Results 16,261-16,280 of 35,756 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: It was the Department's Brexit bus.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Deputy Ó Laoghaire has outlined the contents of the Bill and its importance, and his own openness, as lead sponsor of the Bill, to take amendments from both witnesses and other colleagues across the political divide. I am glad that we are the stage of pre-legislative scrutiny, and I hope that this will proceed throughout the parliamentary process here and that it is not frustrated...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: No.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (21 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to exempt or reduce the VAT rate applicable to the provision of locum general practitioner services by organisations such as Shannondoc; the estimated cost of exempting or reducing the VAT rate to 13.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8850/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fitness and Probity Regime (21 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons disqualified, removed from a position within a bank or prevented from taking up a position under the Central Bank's fitness and probity regime in each category in each of the years from 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8975/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (21 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: 123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the companies that received aid under the Enterprise Ireland stabilisation fund; the amount each company received; the ex-post analysis of the scheme that has been carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8909/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (21 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: 124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that received aid under the stabilisation fund that are still in business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8910/18]
- Project Ireland 2040: Statements (20 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Now that we have regained our balance after all the spin of the weekend we are left with a document called the national development plan representing the new capital plan. I say "new" but when one actually reads through it there is a real taste of reheated dinner here. It is a plan that is meant to catch up for the last decade that was lost to austerity as Government after Government made...
- Topical Issue Debate: Long Stay Residential Units (20 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: I have no bloody idea what the Minister of State will say at tonight's public meeting, which was organised by Fine Gael. The meeting that was organised by the group concerned about this issue and to which all Deputies were invited happened last Friday. If the Minister of State has something to say we should be informed about it here. I spoke about the confusion which has annoyed people...
- Topical Issue Debate: Long Stay Residential Units (20 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Táim buíoch go bhfuil deis labhartha ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo agam agus ag an Teachta Ó Gallchóir. The Minister of State will recall that about two years ago, there was much hype when the then Minister of State, Kathleen Lynch, announced the Government's five-year programme of investment in nursing home facilities. Despite all the Government's efforts to...
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Every piece of legislation has been stalled by the Government.
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: We have raised it. This is a democracy.
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: This is the forum in which we are supposed to introduce legislation-----
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: That is the whole point. The legislation has been purposely blocked.
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: My colleague talked about the Waste Reduction (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017. This is one of 27 Bills in respect of which the Taoiseach is abusing his power and authority. These 27 Bills include the Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016, the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016, the Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017, the Coroners Bill 2015, the criminal justice Bill-----
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: -----the education Bill, the electoral Bill and another 20 Bills.
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: It is.
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: It is because it is the Waste Reduction (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017.
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: The Waste Reduction (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 is one of the 27 Bills-----
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Pearse Doherty: The question is when will the Government stop abusing its authority and allow 27 Bills-----