Results 8,521-8,540 of 36,195 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the official policy in place within his Department which outlines the procedure for the rescue efforts of beached whales; if this policy is circulated to the various stakeholders such as Local Government and the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32027/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is best practice to allow beached whales to perish without any intervention in order to ease the suffering of the animal; his views on whether it is standard practice to prohibit volunteers from making rescue efforts; his plans to review this policy in the near future in view of the distress of the whales...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons the necessary equipment was not available to the National Parks and Wildlife Service in County Donegal to allow them to humanely put beached whales in Donegal to death by chemical injection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32029/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 618. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal despite submitting the necessary additional information relating to their medical card application has not had their application processed and when they will receive same. [32031/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for processing medical card applications. [32037/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 621. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for processing medical card applications following additional information being supplied and his views on the timeframe for finalising these applications [32038/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 730. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay on a decision in granting a discretionary medical card in respect of a family (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32825/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 731. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay on a decision in granting a discretionary medical card for a family (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32826/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a decision to be made in relation to granting a discretionary medical card for persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will consider granting a person a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32851/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 744. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a decision to be made on granting a discretionary medical card for a family (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will consider granting a person a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32852/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the radiology service in Shiel Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal has been reduced to two days per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32853/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 746. To ask the Minister for Health when the rheumatology service in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32854/14]

Water Services (Exempt Charges) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Ordinary citizens and families across the State are being forced to pay yet another regressive tax to repay the banking debt that was not theirs in the first place. Those responsible for creating the economic crisis, the collapse of our public finances, forced emigration and mass unemployment remain unaccountable for their actions. This Bill is a typical Fianna Fáil stunt. Its members...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any legal constraints to reducing the VAT charged on defibrillators to 9%; and his plans to reduce the VAT rate on defibrillators. [33798/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Restructuring (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance the persons that own the old Newbridge Credit Union building now occupied by PTSB; and if PTSB is not the owner, if it is paying rent to any State body and the amount of that rent. [33631/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Restructuring (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is going to proceed as previously promised with allowing the common bond areas of Kilcullen, Kildare Town and Rathangan Credit Unions be extended to cover the Newbridge area following the loss of the town's credit union. [33632/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State of amending the VAT directives to allow for a 0% VAT rate on voluntary rescue activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33844/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform's report on hearings on matters relating to mortgage arrears resolution processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33921/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 253. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the apportionment exercise to determine the price of a property for stamp duty purposes in mixed sales is carried out, monitored and verified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34163/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 318. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 15 July 2014 the way in which the new corporation tax relief scheme for films will operate; and the financial implications for the Exchequer. [34642/14]