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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry Irregularities (12 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the broadcast of a BBC Spotlight programme on 5 March 2013 on the horse meat scandal, if he will confirm that he is satisfied with the operation (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if any of the concerns raised in the programme will be investigated by his Department [13086/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health further to a report in a Sunday newspaper which suggested that generic drugs and medicines here cost as much as 24 times more than the same medicines in Britain, the research undertaken by his Department or by the Competition Authority in this area and the steps he will take to ensure that drugs and medicines are sold at reasonable prices here. [12634/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health further to a report in a Sunday newspaper which suggested that generic drugs and medicines here cost as much as 24 times more than the same medicines in Britain, the research he had undertaken in this area and the steps he will take to ensure that drugs and medicines are acquired at reasonable prices here. [12633/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Maintenance (12 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the situation in the town of Glenties County Donegal, where in September 2010 during the annual fair, a member of An Garda Síochana diverted a lorry loaded with stone along a county road by-pass of the town which resulted in the collapse of the Mulantiboyle bridge, with this being the only...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (12 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that funding allocated to the main street of Ardara Town, County Donegal, was not spent in this area; if he will agree to prioritise this town which is on the N56, national secondary route, to ensure that the obvious safety measures in the town can be resolved and ensure that this heritage town...

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Bhí an Taoiseach ag tagairt níos luaithe don reachtaíocht a thugann cosaint do dhaoine atá ina gcónaí i dteach s'acu féin. Dúirt sé nach féidir leis na bainc an teach a bhaint díobh ach ní raibh sé ceart san méid a bhí sé ag rá. The Taoiseach referred to the her Family Home Protection Act. Given that he...

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It concerns promised legislation.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The land and conveyancing law reform (amendment) Bill and the Family Home Protection Act.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The legislation to which I referred was introduced in 1976 and does not give any protection in the repossession of family homes. It give protection to-----

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Will the land and conveyancing law reform (amendment) Bill provide protection for anyone who genuinely cannot pay a mortgage to ensure the bank cannot repossess it?

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach is misguided about the legislation which dates back nearly 37 years.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It is not.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: People who genuinely cannot pay should not have their homes repossessed.

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom a rá, mar nach raibh an t-Aire i láthair fá choinne dheireadh Chéim an Choiste an lá deireannach, go raibh cruinniú iontach maith againn ar feadh dhá lá agus go rabhmar ábalta ár gcuid oibre a chríochnú taobh istigh den téarma ama a bhí leagtha síos. Bhí sin maith....

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I will be brief. This measure is far from fair. There are other options the Minister should consider to save €40 million and which have been presented to him by our party and others. He referred to the period of 26 weeks paid leave, but I point out to him that if this section was not enacted, women to whom I referred on maternity leave after 1 July this year would be the...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of order, those of us engaged in debates on Committee and Report Stages research the amendments that are tabled and establish what is the voting position of our parties. When the relevant debate commences, we are informed that certain amendments are out of order. There must be a better way to inform Deputies that amendments have been ruled out of order in order that they will not...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I spoke about this matter at length on Committee Stage. I am concerned about some of the aspects of the relevant section. As stated on the earlier amendment, the universal social charge, USC, will not apply and, therefore, people with AVCs are not the poorest in society. These individuals have pensions and they have been able to top them up from their incomes. Basically, the Minister is...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 5:In page 27, to delete lines 8 to 26.This is connected to the issue we discussed regarding the pensions. We thrashed this issue out on Committee Stage but I raise it again because we should sound alarm bells about what the Minister is doing regarding the approved minimum retirement fund and the requirement to have a pension income of €18,000, which the Minister...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We thrashed out the issue on Committee Stage, but I wanted to air it again.

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We dealt with this on Committee Stage, but the Minister mentioned that the Pensions Ombudsman had indicated to him that it was unfair that there were no transitional arrangements in place, and the Minister said it was his intention to put in place the more stringent criteria in three years' time. There is no guarantee that the Minister will be sitting in that chair in three years' time. My...