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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Deputy does a real disservice to the thousands of women and men who man our hospitals and primary care centres and provide an absolutely state-of-the-art, excellent service, day in, day out, on a 24-7 basis. Our young nurses are the bedrock of our delivery of services and they work their socks off, which is why the Government has worked so hard to provide a pay agreement for the next...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: People have pride in our health service.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: While we might stand in this Chamber and pick out the blatantly obvious concerns we have with regard to the delivering of the health service, it is not true to say the health service does not deserve the pride and respect of every Member of the House. I challenge the Deputy. If he has any bright ideas that might lead to the increased retention of staff let me hear them instead of just...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: It is proposed, notwithstanding the Order of Business on Tuesday, 25 September 2018, that the Dáil shall take No. 24, motion re JHA protocol of the Treaty of Lisbon, internal security fund - back from committee - at 2.30 p.m. and it will be brought to a conclusion after 45 minutes. Any division demanded shall be taken immediately after the Order of Business on Tuesday, 2 October 2018....

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The debate is to take place today.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: On 25 September.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I beg the Deputy's pardon. It is today. The vote is deferred.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Yes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I do not know whether the Deputy has noticed but I am not the Taoiseach, nor am I in the habit of finishing anybody else's questions unlike him. However, increasing housing supply is the most fundamental and important issue on the agenda of our Cabinet and Government at the moment because it is raised at every Cabinet meeting and in every session of this Dáil. We intend to introduce...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I do not know what part of that the Deputy could disagree with but given his practice, I am sure he will find something to disagree with. The fundamental project for this Government is to ensure that anybody who wants to rent, purchase or mortgage a house is able to do so at an affordable rate according to their income. That is the fundamental premise behind what we are trying to do and it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: That is good.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: If anything, the plans that the Government has announced and will continue to work on are inclusive. They are far from divisive. Building large scale social developments in the hundreds is divisive-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: It puts people in segregated areas when we want people to live happily together in communities and that is why mixed developments are the foundation of Government's policy. When we look at the indicators, the figures are trending positively. The number of new homes that have become available for use in the past 12 months to the end of June was 19,650 individual homes. That is a 24%...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Commencement notices are up to 19,451 units, a 17% increase from the previous year and registrations are up to 9,269 units, an increase of 9%. The numbers might not be going up as quickly as some people would like but what some Deputies cannot ignore, even though they will do their best to do so, is that the numbers are going in the right direction.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: In fairness, nobody was smiling at the fact that she had to go to the High Court, which I acknowledge the Deputy did not infer, but we were all happy to see her determination pay dividends. I hope that she gets what she wants before noon on Friday, which is a well deserved place to study to become a veterinarian in this country. The Deputy will be aware, as I am sure everybody else will be,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Deputy is correct that the latest RTB data was published in the past 24 hours. The report on rents paints a much more nuanced picture than the headline. The Government is aware that quarterly trends are volatile and that because rents continue to increase, we face a considerable challenge. People are paying what we consider to be too much rent. Rents need to be controlled. Rents for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: In case the Deputy missed what I said in my initial response, I will repeat it. It is because the Government recognises the challenges in the market that it proposes to introduce, between now and Christmas, a rent register which will show the average rents street by street, town by town and county by county.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: It is because of those challenges the Government will introduce new rent protection measures through legislation in the Dáil, giving the RTB increased powers to interact with people on a case-by-case basis; continue to pursue measures that will see people having access to longer leases and thus stability in their home lives in the places they choose to rent; and introduce new measures to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Deputy for raising this case. I will respond in two ways. First, I am the mother of somebody who is the same age as Rebecca. I have children at home who have just gone through the leaving certificate examination and who are going through it. The smile on that young lady's face yesterday was worth €1 million, and the pride and happiness of her parents show the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: In general employees pay PRSI at the Class A rate of 4% of their weekly earnings. For weekly earnings of €352 or less no PRSI is charged. Once weekly earnings exceed €352, Class A PRSI at the rate of 4% is charged on all earnings. Prior to the introduction of the PRSI credit in January 2016, the weekly PRSI charge for employees whose earnings for the first time exceed...