Results 861-880 of 35,526 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the details and rationale for extending the rent relief to pre-letting expenses announced as part of Budget 2025; the number of people that will benefit from this relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40640/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if a developer will be exempt from the residential zoned land tax if they are leasing the land for economic activity such as farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40642/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (9 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ‘Keeping Childhood Smartphone Free’ initiative will be extending to both public and private post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40537/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (9 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first- and full-year cost of the ‘Keeping Childhood Smartphone Free’ initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40538/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (9 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or any of her official had any meeting with companies or representatives of companies that produce phone pouches; when each of these meetings took place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40539/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (9 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated revenue that could be raised by increasing the derelict site tax to 7%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40641/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made for a disability allowance appeal (details supplied); the average processing times for such appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40379/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (9 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 196. To ask the Minister for Health the respite services available, including capacity and hours of respite, in all community hospitals in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40380/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (9 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for home help in county Donegal, broken down by area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40389/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 198. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels, current vacancies, and how long these positions have been vacant, at Letterkenny University Hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40392/24]

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Hear, hear.

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Hear, hear.

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: This motion put forward by Sinn Féin is an opportunity to say "Stop" and to stop the waste. It a chance to inject a bit of common sense into the Ministers of State opposite me and a bit of humility into them, maybe. Unlike the bike shed, where the Government wasted €336,000; unlike the security hut, where it spent €1.4 million; and unlike the runaway train that is the...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: No we did not.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when businesses that have not received the second payment of the increased cost of business scheme can expect to receive it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39986/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal now qualifies for fuel allowance given the recent changes to qualification criteria for CE participants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39781/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (8 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) in County Donegal was discharged from CDNT, if a CAMHS report was considered in advance of the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40324/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Mar iar-Aire Stáit na Gaeltachta, tá a fhios ag an Aire, an Teachta Chambers, nach fiú mórán na pinginí a chaith an Rialtas i dtreo na Gaeltachta sa bhuiséad seo chun tabhairt faoin ngéarchéim tithíochta agus teanga atá ag scrios pobal agus ag díbirt teaghlach as a gceantar dúchais féin. Ar ndóigh, caitheann an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Seo Rialtas a chruthaigh arís agus arís eile go gcuireann sé airgead na gcáiníocóirí amú. Tá róchaiteachas de €1.5 billiún feicthe againn ó thaobh Ospidéal Náisiúnta na Leanaí. Chaith an Rialtas €336,000 ar shed na rothar, €1.4 milliún don bhothán slándála agus sa sampla...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Nonsense.