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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday, nurses and midwives who are members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, engaged in a 24-hour stoppage due to the complete failure of the Government and the Minister for Health to address the recruitment and retention crisis now gripping our health service. This afternoon will see hundreds of general practitioners, GPs, protesting outside the gates of Leinster...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has mentioned the Government's responsibility to the public finances. Where was its responsibility or that of the Minister when it came to the overrun on the national children's hospital, running to €500 million of taxpayers' money? Where was the responsibility of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when it came to one of those major capital projects that has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: -----on hospital waiting lists. When will the penny drop? This is complete incompetence at ministerial level and departmental level. There is clearly serious dysfunction at the heart of Government and at the heart of these two Departments.

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a chur in iúl as a bheith in ann labhairt ar an rún seo anocht. Tréaslaím le mo chomhghleacaithe, Teachta John Brady agus Teachta Denise Mitchell, as an cheist seo a chur chun tosaigh sa Dáil anocht. As the Minister of State is aware, JobPath began in July 2015. It was heralded at that time by Government as...

Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Motion (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Unlike Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin not be supporting this motion. Sinn Féin will oppose this motion and will vote against it. We heard from the Minister of State about SOFAs. Basically, SOFAs grant immunities to soldiers in the face of prosecution and give them protection from local courts and local justice systems in order that they be returned to their home countries and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to secure a permanent second consultant breast surgeon at Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5125/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgages affected by the overcharging carried out by a company (details supplied) on mortgages previously owned by a bank; the average amount overcharged; when the overcharging commenced; if property that was being overcharged at the time was repossessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4945/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Deduction Systems (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance if some or all substitute teachers are being treated in their tax affairs by the Revenue Commissioners as being on a cumulative basis instead of a week-one basis; the reason this is the case in view of the average loss in tax on a monthly basis; when the matter will be resolved; when teachers will be refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Payments (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to waive the requirement for a VAT guarantee for SMEs importing from the UK post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4982/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Investigations (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance if other countries have made a claim on the money collected from a company (details supplied) in an escrow account following the EU Commission state aid decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5197/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance the scope that exists to allow foster children who have been fostered for a long term by foster parents to avail of group A status under capital acquisitions tax, CAT, rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5364/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: General Government Debt (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of a no-deal Brexit based on existing departmental analysis on general government balance projections from 2019 to 2024, or until the latest date available. [5381/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: General Government Debt (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of pre-committed expenditure for 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; the portion this expenditure forms of general Government balance in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5536/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: General Government Debt (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance the predicted general government balance for 2019 to 2024 or the latest date available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5537/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage loans, that is, private dwelling homes and buy-to-let, respectively within each sale (details supplied) that were in arrears of at least one day, in arrears of over 90 days and in arrears of 720 days or over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5507/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance if an analysis has been carried out on the number and value of mortgages that will be owned by non-bank entities if sales processes already notified proceed by the nature of the entity (details supplied). [5508/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax credit certificate will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5512/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if some or all substitute teachers are being treated in their tax affairs by the Revenue Commissioners as being on a cumulative basis instead of a week one basis; the reason for same; the average loss in tax on a monthly basis; when the matter will be resolved; when teachers will be refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5033/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 327. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a rescheduled date for an operation in Tallaght hospital having had the scheduled date cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5008/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Feb 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 413. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a date for a procedure at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5477/19]