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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: -----for the service they have given to their county. It is off the back of the growing and recovering economy that we are in the fortunate position to be able to increase the spend on health and to be able to provide the extra 40 beds in Tipperary that the Deputy is so good to mention. The €14.5 billion that was implanted in the HSE's budget this year is €608 million more...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Deputy does a real disservice to the thousands of women and men who man our hospitals and primary care centres and provide an absolutely state-of-the-art, excellent service, day in, day out, on a 24-7 basis. Our young nurses are the bedrock of our delivery of services and they work their socks off, which is why the Government has worked so hard to provide a pay agreement for the next...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: People have pride in our health service.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: While we might stand in this Chamber and pick out the blatantly obvious concerns we have with regard to the delivering of the health service, it is not true to say the health service does not deserve the pride and respect of every Member of the House. I challenge the Deputy. If he has any bright ideas that might lead to the increased retention of staff let me hear them instead of just...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: It is proposed, notwithstanding the Order of Business on Tuesday, 25 September 2018, that the Dáil shall take No. 24, motion re JHA protocol of the Treaty of Lisbon, internal security fund - back from committee - at 2.30 p.m. and it will be brought to a conclusion after 45 minutes. Any division demanded shall be taken immediately after the Order of Business on Tuesday, 2 October 2018....

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The debate is to take place today.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: On 25 September.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I beg the Deputy's pardon. It is today. The vote is deferred.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I acknowledge that anybody waiting on a trolley is in a stressful situation and anything that can be done to alleviate that stress should be done. This morning's TrolleyGAR number is 284. That is 284 people too many but it is a 17% reduction on this time last year. An extra €608 million of taxpayers' money was allocated to the HSE last year. The HSE service plan, which promises to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Personally I feel that the rights enjoyed by a person on one part of the island should be enjoyed by every person on the island of Ireland but the only way that we can assist in asserting those rights in Northern Ireland is to do everything we can to help the reinstatement of the sharing of power in Stormont. That is what we have been doing for the past number of months and that is what we...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 that was commenced many months ago resulted in the proposals being made to all unions this week. It provides a fair, affordable and sustainable – which is probably the most important aspect for the country – path to managing the €200 million of costs associated with reversing the measures introduced since 2011. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter because I know many young patients are waiting for a positive outcome on this. We do not need to direct the HSE to do anything because, as the Deputy said, a meeting has been organised. There is a standard procedure for authorising drugs in this country and it is independent of Government and of politics for the very reason that the debate on some...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I am not in a position to give that information to Deputy Buckley right now but I will come back to him before the close of business today.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: What Deputy Michael Moynihan might call an anomaly is something that we call a condition of application to the scheme. I am not 100% familiar with the anomaly mentioned so I will look at the conditions of the farm assist scheme and respond to Deputy Moynihan later today.

Local Government (Water Pollution)(Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: No.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: In general employees pay PRSI at the Class A rate of 4% of their weekly earnings. For weekly earnings of €352 or less no PRSI is charged. Once weekly earnings exceed €352, Class A PRSI at the rate of 4% is charged on all earnings. Prior to the introduction of the PRSI credit in January 2016, the weekly PRSI charge for employees whose earnings for the first time exceed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Guardian's Payment (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Guardians Payments scheme, first introduced in 1936, was originally called orphan’s payment. It was renamed guardian’s payment in July 2006, in recognition of the fact that the original remit of the scheme had been extended to include certain children who had not lost both parents through bereavement. There are two Guardians Payment schemes: Guardian’s payment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Guardian's Payment (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: One of the roles of the Department is to provide income support to families with children in the State. Guardian’s payment (contributory) and guardian’s payment (non-contributory) are, respectively, social insurance and social assistance (means-tested) payments made to a person caring for a child, where that child is defined as an orphan under social welfare legislation. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Administration (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Under the National Recovery Plan 2011 – 2014 funding for the Free Travel Scheme was frozen at €77m per annum, equivalent to the levels of expenditure on the scheme in 2010. Prior to this cap on expenditure the rate of payment to operators participating in the scheme was reviewed regularly and adjusted on the basis of changes in rates of fares. Funding for the scheme was...