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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (25 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...for UK-registered vessels, similar to other piers and harbours in the county. This is something that would be transformative for the area and which the local community and businesses have sought for a long time due to the implications of Brexit. It is absolutely necessary, particularly for younger fishermen who have used that pier forever, and now because of the insistence on not...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...the stand-alone and signature piece of legislation for us in this area. I make the point that we are on Report and Final Stages of this legislation which has been on the road for an unbelievably long time. The vast majority of it is really good but there are serious problems. We can fix the definitions but the other parts about the supports for local clubs and groups are more...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...in each the past two years. What does this tell us? It tells us the Government is completely failing people on health, particularly those who have cancer. It is an indictment of the Government. The long and the short of it is that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael cannot be trusted with our health system. The evidence of this is to be found in every community. Over the past 13 years...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...next Taoiseach should have a mandate directly from the people, not from the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party only to be rubber-stamped by the Green Party and Fianna Fáil. It is time for a general election because this is a defining moment. People right across this State are crying out for change. Fine Gael, we all know, have been in government for far too long, and changing its...

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...A lack of alternative and primary care options in our communities feeds through the entire healthcare system. It adds pressure to the emergency departments in our hospitals and ultimately leads to longer lists and waiting times for patients and difficult conditions for healthcare staff. The recent budget from this Government was a disaster for the healthcare service. It was an act of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...in both referendums. Whatever the results, however, this must be a catalyst for meaningful change for people with disabilities, those who need care and their carers. I appeal to the Government to deliver the long-overdue rights and supports badly needed in this context. Cluineann muid go bhfuil comhdháil náisiúnta ag an IPHA inniu agus tá sé ag...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...therapy supports and, crucially, respite. It is also high time the Government ratified the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and committed to a definitive timeline for doing so. This should not be put on the long finger any longer. Our motion also calls for the development of a multi-annual funding plan to deliver the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...if he can provide assurances that vital services such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy service, and current bed numbers, will remain at Saint Joseph's Community Hospital in Donegal in the long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9710/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (28 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for long term stay in a community hospital in Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9630/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (28 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 180. To ask the Minister for Health what the long term stay capacity will be post refurbishment in a community hospital in Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9632/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (28 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-term stay beds to be retained after refurbishment in a community hospital in Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9635/24]

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...it, go háirithe i mo chontae, áit a bhfuil go leor daoine ar liosta feithimh. Children deserve better. They deserve better mental health services than they are getting under this Government. The sad reality for so many children and parents across the State is that they are waiting far too long to access mental health services in this country. Early intervention is key and...

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Deputy Cullinane for tabling this motion today, and for the solution and plan he has brought forward on this. More so, I thank the children who, as Deputy Cullinane mentioned, made a long journey - some in pain - to be here with us today. I genuinely hope this is the last time we ever have to go outside the gates of Leinster House and look at dozens of children, some of them in...

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...the scourge of poverty, improve public services and deliver critical infrastructure that improves living standards and supports development. No one in this House should ignore the fact that a long shadow has been cast by a decade of Tory austerity and the devastating impact it has had on public services and the welfare of people in the North. Now, however, we have a restored Assembly...

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...the commission said we should not do. They want to do that but they do not want to tell anybody. At least they do not want to tell anybody before the local and European elections. They had this report for two and half years, long before there was a scandal in terms of the public's awareness of what was happening within RTÉ and they have continued to kick the can down the road. ...

Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (8 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...be happy to work with him and with his Department to rectify this issue through amendments on Committee Stage to benefit consumers. This legislation does allow for the FSPO to investigate complaints that happened even when a regulated entity is no longer a regulated entity. However, the reverse does not happen and we need to address that urgently. I turn to the general issue I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...the good news overnight of the DUP's decision to end its boycott of the institutions. I hope we will now see the executive, the assembly and the North-South institutions up and running before long. It is long overdue, as I am sure all of us in this House can agree. Tá tithe de dhíth ag daoine ar phraghas réasúnta a cheannach ná a chíosú. Mar sin...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (24 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...access to transport. It is now January and not being able to say this is going to happen in the first, second or even third quarter of the year is really regrettable. This has been going on for a long time now. The other Department is dealing with a grant-based scheme but given that the Minister's Department is operating the scheme, which has been roundly criticised, including by the...

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I thank all the Deputies who spoke in support of the motion. I appreciate their contributions and I note the amendments that are before the Dáil as well. We have a long track record on this. We have been proposing amendments to the finance Bill for many years before this ever became a public issue. Our motion before the House today calls for at least 17%. That number has been looked...