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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The British Prime Minister and the President of the European Commission met in Brussels last night. Today, British Ministers are in Brussels for talks with Michel Barnier. We are told that, thus far, the talks have centred on the interpretation of the backstop and what fudge can be sold to the House of Commons in that regard. We are all agreed in this House that the basic protections...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: After eight years in government that is the result.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, across the State are in disarray. We can all agree on that. Every Deputy knows patients and families struggling to access appropriate care and help for themselves and their loved ones and children. We are all aware of the inadequate staffing levels across CAMHS that make it impossible for the services to meet demand. Approximately...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I will finish on this. It is not the first time that I have raised this matter. I raised it during Leaders' Questions with the Taoiseach in November. He stated that he would seek a report on a comparison between resources, staffing and outcomes in CAMHS. He was going to take a personal interest in this. Has that report been compiled? What does it contain? When will it be published? We...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The reality is we are failing these children. I am sure the Tánaiste, like anyone else, knows their parents, perhaps people who are close to him, and the torture that they go through worrying about their children, who have already been assessed as needing mental health supports, about the risk posed to their children's mental health increasing and about there being a bad end to all of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: We hear from the Minister of State at the Department of Health that it is not an issue of resources and that he had called all the CHOs and chief executives together. What is coming out of all that? In the middle of it all, more and more children's mental health and, indeed, lives are being put at risk because of inaction.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of requests for oral hearings received by each independent appeals panel in relation to the tracker mortgage scandal; the number granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8788/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Financial Services and Pension Ombudsman is now investigating all tracker complaints received by him; the number he has received; the number under investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8872/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Data (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of providing legal aid to all borrowers facing repossession hearings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8848/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to invest in Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal in line with the commitments referenced in Project Ireland 2040. [8780/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the breakwater works at Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal will be completed (details supplied). [8779/19]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I will put it simply. It is regrettable that it has come to this. The committee unanimously agreed three weeks ago that the Secretary General of the Department for which we are the select committee would come before us so that we would gain a deeper understanding of the role of the Department and its oversight of major capital projects. After initial correspondence, it was indicated that...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I am in favour of the latter option because we have been at this for three weeks now and the committee has not got a satisfactory acceptance from the Secretary General. There was a bit of movement in the letter the committee received yesterday, although only a bit. This can be resolved with a little will. There is no reason these Estimates need to be deferred for longer than a short a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I completely refute what Deputy Deasy has said. Let us examine a couple of facts. This is the committee to which the Secretary General is accountable. He should have responded to a unanimous request, issued three weeks ago, to come before the committee. We reached out and tried to facilitate a number of dates and he should have responded positively to that. The request which came from...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Let me clarify-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: That is the point I was making, Deputy Deasy. Chairman, allow me to clarify. Mr. Watt has refused to come in on any of the dates that we have facilitated him to come in on.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I do not wish to be personal in relation to the Secretary General for whom I have the utmost respect, but this is an issue of a process of a Secretary General appearing before a committee. The letter that issued yesterday, I acknowledge, was a breakthrough, but it is conditional. First of all, it places the onus on the Chairman to determine if this is relevant committee, that it is not...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: He has still not accepted any of the dates we suggested.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Two things need to happen. This issue is born out of frustration. We have been dealing with it for nearly three weeks and we still do not have an acceptance of any of the dates. Some of the dates suggested by the committee to Mr. Watt have passed. I think we should go into private session to agree a number of dates on which we could facilitate Mr. Watt coming before the committee and then...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I have made the point-----