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Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Fáiltím roimh an díospóireacht seo inniu sa Teach. Beidh díospóireacht chuimsitheach againn nuair a théann seo go dtí Céim an Choiste ina mbeimid ag plé seo thar trí lá agus muid ag mionscrúdú ná hábhair atá sa Bhille seo. It has been two weeks since we heard the Government announce its budget, which was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (23 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost and legal status of the public services card to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39595/19]

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: We have consistently pushed for a child maintenance service and we have welcomed the comments of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, in September signalling her intention to examine the establishment of a statutory child maintenance agency. In her statement on the budget the Minister said she would establish a judge-led group to determine best...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: This morning, we had the revised text of the Irish protocol for the withdrawal agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom. We welcome it. We will parse it and examine it in detail to make sure it protects the Good Friday Agreement, our peace process and the all-Ireland economy, including the North–South economy. One concern articulated in recent times was that of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: We are saying that the amount of money should be doubled..

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Last week in this Chamber the Government announced budget 2020 with the support of Fianna Fáil. At that time, I made the point that the housing crisis had become wrapped up in statistics rather than on the people behind those statistics. Late on Tuesday last, just before midnight a group of volunteers who offer food and clothing to Dublin homeless posted a photograph online. I am not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Sam is not alone. There are other photographs of children who are homeless eating their dinner on the steps of the GPO, the same place where the leaders whose busts are displayed around this Chamber came together and proclaimed an Irish republic and that Ireland would cherish all of the children of the nation equally. The Government has let down those leaders and, more important, it has let...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme Applications (17 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has received an application from Donegal County Council for funding under the non-coastal minor works funding programme in 2017; if so, the status of the application; the timeframe in which a decision can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42837/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (17 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 232. To ask the Minister for Health when an approved home support package will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42838/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (17 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 10 October 2019, the outcome of the investigation carried out by his Department at the farm as reported (details supplied). [42807/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (16 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recent move to close the revaluation loophole upon REIT cessation, section 705P requiring that the relevant REIT has to be in operation for over 15 years before it gets this preferential treatment, will be applicable to the sale of Green REIT to a company (details supplied). [42515/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (16 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a stamp duty charge of 7.5% is not applicable in which a scheme of arrangement, in accordance with Part 9 of the Companies Act 2014, is used for the acquisition of a company. [42516/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (16 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for delays being experienced in progressing a project to provide additional classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if his attention has been drawn to the impact the stalemate is having on the ability of the school to meet the accommodation and educational needs of students; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (16 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence sent to him by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has been received; when a response will issue; the actions that will be taken to remedy the situation with a view to improving accommodation at the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42387/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 156. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a procedure at Galway University Hospital; the waiting times for the procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42391/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Ranna (16 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an gceapann sí go bhfuil cothrom na féinne á fáil ag Pobal na Gaeltachta agus na Gaeilge ós rud é go bhfuil €5 mhilliún sa bhreis á thabhairt don Chomhairle Ealaíon, ach nach bhfuil ach €2.4 milliún sa bhreis á thabhairt do Roinn na Gaeltachta i gcomhair na...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (15 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2020, 2021 and 2022 of extending the SARP scheme in its present from up to 31 December 2022. [42031/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (15 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that have availed of the SARP scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number projected to avail of the scheme in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [42032/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday, the Turkish military invaded northern Syria with the aim of occupying Kurdish areas and attacking the Kurdish-led SDF, which bravely fought and defeated ISIS in the region. The SDF liberated areas under ISIS control, rescued tens of thousands of captured Yazidis and established democratic political structures that respect the rights of minorities. It is now under attack by the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: He restrained his language.