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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Exactly. They incorporate small flats.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: People enter via a separate entrance and have their independence, but they are next door to their sons or daughters. This type of security is the beauty of the granny flat. From my reading of the legislation, granny flats are subject to the €200 fee. The Minister's interpretation of the matter we are discussing might relate to a number of additional rooms in a house to give a mother or...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I would support the Minister's idea.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I do not support Senator Coffey's amendments, although I know he addresses the same issues I raised in terms of the ability of the local authorities in their current configuration to collect this charge. On Second Stage, I made the point that local authorities may find it difficult to collect this charge bearing in mind it will be much easier to collect it for rental properties than for...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Perhaps the Minister will point it out to me in the Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I am disappointed with the Minister's response. While I can understand why he cannot take a carte blanche approach to the employment of additional staff, I had hoped that in the future he might be disposed to particular requests if they arise. On the amendment, the Minister's point with regard to the incentive for the local authority to collect its own rates is very important, which is why I...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an mBille. Seo ceist atá tógtha agam sa Seanad go minic. Táim ag déanamh gur thóg mé an cheist trí uair ó deineadh na fógraí sa cháinaisnéis dheireanach anuraidh. Ach roimhe seo, bhí sé tógtha agam ag iarraidh ar an Aire Airgeadais Bille mar seo a chur chun tosaigh. Os as Tír Chonaill i nDún na nGall mé,...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (30 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: D'ardaigh mé an cheist sa Teach cúpla uair cheana i dtaobh ceist na Gaeilge agus an ról a ba cheart don Seanad a bheith ag imirt ó thaobh na ceiste seo. Phléamar An Staidéar Teangeolaíoch ar úsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht, an cheist faoi thumoideachas sna scoileanna agus an cheist fá dtaobh de Foinse. Ach ó tháinig mise isteach sa Seanad ní raibh plé ar cheist na Gaeilge sa...

Seanad: Local Authority Housing (24 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Haughey. I wish to refer to the hundreds of customers of Donegal County Council who took out housing loans prior to 1991 and are paying fixed interest rates in excess of 10% on those loans. A total of 973 individuals and families have loans from the county council and 242 of them are being charged interest in excess of 10%. As already stated,...

Seanad: Local Authority Housing (24 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Perhaps he might bring a number of points to the attention of the Minister of State with responsibility for housing, Deputy Finneran. All recipients of these loans in excess of 10% should be informed of mechanisms to re-finance in the private sector, if they have not already done so, and they should be assisted in doing that because many of these...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom iarraidh ar an Cheannaire díospóireacht a reachtáil maidir le todhchaí na Gaeilge, go háirithe maidir leis an nuachtán Foinse, agus na himpleachtaí a bhaineann le todhchaí an nuachtáin sin. Ag trácht ar an am deireanach a thóg mé an cheist seo, gabhaim leithscéal leis an Chathaoirleach toisc nár éist mé leis an rialú a thóg sé ar an lá sin. Níor thuig mé...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of order, I would like responses to the two issues I raised concerning Foinse and the need for a multi-agency response to the flash flooding in my area.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: The Leader should inform the House of his response to a request made yesterday by Senator MacSharry concerning Sligo General Hospital.

Seanad: Night-time Rural Transport: Statements (23 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Ghabh mé comhghairdeas leis nuair a chuir sé an scéim phíolótach ar bun. The Minister acted courageously when he saw an opening at that time. He understood that the Government needed to do something about public anger in this regard, so he stepped in and took it on. The Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs was given responsibility for it,...

Seanad: Night-time Rural Transport: Statements (23 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: If the Minister can say that evening services will continue in counties like Donegal, Sligo and Cork——

Seanad: Night-time Rural Transport: Statements (23 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: ——and the rural transport initiative will continue to operate as it has done, we will all believe him. The reality is that the Minister cannot say that today. I hope that will be the eventual outcome, but it cannot be achieved today. I commend the Minister and his Department for making this scheme, which was needed, successful. I cannot understand why a successful scheme, 10% of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom cuir leis an méid atá ráite ag an Seanadóir Fitzgerald. I support the request for a debate on Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin. As a father of two children who had to take those children to hospital at a very early stage, I find what the Government is doing appalling.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom cur leis an méid atá ráite ag na Seanadóirí eile. Déanaim chomhbhrón leis an Seanadóirí agus na comhairleoirí ar fud na tíre nach raibh tofa. Gabhaim buíochas le gach éinne a sheas sna toghcháin. Tá sé iontach tabhachtach go nglacann daoine páirt sa phróiseas daonlathach. Ba mhaith liom tacaíocht a thabhairt don moladh atá curtha chun cinn ag an...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: If I may, a Chathaoirligh, as someone who comes from the Gaeltacht this is far more than about the newspaper itself.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I want to ask the Leader about this.