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Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It is a stupid argument.

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It is a stupid argument.

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I did not call you stupid; I called the argument stupid.

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank all those who contributed on the motion. It is an important debate because so many people are struggling as a result of high interest rates. For some borrowers, they have increased on five occasions since June of last year. I described some of the arguments put forward by the Government as stupid arguments. I did so because the Government speakers have tried to suggest that every...

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: -----or to purport not to understand the proposal that is being put forward, despite my earlier contribution, in which I addressed increased interest rates. It is about trying to minimise, downplay and brush off instead of recognising there are probably people listening to this debate who are hanging on and hoping against hope that the Government will see sense in the context of introducing...

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It means 12 months.

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the European Central Bank has increased its main lending rate for the fifth time, to a rate of 3 per cent, having been 0 per cent last June; — approximately 200,000 tracker mortgage borrowers are facing immediate and significant increases in their mortgage repayments; — approximately 65,000 mortgage borrowers with...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Four months ago, a terrible tragedy engulfed the village of Creeslough. We saw the loss of ten precious lives and others severely injured. Since then, the whole nation has wrapped its arms around that village, and particularly the families of those who lost loved ones. Unfortunately, some of those families are deeply distraught at the fact that TG4 is planning to broadcast a documentary...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 18 January 2023, if he will clarify the total commitment to the project to upgrade the A5 road; if the commitment is worth €75 million or if there is a higher number or percentage that has been committed to when statutory approval is provided; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for employment purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5821/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Credits (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made to the Revenue Commissioners for the rent tax credit to date; the number of applications that have been approved; the number that have been rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5876/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 373. To ask the Minister for Health if a CAMHS referral can be made for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; if associated funding can be applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5741/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 397. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to provide more ophthalmic services in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5787/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients travelling from Donegal to receive treatment for age-related macular degeneration at the ophthalmic clinic in Sligo University Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5788/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients travelling from Donegal to receive treatment for diabetic-related macular degeneration at the ophthalmic clinic in Sligo University Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5789/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 400. To ask the Minister for Health if private clinics offer age and diabetic-related macular degeneration ophthalmic services in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5790/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 408. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application can be reopened for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who has cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5818/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: They had legal entitlements.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It is shameful. They had legal entitlements.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Today, the European Central Bank is going to raise its interest rate again by another half a percentage point. This means there has been a 3% increase since June 2022, and it will have an immediate impact on those with tracker mortgages. Approximately 200,000 households are in this position. There are also tens of thousands of borrowers with other mortgages who have had their mortgages...