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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 293. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a psychiatric assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18974/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 295. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of a general practitioner service from a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; the steps he will take to provide support to the service lead in order to ensure the continuation of the service going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18983/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (1 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the legislative controls and restrictions in place for the purpose of regulating the sale, supply and use of hookah instruments for the smoking and vaping of tobacco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19076/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (1 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 349. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the roll-out of at least 30mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County Donegal as part of the national broadband plan; if such areas with poor or no broadband coverage will be prioritised during the roll-out phase as part of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (1 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19008/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Application (26 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance if a waiving of local property tax liabilities in respect of properties in which defective block work that is not pyrite has been identified is being considered; if so, when such a scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18420/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (26 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of active investigations the Central Bank is running into matters related to insider information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18473/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (26 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons or companies that have been reprimanded by the Central Bank as a result of investigations into insider information by year and nature in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18474/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (26 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Pollagh section of the River Moy in County Mayo; if Inland Fisheries Ireland is considering the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18369/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (26 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made to establish a redress scheme for properties in counties Donegal and Mayo in which defective block work has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18419/18]

Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I acknowledge the presence in the Public Gallery of the general secretary and president of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. They are very welcome. Mar atá ráite ag mo chomhgleacaithe, is ceist ríthábhachtach í an cheist atá os comhair an Tí. Without repeating the valuable contributions of my colleagues, it is important to convey to the House...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Reading the tracker mortgage examination update report this morning, one can only be convinced that, despite all the apologies from the CEOs for what they have done to their own customers in wrongfully taking their money from them, overcharging them and denying tracker rates to them, behind the scenes they have continued to fight the Central Bank tooth and nail. In the past 12 weeks, despite...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Insurance (25 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the rights an applicant for a mortgage has if the required life insurance to obtain a mortgage is refused on the grounds of a historical medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18128/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (25 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 127. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no Garda vetting application has been issued by the HSE to An Garda Síochána in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal as required for a staffing vacancy with home support services; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this failure may render the person's job application invalid as a result; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 143. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment to attend Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18224/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat and fáilte chuig an coiste. I am glad Ms Boate is here because I have been asking questions about her role as regulator and also about the licence that was allocated to Premier Lotteries Ireland, PLI, in 2014. I am interested in the sales code of practice of the national lottery. Will Ms Boate explain how that came into being and the interaction of the regulator...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Did Ms Boate reject the sales code of practice or did she amend it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The members of this committee are well used to dealing with the banks. The idea that Ulster Bank would submit a proposal to the regulator in the Central Bank of Ireland showing the way the bank wanted to deal with an issue would not be a runner. We would call that light touch regulation. I am conscious that the regulator of the national lottery has to work within the Act. The national...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Will Ms Boate repeat the codes of practice of the regulator of the national lottery? There is a code of practice for sales, advertising, information and what else?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Are all four codes, which Ms Boate regulates, written by the operator, a private company, Premier Lotteries Ireland, PLI?