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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I am sorry Chairman, I have a question. I know the Chairman was doing the long goodbye. I wish to raise a minor issue. We did not touch on the bond bubble, and although quantitative easing has been extended at the same time it has been signalled that it will be turning off and the fact the State is likely to reach the limit early next year. We have seen movement in bond yields in the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: We will hold Professor McHale to that as his parting thought. I wish to be associated with the Chairman's remarks on the service Professor McHale rendered to the State and to this committee during his leadership of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council over the past five and a half years. I wish him well.

Civil Law (Missing Persons) (No. 2) Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the effects in civil law of persons who are missing, including arrangements for interim management of the missing person's property, and to provide for the civil status of the missing person where the circumstances of their absence leads to a presumption of death; and to provide for related matters. Last week, we...

Civil Law (Missing Persons) (No. 2) Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Questions on Proposed Legislation (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The mortgage special courts Bill was supposed to go to pre-legislative scrutiny last month. Will the Taoiseach inform the House when the Minister for Finance will publish a 59-page detailed report he received from the Central Bank six weeks ago into the options that vulture funds and banks have for restructuring mortgages before they move to repossess? He has had that report for six weeks...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Inspectorate Reports (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recommendations from the Garda Inspectorate report of 2009 on missing persons that have been implemented; if she will provide an explanation for each recommendation not yet implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39946/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Children (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the time a website (details supplied) has not been working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39947/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason all missing persons, as per her reply on 6 December 2016 on the issue, are not on the section of the Garda website for missing persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39948/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána is carrying out a full review of all missing persons cases since 1951; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39950/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance if dividend withholding tax, DWT, is exempted under tax legislation, Revenue Commissioners guidance and the Ireland-Malta double tax treaty, in the circumstances in which the recipient of the dividend, shareholder 29.9%, is a Maltese tax resident shareholder with a 29.9% shareholding in the Irish resident company that is quoted on the Irish Stock...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if DWT is exempted under tax legislation and Revenue Commissioners guidance in the circumstances in which the recipient of the dividend, shareholder 15%, is an Irish investment fund that is regulated by the Central Bank with a 15% shareholding in the Irish resident company that is quoted on the Irish Stock Exchange (details supplied); and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance if DWT is exempted under tax legislation and Revenue Commissioners guidance in the circumstances in which the recipient of the dividend, shareholder 15%, is an Irish limited company with a 15% shareholding in the Irish resident company that is quoted on the Irish Stock Exchange (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the dates on which polling was designated to take place on each of the offshore islands for general election 2016 and for the local and European elections 2014 in tabular form; if he will provide the deadline dates for those wishing to register for the postal vote in respect of each of these types of elections; and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39381/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 436. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add new low-protein foods to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39623/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 437. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been no revision to the number and type of low-protein foods on the long-term illness scheme over a number of years for the metabolic disorder, PK, phenylketonuria, in which treatment involves a strict low-protein diet and supplement; if he had any consultation with the PKU Association of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 485. To ask the Minister for Health if an application has been made by a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal for an x-ray imagining machine; if so, if this application is currently under consideration; when it is anticipated that a decision will be made in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39913/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 486. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reinstatement of gynaecology services at Dungloe Community Hospital; when it is expected that services will resume for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39914/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (13 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a single farm payment for 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39621/16]

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2016)

Pearse Doherty: They are founded in fact.