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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 582. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposals for the establishment of a CareDoc service for the north west area; the rationale and origins of the proposal; the impact the proposal will have on the existing NowDoc services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42375/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 584. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a deputation from the Dungloe Hospital Committee who have submitted a request to his office for a meeting regarding concerns on the closure of beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42377/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 585. To ask the Minister for Health when the five beds in Dungloe Community Hospital will reopen in view of the fact that it was announced in June 2013 and these beds have not reopened to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42378/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 586. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts made by the Health Service Executive to resolve the situation at Cregg House Sligo; the arrangements have been put in place for the delivery of care since notice was given by Wisdom Services over a year ago that they could not continue to provide the services with the limited budget provided by the HSE; his views on the joint comparative cost...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 587. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funds he has provided to repair and restore services at Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42380/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 588. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the Seaview Respite House facility for adults and children with intellectual disability in Mountcharles, County Donegal recently closed for two weeks in September; if he will confirm that the facility is not open on Sundays or Mondays due to financial considerations; the number of staff employed by the service; the number of patients who receive...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 589. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for Killybegs Community Hospital in view of the recent Health Information Quality Authority report; if he will reassure the community that ancillary services at the hospital such as x-ray and physiotherapy, much of which was provided through fundraising by the local community, will remain in operation at current levels; if he will be willing to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Kilkenny Ring Road will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42099/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (8 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will continue to fund the Dungloe to Kilraine N56 scheme in County Donegal; the time frame he foresees on the next stage of this scheme going to construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42404/13]

Other Questions: Insurance Compensation Fund (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Without going into the legal case, if there was an outcome that resulted in the scrapping of the legal case and the auditors had to take on the liability of the losses incurred, what would be the intention of the Government with regard to the money generated from the levy heretofore, which would not then be required?

Other Questions: NAMA Staff Qualifications (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister spoke about the NTMA reviewing the contracts and mentioned new employees and those seeking promotion. We are aware that this issue does not just affect NAMA, it also affects employees who have been seconded to the Department of Finance. There are concerns about banks poaching certain people who worked in the banking unit within the Department who may have information. A period...

Other Questions: Bank Debt Restructuring (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I agree on the importance of Permanent TSB to the Irish banking market and we await eagerly the Commission's recommendations. I am aware that the bank itself expects a favourable response on the restructuring plan, but this is in the hands of the Commission. At this point there are questions about the restructuring. There are also questions hanging over Ulster Bank and about how the...

Other Questions: Budget 2014 Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It might be useful information for the Tánaiste, Deputy Gilmore also.

Other Questions: Budget 2014 Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I had not imagined the Minister would divulge the budget’s details today. However, I am concerned about what he said about the 5.1% target and that he would target the high fours, trying to bring the deficit into the 4% area. Where is the sense behind that? He said there was a delicate balance between closing the deficit and achieving economic growth. When the Government came into...

Other Questions: Budget 2014 Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The buffer the Minister talks about is made up of real cuts affecting real people. It is millions of euro of cuts that will cause hardship and pain, as well as additional taxes. I am disappointed that the Minister is going beyond the troika target of 5.1%. We have been led to believe by the Government that the troika is making us go into the high 4% region. The Tánaiste is correct...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take to ensure those struggling with mortgage repayments will be offered genuinely sustainable arrangements that do not threaten the family home; that the banks do not rely on repossession or a legal process that could end in repossession as the main method of meeting the quarter four 2013 target of 15% and the quarter one 2014 target of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We had a debate during the previous two days in the House on mortgage distress as a result of the Bill introduced by Deputy Joan Collins. The question is specific. We ventilated in this Chamber and at committee level how the banks have used 14,720 legal letters to meet the targets that were originally set down for mortgage holders who will be offered long-term solutions. We know that is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Will the banks be able to meet those targets by repossessing homes and when does a concluded arrangement take place if it is in the repossession category?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I will put the question in a simple way. The Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform will have the bankers in again after the end of this year and will ask them how they have reached the 15% target of concluded arrangements to the end of this year. If they say to us that 10% of the figure is made up of repossessions of buy-to-let properties and family homes, is that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the case of Newbridge Credit Union. [41516/13]