Results 21,641-21,660 of 35,889 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank intends to carry out any public consultation on the issue of high standard variable rates on mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14685/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Bodies Membership (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance the date Ireland applied to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the process by which it was decided to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14763/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Bodies Membership (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance to list the external advisers consulted and any remuneration paid to them for advice regarding the State's involvement in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14764/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Bodies Membership (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the share and voting rights Ireland will enjoy in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14765/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Bodies Membership (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the calculations that have been made as to what Ireland's initial and recurring contribution to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14766/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance how Ireland used the discretion available under the mortgage credit directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14808/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of concerns that the mortgage credit directive has increased the difficulty for those who live in the Six Counties from getting a mortgage here and for returned emigrants to acquire a mortgage here because of chapter 9, Article 23 of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14809/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the system in place whereby women who entered the workforce,took time out to care for their children and later re-entered the workforce, are penalised when awarded their contributory State pension, despite having in excess of the required contributions, as the average calculation introduced results in them being awarded less...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Expenditure (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total rent paid by An Garda Síochána on its barracks in Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, since the lease began. [14734/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 417. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the register of nurses and midwifes maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, the number of applications which were received by the organisation in the past 12 months; the number of these for which the applicant has been successfully added to the register, following the completion of the registration process; the number...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 452. To ask the Minister for Health the details of current vacancies at Letterkenny University Hospital in respect of medical personnel in tabular form; the time these posts have remained vacant; the positions for which approval to commence recruitment to fill an identified staffing deficit has been sought by the hospital; if approval has yet been granted in respect of such positions; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 453. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the impact, which the recently introduced interim measures restricting recruitment within the health service pending the approval of a new HSE pay and numbers strategy, will have on an individual hospitals' ability to fill staffing vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14645/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (2 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of activity-based funding, the transition arrangements that are currently in place in the hospital system to reflect the difference between hospitals' current costs and national average costs; how he will phase out these arrangements; what will happen to hospitals that are unable to address the differences in their costs base; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (2 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 69. To ask the Minister for Health when the national service plan process for 2017 will commence; when analysis of the 2016 funding position and the 2017 costs of initiatives for pre-budget purposes will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13707/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (2 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14031/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Local Authority Expenditure (2 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance how he calculates spending by local authorities for the purposes of the expenditure benchmark and in the calculation of fiscal space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14185/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cancer Strategy (2 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 235. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a compensation scheme for persons suffering from asbestosis cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14030/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance (2 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to renegotiate or vary the agreement with the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland following the Setanta ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14088/16]

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Election of Chairman (1 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I agree with that. The clarification is that it is for a period that could extend beyond five weeks and the committee does not cease after five weeks. Is that correct? Will the budgetary committee, as established by this committee, fall under the d'Hondt system? I agree with Deputy Michael McGrath, with the caveat that the budgetary committee should be chaired by a member of the Opposition...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Election of Chairman (1 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Is it 35 days from today?