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Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: It is not the handling; it is what the Minister did.

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister cannot even acknowledge what he did. Business as usual.

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Address the issue.

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: There has been a great effort here this evening on behalf of the Government to divert attention from the core issue. We heard some of that tune played just a moment ago. Let me remind Members that the last time there was a similar controversy surrounding a Fine Gael Minister of using his influence to do favours for his friend, it was the Tánaiste. When he leaked a confidential...

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Get out of here. Come on. Nobody believes that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: As we are dealing with the Order of Business for this week, I ask, given the comments of the Taoiseach, that the Minister make himself available and that it be arranged for tomorrow.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I think we can sit a bit longer but that is up to the Ceann Comhairle and the other members of the Business Committee. A Minister has misled the House and the public after being corrected by Deputy Ó Broin and by a statement of the Central Bank. It needs to be dealt with in the House.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: It is just a statement of fact. It is not-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I have no problem withdrawing the accusation of lying but the substance of the matter is that the Minister did mislead the House. I stand over that. The serious question is whether the Taoiseach is again going to turn a blind eye just as he has with everything else. Is he actually going to lead in government? This cannot go on.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Has the Central Bank approved it?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Can I get clarification on whether the Business Committee can now meet to arrange for the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, to come before the House? It is a very serious issue, as it always has been, for a Minister to mislead the House. He has also misled the public in repeating the accusation on "Prime Time".

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: On the point Deputy O'Callaghan raised, it is important the Minister with responsibility for housing comes before this House. It is important we get to the bottom of why the Minister has misled the House about a flawed scheme, about which the senior civil servant in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform said it was being lobbied by developers because it would line their pockets and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44073/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details suppled) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44074/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Projects (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures and projects to which funding under the National Recovery and Resilience Facility and Plan are being allocated in 2022 disaggregated by measure and project, funding allocation and Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43470/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional information is being considered for an SNA appeal for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44075/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42864/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the total invested by the State and the cash received to date in disposals, redemptions and coupons, dividends and fees; the net cash position and valuation of remaining investment; and the net position at the end of July 2021 in banks (details supplied) in tabular form. [42018/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the 30 per cent research and development tax credit regime for small and micro companies provided in the Finance Act 2019 is not yet operable; and when it will come into effect. [42108/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an overview of the changes announced to the research and development tax credit for small and micro-companies in section 25 of Finance Act 2019. [43176/21]