Results 5,401-5,420 of 35,563 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: Actually, the Minister can change the order.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: With respect, the House has to have a proposal and that can only come from the Government.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: I want clarification.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister has announced on the floor of the Dáil that he is going to make a further statement.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: A statement has been made and clarification is required.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: This is unbelievable.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: I welcome the commitment of the Minister. I am particularly conscious that he is the Minister who has responsibility for this important area. We all await the outcome of the all-island strategic review. There are many views on how we connect the north west. That is probably a discussion for another day, but it is the principle we have to have first. I remember meeting the European...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: 12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's views on the need to provide rail infrastructure to the north west; the current status and future plan for the all-island strategic rail review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1917/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister will be well aware of the deficiency in public transport in the north west. There has been a chronic underinvestment in public transport in the region, which is a persistent problem. Its impact has been laid bare during the cost-of-living crisis. Households in the north west are bearing the brunt of the increase in private transport costs because of the lack of reliable and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister knows that partition contributed to a large-scale closure of services North and South, on both sides of the Border, in particular in the north west. Now we only have a single eastern-based North-South rail corridor on the island. This imbalance is further laid bare by the fact that of the 54 stations in the Northern Six Counties, only three are situated west of the Bann. In...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if plans have been made by his Department to address the virtual absence of operational public car charging points in County Donegal give the significant rise in electric vehicles on the roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62764/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: 123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current progress of the Report of the Review of Ireland’s Statutory Framework for Standards in Public Office; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2281/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: 132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline plans under his consideration to reform ethics legislation; if so, if he will give a timeline for the implementation of those reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2282/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test date can be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2500/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance if a special needs assistant is not a qualifying or eligible profession for flat-rate expense allowances; if so, the reason this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2681/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (19 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: 310. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was referred to another hospital for cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2509/23]
- Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: Everyone knows someone who is waiting on an operation, is in therapy or is unable to get a much-needed appointment. We all know our health service is not working. It is plagued by overcrowding, which is putting patients at risk and condemns our healthcare staff to working conditions that they simply should not have to put up with. The crisis has been brewing for some time and has gotten so...
- Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister needs to answer questions.
- Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: Is the Minister going to answer any questions at all?
- Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)
Pearse Doherty: This is an abuse of the time the Minister has been given by the Ceann Comhairle.