Results 19,021-19,040 of 35,756 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgages Examination (6 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has raised concerns with lenders with regard to their communications with customers regarding the Central Bank's investigation into the tracker mortgage issue; if all lenders first contacted the Central Bank in advance of such communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17202/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgages Examination (6 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all notifications of errors sent to the Central Bank by lenders (details supplied). [17203/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgages Examination (6 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of accounts by lender that have been investigated that had been reviewed as part of previous tracker mortgage-related review with regard to the Central Bank's investigation into the tracker mortgage issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17204/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgages Examination (6 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of lenders that have included as supplementary information details in their conduct of business returns of delays in dealing with these complaints within the 40 days with regard to the Central Bank's investigation into the tracker mortgage issue; and the number of cases specified in each lender's case. [17205/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (6 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if JobPath participants may undertake and participate in voluntary unpaid community based work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17320/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Administration (6 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of the members of the high-level forum on the community employment sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17277/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (6 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of all stakeholders and external groups and bodies with which the high-level forum on the community employment sector has consulted with respect to examining the issue of pension entitlement for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17278/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (6 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 252. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home support services will be put in place to allow a person (details supplied) in County Donegal to remain in their own home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17272/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (6 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 253. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused funding for the purchase of special car equipment; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the person in question cannot now be transported safely as a result of this refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17274/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (6 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 254. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has a funding mechanism in place for specially adapted car equipment for children with disabilities or conditions such as scoliosis; if such a mechanism exists, the process by which it may be accessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17275/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Eligibility (6 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 255. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment to be assessed for home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17276/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (6 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 256. To ask the Minister for Health to provide detail of the rosters in respect of GP services and cover, specifically information relating to the provision of GP clinics, including dates, times and names of doctors, for each of County Donegal's inhabited offshore islands for each month in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17279/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 257. To ask the Minister for Health if dedicated clinics for the provision of vaccinations for children is available on Toraigh, County Donegal; the locations children living on the island can receive immunisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17280/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement on Overall Fiscal Position: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an fhinné chuig an choiste. Tá cúpla ceist agam agus phléigh an Teachta Burton cúpla ceann de na hábhair. I wish to dig a bit deeper on the taxes, in particular on PAYE and the USC. Mr. Moran spoke of the elasticity and the different rates and I would like to go into that a bit deeper. One of the clear ways that we may be...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement on Overall Fiscal Position: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Does Mr. Moran have any indication of the cost of the tax foregone as a result of that rule?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement on Overall Fiscal Position: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Outside of that issue, will Mr. Moran explain to the committee the USC matter. Income tax is up by 1.4 % in its profile and USC is down 3.9%. USC is not linked to income tax in all cases, but a large proportion is linked. How could we be behind by nearly 4% in terms of profile?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement on Overall Fiscal Position: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I am going to move on. Reference was made to the first quarter figures, and we take those figures with all the caveats that have already been mentioned. Mr. Moran has said that the Department is puzzling over that. Are corporation tax receipts for the first quarter also puzzling the Department given that this figure is 25% behind profile?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement on Overall Fiscal Position: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome that clarification. The lumpy nature of the corporation tax is probably best shown by the fact that ten companies paid 40% of the entire corporation tax. I have been screaming about this for a long time. Are the witnesses concerned about the volatility of corporation tax or the risks associated with such a large amount of tax in small firms?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement on Overall Fiscal Position: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: One per cent of companies could be 1,000 or thousands of companies, particularly in the UK. We are talking about ten chief executive officers, CEOs, making a decision and there would be a huge hole in the bucket if they made that decision here and we would have serious austerity.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement on Overall Fiscal Position: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The European average is 10% but we are 15% so we are 50% ahead of European averages.