Parliamentary questions

School Transport Review

Pearse Doherty

67. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will formally complete the review of the school transport scheme; the consultation process he will employ to engage with the various stakeholders, including the parents and guardians of school-goers availing of school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10979/16]

Flood Prevention Measures

Pearse Doherty

150. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in instances where local community groups or voluntary organisations have developed detailed and costed flood mitigation and management plans to alleviate local flood risk, compiled in consultation with knowledgeable and accredited professional practitioners, if such proposals will be considered by the competent authorities responsible for flood management; the process by which groups may make such submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10952/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

161. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment from University Hospital Galway, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10986/16]

Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears

Pearse Doherty

2. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the statement in the programme for Government regarding the intention to "work 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, this code of conduct will be put on a statutory basis", what these sustainable arrears solutions will consist of and when he envisages the obligation for sustainable arrears solutions will be put on a statutory footing. [10760/16]

Banks Recapitalisation

Pearse Doherty

6. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the source and detail of the recommendation that the Government no longer seek the direct recapitalisation of banks (details supplied) through the European Stability Mechanism, ESM, fund; and when he will make this information available to the public, given his confirmation of this course of action. [10543/16]

Mortgage Interest Rates

Pearse Doherty

21. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the expected timeline as to when Irish variable mortgage rates will move in line with the European average, in view of the statement in the programme for Government regarding the Government’s intention to take all necessary action to tackle high variable rates. [10542/16]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal

Pearse Doherty

31. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a tribunal is currently in place to consider individual applications in relation to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; the last date on which the tribunal formally convened; if a dedicated tribunal is not currently in place, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10806/16]

Ambulance Service

Pearse Doherty

178. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the national capacity review of the Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10865/16]

Ambulance Service Data

Pearse Doherty

179. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the volume and category of calls received by the Ambulance Service in respect of each division in County Donegal in each of the years since 2010, including Letterkenny, Carndonagh, Killybegs, Dungloe, the Finn Valley, Ballyshannon, and Donegal town, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10866/16]

Ambulance Service Data

Pearse Doherty

180. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 22 March 2016, if he is aware that the information provided is ambiguous and somewhat deceptive; if he will provide the accurate schedule of the times of when ambulances are on duty in respect of each of the base stations serving all divisions in County Donegal including, Letterkenny, Carndonagh, Killybegs, Dungloe, the Finn Valley, Ballyshannon, and Donegal town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10868/16]

Garda Operations

Pearse Doherty

79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána will return to a surviving spouse a sum of money which was recovered from a deceased person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9427/16]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Awards

Pearse Doherty

107. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts she will make to expedite an appeal submitted to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal by a person (details supplied) in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9446/16]

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Pearse Doherty

176. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to his previous assertion that the estimated cost attached to the real estate investment trust scheme relates not to an exemption from tax but rather to a move from direct taxation of rental income in the hands of investors to the taxation of dividends distributed to investors from profits arising from that rental income under this scheme, the income receipts at fund level under the scheme and the corresponding level and amount of taxation of this income in the hands of investors since its introduction by year in tabular form. [9453/16]

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Pearse Doherty

177. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of dividend withholding tax that has subsequently been refunded to persons and companies in accordance with the relevant double taxation agreements and through other reclaim forms in respect of dividend payments under the real estate investment trust scheme by year in tabular form. [9454/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

178. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have paid the domicile levy and the corresponding amount raised since its introduction by year in tabular form. [9455/16]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

179. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised from the domicile levy were the Irish property value threshold lowered from €5 million to €3 million and the yearly income tax threshold increased from €200,000 to €400,000. [9456/16]

EU Budget Contribution

Pearse Doherty

190. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the historic contributions to the EU budget in monetary value for each of the years 2006 to 2015 in tabular form. [9596/16]

EU Budget Contribution

Pearse Doherty

191. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the expected annual contribution to the EU budget in monetary value for each of the years 2016 to 2021 in tabular form. [9595/16]

Gross National Income

Pearse Doherty

192. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the expected growth in gross national income in both monetary value and percentage terms for each of the years 2016 to 2021 in tabular form. [9594/16]

Tax Reliefs Data

Pearse Doherty

210. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the annual amount of tax relief provided and claimed and the associated number of items donated, for each year between 2000 and 2015, inclusive, in tabular form with regard to section 1003 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, referring to tax relief that is available in respect of the donation of important national heritage items to the Irish national collections. [10290/16]