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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Review (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form per county the number of people over the age of 70 years who have had their medical card eligibility reviewed in 2010, 2011 and 2012; the number of medical cards that have been cancelled as a result of the review; the number of medical cards that have been cancelled as a result of incomplete documentation submitted for review...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health if he has published the new guidelines for the motorised transport grant; the number of applications for the motorised transport grant that have been processed to date in 2013; the number of applications awaiting processing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10944/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in Dublin 22 has not yet received their assessment for autism from the Health Service Executive in Dublin [11278/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (5 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Donegal currently in receipt of home help; the number of these that are living alone; the number of persons in County Donegal who have had their home help package reviewed on 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of these who have had their home help package reduced as a result of the review; the number of those with reduced...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Its only objection is that it is not in government to do it. Sinn Féin has no issue whatsoever with taxing wealth - property is a part of wealth - but we are completely opposed to taxing the family home, regardless of income or wealth. If we want to have a wealth tax, let us tax the yachts, helicopters and investments of the wealthy and set a threshold for an exemption up to a certain...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Ní bheidh iontas ar bith ar an Aire ná ar an Rialtas go bhfuil Sinn Féin go huile agus go hiomlán in éadan an cháin tithe seo atá á ghearradh ag an Rialtas, cé gur thug sé an gealltanas sa toghchán deireannach nach mbeadh sé ag cur i bhfeidhm an polasaí lochtach a bhí curtha chun tosaigh ag Páirtí Fhianna...

Other Questions: Job Creation Targets (28 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Minister's reference to the iPhone. I presume this means he does not support his colleague's call for legislation to ban the full use of iPhones and iPads. Stimulus works, and so will austerity to get to a deficit reduction. There is no doubt about that. The big debate is which is the least painful and best path to choose. I have a very different view from that of the...

Other Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (28 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: This issue needs to be looked at in the round. I appreciate that they are loss making but if an individual is willing to take out a bigger loan with a bank and a portion of that loan will have a variable interest rate, which is a financial gain for the bank, it makes sense for the bank to facilitate that move. It makes complete sense for the bank because it will be in a healthier position...

Other Questions: Mortgage Restructing (28 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Going back to what I said earlier, this is a serious, massive crisis. It was a crisis when the Minister came into office and the number of people in mortgage distress has doubled in the past two years. I want to focus on one bank in particular, AIB. The chief executive of AIB announced - I believe he is genuine - that it is writing to all 33,000 customers who are in mortgage arrears. This...

Other Questions: Mortgage Restructing (28 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Can I ask a further question?

Other Questions: Banks Recapitalisation (28 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: While I appreciate the Minister's difficulty, he is trying to ride two horses and keep both options open. He seems to be rowing back on last June's commitment, or at least the commitment given to the people by certain Ministers on the public airwaves at the time. I refer to the idea that we would get back the money pumped into the pillar banks and that it would be fully retrospective. It...

Other Questions: Banks Recapitalisation (28 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It was just a question.

Other Questions: Banks Recapitalisation (28 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To tell the Minister the God's honest truth, he would want to drop some of the bull he is coming out with in response to every question I ask.

Other Questions: Banks Recapitalisation (28 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I asked a genuine question. I could have started to recite X, Y or Z, but I did not do so. I do not expect the Minister to reveal his negotiating strategy. If he is telling us it is a question of a negotiating strategy, he must intend to go down the road of ESM recapitalisation. If it is not a question of a negotiating strategy, he must be open to the idea of private investors buying...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (28 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: If AIB proceeds with its plan it will be the highest mortgage lender in the State. All it has to do is increase its rates by 30 basis points and it will be the highest. The Minister for Finance owns this bank on behalf of the Irish people. He says it would be wrong to interfere because that is not the way to run the country but he called the banks into Government Buildings. His Deputies...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (28 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The figure is 23.5% of domestic mortgages.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (28 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It affects 160,000 families.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (28 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the raising of interest rates by AIB on variable rates mortgages; if he will call on the bank to explain their decision and let them know it is unacceptable. [10748/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (28 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Tomorrow we will begin to discuss the family home or household tax again. We have already seen the start of the water charges legislation in the House. It was stated earlier in the House that €30 billion of austerity measures have been imposed on the people. Yet perhaps the greatest crisis we are in the middle of - a singular crisis which the Government has not acknowledged - is the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (28 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: These people are really under pressure. Today I read an article in the newspaper to the effect that the Government will facilitate the repossession of homes. This really puts the fear of God up into people, who are concerned about how they will keep a roof over their heads and pay their mortgage bills. It is a completely different approach from what the Government promised in the programme...