Parliamentary questions

Defective Building Materials

Pearse Doherty

63. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Government is considering revising the defective block redress scheme given the issues that are emerging with the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24413/24]

Defective Building Materials

Pearse Doherty

66. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, given recent committee meetings, the Government is considering revisiting and altering its defective block redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24401/24]

Road Projects

Pearse Doherty

140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if plans are in place to widen Curreen Bridge, County Donegal on the Glenties side of Fintown on the R250; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23635/24]

School Facilities

Pearse Doherty

211. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update for the proposed autism unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23634/24]

Disability Services

Pearse Doherty

394. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 23 April 2024, when a full HSE response will be received. [23613/24]

Banking Sector

Pearse Doherty

157. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his and his Department’s position on the call for a five-year moratorium on branch closures by an organisation (details supplied); the way this call can be accommodated with the Access to Cash Bill 2024. [23470/24]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

158. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 9 April 2024, the projected carbon tax annual revenue in each of the years 2024 to 2030 respectively, with respect to carbon tax increases in each of those years on a cumulative basis. [23480/24]

Tax Reliefs

Pearse Doherty

159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 10 April 2024, if he has received correspondence from the Revenue Commissioners expressing concern regarding the BIK exemption for employer contributions to PRSAs, legislated through Section 22 of the Finance Act 2022, if he will share details of those concerns expressed; and the actions he is considering on foot of those concerns. [23484/24]

Insurance Industry

Pearse Doherty

160. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the options he is considering to force further premium reductions in the insurance market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23485/24]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

61. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline his views on the success of the mortgage interest tax credit; and if he will consider amending its design to ensure that all mortgage holders who have seen a significant increase in the mortgage costs they are facing will receive adequate support. [23004/24]

Customs and Excise

Pearse Doherty

63. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will cancel the increases in excise duty on petrol and diesel scheduled for August and October of this year, given the cost-of-living pressures facing households and their impact on trade for businesses in the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22786/24]

Consumer Protection

Pearse Doherty

74. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline the provision in insurance law with respect to consent to settle, whereby policyholders must provide consent where an insurer wishes to make a settlement with respect to a third-party claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22789/24]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

80. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he or his Department undertook a review of the 10% stamp duty with respect to the bulk purchase of residential property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22788/24]

Departmental Strategies

Pearse Doherty

83. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance for an update on his Department's strategy regarding financial scams and fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22791/24]

Consumer Protection

Pearse Doherty

93. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on consideration of changes to legislation to address the inability of consumers to make complaints to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman with respect to vulture funds as a result of gaps in its regulation. [22787/24]

EU Directives

Pearse Doherty

108. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his response to the European Commission's opening of an infringement procedure against Ireland and issuance of a formal letter of notice regarding incorrect transposition of the 4th and 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22790/24]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

212. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the mortgage interest tax credit that were rejected on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability. [22485/24]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

213. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the mortgage interest tax credit that were rejected on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability despite their mortgage interest costs being higher in 2023 compared with 2022. [22486/24]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the mortgage interest tax credit that were unable to receive the full 20% relief under the credit on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability despite their mortgage interest costs being higher in 2023 compared with 2022. [22487/24]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

215. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of successful claims to date under the mortgage interest tax credit relief. [22488/24]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

216. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the value of money disbursed to date under the mortgage interest tax credit. [22489/24]

National Minimum Wage

Pearse Doherty

224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has estimated the increased revenue through income tax, USC and PRSI receipts as a result of planned increases in the minimum wage towards a living wage; if so, to provide estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22744/24]

Housing Provision

Pearse Doherty

367. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a new housing development at the Gallows Lane in Lifford, County Donegal, is to be used as social housing; if not, if there is another intended use for it; when it is expected people will be housed there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23003/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

557. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; if he is on the routine or urgent list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22389/24]

Mental Health Services

Pearse Doherty

585. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1542 of 9 April 2024, when a full HSE reply will be issued (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22546/24]

Patient Transfers

Pearse Doherty

595. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when an urgent patient transfer will take place for a person (details supplied) in Letterkenny University Hospital to Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22606/24]

Hospital Staff

Pearse Doherty

635. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health for an update on the appointment of dermatology consultants at Letterkenny University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital; the stage the recruitment process is at; the timeframe for when consultants are to be in place if they are not already; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22914/24]

Medical Cards

Pearse Doherty

645. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a medical card application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who has cancer; if any further documentation is required to process the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22993/24]

Universal Social Charge

Pearse Doherty

158. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first- and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5% to 0%, reducing the second rate of USC from 2% to 0% and increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €25,760 to €30,000. [22275/24]

Universal Social Charge

Pearse Doherty

159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first- and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5% to 0%, reducing the second rate of USC from 2% to 1% percent and increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €25,760 to €27,880; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22276/24]

Insurance Industry

Pearse Doherty

161. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline any consent to settle provisions within insurance law, whereby insurers are required to seek an insured’s approval before settling a third-party claim, in the context of reports that insurers are settling claims for amounts and reasons that are disputed by the insured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22299/24]

Tax and Social Welfare Codes

Pearse Doherty

201. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 469 to 471, inclusive, of 16 April 2024, and the correspondence with Department officials supplied (details supplied), when a response to the questions submitted will be received. [22224/24]

Mental Health Services

Pearse Doherty

138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1542 of 9 April 2024, when a full HSE reply will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22050/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pearse Doherty

296. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when an extension to a school (details supplied) will be greenlit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21418/24]

Housing Policy

Pearse Doherty

374. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the Housing Agency made a decision not to purchase properties offered to it for sale (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21476/24]

Departmental Reports

Pearse Doherty

530. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a report, believed to have begun in June 2022, into 11 allegations of abuse at a disability centre (details supplied), will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21741/24]

Departmental Funding

Pearse Doherty

694. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the assistance her Department can provide if funding is available to help a centre (details supplied) which is now attempting to fundraise in order to keep the centre open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21667/24]

Exchequer Deficit

Pearse Doherty

161. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the source of Exchequer funding that would be required in the years 2026 and 2027 under the SPU, given the projected Exchequer deficits of €1.9 billion and €1.3 billion respectively; for example, whether the Exchequer account would be supported through borrowing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21174/24]

Childcare Services

Pearse Doherty

255. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are available through Pobal to provide assistance to a community playgroup (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18303/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

294. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an ENT appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; if it can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21020/24]

Health Service Executive

Pearse Doherty

299. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a HSE report on the death of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be completed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21036/24]

Health Service Executive

Pearse Doherty

311. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the HSE can provide a post operative bed for a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21108/24]

Childcare Services

Pearse Doherty

323. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the assistance her Department can provide for a playgroup (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18304/24]

Defective Building Materials

Pearse Doherty

282. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a technical review will be completed for a defective block scheme application (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20542/24]

Coroners Service

Pearse Doherty

339. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice the average waiting times for inquests, per county, for the past five years, in tabular form; the number of coroners, per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20105/24]

Official Apology

Pearse Doherty

434. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, following his discussion in Dáil Éireann (details supplied) on 6 December 2023, he has considered offering an apology on behalf of the State to a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20377/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

490. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) can expect to receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20176/24]

Qualifications Recognition

Pearse Doherty

532. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a full-time MSc in an occupational therapy course (details supplied) is a qualification recognised by CORU, and if so, the average processing times for recognition and registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20330/24]

Departmental Reports

Pearse Doherty

569. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a report, believed to have begun in June 2022 into 11 allegations of abuse at a disability centre (details supplied), will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20489/24]

Medical Cards

Pearse Doherty

585. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a medical card decision will be made for a cancer patient (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20591/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

598. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20689/24]

Health Services Staff

Pearse Doherty

12. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when he will meet with the Donegal branch of an organisation (details supplied) to address its concerns regarding broken promises to improve diabetes services in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19824/24]

Hospital Staff

Pearse Doherty

44. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to provide for a dedicated consultant neurologist at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19818/24]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

112. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure that a passport will be processed for a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20098/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

130. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a breakdown of the non-core expenditure allocation of €4.5 billion, which includes provision for Covid-related spending primarily in health, costs relating to accommodating and supporting beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine and expenditure related to EU funds, disaggregated by programme type. [20095/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

131. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a breakdown of the core expenditure increases provided in Table 12 of the Stability Programme Update for the years 2025 to 2027, disaggregated by existing levels of service, capital allocations under the National Development Plan, and any other items. [20099/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Pearse Doherty

227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an organic farming scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20003/24]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

250. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of residential units subject to the 10% rate of stamp duty with respect to the acquisition of certain residential property where a person acquires at least ten such units during a 12-month period, disaggregated by county in which the property was located, in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [19509/24]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

251. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of residential units subject to the 10% rate of stamp duty with respect to the acquisition of certain residential property where a person acquires at least ten such units during a 12-month period; the total number of purchasers; and the total value of stamp duty paid, in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [19512/24]

Departmental Policies

Pearse Doherty

595. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the assistance his Department can provide for a play group (details supplied) a service that faces closure due to its building being condemned as a result of the presence of defective concrete blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19436/24]

Disability Services

Pearse Doherty

609. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what plans are in place for residents of a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal, after news emerged that the facility was to close for two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19525/24]

Medical Cards

Pearse Doherty

713. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a medical card decision will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who has cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19286/24]

Harbours and Piers

Pearse Doherty

62. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government has considered the reclassification of Magheraroarty pier in County Donegal as a pier for landing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18300/24]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

154. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first-year and full-year cost of removing residential stamp duty with respect to the purchase of residential property by first time buyers for property purchase values of €500,000 or less. [18668/24]

Housing Schemes

Pearse Doherty

155. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the help to buy scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. [18671/24]

Housing Schemes

Pearse Doherty

156. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the allocation in the base as per Budget 2024 for the help to buy scheme in each of the years 2025, 2026 and 2027. [18672/24]

Housing Schemes

Pearse Doherty

157. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue saved were the loan to value ratio under the help to buy scheme increased to 85%. [18673/24]

Housing Schemes

Pearse Doherty

158. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue saved were the maximum amount of relief under the help to buy scheme reduced to €25,000 and the loan to value ratio increased to 85 %. [18674/24]

Housing Schemes

Pearse Doherty

159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue saved were the maximum amount of relief under the help to buy scheme reduced to €20,000 and the loan to value ratio increased to 85 %. [18675/24]

Housing Schemes

Pearse Doherty

160. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue saved were the maximum amount of relief under the help to buy scheme reduced to €15,000 and the loan to value ratio increased to 85%. [18676/24]

Housing Schemes

Pearse Doherty

161. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue saved were the maximum amount of relief under the help to buy scheme reduced to €10,000 and the loan to value ratio increased to 85%. [18677/24]

Business Supports

Pearse Doherty

219. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider targeted supports to businesses experiencing increased costs through changes, including rebates, under employers PRSI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15233/24]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 12 December 2023, the estimated revenue that will be raised in each of the years 2024 to 2030 by the proposed increases in all classes of PRSI, disaggregated by PRSI class, employer, employee and self-employed, in a scenario (details supplied), in tabular form. [18667/24]

Health Service Executive

Pearse Doherty

316. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a HSE report on the death of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be completed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18562/24]

Mental Health Services

Pearse Doherty

319. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to address the lack of dedicated support for mental health in the Donegal town area of County Donegal, and that people are having to travel over 50 miles to Letterkenny for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18577/24]

Disability Services

Pearse Doherty

320. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health what plans are in place for residents of a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal, after news emerged that the facility was to close for two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18578/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Pearse Doherty

321. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the new Ballyshannon Community Hospital in County Donegal will become fully operational; the reason the hospital is not currently operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18579/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Pearse Doherty

181. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if cold caps will be made available for patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18265/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Pearse Doherty

182. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that can provide cold caps for patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18266/24]

Hospital Procedures

Pearse Doherty

183. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if Beaumont Hospital surgery referral will be expedited for person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18307/24]

Banking Sector

Pearse Doherty

198. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance for a schedule of the disposal of shares held at a bank (details supplied) by the State, together with the date, transaction value and volume for each disposal, from 2013 to date. [17519/24]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost, in cumulative terms, of not proceeding with scheduled increases in the carbon tax in each of the years 2025 to 2030, inclusive. [17522/24]

School Accommodation

Pearse Doherty

331. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the reason for the continued delay in providing a promised SEN provision for a school (details supplied), despite the school being approved under her Department's additional school accommodation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18085/24]

Social Insurance

Pearse Doherty

405. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if the scheduled increases in PRSI between 2024 and 2028 are factored into table 2 (showing cashflow projections with respect to SIF in selected years) of the actuarial review of the social insurance fund as at 31 December which was completed by her Department in December 2023; and if she will provide an updated equivalent table providing cashflow projections with respect to SIF for those selected years which take account of the aforementioned PRSI increases. [17553/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Pearse Doherty

535. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any application has been made to move Ukrainian refugees into accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17535/24]

Disability Services

Pearse Doherty

555. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when HSE funding will be allocated for approved assisted living for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17867/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Pearse Doherty

598. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a HSE reimbursement application was refused for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17472/24]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Pearse Doherty

633. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) will get sanctioned for funding from the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17739/24]

Business Supports

Pearse Doherty

114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider supports for businesses facing increased labour costs through the PRSI system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17062/24]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

20. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from restricting the employers' PRSI exemption for share-based remuneration to micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16899/24]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

21. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2024 of not proceeding with scheduled increases in excise duty on marked gas oil on 1 April 2024, 1 August 2024 and 9 October 2024. [16904/24]

Seirbhísí Dátheangacha

Pearse Doherty

90. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais cén fáth nach bhfuil múinteoirí in ann clárú i nGaeilge leis an gComhairle Mhúinteoireachta ar líne sa bhealach céanna ar féidir é a dhéanamh i mBéarla, mar atá tagartha i gCeist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 128 den 29 Meitheamh 2023, agus an gcinnteoidh sí go mbeidh comhionannas ann do Ghaeilgeoirí go luath. [16372/24]

School Staff

Pearse Doherty

344. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the work that is underway to improve pay and terms and conditions for school caretakers similar, to that achieved for school secretaries; the stage this process is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16569/24]

Departmental Schemes

Pearse Doherty

454. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection how often carer's allowance is reviewed; the criteria upon which it is reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16001/24]

Tax and Social Welfare Codes

Pearse Doherty

469. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost if an employer’s PRSI credit were to be introduced with various credit rates (details supplied). [16438/24]

Tax and Social Welfare Codes

Pearse Doherty

470. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost if an employer’s PRSI credit were to be introduced at various rates (details supplied). [16439/24]

Tax and Social Welfare Codes

Pearse Doherty

471. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost if an employer’s PRSI credit were to be introduced at various rates (details supplied). [16440/24]

Disability Services

Pearse Doherty

565. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of organisations in Donegal that have been awarded funding from the Children's Disability Grant, which have received funding; the amount received; the organisations that have yet to be awarded funding; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16046/24]

Departmental Schemes

Pearse Doherty

571. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the children's disability grant will be provided to successful applications in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16589/24]

Defective Building Materials

Pearse Doherty

10. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the issue of future mortgage ability affecting homeowners affected by defective concrete blocks who avail of the DCB scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15705/24]