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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 666. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to ensure that minimum care provision will be in place at LUH in light of two endocrinologists suddenly resigning and the current challenges in recruiting endocrinologists across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (30 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 701. To ask the Minister for Health if a reassessment of a fair deal scheme application is possible where a property valuation was undertaken without entry to the property due to Covid restrictions, and is later found to be incorrect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25873/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (30 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 702. To ask the Minister for Health if a reassessment of value of property is required under the fair deal scheme when the family home is sold and a new property is purchased by a spouse or partner of the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25874/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (30 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 732. To ask the Minister for Health when an urgent hospital transfer from Letterkenny University Hospital to Galway University Hospital will take place for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26056/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to raise the issue of what is happening at Dublin Airport. People right across the State have been told that there are no more car parking facilities there, that the car parks will be full in the coming days and that the situation is likely to be the same right through the holiday period, into the summer months. The Tánaiste will know about this from his time as Taoiseach. I...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste was told last May and the Government rejected both proposals.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Níl dabht ar bith ann ach go bhfuil tuismitheoirí agus cúramóirí á ligean síos ag an Rialtas seo agus ní féidir teacht ar sheirbhísí faoisimh do leanaí agus dá ngaolta. Tuigimid gur dhiúltaigh Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte do thogra an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Rabbitte, deich leaba fhaoisimh a athoscailt...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: With respect, the Government is not looking after the child and the family. Julie Anne went on national radio and said that for 16 years, she has not had one night of overnight respite. She puts her pain level between eight and nine and that of her son between seven and eight. She has been failed over and over again. How can the Tánaiste say the Government is looking after the child...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on total Garda numbers in County Donegal; if he will outline his plans to increase Garda recruitment in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Gaeltacht regions; the number assigned to each station; the number who are fluent in Irish; the same number with respect to each, in each year since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (25 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that VAT is applied to the directive charitable donations of goods; if it is possible to introduce a VAT waiver on such donations to support households in the context of the high cost of living, reduce waste and support the circular economy. [25459/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (25 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual median earnings in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. [25476/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of individuals who have unsuccessfully applied for their land, with respect to land that is being actively farmed, to be re/de-zoned from residential zoning but have been unsuccessful, and are now subject to the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25427/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: On the specific issue though, the UN has identified 112 companies that are operating in breach of international law in the occupied territories. ISIF invests in nine of those. Has this come up at board level? Is ISIF going to make a decision now to withdraw its investment from those companies or will it be the case that we, as legislators, need to pass a law to direct ISIF to do that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I am going to move on to the broader wealth funds. We are all conscious of what is happening in regard to Palestine, the oppression and illegal occupation of its territories. Generally, and I do not propose to speak on behalf of people throughout the State, but I think there is a message here. Not in Our Name. Taxpayers' money should not be invested in companies that operate illegally in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Professor Kinsella for his presentation and his opening remarks. I would like to tease out his thinking about this. When he talks about drawdown from the fund after a period of time, is he talking about drawdown from the interest or the return that is generated from the investment or is he talking about drawing down some of the capital that was invested?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Professor Kinsella for that clarification. So the fund is earmarked for ageing. In his opening statement, Professor Kinsella said the cost of ageing can be identified as pensions but pensions constitute just a portion albeit the larger component but it is not the majority component. Health, long-term care and education are also factors and the cost of those three areas combined...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I am looking at the report of ageing from the Department of Finance, which refers to the period up to 2050. I mentioned a 30-year horizon. The report puts pensions at 7.5% of GNI*, healthcare at 5.1%, long-term care at 2.4% and education at 3.2%. Even if we project it out to 2070, pensions would be the largest component, but the other three components are actually greater than pensions.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, cumulatively.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: They are the largest single one.