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Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I acknowledge the Tánaiste's comments on the mass shooting. I believe it is the eighth instance of gun violence in schools and it is a tragic loss for all the families involved. I also acknowledge the Tánaiste's comments here in the Dáil, in particular his statement that the Government is making its position clear to the British Government in the appropriate way. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (15 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the resources including staffing, equipment and so on, required to commission the maternity theatre at Letterkenny University Hospital; the estimated costs associated with providing each such resource; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7893/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (15 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 221. To ask the Minister for Health when he will facilitate a meeting requested by a patient advocacy group (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7999/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (15 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for service disruptions to speech and language services provided at a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; when services will resume as normal; the alternative arrangements which have been put in place to ensure that service users may continue to access services in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8021/18]

Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141.

Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas d'achan duine a thug páirt sa díospóireacht inniu agus a léirigh tacaíocht don Bhille. Ní labhair aon duine inniu nach raibh sásta tacaíocht a thabhairt don Bhille agus tá mé iontach buíoch as an méid daoine a labhair agus a phléigh go mion an t-ábhar atá idir lámha againn inniu. I...

Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It is important to put this Bill into context. It is incredible that, as we speak, thousands of families across the State are paying over the odds on their mortgages, not just because of high variable interest rates, but because of the tracker mortgage scandal. We know this because the banks brazenly and openly told us at the Joint...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: There is a commitment in the programme for Government that the Government wants to have thriving communities in urban and rural Ireland. For one rural community that had to make the long journey from the farthest offshore inhabited island in the State, Tory Island, to the gates of Leinster House, that commitment does not ring loudly because of a Government decision to provide a ferry service...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: That is unbelievable.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: It is the law.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Is the Taoiseach referring to the same draft plan?

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: There was no vote on the draft. It was referred to committee.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: We understand the Taoiseach plans to publish the national planning framework and the capital plan on Friday. This is a hugely-----

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: -----important document. It sets out the plans and funding for the development of the State over the next 20 years and crucially the document will be placed on a statutory footing. It will supersede county development plans and be materially relevant when it comes to planning applications and appeals to local authorities and to An Bord Pleanála. Sinn Féin supports the idea of a...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I asked the Taoiseach four specific questions.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach had another 51 seconds to answer any four of the questions I put to him. When did he abandon the process that was agreed that the legislation, which has already been approved by the House and is going through the Seanad, would be the legislation that would put this plan on a statutory footing? If he has decided to abandon that and rush the publication of it this week instead...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: If Fianna Fáil wants to sit back and allow this to happen in order to avoid any type of embarrassment so it will able to go on local radio and say it did not agree with it, so be it. The Government should be straight-up and honest with the House. When did the Taoiseach abandon his plans to put the national planning framework on a statutory footing based on this legislation? Now that...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, before it is published.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: For approval.