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Leaders' Questions (3 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste and Government know that we will work with the Government and Minister to ensure that there is a full public inquiry into this scandal which is conducted without delay. We can only hope that this will bring some clarity to the women affected in this scandal. The Tánaiste knows that it was agreed that the women's voices need to be heard as part of that exercise. They...

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I asked the Tánaiste twice if he expresses full confidence-----

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: -----in Tony O'Brien to continue working as director general of the HSE. I deserve an answer. More importantly, the victims of this scandal deserve an answer.

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I will repeat for the Tánaiste the words of Emma Mhic Mhathúna from Baile na nGall in County Kerry on the "Six One News" yesterday. The Tánaiste will be aware that Emma was diagnosed with cervical cancer in late 2016. Three years earlier she had been given the all clear following a smear test. Emma was told this week that she is one of the women who has been affected by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (3 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reinstate a facility (details supplied) in which driver licence services were previously provided in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19540/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Reports (3 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 236. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the long waiting times that still exist for Tusla to furnish section 20 reports requested by the District Courts in County Donegal despite assurances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19469/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff Recruitment (2 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State has informed me of what is happening, and some of that information when it is put together in two pages might sound grand, but let me inform him about what is happening on the ground. There is a one year wait for an initial appointment and a two year wait for a recall appointment. There is a reason why the HSE says that a diabetic patient should be recalled every six...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff Recruitment (2 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle as ucht an deis labhairt ar an cheist thromchúiseach seo agus an géarchéim atá ann ó thaobh seirbhísí diaibéitis san iarthuaisceart a phlé sa Teach inniu. I welcome the opportunity to refer to the ongoing crisis in diabetes care services in the north west. I use the term "crisis" in its truest...

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: On the same issue, the Taoiseach may be aware that many people, including Members of this House and members of the media, have tabled freedom of information, FOI, requests in respect of the communication that was taking place between the different agencies of the HSE, in the HSE itself, in the Department and at ministerial level relating to this unfolding scandal. The minute a statutory...

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: That can be redacted.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The legislation does not provide for mandatory open disclosure.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Banking (2 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the report on the Sparkassen public banking model will be published; the reason for the delay in publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18912/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (1 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance the action the Central Bank will take against a bank (details supplied) following its computer problems; the rights of the affected customers in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18798/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination Data (1 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the exact nature of the 4,000 new cases in the Central Bank's April 2018 update on the tracker scandal; the new groups that have been included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18885/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Qualifications Recognition (1 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a requirement (details supplied) for persons seeking to have professional qualifications for regulated construction industry activities recognised in relation to qualifications obtained outside the State; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty this requirement is having for residents of Border communities who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Qualifications Recognition (1 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a requirement (details supplied) for persons seeking to have professional qualifications for regulated construction industry activities recognised for the provision of services on a temporary or occasional basis in relation to qualifications obtained outside the State; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Foirne Scoile (1 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an gcasfaidh sé le toscaireacht ó scoil (sonraí tugtha) i gContae Dhún na nGall chun a cás eisceachtúil ó thaobh soláthar foirne agus maoiniú a phlé; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [18921/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 222. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18602/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (1 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 228. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred from Our Lady's Hospital, Manorhamilton to local rheumatology services at Letterkenny University Hospital with a view to continue receiving the appropriate medical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18636/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (1 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medical card section failed to take into account certain items for the purpose of assessing and determining the eligibility of persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18973/18]