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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (21 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the fiscal space and the financial contractual obligations to consultants being honoured operating under the 2008 consultants' contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27276/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (21 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27124/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (21 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a request from Donegal County Council for additional supports and or financial assistance to avoid the potential closure of a fire station (details supplied); if his attention has been dawn to proposals being considered by the local authority to reconfigure fire services in the area; and if he will make a...

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: No more money.

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: That is wrong.

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Deputy Michael McGrath was wrong in terms of his facts and figures but we will forgive him for that. The deficit would be 0.4% and indeed the Minister addressed that in his opening speech. On the "significant" risks of overheating, the chair of the IFAC has said the risk of overheating is muted. He has suggested that they are medium risks with medium impact. The Deputy should not create a...

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Is ceart a rá go bhfuil beagán ábhair níos tábhachtaí nó níos práinní ná an ábhar a táimid ag plé. Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a chur in iúl don Teachta Louise O'Reilly as ucht an rún seo a chur os comhair na Dála. Deputy Louise O'Reilly, my party's health spokesperson, deserves commendation on...

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I will finish on this. This is socially and economically irresponsible. The health service is far too important for it to be made a political football. We in opposition, under the leadership of Deputy Louise O'Reilly, have shown the solutions. The Minister of State has told us that the Government will not oppose those solutions. We want her to implement them and start to get to grips...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Following on from the previous discussion, it might be wise for Deputies Burton and Martin to visit Féile an Phobail this year. If they were to experience Féile an Phobail, they might be a little more informed in relation to that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I have the floor.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Some people in here would probably like to roll back the clock to a time when Sinn Féin did not have 500,000 voters on the island of Ireland, including many in west Belfast. The people have a right to choose who they want to represent them. Thankfully, more and more people have come towards Sinn Féin in each election. My question relates to Cabinet committee E. The leader of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Sinn Féin has had five out of the six seats in west Belfast.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The recommendation made by Deputy Brendan Howlin has merit. It is similar to a suggestion we put to party leaders in the past. Attitudes to Irish unity are changing. We can see the mess caused by the Brexit negotiations. The Brexiteers achieved the outcome they wanted without any thought being given to the shape it would take. I welcome the Taoiseach's recent visit to the North which was...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The situation facing parents and guardians of children with scoliosis who are waiting for corrective surgery is incredibly difficult and that is before we take the excessive waiting times, cancelled surgeries, abandoned action plans and broken promises of the Minister and Government into account. Recently, parents who are part of the scoliosis advocacy network have raised concerns that the...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: It is clear that the Taoiseach and his Cabinet are making economic decisions from their ivory tower. Let us deal with the reality here. The State faces major social crises. As we speak, there are hundreds of people on hospital trolleys. This morning, more than 4,000 children woke up in emergency accommodation. Despite the fact that we have very strict fiscal rules, we can spend an...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: What does the Taoiseach say to those families?

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Because we will build the houses.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Fine Gael should go back to its ivory tower.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, published the Government's summer economic statement. It clearly points to a budget in October that will have serious consequences for ordinary people. By taking a decision not to invest the €1.4 billion that is available to the Government in the upcoming budget under the fiscal rules, it is deliberately choosing once again not to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Jun 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27009/18]