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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (19 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 130. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for persons to receive an outpatient appointment at the rheumatology department at Our Lady's Hospital in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, specifically for those waiting three months, six months, nine months, 12 months or greater than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31060/16]

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

Pearse Doherty: 131. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have an operation performed at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31064/16]

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

Pearse Doherty: 142. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a hospital appointment at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31125/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (18 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 74. To ask the Minister for Health if, regarding the new access and inclusion model, AIM, in preschools and recent incidences of children with special educational needs, SEN, who were provided with SEN supports previously but who are to have these supports withdrawn henceforth; if he has met with his colleague, the Minister of State to further examine and discuss same; and the measures he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to his Department's projected yield of €50 million in 2017 from section 110 and funds changes, the portion of this expected yield that relates to section 110 changes and the portion that relates to funds changes; the details of the proposed fund changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30744/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (18 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact the increase of €155 million will have on the State's compliance with the structural deficit target for 2016 and the expenditure benchmark for 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30755/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Process (18 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance the date he will publish the finance Bill. [30745/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (18 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the assertion from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, that the State will miss its key borrowing target, the structural balance in 2017, as a result of the €1.3 billion budget 2017 package, as opposed to the €1 billion package mooted in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30753/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (18 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the assertion from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the State will breach its overspending limit, the expenditure benchmark, a result of the €1.3 billion budget 2017 package, as opposed to the €1 billion package mooted in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30754/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Consultation Process (18 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance the groups, persons or political representatives he has met in the context of planning budget 2017 and the finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30925/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Consultation Process (18 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance the groups, persons or political representatives officials from his Department have met in the context of planning budget 2017 and the finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30926/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (18 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider reinstating the telephone allowance in the household benefits package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30246/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga (13 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Mar atá ráite agam, is eol dom gur chuir an tAire Stáit an t-airgead chuig an eagraíocht inné. Tá sé seachtaine caillte ní hamháin ag na páistí seo ó thaobh cúntóirí teanga, ach fosta ag daoine sa Ghaeltacht a bheadh fostaithe dá mbeadh an scéim seo riaraithe mar is ceart. Níl sé maith go leor go...

Topical Issue Debate: Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga (13 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Tá áthas orm gur roghnaíodh an cheist seo. Tá sé curtha síos agam le coicíos anuas agus anois is féidir linn é a phlé. Mar atá a fhios ag an Aire Stáit, is scéim iontach tábhachtach é scéim na gcúntóirí teanga. Is é príomhchuspóir na scéime ná an Ghaeilge – ár...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Economic Output: Director General, Central Statistics Office (13 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to raise the concerns Mr. Dalton expressed concerns about what is coming from the European Union. There was a suggestion earlier that some of the information the CSO was requested to compile was quite sensitive, that it would have required information on gender violence and sexual abuse and the CSO believed it was not the appropriate body to collect that type of information on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Economic Output: Director General, Central Statistics Office (13 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Does Mr. Pádraig Dalton have a view as to what is the best way to collect this type of information without putting anyone at risk?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Economic Output: Director General, Central Statistics Office (13 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Does that type of data collection not form part of the integrated European social statistics regulation at this point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Economic Output: Director General, Central Statistics Office (13 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Pádraig Dalton said it is inconsistent with the beyond gross domestic product initiative, which focuses on the broader quality of life indicators. He also stated there is a concern with the overburden of the SILC, survey on income and living conditions, and the legislative vehicles being proposed by EUROSTAT, which would significantly reduce member states' control over survey costs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Economic Output: Director General, Central Statistics Office (13 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I must compliment the CSO on the significant amount of information it compiles and presents on its website. Making it as user-friendly as possible is some achievement. We as legislators rely quite heavily on it to get the correct facts and data. On the revision of the GDP figures of a 26% growth rate this summer, the CSO came under intense criticism, including from Members on the floor...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Economic Output: Director General, Central Statistics Office (13 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I agree. Mr. Dalton mentioned that GDP and GNP are of limited value in providing insights into the domestic economy. The figure of a 26% rise in GDP, published last July, was an accurate reflection of the data in terms of how we calculate GDP. The reality, however, is that GDP, in so far as how it is measured and how people interpret it, no longer provides us with a proper metric. That...