Results 13,041-13,060 of 36,274 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if notional pay is regarded as assessable earnings for the purpose of calculating a family income supplement payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34551/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Sector (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance if, during its investigation into tracker mortgages in the banking sector, the Central Bank of Ireland has identified potential breaches of contracts by other banks, apart from Permanent TSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34503/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Agreements (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 346 and 347 of 22 September 2015, the position regarding frozen funds, in circumstances where the person or organisations linked to those funds are never de-listed or likely to be de-listed. [34514/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Agreements (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 273. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 346 and 347 of 22 September 2015, if he has proposed or will support a proposal at European Union or United Nations level to allow some of these frozen funds to be released to help in the management of the refugee crisis, for example; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34515/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 471. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (detsil supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33984/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with type 1 diabetes attending Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; his plans to appoint an additional paediatric diabetes clinical nurse specialist at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33994/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 476. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times at Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal for adult patients with type 1 diabetes to be seen by a consultant; if these are within existing Health Service Executive guidelines for diabetes care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33995/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 495. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a heart operation in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34087/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 560. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34549/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 561. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34550/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 699. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the impact the emissions scandal at the Volkswagen company may have on owners of such cars in this State, and their motor tax liability. [34328/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 704. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units that have been built in Counties Monaghan and Cavan; the amount of funding that has been provided to Counties Monaghan and Cavan in respect of housing in each of the years from 2008 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34043/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 711. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of payments made to Dublin City Council in the period 2010 to date in 2015. [34276/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 712. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the €17 million for Ballymun regeneration works has not been paid to Dublin City Council. [34277/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 779. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons the taxsaver programme operated by Bus Éireann is not available to commuters for routes operating through County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34704/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecast for 2016: Department of Finance (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: It was around €9 billion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecast for 2016: Department of Finance (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Given that the Department of Finance is unable to tell us why there has been a 45% increase in corporation tax, does Mr. McCarthy believe that the Department's capacity to forecast accurately is still challenged?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecast for 2016: Department of Finance (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. Is there a possibility that this small number of firms, which account for the majority of the corporation tax paid, could have achieved a 45% increase in profits in recent months, and this led, in turn, to a 45% increase in tax taken by the State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecast for 2016: Department of Finance (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Department of Finance plan to try to get to the bottom of it and understand what is going on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecast for 2016: Department of Finance (6 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. We might come back to that in future to try to figure out what is going on. We are dealing with the Department of Finance forecasting. We discussed the expenditure benchmark and the fiscal space. The figures published in April were between €1.2 billion and €1.5 billion. Which is it? Is the space for this year's budget €1.2 billion or €1.5 billion?