Results 21,461-21,480 of 35,894 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (28 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases in which Irish persons have attempted to claim exemption from foreign taxation on the basis that they have paid the domicile levy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18316/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (28 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid the domicile levy and the amount that was collected from the levy in 2015; his plans to increase the levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18317/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (28 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to introduce measures to facilitate those whose occupation necessitates them to spend extended periods of time at sea or in other destinations which does not make it possible to vote at their designated polling station nor permits them to make use of the postal vote facility in relation to voting in elections and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (28 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate a group (details supplied) in meeting the chief executive officer of St. Vincent's Hospital to discuss their concerns regarding the staffing situation for those in need of sarcoma treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18326/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 411. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review being carried out into gynaecology and ante-natal services at Dungloe Community Hospital; if the review has been initiated and when it is expected to be formally completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18177/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Driver Licensing Service (28 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been made aware of a computer systems failure at the National Driver Licensing Service office in Donegal Town; the date on which the system first became inoperative and the date on which this issue was resolved; the impact which this failure has had on services and what alternative arrangements were put in place for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (28 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 545. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits made by IDA Ireland client companies to each county, on a county basis and in tabular form, in 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18104/16]

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: We have heard many speeches about how we will respect the outcome of Thursday's referendum. That is correct as we discuss the implications of the British Government triggering Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon. However, it is worth noting that if this House had respected the outcome of our referendum eight years ago when we rejected the Lisbon treaty containing Article 50, there would have...

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to raise this issue. I note the questions are not being grouped and I wonder why this is the case, because there were other questions in respect of-----

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: For future reference, is it the case that Members must ask? A number of Members had tabled questions on Project Eagle-----

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: ----and NAMA and would like to tease this out with the Minister, because-----

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I will state to the Minister that he has a direction order over NAMA-----

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: -----which he has used but failed to use in respect of Project Eagle.

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Has the Minister plans to change or would he be supportive of changes to lift the Statute of Limitations on civil offences that may have contributed to the banking crisis?

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for his reply. The banking inquiry made many good suggestions. I was unable to sign up to the report because I felt it was weak in certain areas, particularly in respect of the role of the auditors and others, but the banking inquiry was not a court, nor should it have been. Unfortunately, some causes of the financial crisis undoubtedly would be classified as civil...

Other Questions: Statute of Limitations (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: -----as a matter the Government might wish to push.

Other Questions: Insurance Costs (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his flexibility in allowing me to take Deputy Martin Kenny's question. The question relates to the cost of car insurance, an issue we have been debating in the House for some time. The question is specifically about returned emigrants. The Minister will have heard that many people are thinking of returning home, and it is great to have them return home, but...

Other Questions: Insurance Costs (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has suggested that it will take a couple of months to complete the review. We need action to be taken by the insurance industry sooner than the time it will take to produce the report in a couple of months. People who want to come home are not coming home because of high motor insurance costs. The Minister said that if they are driving abroad then they can show they have a...

Other Questions: Insurance Costs (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is aware that the amended motion called for the report to be published straight away, and I welcome the fact that the Minister has committed to do that because in previous replies on the matter he was ambiguous on that issue. We also called for the establishment of a task force to review the Central Bank's role on the regulation of the insurance industry and a number of other...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (23 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The last five or six words were the only part of the answer that addressed my question. I know we are running out of time but we are supposed to be in a different situation now, one in which we get to the nub of issues rather more quickly. The Minister has made commitments and said he would review the code of conduct to make it mandatory on lenders to provide a more effective range of...