Results 33,381-33,400 of 35,959 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: -----and that the only effect of a Greek departure from the euro would be less feta cheese in our shopping baskets.
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Many people listening to the Minister yesterday would not recognise the economy he was talking about. Life in the real economy, for the 440,000 people on the live register, the 1,500 people who emigrate every week and the 91 people who fall into mortgage distress every day, has got harder. Five austerity budgets have seen the living standards of the majority of people drop dramatically, and...
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: A reply would be helpful. The Tánaiste does not want to acknowledge that the CSO has said we are officially back in recession. What is happening in Greece is symptomatic of the failure of the policy of austerity, which is the same policy the Government is pursuing with gusto.
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: People know from their own real life experience that austerity is not working. The Tánaiste, the trade unions and the Labour Party's own supporters know that austerity has not and will not work. Sinn Féin has argued consistently that we need investment and stimulus to get people back to work.
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: This can be funded by the National Pensions Reserve Fund, the European Investment Bank and the private pensions industry. The Tánaiste wants to sell off profitable State assets at some time in the distant future. He also wants to cut â¬7.2 billion from the capital budget over the lifetime of the Government. It is now that people need investment in jobs.
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Does the Tánaiste agree that the Minister for Finance would be better advised to talk about the real economy rather than engaging in soundbites about turning corners, when the reality is that we have not?
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste should answer the question.
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: I agree that the Government is not going to solve it.
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: It has been cut by â¬7 billion.
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Services: Pharmacy Services (16 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place to ensure a consistent supply of vital prescription drugs to pharmacies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24199/12]
- Written Answers — North-South Feasibility Study: North-South Feasibility Study (16 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health the progress, if any, made in implementing the recommendations of the North-South Feasibility Study on co-operation in the provision of health services on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24198/12]
- Private Members' Business. Regulation of Debt Management Advisors Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: The Deputy always brings a smile to my face when he speaks. He is continuing with the rhetoric he used in the Seanad.
- Private Members' Business. Regulation of Debt Management Advisors Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: No, as the Deputy is well aware, I was absent for a couple of weeks after my father passed away and I have been involved in the campaign against austerity. While he is correct about the legacy of the Fianna Fáil Party, the Government will leave the same one. Its actions in the past year are the reason people are emigrating. That said, I welcome the opportunity to debate this Bill. We, in...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (15 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who were identified by the Health Service Executive as having parents or guardians who were financially unable to cope during each of the past five years; the type of supports that will be provided by the Child and Family Support Agency for families in this situation; and if she will make a statement on...
- Written Answers — Child Abuse Prevention Training: Child Abuse Prevention Training (15 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Economic and Social Committee made a recommendation in 2006, SOC/412, that child sexual abuse prevention training should be mandatory for all professionals and volunteers working with children, especially in law enforcement, health and education; her plans to...
- Written Answers — An Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: An Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (15 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Question 198: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén uair a fhoilseofar beartas a Roinn don Ghaeltacht ag eascairt as obair an Ghrúpa Oibre Ardleibhéil idir an Roinn EalaÃon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta agus an a Roinn chun dÃriú ar chur i bhfeidhm na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge i réimse gnÃmh an oideachais, ar Grúpa é a bunaÃodh in Earrach na bliana 2011 faoi mhÃr...
- Written Answers — Úsáid na Gaeilge: Úsáid na Gaeilge (15 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Question 326: To ask the Aire EalaÃon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfar soláthar i bhforálacha an Bhille nua Gaeltachta do chatagóirà éagsúla Gaeltachta, bunaithe ar lÃon na gcainteoirà gnÃomhacha Gaeilge atá sna limistéir éagsúla, mar atá molta sa Staidéar Cuimsitheach TeangeolaÃoch ar Ãsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht. [24218/12]
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Please answer the question.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: The Government is running scared.
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme for those who farm land that cannot reach the new stocking rates set out under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23333/12]