Results 3,601-3,620 of 35,549 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: This has been going on now for 15 months. The ECB has said very clearly that one in five mortgage holders have seen their mortgage interest increase by €5,700 on average since last year and one in three is paying €3,000 more than last year. We have come up with a proposal that would take 30% of that increased mortgage interest into the State's coffers and where it would be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The reality is that the Government has been found wanting in relation to mortgage interest relief. For the last year, as letter after letter landed in the letterboxes of families across the State, month after month, with ten letters now telling them that their mortgage interest rate has gone up if they are on a tracker mortgage, the Minister has come forward with nothing. There are no...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Defective Building Materials (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the operation of the defective concrete products levy, its application to precast concrete products and autoclave aerated concrete, its impact on residential construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43135/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Stock Exchange (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance his views, and his Department's analysis, of the recent departure of companies from Euronext Dublin; the causes of these departures and potential policy measures to support the Irish stock exchange; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43139/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; when the disabled drivers medical board of sppeal will recommence hearings; the number of appeals and request for appeal hearings that have been lodged since November 2021 and his response to the recent annual report of the Ombudsman with respect to same. [43137/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Defective Building Materials (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on his engagement with the retail banking sector, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and representative groups of homeowners affected by defective concrete blocks with respect to bridging finance and the significant funding shortfall homeowners face to remediate their homes. [43136/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (4 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the situation with a school in County Donegal (details supplied) where a dangerous incident almost occurred when children were crossing the road; if so, if his Department has been in touch with the school; if his Department has taken any measures to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Facilities (4 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any financial supports are available through her Department to facilitate the board of a school (details supplied) purchasing off-road parking; if she is aware of the urgency of this matter, in light of a near-tragic incident occurring on the N56, with children crossing the road to attend the school; and if she will make...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: What we have just heard from Deputy Clarke is example after example of families in crisis. That is what it is for those families. If you cannot get your children into school and you have to make alternative arrangements, in some cases, it is a crisis within the family. I spoke to a constituent last week who has written to many other elected representatives through tears, as she put it,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a request to meet with a group (details supplied); if he will accept its invitation to meet with it to discuss the future of the A5 upgrade project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42476/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 637. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for hip replacement surgery at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42454/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (3 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the CAO application process alerts students of unapproved courses that do not qualify for SUSI grants; if he is aware of the financial difficulties placed upon students who, having commenced such places, are subsequently notified that they do not qualify for a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42466/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: In 2021, a whistleblower revealed that the Department of Health was holding secret dossiers containing information on children with autism whose families were taking legal action against the State to ensure that the children's rights were upheld. On the other side of these challenges was the Department. When the scandal broke, it was claimed that there was nothing untoward in the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Is the Government's position that the Department did not break the law?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: That is shocking. There is clarification required. Is the Government's position that the Department did not break the law because, obviously, the Minister has decided not to apologise on this occasion? I would like clarification.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: These are the facts.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Every single year since the Tánaiste has been a Minister in this Government, there have been fewer gardaí.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: What is the Tánaiste going to do? The talks need to go ahead and it is hoped we will get a resolution.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: What is the Government going to do to support the work of the Garda by increasing numbers and by moving members of the force off non-core duties?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Mar atá a fhios againn uilig sa Teach seo, chímid go bhfuil líon na ngardaí ag titim anois bliain i ndiaidh bliana agus ag an am céanna an méid nach bhfuil á dhéanamh ag an Rialtas i leith an ama seo. Chímid nach mbaintear na spriocanna earcaíochta atá ag an Rialtas amach bliain i ndiaidh...