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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: An Clár Rialtais (13 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na pleananna atá ar bun ag an Roinn chun cúiteamh a thabhairt do chuideachtaí bus agus cuideachtaí eile sa Ghaeltacht a chaill amach ar ioncam de bharr na coláistí samhraidh sa Ghaeltacht a bheith curtha ar ceal i mbliana da bharr Covid-19; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (13 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 442. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place for Covid-19 testing for staff and residents at two facilities in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29655/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 443. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29656/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 444. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29657/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (13 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 445. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29658/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 446. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29659/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (13 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person that is an Irish citizen that requires long term care that is resident in a nursing home in Northern Ireland can apply for the fair deal scheme and return to live here; the way in which the assessment can take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29660/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (13 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 480. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the implementation of the commitment to raising the income threshold on medical cards for persons over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29861/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 608. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a company (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a decision for the community and voluntary stability scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29664/20]

Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire agus leis an Aire Stáit. Chuala mé an méid a bhí le rá acu ní ba luaithe. Tá cúpla rud le rá agam le cur leis an méid a dúirt mo chomhghleacaithe, go háirithe an Teachta Ó Snodaigh. Ceann de na rudaí atá iontach deas ná go bhfuil Aire anseo agus muid ag plé le...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday we raised the long-running concern that we have about section 39 workers and the need for the Government to intervene and ensure that thousands of workers secure pay justice. In response, the Taoiseach said that the Ministers for Public Expenditure and Reform and Finance, and wider Government, would continue to examine the situation. I understand that the Minister for Public...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: It is all in NPHET's letter. Read the letter.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: That is what the Tánaiste should have been talking about on RTÉ on Monday.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Following its meeting on Sunday, the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, wrote to Government to outline their concerns about the increasing number of Covid cases throughout the State. It was, and still is, an extremely worrying situation. Since the weekend, there have been a number of large clusters in nursing homes, including one in Convoy in my own constituency. The rate of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste said this should not be a matter of NPHET versus the Government and I agree. Everybody needs to get on the same page. It was not me, however, who went on the national broadcaster to take the legs from under our Chief Medical Officer. It was not me who engaged in that type of dangerous behaviour. I put it to the Tánaiste that, if it had been me, he would be the first...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. It is interesting to see the Minister on that side of the committee room after ten years on the same side.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I wish the Minister good luck in his preparation for budget 2021. These are challenging times, no doubt. I want to pick up on the Chairman's question about the deficit. In the budgetary strategy published on 16 September the Minster outlined that a 4.5% to 5.5% deficit of GDP on a no-policy-change basis included the €9 billion Covid-related expenditure. When the Minister talks of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: So any increase in the deficit would be a budgetary package in excess of those amounts.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: It also includes the 900 discretionary-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister mentioned the recovery fund to other members of the committee. Is the recovery fund in excess of the €9 billion Covid-related expenditure or is the recovery fund part of the €9 billion Covid-related expenditure?