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An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Mar 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I want to echo the comments made by Deputy Michael McGrath on the guidance Revenue needs to provide. I am very concerned that the way this legislation is drafted means it could be open to abuse or misinterpretation by employers who would be entitled to it. Some of the amendments I am putting forward are done in the spirit of strengthening a scheme which I support and which I called for...

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: An Dara Céim - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (26 Mar 2020)

Pearse Doherty: There is no doubt this is a time of great uncertainty for all of us and a time of great financial stress for those who have been laid off and for employers who have had to close their premises. All this brings hardship for thousands or hundreds of thousands of workers and families throughout the State. The Government must act fast to mitigate the damage caused by the public health...

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: An Dara Céim - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (26 Mar 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Ar dtús báire, déanaim comhbhrón le teaghlaigh na beirte a bhfuair bás inné mar gheall ar Covid-19. Tá cuid mhór le déanamh. Caithfidh muidne sa Teach seo comhoibriú le chéile sa dóigh is go dtig linn na tragóidí seo a ísliú agus a stopadh san am atá amach romhainn. Cuireann muidne i Sinn Féin ár...

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Mar 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Minister clarify the treatment of the wage subsidy scheme for employees who live across the Border, in particular those who have been temporarily laid off and perhaps taken back onto the payroll of their employers? Will they be able to avail of this scheme? The Government and its Ministers will be aware of this issue and I heard the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, address it in regard...

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Mar 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Half the time the Minister got, though.

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Mar 2020)

Pearse Doherty: This has really been rushed through. We welcome support for workers and employers and keeping that connection with the employer. That is accepted. Our view is that there should be two different schemes. One should be for workers who are not producing, at home and not providing to the company. They are basically not working but still connected to the company, which is what the pandemic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (5 Mar 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 533. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 26 November 2019, when a reply will issue. [2674/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Mar 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 534. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 20 November 2019, when a reply will issue. [2675/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Mar 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 535. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.182 of 11 December 2019, when a reply from the HSE will issue. [2676/20]

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (20 Feb 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas agus comhghairdeas leis an Cheann Comhairle agus leis a theaghlach a bheith atofa d'Oifig an Chinn Comhairle. Is onóir agus pribhléid mhór dó féin agus dá theaghlach. Tá sé ina onóir mhór agus ina phribhléid domsa ainm Theachta Mary Lou McDonald, uachtarán Shinn Féin, a chur chun tosaigh mar...

Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: From the Seanad (18 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: My colleagues in the Seanad tabled the group of amendments to the legislation, which I sponsored on behalf of the Sinn Féin Party, and they were accepted by all the parties in that House. The amendments will increase the level of information that insurance companies have to give to consumers, both motorists and businesses, in respect of public liability. Insurance companies will have...

Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: From the Seanad (18 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I hope that with the signature of President Michael D. Higgins to enact the legislation, there will be a much-deserved early Christmas present for consumers, given that it will radically reform insurance contracts throughout the State. I thank the Alliance for Insurance Reform for its input in respect of the legislation, which was doubtless strengthened by its suggestions. It has described...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Ticket Sales (18 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the practice of issuing receipts for national lottery tickets checked in retail outlets has commenced; when this practice commenced or will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53471/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Investigations (18 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the period of time he considers reasonable for his officials to commence and conclude an investigation with follow-up actions if necessary into alleged breaches of environmental legislation. [53358/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It is page 45.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: My first question is about legal costs for claims that are made and settlements that are not accepted by an individual at PIAB who goes on to make a claim in the courts and where the court does not award a higher payment. Dr. Doherty might be able to answer this. Is there any evidence of the sections in the 2007 Act being enforced by the courts, which means that the legal fees would not be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Does Insurance Ireland have any knowledge of or insight into this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Do the witnesses have any insight about the number of settlements that are not accepted by a claimant that go on to be litigated in the courts? What percentage of those receive a higher payment than was on offer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The companies that make up Insurance Ireland are the ones that are defending these cases in the main. Legislation was passed here in 2007. It was suggested by PIAB at the time that it would result in fewer people going to the courts. The trend has been the opposite because it allowed the courts to ensure that no legal costs would be paid if the award was not paid. What are Insurance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I have heard Insurance Ireland banging on about this for quite a while and it has a fantastic propaganda machine and, indeed, captured many of the political parties in here and much of the media in terms of its spin. There is a section of the Act that allows for legal costs not to be paid out and, at this point, Insurance Ireland does not know if any of the 100-plus companies that make up...