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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (14 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not been fully processed; when it will be processed and payment made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39198/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cóiríocht Scoile (14 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sí ar an eolas faoin drochstaid ina bhfuil scoil i gContae Dhún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar fáil) faoi láthair agus faoin drochbhail atá ar an mhórchuid den trealamh, rud atá ag cruthú deacrachtaí móra d’fhoireann agus do dhaltaí na scoile; an mbeidh an Roinn ag cur...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Services (14 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 386. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to the awarding of the public service obligations air service scheme for the Donegal-Dublin route from 2015, his plans to introduce price cap regulation on air fares which would set a limit on the maximum price by which the successful service provider would be allowed to charge passengers for using these services; and if he...

Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: No, it does not.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:"2. Following the passing of this Act the Minister for Finance shall in 2014 make an application for the direct retroactive recapitalisation of the capital injected by the State in Irish banks as per the Direct Recapitalisation Instrument.".This is a simple amendment which goes to the core of what is the...

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I do not think the Minister is genuine about this. We all know a general election is due in March or April 2016 at the latest. It is likely to take place at the end of next year, but that is up to the Government and circumstances between now and then. If an amendment was tabled today to the effect that by the end of 2015 the Minister would have applied for direct recapitalisation would he...

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Answer a question about your own party's policy.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister's response contained no logic in regard to not allowing an inclusion in the legislation to the effect that the State would apply for retroactive recapitalisation of the moneys invested by the previous and current Government into the banks. These moneys amount to €14,222 per man, woman and child. Many people feel the Government has given up the ghost in regard to these...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (16 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if mortgage repayments are taken into consideration when a means assessment is carried out for jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39585/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Repayments (16 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation where the families of those who have died by suicide may be liable for the mortgage on a property until an inquest is concluded as the insurance cannot be assessed; his plans to allow for a more compassionate system. [39581/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions (16 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on revising the regulation to allow farmers who are committed to the agri-environment option scheme to supplement the feed for their animals as currently the only time supplement may be added to the diet is under extreme weather conditions due to heavy snowfall or flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the retention fee for nurses to remain on the register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; the amount the fee will cost in 2015; his views that this fee is justified and fair at the current rate; if he will consider reducing the rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39582/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (16 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made by the Health Service Executive to include the drug Eculizumab in the community drugs scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39583/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services Provision (16 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has lost their taxi service through the rural transport group; if he will reinstate the taxi service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39587/14]

Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Tá dhá cheist agam ar reachtaíocht atá fógraithe agus ar reachtaíocht atá imithe tríd na Dála. I was surprised last week when I was charged for a freedom of information inquiry given that the order has not been signed. Given that the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill has passed through the Houses and has been signed into law by the...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: On the afternoon of 14 October management at Letterkenny General Hospital issued a statement to the general public in which it asked people to avoid the hospital's emergency department owing to what it described as high activity levels. It also advised those seeking medical attention to visit their GPs instead of presenting at the emergency department. In addition - reminding us just how...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for his response. I am not sure he appreciates that the hospital is in crisis. This is not just my view; it is a view I have heard from senior levels within the hospital. The crisis presents itself at different times in different areas with the issue in the accident and emergency department last week an example of that. The hospital is kept going and meeting demand...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Letterkenny General Hospital has proven year on year that if is one of, if not the, most efficient hospitals. It has done everything it can but there are still major structural challenges within that hospital that cannot be met without the required resources.

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I was listening to the Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, talking about his grand vision. He repeatedly used the word "vision". It struck me that I was listening to a Labour Party Minister in a Labour Party-Fine Gael Government. I was wondering what the founding father of the labour movement would have thought of his vision. The vision the Minister spoke about in this Chamber is different from...

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I could go on about the mná tí and other issues. The Government is unwilling to listen.