Pearse Doherty

Intent: A ban on fox hunting in Ireland

Details: Asked TD’s to support a bill proposed by Deputy Ruth Coppinger, PBP, to ban fox hunting in Ireland

Intent: To secure meetings with Oireachtas members to highlight the role of insourcing and its contribution in reducing waiting lists.

Details: Request for meeting to discuss the role of insourcing in reducing waiting lists in the health service.

Intent: Permanent €1000 reduction in fees for third level students.

Details: Reduction of fees for third level students

Intent: For the Deputies to submit questions and get further information on status of services in several hospitals across Ireland

Details: Seeking Deputies submit parliamentary questions on the status of epilepsy services in their local hospitals.

Intent: Alcohol included as a clear and named priority in the new National Drugs Strategy including clear actions and a commitment by Government to ensure that resources are ringfenced to allow for delivery of the named actions.

Details: Campaign to ensure that alcohol is meaningfully included as a priority in the new National Drugs Strategy in development in the Department of Health

Intent: Highlighting the aims contained within the pre-budget submission and seeking a meeting to discuss

Details: Irish Paper Packaging Circularity Alliance Pre-Budget Submission and Meeting Outreach

Intent: To advise members of the Oireachtas Finance Committee of legal issues relating to the sale of Israeli Bonds and evaluation of prospectus before meeting with Central Bank at committee hearing. hoping to cease sale of bonds by Irish Central Bank.

Details: Sale of Israeli Bonds by the Central Bank

Intent: Cross-party consideration of ALONE's costed pre-budget submission.

Details: 2026 pre-budget submission

Intent: Raise awareness about Explorium's successful visitor numbers in one year since reopening, new programmes and initiatives planned in the coming months, and to highlight Explorium's potential as a national resource.

Details: Letter requesting a meeting to highlight Explorium’s positive role in science education for children and young people and its potential as a national resource.

Intent: That the Government and MEPs must honour their commitments to stand up for farmers and defend their interests by opposing the current Mercosur trade deal.::To discuss farmers' concerns with the Minister for Foreign Affairs::To reiterate strong opposition to the Mercosur agreement in its current form. The beef industry in Ireland supports 90,000 farmers and around 25,000 jobs and is critical to the rural economy. There are very strong concerns about the impact the EU-Mercosur trade agreement would have on the viability of some 90,000 families.::That, while it is often argued that an additional 99,000t of beef from the Mercosur block countries would represent only 1-2% of the EU beef market, this statistic is in fact very misleading. The high value EU steak market (fillet, striploin, and cube) will be targeted by Mercosur beef exporters and will impact EU producers' ability to achieve a positive return on the carcass. 30% of the value of the carcass is contained within the yield of high

Details: Mercosur Trade Deal