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Tue, 31 May 2016
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Programme for Government Implementation
Pearse Doherty
249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to expand on the programme for Government commitment to introduce a help-to-buy scheme or mortgage insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13210/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Programme for Government Implementation
Pearse Doherty
250. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the proposed help-to-buy scheme or mortgage insurance scheme will be a State-backed scheme or draw upon private insurers or investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13211/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Garda Station Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
540. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of moving the Garda barracks in Harcourt Street to a new location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13227/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Garda Station Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
541. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total rent paid by An Garda Síochana for its barracks in Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 to date. [13228/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Cancer Services Provision
Pearse Doherty
681. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his plans to alter specialist care services available to sarcoma patients currently provided at St. Vincent's University Hospital; if such plans include changes to medical personnel who work as part of the sarcoma multi-disciplinary team at the hospital; if changes are planned, the measures which will be put in place to ensure patients do not experience any reduction to current services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12802/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
Pearse Doherty
736. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a medical device will be provided to a person (details supplied) under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13491/16]
Thu, 26 May 2016
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Universal Social Charge Data
Pearse Doherty
59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue the universal social charge would generate on the basis of no policy change or its phased abolition or reduction (details supplied), in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form. [12256/16]
Thu, 26 May 2016
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
60. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on assertions in the European Commission’s 2016 country report on Ireland that our tax revenue to gross domestic product ratio is low compared with the European Union average and is marginally decreasing, that tax cuts provided in the 2016 budget are likely to reduce further this ratio and that although Ireland's tax system is highly progressive overall recent measures on personal income tax are regressive; how he will address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12257/16]
Thu, 26 May 2016
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Tax Avoidance
Pearse Doherty
78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance why he has not acted on information his Department received from a whistleblower regarding the abuse of the dwelling house exemption by high wealth persons as a means of avoiding capital acquisitions tax; the details of anti-avoidance measures and the caps on relief he has considered to stop this supposed abuse; the number of persons who have availed of this exemption and the amount of capital acquisitions tax exempted in each of the years 2006 to 2015 in tabular form. [12447/16]
Thu, 26 May 2016
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Universal Social Charge Data
Pearse Doherty
79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of a phased reduction (details supplied) of the universal social charge for each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form. [12448/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Prize Bonds
Pearse Doherty
85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the way in which a citizen living in the Six Counties can purchase prize bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11945/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Prize Bonds
Pearse Doherty
86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the value of prize bonds sold in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11946/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
Pearse Doherty
251. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health to provide an insulin pump for a person (details supplied) under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11980/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
Pearse Doherty
315. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a grassland sheep scheme payment outstanding from 2010 has not been issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; what is preventing it from being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12031/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Property Tax Exemptions
Pearse Doherty
100. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if families in County Donegal with homes affected by mica defective blocks are exempt from paying the property tax as indicated by the previous Government; and his plans to legislate to exempt them. [11269/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Banking Sector
Pearse Doherty
101. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to clarify the commitment in the programme for Government not to sell more than 25% of any bank before the end of 2018 plus any small additional shareholding required by the underwriter to complete the sales process by clarifying the meaning for each of the State-backed banks; for example, if in the case of Permanent TSB it means a further 25% and in the case of Bank of Ireland if it means 25% of the existing shares or if it could mean the entire Government shareholding. [11275/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Central Bank of Ireland
Pearse Doherty
105. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the advisory opinions sought from the European Central Bank because domestic legislation affected the workings of the Central Bank; the length of time from the request until the opinion was received, by case; the legislative changes he made as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11438/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Pearse Doherty
114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 17 May 2016 and his reference to Government investment in gross fixed capital formation, GFCF, if he can average all investment in capital over a four year period or just an amount based on the annual general Government GFCF outturn as produced by the Central Statistics Office; and if so, the maximum amount available to be averaged based on this outturn for each of the years 2017 to 2021. [11602/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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NAMA Operations
Pearse Doherty
122. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the effect on the fiscal space of a windfall gain following the wind-up of the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11800/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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NAMA Operations
Pearse Doherty
123. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the effect on the fiscal space if the National Asset Management Agency transfers assets to the State at the end of its term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11801/16]