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Wed, 15 Sep 2021
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Driver Test
Pearse Doherty
253. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44073/21]
Wed, 15 Sep 2021
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Driver Test
Pearse Doherty
254. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details suppled) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44074/21]
Wed, 15 Sep 2021
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Departmental Projects
Pearse Doherty
289. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures and projects to which funding under the National Recovery and Resilience Facility and Plan are being allocated in 2022 disaggregated by measure and project, funding allocation and Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43470/21]
Wed, 15 Sep 2021
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Special Educational Needs
Pearse Doherty
453. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if additional information is being considered for an SNA appeal for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44075/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Driver Test
Pearse Doherty
162. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driver test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42864/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Banking Sector
Pearse Doherty
192. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total invested by the State and the cash received to date in disposals, redemptions and coupons, dividends and fees; the net cash position and valuation of remaining investment; and the net position at the end of July 2021 in banks (details supplied) in tabular form. [42018/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Tax Credits
Pearse Doherty
194. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason the 30 per cent research and development tax credit regime for small and micro companies provided in the Finance Act 2019 is not yet operable; and when it will come into effect. [42108/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
205. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total value of qualifying expenditure against which capital allowances, including wear and tear allowances, were claimed with respect to data centres in each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form. [42672/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of data centres for which capital allowances were claimed for each of the years 2015 to 2020. [42673/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
207. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total tax revenue foregone in each of the years 2015 to 2020 with respect to capital allowances, including wear and tear allowances, claimed with respect to data centres, in tabular form. [42674/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
208. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be saved in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively, if expenditure incurred with respect to data centres was no longer qualifying expenditure for the purposes of capital allowances. [42675/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Financial Instruments
Pearse Doherty
210. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if an increase in the rate of VAT for the hospitality and tourism sector from 9 to 13.5% has been included in the projections outlined in the Summer Economic Statement or whether extending the 9% rate, for the duration of 2022, would need to be included as a stand-alone measure with cost in budget 2022; and the cost of same. [42725/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
222. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected cost of extending the employment wage subsidy scheme in its current form until 31 March 2022 and 30 June 2022, respectively. [43168/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pearse Doherty
223. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected cost of extending the employment wage subsidy scheme in its current form until 31 March 2022 and then from 1 April 2022 to 30 June 2022 with eligibility criteria amended such that businesses qualify in circumstances in which they have experienced a 50% reduction in turnover in the relevant period and reduced rates as in a table (details supplied). [43169/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Tax Credits
Pearse Doherty
224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an overview of the changes announced to the research and development tax credit for small and micro-companies in section 25 of Finance Act 2019. [43176/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Tax Credits
Pearse Doherty
225. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the date on which a submission was made to the European Commission for State Aid approval with respect to changes made to the research and development tax credit for small and micro-companies under section 25 of the Finance Act 2019; the status of this submission; the expected date of its approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43177/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Tax Credits
Pearse Doherty
226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2022 of amending the research and development tax credit regime by allowing small and micro companies to receive the credit in one instalment rather than three instalments over a 33-month period payable not earlier than the relevant tax pay and file date for the company’s accounting period in which the qualifying expenditure was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43178/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Summer Economic Statement
Pearse Doherty
262. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures included by cost, description and Department in the €8.1 billion in temporary spending for 2022 outlined in table 4 of the Summer Economic Statement 2021. [43182/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Summer Economic Statement
Pearse Doherty
263. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures included in the employment wage subsidy scheme by cost, description and Department in the €5.3 billion in Covid-19 measures and contingency for 2022 outlined in table 8 non-core expenditure trajectory of the Summer Economic Statement 2021. [43183/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Hospital Appointments Status
Pearse Doherty
1411. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal will receive a rheumatology appointment for Our Lady’s Hospital, Manorhamilton; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42865/21]