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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Minister and Mr. McCarthy to the committee. The statement makes for interesting reading in terms of us reaching near full employment in the State, with a booming economy, and yet there are so many demands in society. We need to ensure that this budget meets the needs of society and lifts the pressure off services and off individuals. To shape that, I ask the Minister to give...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I know the Minister cannot be definitive now and I have specifically said that, but I have asked for an answer based on the information that is available at the minute. There is a view out there that fiscal space was at €3.2 billion but that when a number of things that have been committed are factored in, the budget space for next year is reduced to something like €500...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: That is an uncommitted €1.1 billion plus €500 million that the Minister is putting into the rainy day fund.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, but the point is that potentially, within the rules, there is €1.6 billion that the Minister could spend in next year's budget. Those figures may change as we get closer to the budget.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Will there be a convergence margin if it is not different?

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I support what was said by my two colleagues. This issue does not just affect Sligo and Leitrim or Cork but is nationwide. In Donegal, unfortunately, there is a similar situation. Children with autism and their families must undertake a lengthy journey to access services given that early intervention is not early and assessments are not provided. I have spoken to parents who had to pay...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I think Deputy Micheál Martin spoke twice.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Come on. Answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: It was not publicly available.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (18 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations in the Donegal division that underwent refurbishments in 2017 and to date in 2018; and the works carried out at each station. [16867/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to include the Dublin Airport Authority, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus under the freedom of information legislation in view of the fact Irish Rail is included under the legislation. [16869/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (18 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if the ancillary grant rate increased by €5 per pupil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16870/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 154. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an operation at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16893/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (18 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if the threshold for the lower 8.5% class A rate of employer PRSI was increased from €376 to €400. [16868/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Law Reform Commission (17 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 118. To ask the Taoiseach the number of pieces of legislation, both enacted and published, by his Department which originated in work carried out by the Law Reform Commission in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and the details of each piece of legislation in the corresponding year. [15355/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Law Reform Commission (17 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 126. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of pieces of legislation both enacted and published by his Department which originated in work carried out by the Law Reform Commission in each of the past ten years in tabular form; the details of each piece of legislation in the corresponding year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15345/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Law Reform Commission (17 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of pieces of legislation both enacted and published by his Department which originated in work carried out by the Law Reform Commission in each of the past ten years in tabular form; the details of each piece of legislation in the corresponding year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15349/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Regulations (17 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance the policy in place at each of the State-backed banks regarding Part 9 of the European Union (Consumer Mortgage Credit Agreements) Regulations 2016, particularly with regard to the discount they apply to foreign earnings as a rule in mortgage applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14963/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budget Contribution (17 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost if a member state's contribution to the EU budget was to increase by 0.1%, 0.2% and 0.3%, respectively, of gross national income, GNI, for the period of the next multi-annual financial framework, by each case in each year; the estimated impact on fiscal space of these increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14999/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (17 Apr 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has considered plans to review the operation of the mint in Sandyford. [15449/18]