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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Exactly. There are two companies, which will happen numerous times. I do not know if they are still operating but I know of a company that was doing that. If companies are supplying to the domestic market because they have their concrete wagons on-site, they will have a separate company set up. They are invoicing internally. Therefore, the concrete that is used on sills, lintels and...

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Deputy O'Rourke for introducing this motion. I call on all Deputies to support it. The lack of reliable public transport in the north west means that households have fewer options for travel and are more dependent on their cars in order to access basic services and commute to and from work and school. This is even more stark now as the cost of running a car has shot up. This...

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Táim buíoch as an deis seo labhairt ar an Bhille Airgeadais, 2022. There is no doubt but that our economy and society are faced with another crisis. Following on from the financial crisis, Brexit and a global pandemic, we have been thrust into an energy crisis that threatens living standards and will test the resilience of our economy and society. This is all set against a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 596. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway; if the referral is an emergency referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52816/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Island Communities (25 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 604. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the downgrading of health services on Arranmore island, for example the current community-registered nurse is not on the island full-time and there is no public health nurse, leading to people waiting longer for treatment and having to go to the mainland more often; his views on whether this is appropriate at a time when...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, published a report which found that only half of our sewage is being treated to EU standards and that over 2.5 million tonnes of raw sewage in 32 of our towns and villages is being pumped into our seas and rivers every year. Eight of those are in my home country. In 2015 I submitted a complaint to the European Commission about the State's...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Why do we have a ban on others being disconnected?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: You have absolutely abandoned them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: You have abandoned them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: You have a guarantee that your electricity will not be disconnected, but 450,000 people have been abandoned by you.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Some 450,000 households have been abandoned by your Government and you have the cheek here to smirk across the floor.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Tá an babhta is déanaí d’arduithe i bpraghsanna fuinnimh atá á fhógairt ag comhlachtaí fuinnimh ag cur brú millteanach airgeadais ar oibrithe agus ar theaghlaigh ar fud an Stáit. Sa chéad leath den bhliain seo, dícheanglaíodh leictreachas in os cionn 700 teaghlach agus gás in os cionn 300 teaghlach. Caithfidh an Rialtas...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister said the Government will look at this "if there are any gaps". Let me point out the gap. There are 450,000 households that the Government has abandoned. The Minister spoke about energy credits. They are welcome and they will be available to people but there is also a ban on disconnections for hundreds of thousands of people who use bill payment. Why is that? It is because...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (20 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will undertake a comprehensive review of economic crime, financial fraud and scamming given the increased prevalence of economic crime arising online and through digital technology and its growing threat to consumers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46289/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (20 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 241. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a foreign birth registration application will be processed for a person (details supplied) when supporting documentation will be returned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52626/22]

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom fosta céad míle fáilte a chur roimh Uachtarán na Portaingéile agus an fhoireann iomlán atá in éindí leis. Tá míle fáilte rompu agus tá súil agam go mbainfidh siad sult as an turas. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation. Many have waited a long time for the introduction of this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (19 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 227. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52168/22]