Parliamentary questions

Tax Reliefs

Richard Bruton

218. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the procedure through which the temporary mortgage relief on the increase in interest payments in 2023 can be applied for, and if Revenue have issued guidelines on the matter. [3866/24]

Tax Data

Richard Bruton

219. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units who earn under €40,000 in the most recent year for which statistics are available; and if he will distinguish the number of them who have children; the number who claim as caring for a child alone; and the number who are assessed as married and jointly assessed. [4064/24]

School Staff

Richard Bruton

251. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she has considered the submission seeking the restoration of the premium for teachers teaching through the medium of Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3643/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Bruton

529. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether the pandemic bonus scheme has been completed; and whether a payment is due in the circumstances of a person (details supplied). [3930/24]

Departmental Policies

Richard Bruton

597. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has carried out an assessment of the potential to grow both commercial and social enterprises in developing networks to support the circular economy transformation; and if new initiatives are planned in this arena. [50445/23]

Departmental Policies

Richard Bruton

598. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has carried out an assessment of the potential of remote delivery in health and community development; and if new initiatives are planned in this arena. [4243/24]

EU Enlargement

Richard Bruton

7. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on discussions to extend membership of the European Union and the changes in institutional arrangements that might follow. [2982/24]

Middle East

Richard Bruton

80. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the work at EU and UN level which Ireland is undertaking in pursuit of peace and of a two-state solution in the Israel Palestine conflict. [2981/24]

Environmental Policy

Richard Bruton

138. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the progress in developing a new circular economy strategy with sectoral targets, and an EPA programme of actions, which implement the provisions of the Circular Economy Act. [2979/24]

Electricity Generation

Richard Bruton

144. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will comment on reports that there will be a tight supply situation for electricity for many years to come, and the initiatives which could be considered to ease this risk. [2980/24]

Tax Reliefs

Richard Bruton

214. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate how many people have claimed tax relief on their rental payment, and how this number compares to the estimate which his Department made of the likely numbers that would become eligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2689/24]

Tax Rebates

Richard Bruton

215. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the total value of claims for the refund of income tax on out-of-pocket medical expenses and if he has made any estimate of the likely underclaiming of such eligible expenses. [2690/24]

Tax Credits

Richard Bruton

216. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the number of persons who claim incapacitated child tax credit and if the Revenue Commissioners have undertaken any assessment as to whether a significant number of people may be missing out on this entitlement. [2691/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Bruton

397. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has undertaken any assessment of the number of families who may be eligible for the working family payment, but who fail to apply and if she has considered making arrangements with the Revenue Commissioners to transform this payment into a form of credit which could be more easily claimed or automatically accrued by an eligible family. [2692/24]

Departmental Data

Richard Bruton

398. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the number of people who qualify for the carer’s support grant and how many of these receive it automatically because they are already in receipt of a carer’s payment or domiciliary care allowance; how many qualify through a specific application for the grant and whether she has made any estimate of the numbers of eligible families who may overlook applying for this entitlement. [2693/24]

Departmental Data

Richard Bruton

399. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the number of persons in receipt of the household benefits package who receive this along with their social welfare entitlement and the number who apply separately for them without having an entitlement to a weekly social welfare payment; if she has any estimate of the numbers over 70 years of age on non-social welfare payments who may be entitled to the payment, but do not apply. [2694/24]

Asylum Applications

Richard Bruton

418. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline the procedure for managing the application of persons applying for asylum who have no documentation when they land; whether the carriers retain records of the documentation presented when boarding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2404/24]

General Practitioner Services

Richard Bruton

616. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate the number of families who are in receipt of GP cards now and how that compares to the level before the means limit was increased to the median wage; if he will indicate how this increase compares to his estimate of how many extra families would become eligible as a result of the change in the means test, and if he considers that a large number may be failing to claim their entitlement. [2695/24]

Nursing Homes

Richard Bruton

617. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate the date from which the rental earnings on the home of a person receiving support under fair deal will cease to be assessed for the resident’s contribution to the cost of nursing home care, and the estimated cost that is being budgeted for this change in the method of assessment. [2696/24]

Pharmacy Services

Richard Bruton

651. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether the group considering expanding the role of community pharmacists has reported to him; and if he is considering increasing the fees for existing work or introducing funding for new activities, which could see improvements in service. [2934/24]