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19319/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 617. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal which was submitted in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20694/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 801. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the range of dental services for persons with special needs; if his attention has been drawn to concerns from dentists on the lack of dental services and related supports which are available to persons with physical and intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19252/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 814. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal seeking an appointment from Temple Street Children's University Hospital for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19305/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 878. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to be called for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19485/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 903. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19606/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 981. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can have an appointment expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19957/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Export Controls (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 on 31 January 2017, if the authorities in China have now formally completed a review of the action plan submitted by officials here as part of efforts being made to persuade the authorities in China to lift these restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19521/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process by which drivers can determine when penalty points have expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19673/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System Data (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all historic penalty points have now been removed from a driving licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19674/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Operations (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1401. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the guarantees in terms of using local providers and staff the funds industry has entered into with the IDA or other bodies; and if, in view of a Central Bank report noting the high level of use of outsourcing within the sector, she or the IDA have raised this issue with the funds industry; and if she will make a statement on the...

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The Deputy cannot even say it with a straight face.

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The Spanish have a veto and the Government does not.

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: A veto? All the Government is looking for is a thumbs-up and a pat on the back. Fair play. Forget about the veto.

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: If the Minister of State was as loud in Europe as he is here, we might get somewhere.

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Designated special status within the European Union will allow for the economic prosperity, trade relations and jobs of the entire island of Ireland to be protected and enhanced together. It is the type of imaginative and innovative approach that has been called for by the European Union itself. Given the Government's obligation to uphold the new relationships within Ireland and between...

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I have my suspicions that it is not because of the merits of the proposal but because the proposal originated from Sinn Féin. Perhaps it is because the case of designated special status within the EU challenges the view of the Government that Ireland actually ends at the Border. That is despite the fact that every single citizen in the North has the right to Irish citizenship and the...