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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether students from County Donegal that received conditional offers from colleges and universities in Northern Ireland will be at a disadvantage following the postponement of the leaving certificate results; if her attention has been drawn to the concern the matter has caused amongst students; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 534 of 14 July 2020 and 684 of 21 July 2020, when a response will issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18581/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received for SNA support in County Donegal in 2020; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications, respectively in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18582/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if combined incomes from employment and self-employment are used when calculating the average income rate of the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18586/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (28 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason jobseeker’s allowance payments were not issued to the bank account of a person (details supplied); when outstanding payments will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18585/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Correspondence (28 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if communication was received from another authority relating to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if so, when it will be acted upon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18587/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (28 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18588/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (28 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the calculation of possible overpayments will be completed for a person (details supplied) in relation to their State pension (contributory) and outstanding payment issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18589/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (28 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by introducing a new employers’ rate of PRSI of 12.75%, 13.75%, 14.75% and 15.75%, respectively, on the portion of salary paid in excess of €100,000 per annum. [18776/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (28 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 720. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be provided to allow a child of a front-line worker (details supplied) in County Donegal to remain in a childcare setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18579/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (28 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 997. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have a diabetic automatic pump fitted and receive training from a specialist diabetic nurse in the use of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18583/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (28 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 998. To ask the Minister for Health when intellectual disability services will resume in County Donegal; the level of service planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18584/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (28 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 1068. To ask the Minister for Health if home support services will be terminated for service users in circumstances in which the service was suspended while their disability day services remain closed and family members are cocooning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18984/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 1069. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be considered for an earlier appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18985/20]

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I am not going to take time to respond to the Minister bar to say that he should be better briefed, especially in his Department. He would know that all five parties in Northern Ireland opposed the increases of £1,000 to MLAs and asked for it to be deferred. No Minister or party of any political view passed legislation to increase salaries in the North. What they, including Michelle...

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: What the Minister is saying is that his Ministers of State, on salaries of €124,000, need an extra €16,000 and he is asking us to change the law of this State to allow that to happen. Perhaps we can have a wee whip-around if we get Deputy Michael Healy-Rae’s cap to help out the poor Ministers of State who cannot survive on €124,000. That is the reality of this....

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Sinn Féin Deputies are opposing this section. We have tabled an amendment. This section is silent and has not been referred to by any of the Ministers even though the Bill is only three sections long. What is happening is absolutely crazy. The Government has deemed it a priority to rush through an amendment to this legislation, legislation that Sinn Féin would otherwise be...

Decision of the General Court of the European Union in the Apple Case: Statements (24 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Ar dtús báire, gabhaim comhghairdeas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle agus í i mbun a céad dualgais sa phost. Is lá iontach é dár dtír agus don Dáil seo ós rud é go bhfuil an chéad bhean, agus Gaeilgeoir líofa, tofa mar Leas-Cheann Comhairle na Dála seo. On 15 July, the European General Court ruled that the competition...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: With respect, I have five minutes to make my points. I asked the Minister of State a direct question: did a memorandum go to Cabinet last night----

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Pearse Doherty: -----to increase the wages of a junior Minister who is already on €124,000 by €16,288?