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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for the back and forth we had on the Bill over the two sessions and for his own work on this. I also thank his officials for their help in private sessions in clarifying some of the more technical aspects of the Bill. When is it intended to go to Report Stage so that we might get a sense of a deadline for amendments?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. I am sure we will be notified in due course.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I will go to something else that is unrelated to the Bill but connected in a way when we are talking about holding individuals to account. We welcome the provisions to hold individuals accountable. However, there is a gap in the toolbox for the Central Bank to be able to operate. In many circumstances, particularly those that are most public and most damaging, issues have been identified...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The women have to ask.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if handover of a road to Donegal County Council could be arranged so as it can be properly maintained (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60296/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a fuel allowance application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60785/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times for fuel allowance applications by month for 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60786/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for each Intreo Office in County Donegal under the supplementary welfare additional needs payment to date in 2022; the number of applications approved and the number refused; and the current processing times in weeks in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60787/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff allocated to community welfare sections in each Intreo Office in County Donegal to process all supplementary welfare applications; if she is satisfied that sufficient staff are available to deal with the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60788/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 509. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to ensure that the persons who used the Dunkineely general practice will be affected as little as possible given its closure; and if he will ensure that there is sufficient cover in the region. [60147/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 535. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that long-term illnesses such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are not included in the long-term illness scheme; if he will review this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60225/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Ar fud an Stáit, tá an Rialtas ag ligean síos agus ag teip leanaí agus daoine óga le míchumais agus riachtanais speisialta. Níl idirghabhála a d’athródh saolta na bpáistí seo á gcur ar fáil dóibh. Tá na mílte daoine óga le míchumais agus riachtanais speisialta fágtha ar an imeall agus an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I listened to what the Minister said and I am sure Harry's parents will be listening closely to what he said. Let me say that Harry cannot wait until next autumn. Harry had serious hip surgery last year. Harry's family and the school have been engaging with the HSE for a year, to no avail. This is an issue of whether Harry will be able stand and walk again in the future and there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (1 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports that homeowners are waiting six months in some instances to receive a response from engineers in relation to the presence of Mica in their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59870/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (1 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of fraudulent insurance claims reported by the insurance industry to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by the insurance industry. [60105/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (30 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason his Department has failed to respond to a series of requests made regarding the property of a person (details supplied) who previously housed Ukrainian refugees and who wishes to do so again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59717/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (30 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason his Department has failed to respond to requests made regarding a property (details supplied) which has been offered to house Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59741/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application for the Northern Ireland healthcare scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59713/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I do not want to pick up on the point on deficit and borrowing but I will pick up on Deputy O'Donnell's point about the consistency of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council's approach. The council was clear in its pre-budget statement that the Government's budgetary stance should strike an appropriate balance between creating space to protect the most vulnerable and the rising cost of living....