Parliamentary questions

Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision

Pearse Doherty

129. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when he will report on the proposal to tackle the difficulty in some cases of acquiring flood insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16841/16]

Financial Transactions Tax

Pearse Doherty

130. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the financial transaction tax, including why he is opposed to it; if this position is open to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16844/16]

Banking Sector

Pearse Doherty

131. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the options he is considering regarding his shares in Permanent TSB and the overall strategy for the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16845/16]

Legislative Reviews

Pearse Doherty

132. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to simplify and consolidate financial consumer protection legislation. [16846/16]

Consumer Protection

Pearse Doherty

133. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16847/16]

Credit Register Establishment

Pearse Doherty

136. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when the central credit register will come into operation and will operate it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16938/16]

Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears

Pearse Doherty

137. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to place the code of conduct on mortgage arrears on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16939/16]

Central Bank of Ireland

Pearse Doherty

138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to amend section 33AK of the Central Bank Act 1942 in line with the banking inquiry’s recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16940/16]

Departmental Contracts

Pearse Doherty

139. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid to a firm (details supplied) to date and the expected final costs in respect of work on the Central Bank consolidation Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16941/16]

Promissory Notes

Pearse Doherty

140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the status of the planned disposal of the floating bonds held by the Central Bank related to the promissory notes; his plans to alter this strategy; the discussions he had with the Central Bank and with the European Central Bank on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16942/16]

Central Bank of Ireland Reports

Pearse Doherty

141. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the figures given in the Central Bank's published insurance statistics are provided by the industry or if they are audited by the Central Bank before publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16944/16]

Cearta Painéil Mhúinteoirí Scoile

Pearse Doherty

224. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cathain a bheidh duine i nDún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar fáil) curtha ar phainéal forlíontach na Roinne; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [17280/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Pearse Doherty

269. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16792/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Pearse Doherty

270. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16793/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

367. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16791/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

457. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17308/16]

Addiction Treatment Services

Pearse Doherty

459. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that there is currently no addiction counselling service available to persons under 18 years of age who are resident in County Donegal following the vacating of a counselling post; if he acknowledges that such an absence will have a detrimental impact on the health and well being of service users in the county; the action he is taking to expedite the recruitment of a replacement counsellor in order to reinstate the service; the details of the provisional measures which he will introduce in order to ensure that minors in County Donegal may avail of addiction services during the interim period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17335/16]

Road Safety

Pearse Doherty

523. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the road safety concerns of residents living in the vicinity of the N15 Blackburn Bridge Road project in County Donegal, phase 1 of which is currently under construction; the measures he will put in place to alleviate these concerns and to address the immediate hazards posed by the present condition of the road including poor road alignment, hazardous junctions as well as an uneven road surface; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16721/16]

Tax Collection Forecasts

Pearse Doherty

76. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance why he did not revise the predicted level of tax revenue from budget 2016 upwards, consistent with the out-turn of the stronger 2015 revenue base; the reason for his approach to the 2016 corporation tax forecast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16432/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

77. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the specific estimates of the cost of planned tax reductions or of the amount of new revenue that would be raised from the planned offsetting tax changes for all relevant years, given the warnings raised by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council regarding his taxation proposals contained in the programme for a partnership Government, whereby he commits to the continued phasing out of the universal social charge and states that this and other reductions in personal tax rates will be largely funded through higher taxes in other areas, for example through non-indexation of personal tax credits and bands, [16433/16]

Fiscal Policy

Pearse Doherty

78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will release compliance figures to 2021 that reflect the reality that is incorporating his policy intentions, given the April 2015 spring economic statement in which the previous Government stated that it intended to adopt a fiscal policy stance that would meet minimum compliance with the fiscal rules and acknowledged that tax and spending projections in the stability programme update 2016 from 2017 onwards were purely technical and did not include policy changes consistent with this intention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16434/16]

GDP-GNP Levels

Pearse Doherty

79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views that under the stability programme update projections the debt-to-gross domestic product ratio is projected to fall to 69% of gross domestic product by 2021, but assuming a policy of minimum rule compliance as previously committed to is implemented from 2017 on, the debt ratio would continue to decline but would be around five percentage points of gross domestic product higher by 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16435/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

80. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has conducted a risk analysis of the concentration of corporation tax receipts having risen sharply in recent years, with over 40% paid by ten companies in 2015, up from 21% in 2009 and that in 2015 corporation tax from the top ten companies amounted to over 6% of total tax revenue, approximately the same proportion of total tax revenue accounted for by stamp duty in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16436/16]

Fiscal Policy

Pearse Doherty

81. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason for non-compliance with the budgetary frameworks directive to date and if the Government will enhance the quality of its medium-term budgetary forecasts by providing projections based on a realistic set of assumptions in line with the requirements of the directive and the requirement under the medium-term budgetary frameworks directive that budgetary forecasts also be provided on the basis of envisaged policies and hence the Government’s medium-term fiscal plans would include the major tax and spending priorities outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16437/16]

Stability and Growth Pact

Pearse Doherty

82. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he envisages the deviation stripping out the one-off Allied Irish Banks widening by end-year and by how much, given that his spending projections imply non-compliance with the expenditure benchmark requirements for 2016 when the bank's transaction in 2015 is disregarded, with the associated overspend amounting to approximately €700 million on the basis of current stability programme update plans and given his record of under-provision for a number of Departments, in particular the Department of Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16438/16]

Fiscal Policy

Pearse Doherty

83. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the components of the methodology of the medium-term forecasts that were produced using the European Union commonly agreed methodology; how the forecasts are calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16440/16]

Fiscal Policy

Pearse Doherty

84. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the details of the complementary medium-term baseline estimates and why they are better suited to the Irish economy, given the medium-term forecasts that were produced using the European Union commonly agreed methodology and work already commenced to develop a complementary set of medium-term baseline estimates for the supply side based on methodologies better suited to the characteristics of the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16441/16]

Fiscal Policy

Pearse Doherty

85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the work undertaken or plans to develop a complementary set of medium-term baseline estimates for the supply side, based on methodologies better suited to the characteristics of the Irish economy regarding the medium-term forecasts which are currently produced using the European Union commonly agreed methodology, which is only required for fiscal surveillance and which his Department has long recognised is not appropriate for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16442/16]

Fiscal Policy

Pearse Doherty

86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the assertion by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that there are risks that signs of overheating may again be missed if he exclusively relies on the commonly agreed methodology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16443/16]

Schools Building Projects

Pearse Doherty

125. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expedite a school building project (details supplied); if he recognises the need to accelerate this project, given the deteriorating condition of much of the school's existing accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16550/16]

Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme

Pearse Doherty

126. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will formally complete the review of the Delivering Equality of opportunity in Schools scheme; if he will include additional schools under the scheme following the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16552/16]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Pearse Doherty

141. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will formally finalise the revision to the 2006 wind energy development guidelines; if the revision will be informed by recent developments abroad in terms of enhanced regulations governing the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16553/16]

Fiscal Policy

Pearse Doherty

182. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he envisages changes to, and the details of previous examples of adjustments made to, European Union co-funded payments, with regard to the domestic medium-term expenditure framework, which permits revisions to ceilings, where adjustments are related to spending on cyclically related unemployment spending or European Union co-funded payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16439/16]

Stability Programme Data

Pearse Doherty

183. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his spending commitment of €6.75 billion includes some expenditure already committed and included in the projections in the stability programme update 2016 or if it is additional to existing commitments. [16431/16]

Harbours and Piers Development

Pearse Doherty

233. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the pier at Killybegs Harbour in County Donegal, including if he has formally approved it, if he has allocated the required funding, its cost and the start and completion dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16551/16]

Research and Development Supports

Pearse Doherty

277. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has assessed how she could rebalance public supports for research and development, given the recent assertion by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development that such supports are skewed towards tax credits and should be rebalanced towards more direct support for domestic small and medium enterprises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16470/16]

Carer's Allowance Delays

Pearse Doherty

119. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16302/16]

Carer's Allowance Payments

Pearse Doherty

120. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16303/16]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Pearse Doherty

175. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16301/16]

Transport Infrastructure Ireland Funding

Pearse Doherty

72. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to allocate capital funding for the projects outlined in the capital plan; and when each of these projects will commence. [15618/16]

Motor Insurance

Pearse Doherty

154. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank is examining how it presents insurance statistics and data related to the insurance sector and in particular to the motor insurance sector; if it will publish these statistics in a more contemporaneous way and in greater detail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15389/16]

Insurance Costs

Pearse Doherty

155. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when the working group examining the framework for insurance policy will report; if he will publish its report without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15390/16]

Tax Avoidance

Pearse Doherty

164. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of annual prosecutions and corresponding tax, interest and penalties levied as a result of the general anti-avoidance rule since it was introduced in the Finance Act 2014, in tabular form; his views on the effectiveness of the rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15558/16]

Motor Insurance

Pearse Doherty

165. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which motor insurance companies use telematics in determining premiums; if his review of the cost of insurance is examining how telematics could influence prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15583/16]

Universal Social Charge Data

Pearse Doherty

166. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing the universal social charge on all income up to €80,000 per year and applying it only to the amount above that. [15625/16]

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports

Pearse Doherty

168. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to develop additional models for estimating medium-term potential growth to ensure signs of overheating are detected, as per the fiscal council's suggestion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15737/16]

Motor Insurance

Pearse Doherty

169. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of and his plans to examine issues causing difficulties for returning emigrants in accessing car insurance, including for commercial purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15738/16]

Eurozone Issues

Pearse Doherty

172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when the European Union Commission will issue a decision on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15902/16]

Cóiríocht Scoile

Pearse Doherty

182. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil sé ar an eolas faoin drochstaid ina bhfuil foirgneamh scoile i gcontae Dhún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar fáil) agus an easpa lóistín chuí atá ar áitreabh na scoile; an gcuirfidh sé maoiniú breise ar fáil ionas go bhféadfaidh an scoil na fadhbanna seo a shárú. [15329/16]

Water Pollution

Pearse Doherty

232. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the competent agencies and authorities responsible for water quality monitoring are routinely testing water samples for the presence of asbestos containing materials in public water supplies; his progress in identifying and replacing sections of the water supply network which have been found to contain asbestos cement piping; if he regards the presence of such materials as posing a particular danger to public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15327/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Pearse Doherty

286. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot be released from JobPath to pursue a child care course through a community employment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15354/16]

Stability Programme Data

Pearse Doherty

361. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that medium-term projections such as those in the stability programme update do not understate likely future expenditure pressures, such as public pay increases or inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15736/16]

Hospital Beds Data

Pearse Doherty

401. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of designated inpatient beds and the overall occupancy rates at Killybegs Community Hospital, County Donegal, by month, in 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15328/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

441. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the vacant posts in community health organisation area 1 in the past six months; if these posts remain vacant; if not, the date on which he filled each post; the date on which the Health Service Executive became formally aware of when the vacancy for each post existed or would exist; if and when he approved the filling each of these posts and the level at which he formally made this approval, be it local, regional or national, and so on; the measures he has taken to fill these vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15721/16]

Harbours and Piers

Pearse Doherty

524. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the recent introduction of restricted access hours for those requiring the use of a syncrolift operated by his Department at Killybegs Harbour, County Donegal; if this limits access to the device to traditional office hours and only when authorised personnel are present; if he is aware of claims that such restrictions are unworkable given that such a device may only be deployed during times when favourable tidal conditions are present; if he is further aware of the adverse impact which these measures are having on the various industries operating within the region which make use of the device for fleet maintenance; his plans to reconsider these measures and lift these new restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15974/16]

Personal Injury Claims

Pearse Doherty

608. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount the injuries board paid in legal fees in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15391/16]

Personal Injury Claims

Pearse Doherty

609. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and percentage of applicants to the injuries board who chose to engage a solicitor in the claims process in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15392/16]

Legislative Reviews

Pearse Doherty

610. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to review the Personal Injuries Assessment Board legislation; and the public consultations she will include. [15394/16]

Legislative Reviews

Pearse Doherty

611. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the concerns that have provoked a review of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15395/16]

Personal Injury Claims

Pearse Doherty

612. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average award the injuries board issued in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15396/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Pearse Doherty

98. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15168/16]

Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

104. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not eligible for jobseeker's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15304/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

169. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation. [15169/16]

Garda Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

109. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality why a person (details supplied) was not informed that a temporary clerical officer post at Ballyshannon Garda station in County Donegal had been relocated; why this person was not offered this post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14646/16]

Garda Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

110. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality why a person's (details supplied) name was removed from the panel for a vacant temporary clerical officer post in Ballyshannon Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14647/16]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

127. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the status of former employees of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation as creditors in the liquidation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14272/16]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

128. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if former workers at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will receive four weeks' redundancy pay less statutory pay, given the latest report on the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14273/16]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

129. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the unsecured creditors at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation who have applied for funds from the liquidation; the value of their applications; the payment in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14274/16]

Banking Sector

Pearse Doherty

133. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of annual management fees on apartments and the amount overdue by each State backed bank. [14307/16]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data

Pearse Doherty

138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown by county of all Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland funding drawn date to date. [14523/16]

Mortgage Lending

Pearse Doherty

144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank intends to carry out any public consultation on the issue of high standard variable rates on mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14685/16]

International Bodies Membership

Pearse Doherty

148. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the date Ireland applied to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the process by which it was decided to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14763/16]

International Bodies Membership

Pearse Doherty

149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to list the external advisers consulted and any remuneration paid to them for advice regarding the State's involvement in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14764/16]

International Bodies Membership

Pearse Doherty

150. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the share and voting rights Ireland will enjoy in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14765/16]

International Bodies Membership

Pearse Doherty

151. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the calculations that have been made as to what Ireland's initial and recurring contribution to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14766/16]

EU Directives

Pearse Doherty

152. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance how Ireland used the discretion available under the mortgage credit directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14808/16]

EU Directives

Pearse Doherty

153. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of concerns that the mortgage credit directive has increased the difficulty for those who live in the Six Counties getting a mortgage here and for returned emigrants to acquire a mortgage here because of chapter 9, Article 23 of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14809/16]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

289. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the system in place whereby women who entered the workforce, took time out to care for their children and later re-entered the workforce, are penalised when awarded their contributory State pension, despite having in excess of the required contributions, as the average calculation introduced results in them being awarded a lower rate than persons who worked for fewer years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14262/16]

Garda Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

370. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total rent paid by An Garda Síochána on its barracks in Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, since the lease began. [14734/16]

Registration of Nurses

Pearse Doherty

417. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health in relation to the register of nurses and midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, the number of applications which were received by the organisation in the past 12 months; the number of these for which the applicant has been successfully added to the register, following the completion of the registration process; the number of applications received during this period, which were later withdrawn by the applicant prior to the application having been formally assessed, as part of the initial stages of the registration process; the average number of weeks typically taken to fully evaluate an application, and to thus complete the registration process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14407/16]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

452. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the details of current vacancies at Letterkenny University Hospital in respect of medical personnel in tabular form; the time these posts have remained vacant; the positions for which approval to commence recruitment to fill an identified staffing deficit has been sought by the hospital; if approval has yet been granted in respect of such positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14644/16]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

453. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his views on the impact, which the recently introduced interim measures restricting recruitment within the health service pending the approval of a new HSE pay and numbers strategy, will have on an individual hospitals' ability to fill staffing vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14645/16]

Hospitals Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

53. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health in respect of activity-based funding, the transition arrangements that are currently in place in the hospital system to reflect the difference between hospitals' current costs and national average costs; how he will phase out these arrangements; what will happen to hospitals that are unable to address the differences in their costs base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13706/16]

HSE National Service Plan

Pearse Doherty

69. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the national service plan process for 2017 will commence; when analysis of the 2016 funding position and the 2017 costs of initiatives for pre-budget purposes will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13707/16]

UN Conventions Ratification

Pearse Doherty

114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14031/16]

Local Authority Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

145. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance how he calculates spending by local authorities for the purposes of the expenditure benchmark and in the calculation of fiscal space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14185/16]

National Cancer Strategy

Pearse Doherty

235. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a compensation scheme for persons suffering from asbestosis cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14030/16]

Motor Insurance

Pearse Doherty

297. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to renegotiate or vary the agreement with the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland following the Setanta ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14088/16]

Universal Social Charge Yield

Pearse Doherty

84. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 59 and 79 of 26 May 2016, to answer these questions again using the current parameters within which USC is charged, to provide for the non-indexation of USC bands and thresholds and to take into account the buoyancy of USC annual receipts over the period, given that USC receipts are forecast to reach €4.9 billion by 2021. [13874/16]

Motor Insurance Coverage

Pearse Doherty

85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the impediments to an Irish driver seeking motor insurance from an insurance company operating in another EU state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13875/16]

Vehicle Registration

Pearse Doherty

86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing the €100 administration fee deducted from repayable vehicle registration tax when importing a car. [13876/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

87. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the gains in revenue from the cumulative effect of six proposed measures (details supplied). [13880/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

88. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the gains in revenue from the cumulative effect of six proposed measures (details supplied). [13881/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

89. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be generated by reducing the standard fund threshold from €2 million to €1.7 million, to €1.5 million, to €1.3 million and to €1 million. [13882/16]

Revenue Commissioners Resources

Pearse Doherty

90. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised by increasing the Revenue Commissioners personnel by 125 qualified persons to target tax evasion and black market activity. [13883/16]

Property Tax

Pearse Doherty

91. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the net cost of abolishing the local property tax. [13884/16]

Budget 2016

Pearse Doherty

92. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the details of the net effect of measures carried over for a year as a result of budget 2016, in tabular form. [13885/16]

Financial Services Regulation

Pearse Doherty

93. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the savings that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry, as opposed to the current 50%. [13886/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

94. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of dividing the capital gains tax categories into passive and active and applying a 40% rate to the passive tax activity, for example, buying shares, and the following 35% to active engagement, for example, selling on a business. [13888/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

95. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue generated by applying certain measures (details supplied). [13889/16]