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Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: A bit of reality from the Minister is all we are asking for. Rents are up, house prices are up-----

Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The failure to include any measure for renters in this year's budget speaks volumes about this Government's attitude to renters. It speaks volumes that the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Government are so out of touch they do not understand the real pain that is being felt by renters as rents increase again and again and all the while the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 723. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Sligo University Hospital pain management clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50404/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 724. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for the pain management clinic at Sligo University Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [50405/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (19 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 785. To ask the Minister for Health if it is envisaged that the assisted human reproduction Bill will legislate for the mother's name to be included on the birth certificate in the case of a child born through altruistic domestic surrogacy; and if this will be applied retrospectively to the birth certificates of children already born in this way. [50719/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 167. To ask the Minister for Health when a resumption of services is planned at a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; if full-time services will be available on reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (14 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 186. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50247/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (14 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 187. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for a national diabetes register; the reason there is no current register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50248/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome Mr. Murphy and Mr. Devitt. The Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020, which is sponsored by Deputy Mairéad Farrell and I was introduced by Sinn Féin to strengthen the lobbying regulations and close that revolving door between vested interests and Government. The witnesses sum up what is important in transparency where lobbying takes place. The interests of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. That is helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I acknowledge Professor Murphy's teaching and writing for many years about the regulation of lobbying. He made an interesting point in his opening statement when he said that there are individuals at both Government and non-Government level who have still not come to terms with the lobbying regulation agenda and what it is trying to achieve and that this is letting Irish citizens know who is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome our guests from the Standards in Public Office Commission. I will pick up on the last point. Under the definition of lobbying in the legislation as currently drafted, an individual who is not operating on behalf of a third party and does not have more than ten employees can only lobby if it is deemed to be about land rezoning. We have had a huge controversy about former Minister,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Standards in Public Office Commission has already made two submissions, which have been published. On the most recent submission, has the commission withdrawn any of the amendments it sought earlier? I refer to the 22 recommendations it made in 2019.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The majority of those 22 recommendations are captured in the legislation Deputy Mairéad Farrell and I have sponsored. It was easy enough to draft because the recommendations were so clear. I would like to hear, perhaps at a later stage, any issues, questions or concerns the commission has with regard to the implementation of some of it. When the recommendations were made in 2019, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. Sometimes it takes the publication of our own legislation to spark the Government into action. In response to a question from Deputy Mairéad Farrell earlier this year, the Minister said he believed this was not required. It is good to see that there has at least been some movement in the Department's view on this matter, although it was brought on by a former...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I apologise for missing the first minute of the reply by Ms Perreault and if my next questions have already been answered. Is she satisfied that her office has the necessary staff and resources to carry out the operations that are assigned to her office under the Regulation of Lobbying Act and, indeed, any future obligations or powers that would be given following the enactment of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Standards in Public Office Commission is obliged to publish its findings on its website. I am at the disposal of the Vice Chairman but I do not think that I have revealed anything that is secretive. In fact, the matter is quite transparent and there is an obligation on SIPO to make public its findings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: My question relates more to the cost of investigations.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Government claims to have responded to the cost of living with a tax package it argues would ease the burden on households but let us drill into the details. The Government has decided to increase the standard rate bands by €1,500 at a cost of more €300 million. This is a tax measure that excludes 80% of income earners, as eight out of ten people will not benefit from this...