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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (6 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the financial commitments that are in place from the EU regarding the PEACE and INTERREG programmes post Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10512/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (6 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason under the new licence for the national lottery, all unclaimed money does not revert to the prize fund; the value of these moneys since the new licence came into place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10513/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (6 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the €16 million noted in the regulator of the national lottery's report relating to unclaimed prizes before 31 December 2016 will be added to the prizes available as per the old licence or if it will be used by the new licensee for advertising purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10514/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (6 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the review of public private partnerships will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10510/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (6 Mar 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason correspondence was issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal on an overpayment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10531/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: It is on the same issue. I am glad to support what Deputy MacSharry said about the Garda station in Donegal town, which is going from a 24-hour service to a six-hour service. This is on the back of many Garda stations having been closed in Donegal as a result of Deputy MacSharry's party closing down the recruitment of gardaí via Templemore-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: -----which has devastated Garda services in our county and across the country. That being said, we are where we are. Why is this being contemplated now? Is it the fact that the Chief Whip does not have the same clout as the Minister, Deputy Ross? Is it quid pro quo, with one station getting opened in one part of the country through the sacrifice of rural Ireland? The people of rural...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: -----a depletion of services time and again. At a time when we see record numbers of gardaí going through the training college, will the Minister ensure that the necessary number of gardaí will be provided to Donegal for us to keep our Garda stations open?

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Of the 1,700 new gardaí of recent years-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: -----only 40 have made their way to Donegal.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Funding (28 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding provided to the Comptroller and Auditor General in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [10391/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (28 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 150. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for transfer from Letterkenny University Hospital to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10247/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting Initiative: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe and I thank them for their presentation and the documents they submitted prior to the meeting. Previous speakers asked a number of the questions I intended asking. Reading through the high level metrics, I note the use of the word "unambitious". Ms Ní Chaithnía stated that the equality budgeting initiative needed to remain focused. What...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting Initiative: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I am referring to the metrics, for example, the target of 300 for apprenticeships.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting Initiative: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that and the point about the length of time available to the Department to do this. If the Minister were to ask the National Women's Council of Ireland to indicate what should be the high level metric in education and skills or if it should be apprenticeships, would the council have a view?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting Initiative: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I understand the National Women's Council is working with the Department and is represented on the steering group - tús maith and so on - and I also acknowledge that this is the beginning of a journey. What I am trying to figure out is where we will be on this journey in next year's budget or in five years time. Will we still have indicators that are not ambitious and about which, in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting Initiative: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: That is very helpful. I note the comments on the gender equality statement Sinn Féin released last year. We will continue to work towards that. Civil Service staff have bought into the process. It is a new process and a different way of thinking and acting. Does the National Women's Council of Ireland offer training to staff in the different Departments? Has that been a topic of...

Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach has given his weather forecast and said what people should do, but we need to cut to the chase with regard to what that means. Between 1,500 and 2,000 people in the State will die from weather-related incidents because they cannot afford to heat their homes properly. It happens when temperatures drop to the levels to which they are expected to drop in the coming days. All the...

Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach should answer the question.

Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: What is the Government going to do? Deputy Varadkar is the Taoiseach.