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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It was 2022, sorry.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I send my best wishes to my party leader, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, as she recovers from her surgery. Tá an pobal míthreorach agus ligthe síos go dona mar gheall ar an scéal faoi íocaíochtaí breise RTÉ do Ryan Tubridy. Caithfidh trédhearcacht agus cuntasacht a bheith ann. Tá muinín an phobail in RTÉ iontach lag agus tá...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (27 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made for a visa applicant (details supplied) issued with a general employment permit in July 2022; if she is aware of the impact on businesses and employers waiting nine months for such decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30490/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (27 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visa applications for those issued with general work permits that were processed each week in the past 12 months; if she is aware of the effect delays in processing have on businesses when employers are waiting over six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30494/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (27 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the deadline attached to the funding of €1.2 million provided by his Department for Bunbeg pier in County Donegal can be extended by a year to account for the current delays in awarding foreshore licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31230/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 675. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal did not get fully reimbursed from the Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30848/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (27 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 684. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an ear, nose and throat, ENT, procedure in Sligo University Hospital, if he is on the routine or urgent waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30864/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday the Central Bank forecast that the Government was set to miss its housing targets each year out to 2025. It expects that each year from now to 2025, the Government will fall over 12,000 homes short of its own target. The world and its dog knows the Government’s targets are woefully short of what is needed to meet demand. This is deeply concerning. The Government has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister may not like the picture that I presented, but it was based on European Commission stats and facts. We are the most expensive country in which to live in the European Union. I am sure the Minister does not dispute that. We have got the most expensive health costs in the European Union - 82% higher than the European average. In energy costs, we are the second most expensive in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: -----I will finish on this point – that the rest of Europe has seen its energy costs reduce and come back to a level with a bit of normality, yet we are still sky high.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Not one domestic company has reduced its energy costs.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Minister support an investigation-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: -----by the Commission for Energy Regulation into what is happening in terms of these companies?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Government support an investigation?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: D'fhógair an Coimisiún Eorpach inné gurb é an Stát seo an stát is daoire san Aontas Eorpach. De réir mar a leanann oibrithe agus teaghlaigh ag streachailt leis an ghéarchéim costais maireachtála, leanann an Rialtas ag teip ar ghnáthdhaoine na tíre seo. Yesterday, the European Commission published figures confirming for workers...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for meeting with them. This is an ongoing process. When banks were issuing this loans, no one foresaw that we would see a scenario whereby thousands of homes need to be demolished and rebuilt. I know some of the individuals who are already in the process of doing so. It means they have to get bridging finance in the region of €70,000. Many families are not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Minister's engagement on this issue. I say this with respect but this is an example of how a scheme is devised by the Government without understanding how it flows through. We now have a situation, as I said, where people have to find bridging finance of €70,000 and more to fund the rebuild of their homes. The mortgage terms and conditions, which are legally binding,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú for placing this question. I have a conflict of interest to disclose. As a director and promoter of a music festival, we hold our breath every year when we have our music festival because insurance is a major issue. If there are claims, that could put a not-for-profit festival out of being. It is apt that the Deputy has raised this issue in regard to what...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on his engagement with mortgage lenders and representative bodies with respect to forbearance measures, financing solutions and the mortgage loan treatment of mortgage holders where their loans are secured against properties affected by defective blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30178/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I want again to raise the difficulties being experienced by homeowners in my own county of Donegal and elsewhere in regard to those affected with defective blocks. They were failed by the Government scheme, which failed to provide 100% redress. Despite this, homeowners are doing their best to work with the scheme and rebuild their homes and lives. However, serious problems remain from...