Parliamentary questions

Insurance Industry Regulation

Pearse Doherty

63. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the membership of his Department's task force reviewing the insurance environment; the number of times it has met; and the attendance at each meeting. [21660/16]

Insurance Industry Regulation

Pearse Doherty

64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he received a first report from his Department's task force reviewing the insurance environment focusing on the compensation issue; and when he will publish the report. [21661/16]

Insurance Industry Regulation

Pearse Doherty

65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number and nature of his modules his Department's task force reviewing the insurance environment intends to cover; the timeframe in which each one is scheduled to conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21662/16]

Mortgage Data

Pearse Doherty

67. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the situation for Irish mortgage holders who have a tracker mortgage linked to the European Central Bank rate with a British bank no longer operating here (details supplied) in view of the likelihood of Britain leaving the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21732/16]

Motor Tax Collection

Pearse Doherty

124. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who renewed their motor tax on a quarterly, bi-annual and annual basis in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21403/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Pearse Doherty

146. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of application by a person (details supplied) under the carer’s allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21562/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Applications

Pearse Doherty

147. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection why he has declined an application by a person (details supplied) under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; to specify the documentation that remains outstanding in respect of the application and the mechanism by which he communicated a missed signing date to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21563/16]

Social Welfare Offices

Pearse Doherty

148. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the remit and area of activity assigned to personnel who are employed privately and work in local social protection offices; the level of training provided to them; if they are qualified and authorised to provide advice on social protection entitlements, payments, and the eligibility of individual claimants, in offices in which operations are provided by contracted private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21564/16]

Social Welfare Offices

Pearse Doherty

149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the procedures and checks he carries out as part of the procurement process to assess the suitability of individual companies which tender to provide services in social protection offices; if he actively considers these companies' ability to comply with employment law prior to awarding the tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21565/16]

Departmental Contracts Data

Pearse Doherty

150. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of money he has paid to private companies to which he has awarded contracts to provide services in local social protection offices by registered company name and by county in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21566/16]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

195. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation; to which hospital and to whose care has this person been referred
; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21522/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

212. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the average public waiting times for child psychology services in County Donegal; the total number of children waiting for such an appointment; if he will provide the number of children who have received such appointments on a monthly basis in 2015 and in 2016, to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21596/16]

Road Safety

Pearse Doherty

277. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 21 June 2016, and which was subsequently referred by him to Transport Infrastructure Ireland for direct response, the reason a reply has yet to be received.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21597/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

131. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20586/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of pre-financing by programme her Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the EU Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20583/16]

Charities Regulation

Pearse Doherty

155. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether it is appropriate that law firms use registered charitable trusts to act as shareholders for large numbers of its special purpose vehicle clients; if she had ever raised this issue with the charities regulator and if the regulator has ever raised concerns with her Department about this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20804/16]

Migrant Integration

Pearse Doherty

158. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money Ireland has received from the European Commission towards integration projects since the start of the refugee crisis; and the projects this money was spent on including the amount of money spent on each project, in tabular form. [20871/16]

Migrant Integration

Pearse Doherty

159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money Ireland has received from the European Commission towards integration projects since the start of the refugee crisis; the amount of that money Ireland has drawn down; if any allocated funds were returned to the Commission; and if so, the reason therefore. [20872/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

189. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed. [20579/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

190. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the European Union Commission has ever attempted to or actually imposed fines on Ireland because of the State's vehicle registration tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20625/16]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

191. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised through vehicle registration tax for each of the past seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20626/16]

State Banking Sector

Pearse Doherty

199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the net change in value of shares held by the State in each bank in which he has shares since the referendum on Britain leaving the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20798/16]

European Investment Bank

Pearse Doherty

203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of names put to him to bring to Government for the post of Ireland's appointee as vice-president of the European Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20865/16]

European Investment Bank

Pearse Doherty

204. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of applicants there were for the post of Ireland's appointee as vice-president of the European Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20866/16]

European Investment Bank

Pearse Doherty

205. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the names of the two independent external third parties with appropriate senior level experience of the public service, banking and finance, and European Union Institutions appointed as part of the selection process for Ireland's appointee as vice-president of the European Investment Bank. [20867/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

230. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20577/16]

Youth Enterprise Initiatives

Pearse Doherty

264. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has implemented the structures and systems necessary to certify expenditure under the European Union regulations and have them verified by a designated body, to a level acceptable to the European Commission, in order to draw down funding from the youth employment initiative; and if this has not been done, the reason why. [20873/16]

Youth Enterprise Initiatives

Pearse Doherty

265. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Ireland has complied with the relevant regulatory requirements of making interim claims under the European Union youth employment initiative since its inception; and if not, the reason why. [20874/16]

Youth Enterprise Initiatives

Pearse Doherty

266. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Ireland has complied with the relevant regulatory requirements of making interim claims under the European Union Youth Employment Initiative since its inception; and if it does not, the amount of funding Ireland has been unable to access each year, in tabular form. [20875/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

304. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20578/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

365. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20585/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

416. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20580/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

433. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20584/16]

State Assets

Pearse Doherty

443. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to list each State asset disposed of for each of the past five years and the value obtained for each disposal. [20800/16]

Information and Communications Technology

Pearse Doherty

444. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Ireland has set up its electronic data exchange system, known as e-cohesion, and, if not, the reason. [20876/16]

Information and Communications Technology

Pearse Doherty

445. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Ireland has implemented a national information technology system to meet the 2014-2020 ESIF requirements; and if this has not been done the amount of funding Ireland has either lost or been unable to drawdown each year because of this, in tabular form. [20877/16]

Information and Communications Technology

Pearse Doherty

446. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Ireland has implemented a national information technology system to meet the 2014-2020 ESIF requirements; and if not, why not. [20878/16]

Information and Communications Technology

Pearse Doherty

447. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated conclusion date for the implementation of a national information technology system to meet the 2014-2020 ESIF requirements. [20879/16]

Information and Communications Technology

Pearse Doherty

448. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name of the company which won the tender for the contract to develop and implement the national information technology system to meet the 2014-2020 ESIF requirements. [20880/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

451. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the European Union contribution factored into the capital plan and the amount of this funding which relates to cross-Border initiates such as INTERREG or Peace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21058/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

462. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of pre-financing by programme her Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20573/16]

Preschool Services

Pearse Doherty

479. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has not been allocated supports as part of the preschool placement under the special needs assistant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21140/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

496. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health why formal notification to commence recruitment for a vacant community-based senior dietician post for people with diabetes in County Donegal has not yet been administered by the Health Service Executive primary care division; if he is aware of the fact that general practitioners in the county are unable to refer high-risk patients to more specialised services as a result of this position remaining unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20553/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

498. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20581/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

586. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 14 June 2016, the reason no reply from the Health Service Executive has yet been received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21163/16]

Hospitals Data

Pearse Doherty

604. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the fact that of the 4,184 registration applications received by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland between 2015 and May 2016, only 1,632 were successfully added to the register; if a review of the registration process is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21224/16]

Departmental Programmes

Pearse Doherty

658. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20572/16]

Coillte Teoranta

Pearse Doherty

694. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 29 June 2016 to outline the evidence of an increase in risk levels associated with instructors providing chainsaw courses other than those who are qualified Coillte Teoranta instructors; the statistics and data supporting these claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21111/16]

EU Programmes

Pearse Doherty

732. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the EU Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20575/16]

EU Programmes

Pearse Doherty

754. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20587/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

792. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of pre-financing, by programme, her Department has applied for in the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20582/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

813. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of pre-financing by programme her Department has applied for in the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reason this money will be reimbursed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20574/16]

EU Funding

Pearse Doherty

837. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the European Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20576/16]

Insurance Costs

Pearse Doherty

90. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views that insurance premium increases in areas apart from motor insurance may be linked to core underwriting losses and an environment of very low investment returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20402/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

93. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the fees or any other form of remuneration paid to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20243/16]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

96. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of the special liquidation of IBRC to date; and the estimated final cost. [20337/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Applications

Pearse Doherty

146. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to ensure that all those normally employed in schools as secretaries, cleaners and caretakers with moneys from funding sources including the ancillary services grant are enabled to apply for and receive social protection payments and entitlements in a timely and swift manner during periods of temporary lay-off, such as during school holidays; if such workers must go through the normal application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20231/16]

Special Educational Needs

Pearse Doherty

326. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of incidents in which children with special educational needs who had enjoyed supports as part of the previous supports system are to have these existing supports withdrawn henceforth following the introduction of the new access and inclusion model, AIM, to support children with disabilities and special needs to access preschool education; if such a removal of supports contravenes a previous commitment given by her in which it was stated that all supports currently available through the various agencies are to remain in place for 2016-17 during this transition period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20232/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Pearse Doherty

30. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contingency plans he has developed to deal with the result of the British referendum on withdrawal from the European Union. [19751/16]

Public Expenditure Policy

Pearse Doherty

41. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to deal with capacity pressures within the public sector in the context of the Government's announced tax cut programme. [19752/16]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Funding

Pearse Doherty

75. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will allocate the next budget for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal and the amount she will allocate for its awards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20050/16]

IMF Loan

Pearse Doherty

83. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance why Ireland repaid only 81% of its International Monetary Fund loan earlier and the potential saving in repaying the remaining loan earlier than scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19882/16]

Vehicle Registration

Pearse Doherty

88. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of an increase in incidences of workers who are resident in the South and employed in the North being stopped by customs officials for suspected non-payment of vehicle registration tax in respect of vehicles which, as part of an employment entitlement, are registered in the North and have been provided to them through a rental scheme administered by a third party on behalf of their employer; the efforts being made by customs officials to afford such workers, who have applied for the relevant tax exemption and are awaiting for a decision in respect of an appeal, the opportunity to have their cases determined in a timely and just manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19974/16]

Legal Services Regulation

Pearse Doherty

99. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she anticipates that the legal services regulatory authority will commence its work; if the authority has been established; if its chief executive has been appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19444/16]

Mortgage Lending

Pearse Doherty

122. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide the use of the exceptions under the Central Bank's lending rules by a bank (details supplied) by the amount under the loan-to-value rules, in tabular form; the amount under the loan-to-income rule and the amount that was granted to buy-to-let mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19163/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

135. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the personal, pay as you earn and earned income credits by 0.7% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €170,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €170,000. [19332/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

136. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the personal, pay as you earn and earned income credits by 0.7% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €170,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €170,000 and introducing levies of 2% and 4% on income over €170,000. [19333/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

137. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the pay as you earn and earned income credits by 5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000 and introducing levies of 2%, 4% and 5% on income over €140,000. [19334/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance regarding the CAT group A threshold, the total annual number of persons who availed of the group A threshold in each of the years from 2010 to 2014, in tabular form; the total value claimed through this threshold; and the total number of persons whose claims exceeded this threshold, broken down into regions (details supplied) as per the Revenue Commissioners organisational chart. [19337/16]

Fiscal Data

Pearse Doherty

152. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide a recalculation of the fiscal space available over the next five years based on the figures noted in the information box on the possible economic impact of a British exit from the European Union in the Summer Economic Statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19741/16]

Central Bank of Ireland

Pearse Doherty

153. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance how the loan-to-income and loan-to-value rules under the Central Bank's macro-prudential lending rules interact with each other; if there is a formula in place that limits the leeway for exceptions that can be used under one rule at the expense of the other; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19784/16]

Third Level Fees

Pearse Doherty

185. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the increasing concerns of students at the prospect of student fees payable by those from the Republic of Ireland, who are undertaking degree programmes in either Northern Ireland or in the United Kingdom, may in future be levied at non-European Union student rates following the Brexit referendum outcome; if he is further aware of similar concerns among students resident in Northern Ireland regarding the likelihood of student fees being levied at non-European Union student rates for those studying in institutions here; the measures he will take to ensure that students in both instances will not experience an increase in the cost of attending third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19274/16]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Pearse Doherty

379. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the south Ennis flood relief scheme will commence; to provide the technical issues delaying the scheme; the new anticipated date for finishing the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19254/16]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy

Pearse Doherty

542. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress made with regard to the development of a new implementation framework for the reconfiguration and development of neuro-rehabilitation services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19445/16]

Hospital Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

550. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if there is currently a full-time endocrinologist in place at Letterkenny University Hospital for the treatment of adult diabetes patients; the waiting times for persons to receive an appointment with the endocrinologist at the hospital, specifically regarding those waiting for three months, six months, nine months,12 months or greater then 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19505/16]

Budget Targets

Pearse Doherty

78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will release an updated version of the summer statement, given Britain voting to leave the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18996/16]

Water Charges Yield

Pearse Doherty

79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance for details on how water charges were treated in the summer statement financials over the five year period 2017 to 2021 with regard to revenue projections, expenditure projections, fiscal space projections and allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18997/16]

Departmental Legal Costs

Pearse Doherty

119. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the costs to the State to date and the likely final costs of a court case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18974/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

194. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for inpatient and day case treatment at Letterkenny University Hospital, per specialty and in tabular form, and who have been waiting for six, nine, 12, 15 months and more than 15 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18927/16]

Revenue Commissioners Staff

Pearse Doherty

70. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the recruitment process used to fill a recent vacancy for a clerical officer position based at the Office of the Revenue Commissioners in Donegal town; if this post was filled using the central applications facility central transfer list; if not, why this method was not utilised to recruit for this vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18662/16]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

135. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to amend and extend the community employment pilot scheme in order to permit participants who are 60 years of age and older to continue their participation beyond the present maximum standard participation limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18806/16]

Gaeltacht Policy

Pearse Doherty

146. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will continue to provide supports to an Údarás na Gaeltachta client company (details supplied) following the company having had its certified approval to deliver industry specific training withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18751/16]

Coillte Teoranta

Pearse Doherty

190. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if only qualified Coillte Teoranta instructors are permitted to provide chainsaw courses on Coillte-owned property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18635/16]

Ministerial Meetings

Pearse Doherty

78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has been invited to the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs dialogue hearings and his response to any invitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17946/16]

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments

Pearse Doherty

79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the value of investments the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has made in fossil fuel-related investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17947/16]

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments

Pearse Doherty

80. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the value of investments the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has made in companies involved in hydraulic fracturing here or elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17948/16]

Tax Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

89. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the payment of a domicile levy here enables a person to claim exemption from tax liability in the United States of America under the double taxation clauses in the 1997 treaty between the two countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18315/16]

Tax Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

90. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases in which Irish persons have attempted to claim exemption from foreign taxation on the basis that they have paid the domicile levy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18316/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

91. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid the domicile levy and the amount that was collected from the levy in 2015; his plans to increase the levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18317/16]

Electoral Reform

Pearse Doherty

216. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to introduce measures to facilitate those whose occupation necessitates them to spend extended periods of time at sea or in other destinations which does not make it possible to vote at their designated polling station nor permits them to make use of the postal vote facility in relation to voting in elections and referenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18368/16]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

411. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the status of the review being carried out into gynaecology and ante-natal services at Dungloe Community Hospital; if the review has been initiated and when it is expected to be formally completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18177/16]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Pearse Doherty

430. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will facilitate a group (details supplied) in meeting the chief executive officer of St. Vincent's Hospital to discuss their concerns regarding the staffing situation for those in need of sarcoma treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18326/16]

National Driver Licensing Service

Pearse Doherty

518. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been made aware of a computer systems failure at the National Driver Licensing Service office in Donegal Town; the date on which the system first became inoperative and the date on which this issue was resolved; the impact which this failure has had on services and what alternative arrangements were put in place for customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18124/16]

IDA Site Visits

Pearse Doherty

545. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits made by IDA Ireland client companies to each county, on a county basis and in tabular form, in 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18104/16]

Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears

Pearse Doherty

2. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the programme for Government commitment to deal with the mortgage crisis by working with the Central Bank to amend the code of conduct on mortgage arrears to include an obligation on providers of mortgage credit to provide a range of sustainable arrears solutions and to put the code of conduct on a statutory basis. [17748/16]

Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision

Pearse Doherty

48. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the progress made in providing a solution to those persons in areas that have recently flooded whereby they can access flood insurance at affordable prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17537/16]

Loan Books Purchasers

Pearse Doherty

54. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when, as per the programme for Government, he will move to provide greater protection for mortgage holders, tenants and SMEs, whose loans have been transferred to non-regulated entities, that is, vulture funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17538/16]

Universal Social Charge Abolition

Pearse Doherty

60. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his position on abolishing the universal social charge by 2021; and his plans to replace the potential €5.6 billion income per annum by 2021 that this charge could bring in by 2021. [17539/16]

Insurance Costs

Pearse Doherty

62. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the motion on insurance costs passed by Dáil Éireann on 9 June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17536/16]

Back to Work Allowance Applications

Pearse Doherty

165. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) under the back to work enterprise allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17673/16]