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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 358. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 19 June 2018, the reason the reply received from the HSE does not contain the information as requested; if this information will now be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29182/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (3 Jul 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29435/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I raise the issue of the huge burden of insurance costs and the crisis is not just in motor insurance but is also in business insurance, as we predicted. There are many causes of the high cost of insurance but one of them is the issue of claims harvesting. It has become dominant in the market recently. These are ordinary people, not solicitors, who set up websites giving the impression...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The backstop and the form it takes are crucial. To allow those negotiations only to be decided upon at the time when everything else is in the melting pot is the wrong strategy for this country. There are serious dangers in it. The best strategy the Brits could have hoped for is that these issues would have been all dealt with together. I have asked the Tánaiste a very simple...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach is in Brussels today for a meeting of the European Council which was being heralded not so long ago as a massively important meeting for Brexit negotiations and the Irish question. The Tánaiste stated in March that the summit is significant from an Irish perspective and the Taoiseach told us in April that he was optimistic progress could be achieved in June. We are all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Fáilte roimh an gcoiste. I thank the delegates for appearing before the joint committee and the work they have been doing for many years. There is no doubt that the actions of Mr. O'Flynn's group were instrumental. The blog he wrote in the early stages which showed, on a weekly basis, the guaranteed and unguaranteed debt being paid by the State was instrumental in shaping the debate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I am not going to say he is guilty of anything else for which he has not already been convicted. He has been found guilty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Regarding Anglo Irish Bank, bearing in mind that there may be an appeal of the sentence, clearly, the conviction was for providing false information for shareholders, but it could be argued that it affected the then Minister's decision at the time because the books of the bank showed that it was in better shape than it was. Does Mr. O'Flynn believe that provides additional scope for a more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: May I ask one final question? It is very short. The promissory note has caused serious damage, as Mr. O'Flynn said. The Government does not intend to reclaim a penny of the €34.7 billion. As the injections went in, starting at figures of 12,000 in 2010, up to 34,000, not one debate or vote was required in this House regarding any of the promissory notes signed by the Minister....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability Programme Data (28 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance the effects of minimum compliance with the expenditure benchmark on the general government balance and structural balance respectively as a percentage of GDP if the position of minimum compliance with the expenditure benchmark was taken, including the use of monies earmarked for a Rainy Day Fund as spending, for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. [28557/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (28 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the State’s borrowing if the net fiscal space under the expenditure benchmark, including the €0.5 billion earmarked annually for the rainy day fund as spending, was committed to expenditure for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. [28559/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (28 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the State’s debt to GDP and debt to GNI star ratio, both in gross terms and as percentage, if the net fiscal space under the expenditure benchmark, including the €0.5 billion earmarked annually for the rainy day fund as spending, was committed to expenditure for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. [28560/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (28 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a determination will be made in respect of an application for additional school accommodation made by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if his attention has been drawn to the lack of facilities available at the school and the negative impact this is having on pupils and teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (28 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 213. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being faced by same-sex couples with children seeking to obtain parental rights equal to heterosexual couples in view of the fact that parts of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 have not been commenced (details supplied); the timeline for the legislation in respect of these specific issues to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Funding (28 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 237. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE national estates has discussed and made a determination in respect of an application for capital funding for a project proposal (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28635/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Injury Claims (27 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate claims harvesting companies in the area of personal injuries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28148/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (27 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether section 8 of the Civil Liability Act 2004 requires amendment to reduce to one month the period in which a personal injury claim can be submitted in view of the fact that data protection rules mean CCTV footage can be kept for only one month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28159/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (27 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if amendments to sections 25 and 26 of the Civil Liability Act 2004 will be considered in order to make it a matter of routine that misleading insurance claims are reported to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28160/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (27 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish an insurance fraud unit in An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28161/18]