Results 21,741-21,760 of 35,889 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (19 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will formally complete the review of the school transport scheme; the consultation process he will employ to engage with the various stakeholders, including the parents and guardians of school-goers availing of school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10979/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (19 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in instances where local community groups or voluntary organisations have developed detailed and costed flood mitigation and management plans to alleviate local flood risk, compiled in consultation with knowledgeable and accredited professional practitioners, if such proposals will be considered by the competent authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 161. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment from University Hospital Galway, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10986/16]

Other Questions: Tax Code (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Conservative.

Other Questions: Tax Code (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: It is a bit of craic to discuss the question of which party is more conservative than the other, and the marriage between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael can be part of that banter but this is deeply serious. I sat on the Banking Inquiry and we saw the graphs. The Fianna Fáil-PD Government of the time cut income tax, the most stable tax available, and it was replaced by other taxes....

Other Questions: Tax Code (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: That is what happened in the years Charlie McCreevy was Minister. Taxes went up.

Other Questions: Tax Code (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: What is the growth rate this year?

Other Questions: Tax Code (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The USC is still there.

Other Questions: Tax Code (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: This issue was debated quite a bit during the general election campaign and while there is variance in the programme for Government, it seems the Government is still committed to abolishing or phasing out the USC instead of looking at the issue of tax credits. The Minister is aware from parliamentary questions we have put to him over quite a period now that we have been examining the issue...

Other Questions: Banks Recapitalisation (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 6. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the source and detail of the recommendation that the Government no longer seek the direct recapitalisation of banks (details supplied) through the European Stability Mechanism, ESM, fund; and when he will make this information available to the public, given his confirmation of this course of action. [10543/16]

Other Questions: Banks Recapitalisation (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: On 6 April, the Minister stated in the House in response to me that while he did not believe that pursuing the matter was in our best interests "at this time", ultimately, "it will be an assessment as to which route - ESM or the markets - represents the best value which will determine these decisions." The Minister went to Brussels, spoke to the media and said that this was off the agenda...

Other Questions: Banks Recapitalisation (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: When the Government scrambled back from Brussels and went on our national airwaves to tell people about the game changer and the seismic shift, I appeared on the same radio station a little later. I said that the Government was holding the ball in its hands and was facing an open goal and that all it needed to do was put the ball in the back of the net but it has screwed that up royally....

Other Questions: Banks Recapitalisation (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: -----instead of the Minister going to Brussels with the notion that this should be off the agenda. If we want new politics, let us discuss the issue instead of relying on the likes of Rothschild and Goldman Sachs, some of whose advice to the Minister on what we should do with the banks is given pro bonoand some of whose advice is not. Let parliamentarians decide with all of the information....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: We definitely need political reform because the first minute and 50 seconds of the time allowed for this reply was spent by the Minister on not answering the question. Can we get to the details of this in the minute that I have available? David Hall, who has done sterling work on behalf of those in mortgage arrears and who was involved in the programme for Government negotiations, has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the idea that these two proposals would be put on a statutory basis and that lenders would have to offer them. It is David Hall's understanding that those were the two proposals agreed as part of the programme for Government talks. Can the Minister confirm that, at a minimum, these two proposals will be offered to all distressed borrowers? Can he also inform us of the advice he...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement in the programme for Government regarding the intention to "work with the Central Bank to amend the code of conduct on mortgage arrears to include an obligation on providers of mortgage credit to provide a range of sustainable arrears solutions, this code of conduct will be put on a statutory basis", what these sustainable arrears...

An Teanga Gaeilge: Statements (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Níl mórán ama agam so díreoidh mé ar chúpla pointe. Ar dtús báire, tá go leor ráite fá dtaobh den fhadhb atá againn agus sin nach bhfuil Aire sinsearach ansin. Sin fadhb millteanach mhór. Ba chóir go mbeadh Aire sinsearach freagrach as an nGaeilge agus as an nGaeltacht ag leibhéal Rialtais agus go mbeadh éilimh...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste is doing the exact same thing again: she is not answering the question.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 21. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the expected timeline as to when Irish variable mortgage rates will move in line with the European average, in view of the statement in the programme for Government regarding the Government’s intention to take all necessary action to tackle high variable rates. [10542/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (18 May 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a tribunal is currently in place to consider individual applications in relation to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; the last date on which the tribunal formally convened; if a dedicated tribunal is not currently in place, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10806/16]