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Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
43. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the temporary wage subsidy scheme will be amended to ensure that employers will not lose a portion or all of the wage subsidy in cases in which an employee works additional hours in comparison to those worked and reflected in January and February payroll submissions, particularly in terms of seasonal work; if he will consider allowing the calculation of subsidy based on payroll submissions in 2019 to reflect the seasonal variation in pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16297/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the temporary wage subsidy scheme will be modified to allow employers to avail of same for seasonal workers moving from part-time to full-time hours during peak season (details supplied). [15815/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
45. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number and value of grants disbursed under the restart grant scheme since its inception; the average grant disbursed under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15816/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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National Broadband Plan
Pearse Doherty
110. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if fibre broadband will be put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14678/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Banking Sector
Pearse Doherty
314. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the accrual and charging of interest accrued during the moratorium period for mortgage payment breaks issued in the context of Covid-19 was not required under EBA guidelines in advance of his meeting with an organisation (details supplied) and five retail banks on 11 May 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15900/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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State Examinations
Pearse Doherty
522. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which a student (details supplied) can secure a predictive grade for the leaving certificate having studied at home without a teacher or tutor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14676/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Disability Services Provision
Pearse Doherty
1001. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a resumption of services is planned at a HSE adult disability day service centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14675/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
38. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount in grants disbursed to businesses under the restart grant since its inception; and the number of grants disbursed to businesses under the restart grant since its inception disaggregated by the value of grants in intervals of €1,000, from €2,000 to €10,000. [14546/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
41. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number and value of loans approved and issued to applicants through the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme since 23 March 2020. [14635/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
42. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number and value of loans approved and issued to applicants through the credit guarantee scheme since 23 March 2020. [14636/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
43. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number and value of loans approved and issued to applicants through the Covid-19 working capital loan scheme since 23 March 2020. [14637/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
44. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number and value of loans approved and issued to applicants through the Covid-19 business loan scheme operated through Microfinance Ireland since 23 March 2020. [14638/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
45. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for loans under the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme that have been rejected by lenders since 23 March 2020. [14639/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
46. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for loans under the credit guarantee scheme that have been rejected by lenders since 23 March 2020. [14640/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
47. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for loans under the Covid-19 working capital loan scheme that have been rejected by lenders since 23 March 2020. [14641/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
48. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for loans under the Covid-19 business loan scheme operated by Microfinance Ireland that have been rejected by lenders since 23 March 2020. [14642/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Wage Subsidy Scheme
Pearse Doherty
190. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the planned tax treatment for Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payments, particularly in which the tax liability for those payments exceeds unused personal and PAYE tax credits for 2020; the planned tax treatment for payments made through the temporary wage subsidy scheme particularly in which the tax liability for those payments exceeds unused personal and PAYE tax credits for 2020; and the considerations provided by his Department to introduce legislation that would prohibit interest accrual for mortgage holders availing of a moratorium or payment break in the context of Covid-19 as was implemented in other EU jurisdictions. [14568/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
406. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the situation many students face due to the lack of income and employment available to them over the summer months which might otherwise have been available; if she is considering income supports for such students; and if she has had discussions with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in connection with the issue. [13969/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Pearse Doherty
686. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE and private home support staff who were tested for Covid-19 by county; the number that remain to be tested by county in tabular form in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13866/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Hospital Appointments Status
Pearse Doherty
718. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13967/20]