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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Data (29 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer if the local property tax was abolished, ignoring all adjustments made at county level, that is, if all counties charged an unadjusted rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23696/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Caiteachas Ranna (29 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform maidir le Ceist Dála Uimhir 100 i gcomhair freagra scríofa ar 9 Bealtaine 2018, cad chuige nach raibh an méid iomlán den mhaoiniú atá curtha ar fáil don Stát gach bliain ón gCrannchur Náisiúnta nochta sa fhreagra a bhí tugtha; an féidir leis an figiúr sin a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 450. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical research which has been conducted by his Department and or the HSE into claims of links between the swine flu vaccine and conditions such as narcolepsy; the number of claims which have to date been formally lodged against the State and which are being dealt with by the State Claims Agency concerning same; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (29 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 734 and 735 of 20 March 2018, when a reply from Bord Iascaigh Mhara will issue. [23127/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Licences (29 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce the prices charged by Inland Fisheries Ireland for the purchase of licences and permits for angling on rivers and inland fisheries including day permits and those of longer duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23715/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Driver Licensing Service (29 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a response from the NDLS in relation to a driver query; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23585/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Payments (29 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a decision in respect of a family income supplement, FIS, payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23124/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: People will be rightly concerned about the reports this morning in regard to the doubt that has been raised about the future of the BreastCheck programme. It goes without saying, but let us say it again, that BreastCheck is a vital cancer screening programme and has undoubtedly saved many, many lives. However, we heard that Professor Ann O'Doherty told the Oireachtas health committee that...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I want to take this chance to thank the Tánaiste personally for his approach to this matter but, more importantly, I want to thank all the women who shared their stories, both publicly and privately, with us and those on the "Yes" campaign and, in doing so, have shifted public opinion on this issue. It is a matter of deep regret that it took personal stories and tragedy to be shared...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Is it not time now to say as a nation and as a society that we will no longer tolerate the exiling of women to foreign jurisdictions at a time of crisis?

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: It is now less than 24 hours before people go to the polls across the State and have their say on the continued presence of the eighth amendment in our Constitution. We are mindful that voting is already under way on our offshore islands. Many will have engaged with the arguments and propositions made during the referendum campaign and have now made up their minds on how they intend to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe uilig agus gabhaim buíochas leo fá choinne a gcur i láthair. I welcome the witnesses to the committee and thank them for the presentations, which are very informative. Later on we will have a session with the insurance company FBD, where we will be able to tease some of this issue out. I will begin by raising a concern that has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Has the Irish Men's Sheds Association looked at group insurance, which is available across the board in different organisations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: My colleagues will come in with other questions. I will be brief but I have questions for other witnesses. Ms McGuinness from the Donegal Co-operative Livestock Mart gave us a very helpful table, which shows the dramatic increases in insurance in the past three years from 2015 to date. I see the cost of insurance for three of the marts in my constituency, namely, the Donegal, Stranorlar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Ms McGuinness said there is a fear of marts not being able to absorb these costs in the future if they continue to rise. She has given us the data and how, for example, the premium for the Tuam co-operative has gone from €34,000 to €79,000. I am not familiar with the profit margins of the mart. Ms McGuinness said her job is to break even. I do not know if that cost is easily...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I know the Alliance for Insurance Reform has many very practical proposals to deal with the issue of reducing liability. The mart sector is part of the fabric of rural Ireland. It also deals with isolation. Ms McGuinness has made several helpful recommendations. I want to focus on the idea of a grant funding scheme to help marts cover the costs associated with bringing their necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law (24 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to order a break up of the big four accounting and auditing firms as is being discussed in the United Kingdom; the research or discussions that have taken place in her Department on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22951/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (24 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 155. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 27 March 2018, the reply for which was subsequently provided by the HSE, the methodology used to calculate and determine the occupancy rates at each of the facilities referred to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22994/18]

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a chur in iúl don Teachta Gallagher as an rún seo a chur os comhair an Tí tráthnóna agus tá áthas orm go bhfuil deis agam píosa beag caint a dhéanamh ar shon mo pháirtí faoin rún seo a bhaineann leis an gcóras pointí pionóis ar iascaireachta a chur i bhfeidhm ag an Rialtas. Ní seo...

Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: When the Minister, Deputy Harris, apologised to the 600 patients who were left on trolleys earlier this year he said he was the Minister with a plan, he had the resources and he was going to build capacity. A total of 458 patients are on trolleys and in wards today as I speak, including 21 in my county hospital of Letterkenny, there having been 20 patients on trolleys last Friday and 30...