Results 21,561-21,580 of 35,889 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (21 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16792/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (21 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16793/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 367. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16791/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (21 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 459. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there is currently no addiction counselling service available to persons under 18 years of age whom are resident in County Donegal following the vacating of a counselling post; if he acknowledges that such an absence will have a detrimental impact on the health and well being of service users in the county; the action he is taking to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 457. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17308/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (21 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the road safety concerns of residents living in the vicinity of the N15 Blackburn Bridge Road project in County Donegal, phase 1 of which is currently under construction; the measures he will put in place to alleviate these concerns and to address the immediate hazards posed by the present condition of the road...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecasts (16 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance why he did not revise the predicted level of tax revenue from budget 2016 upwards, consistent with the out-turn of the stronger 2015 revenue base; the reason for his approach to the 2016 corporation tax forecast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16432/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (16 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific estimates of the cost of planned tax reductions or of the amount of new revenue that would be raised from the planned offsetting tax changes for all relevant years, given the warnings raised by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council regarding his taxation proposals contained in the programme for a partnership Government, whereby he commits to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (16 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will release compliance figures to 2021 that reflect the reality that is incorporating his policy intentions, given the April 2015 spring economic statement in which the previous Government stated that it intended to adopt a fiscal policy stance that would meet minimum compliance with the fiscal rules and acknowledged that tax and spending projections...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (16 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for non-compliance with the budgetary frameworks directive to date and if the Government will enhance the quality of its medium-term budgetary forecasts by providing projections based on a realistic set of assumptions in line with the requirements of the directive and the requirement under the medium-term budgetary frameworks directive that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: GDP-GNP Levels (16 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that under the stability programme update projections the debt-to-gross domestic product ratio is projected to fall to 69% of gross domestic product by 2021, but assuming a policy of minimum rule compliance as previously committed to is implemented from 2017 on, the debt ratio would continue to decline but would be around five percentage points of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (16 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has conducted a risk analysis of the concentration of corporation tax receipts having risen sharply in recent years, with over 40% paid by ten companies in 2015, up from 21% in 2009 and that in 2015 corporation tax from the top ten companies amounted to over 6% of total tax revenue, approximately the same proportion of total tax revenue accounted for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability and Growth Pact (16 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he envisages the deviation stripping out the one-off Allied Irish Banks widening by end-year and by how much, given that his spending projections imply non-compliance with the expenditure benchmark requirements for 2016 when the bank's transaction in 2015 is disregarded, with the associated overspend amounting to approximately €0.7 billion on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (16 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the components of the methodology of the medium-term forecasts that were produced using the European Union commonly agreed methodology; how the forecasts are calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16440/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (16 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the complementary medium-term baseline estimates and why they are better suited to the Irish economy, given the medium-term forecasts that were produced using the European Union commonly agreed methodology and work already commenced to develop a complementary set of medium-term baseline estimates for the supply-side based on methodologies...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (16 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance the work undertaken or plans to develop a complementary set of medium-term baseline estimates for the supply-side, based on methodologies better suited to the characteristics of the Irish economy regarding the medium-term forecasts which are currently produced using the European Union commonly agreed methodology, which is only required for fiscal...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (16 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the assertion by the Fiscal Advisory Council that there are risks that signs of overheating may again be missed if he exclusively relies on the commonly agreed methodology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16443/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expedite a school building project (details supplied); if he recognises the need to accelerate this project, given the deteriorating condition of much of the school's existing accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16550/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (16 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will formally complete the review of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; if he will include additional schools under the scheme following the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16552/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will formally finalise the revision to the 2006 wind energy development guidelines; if the revision will be informed by recent developments abroad in terms of enhanced regulations governing the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16553/16]