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Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: May I make my final point so that we can save time on this issue?

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Let me make the point; I have just one more sentence to say. Nothing is preventing them from being reappointed for further terms, but we need to have a break. We need to replenish the board members to retain freshness. It is a crucial body. This amendment is wrong.

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The Government should be able to appoint suitable people-----

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: -----without the need for somebody being appointed three times in a row.

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I beg the indulgence of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I know leeway has been given. This debate has gone very quickly. Perhaps we could allow a few minutes to hear a response on this issue and then we will be finished.

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I do not think anybody will object if the Minister of State goes over time for a couple of-----

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I hear what the Minister of State is saying and the position he has outlined is reasonable. There is, however, an issue with regard to human nature. We see this in different organisations. In most organisations, it is difficult to get someone to stand forward and take on a role, such as the role of director. There are other rare occasions on which someone is trying to get somebody elected...

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 7: In page 11, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:“(4) A proxy shall not be entitled to act as a proxy on behalf of more than one person.”. This amendment is in connection with the issue of proxy votes. The Minister of State heard my comments earlier about concerns raised by some sections of the credit union movement. Proxy voting is a...

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 3: In page 5, line 33, to delete ", whether before or".

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I mentioned this issue on Second Stage. Amendment No. 3 relates to a matter Deputy Nash and I have raised concerning pre-voting. The legislation does not refer to post but rather to electronic means. I wish to focus on one core part of the issue. The amendment is to delete the words ",whether before or", which would not allow for pre-voting. I know the Minister of State may say this...

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: As I said, we support the legislation. There has been engagement in the House but there has also been engagement with the Department regarding the concern about proxy voting. It goes against the stated intention of the movement. There are issues with Covid and the facilitation of online AGMs, but I will take that out of the equation because we are not concerned about that. There will be...

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: That clarification is very important. The Minister of State is saying that according to the knowledge of the Department and the Minister, none of the credit unions currently has this in the rules. As I said, many are opposed to this. Therefore, there will be no AGM this year that will allow for proxy voting. There may be an AGM that would have a motion to change the rules to allow for...

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Táim iontach buíoch as an deis chun labhairt ar an mBille seo. Tuigimid uilig trasna na bpáirtithe an tábhacht a bhaineann leis na comhair chreidmheasa agus an obair atá á dhéanamh acu ar fud an oileáin. Tá sé sin cloiste agam na céadta uair. Tá tacaíocht faighte acu ó Shinn Féin agus ó Theachtaí trasna na...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Ardóidh mé ceist an Bhreatimeachta leis an Tánaiste agus muid ag díriú isteach ag an deireadh seachtaine agus an t-am ag éirí gairid. Dúirt an Tánaiste féin go gcreideann sé go déanfaidh Boris Johnson an géilleadh atá riachtanach leis an socrú a aontú. An gcreideann an Tánaiste é sin fós? With...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: In recent days the Taoiseach has sought to pit nurses against nurses by claiming that student nurses are being exploited by other nurses on hospital wards. That statement is simply not true. The reality is that student nurses are plugging the gaps in a health system that is under severe pressure. Student nurses do amazing work. The Tánaiste has worked in hospitals and I am sure he...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: It is politics that have left student nurses unpaid. The Tánaiste's coalition party in government put out a statement on its Facebook page suggesting that student nurses are not involved in real work. It was very hurtful. Many student nurses have contacted Deputies across the Chamber, particularly those in opposition, to outline the real work that they do in hospital wards. Other...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to improve the financial support and conditions in place for student nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42490/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in the implementation of recommendations made in the report into gynaecology services at Letterkenny University Hospital; if a wider independent review of services at Letterkenny University Hospital will be committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41265/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 202. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive the restart grant plus scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42756/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Driver Licences (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driver licence application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; if it will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42763/20]