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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Whether you agree with it or not, with respect, I want you to accept the fact that she has found in this report that you, as Secretary General "by-passed all of the accepted protocols for research funding and was linked atypically to one named individual." You suggested this was not done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: No, do you accept that this is what she found? Whether you accept the finding or not, she is making the finding that it was you who bypassed all of these protocols.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Okay, let us-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I do not want to split hairs here, but honest to God, the commitment here in the letter of intent that you signed is for €2 million for "collaboration led by Dr Holohan from his position in Trinity College Dublin". It is not for Tony Holohan doing any other work but actually for "Dr Holohan from his position in Trinity College Dublin". That would allow Tony Holohan in his position in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Do you accept that the draft letter of intent mentioned an annual ring-fenced allocation for the duration of the secondment? It did not mention a figure but it also proposed that this allocation "be administered through the Health Research Board", and it further proposed that the salary would be paid to Dr. Holohan by the Department of Health until his retirement. Amendments were made to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: This was going to be announced and everything. The letter of intent was there. We went through the banking crisis. We went through the banking inquiry. There was a letter of intent given by the Secretary General in the Department which actually guaranteed banks, before there was any law passed. A letter of intent-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Letters of intent are not just-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I know the point you tried to make, but in fairness you tried to deflect that, and maybe successfully. The point I am making is that you dismissed the importance of a letter of intent. My point is that this letter of intent had weight and had standing and therefore-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It did not have legal standing but money was paid out on the basis the Government had entered into commitments. Therefore, letters of intent from the Secretary General of a Department have significant weight. When you signed off on €2 million, and potentially €20 million, without any authorisation in the Estimates process and without any Government approval-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: This is not a question. This is a statement. You did so, as the report found, breaching all protocols. I will leave it at that.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: There have been a number of comments about the matter of affordability and there is a real issue, including for companies, with being able to make the transition. That is why it is important we have the data. We must know what we are looking at and whether it is a small number in the hundreds, whether it is in the thousands, or whatever it might be. I therefore welcome that the Minister...

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Is there a guillotine on this debate?

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: We are dealing here with amendments Nos. 1 to 3, together, which relate to benefit in kind. The Minister will recall that I raised these issues on Committee Stage, particularly the issue of the BIK changes that took effect in the 2019 Finance Bill, which I supported. I do not think there was any opposition to those amendments at the time because this is about encouraging people and...

Finance Bill 2023: Financial Resolution (18 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an rún atá os comhair na Dála inniu agus muid ag déileáil leis an ráta VAT ar phainéil a úsáideann grian le fuinneamh a ghiniúint. Beidh seo ina bhuntáiste mór do go leor teaghlaigh atá ag iarraidh na solar panels seo a chur ar a n-árasáin, rud a ísleoidh an costas muna n-ardaíonn an...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (18 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passports applied for in January for children (details supplied) will issue in time for travel in early April; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16058/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (18 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passports for children (details supplied) applied for in January 2023 will issue in time for travel in early April; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16092/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (18 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport renewal for a child (details supplied) will be processed in time for intended travel date of 1 April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16375/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (18 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many flights from Donegal Airport have been cancelled or not taken off; what reasons have been given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17639/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (18 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 343. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Bus Éireann’s Expressway Route 30/30X Donegal and Route 32/32X Letterkenny will become fully wheelchair-accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18338/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (18 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 344. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when all Bus Éireann’s Expressway Routes will become fully wheelchair-accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18339/23]