Parliamentary questions

Insurance Compensation Fund

Pearse Doherty

54. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid to the State from the insurance levy for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9031/16]

Insurance Industry Regulation

Pearse Doherty

55. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of fees paid to the administrators of a company (details supplied) for each of the years since it went into administration, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9032/16]

Insurance Levy

Pearse Doherty

56. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount raised from the levies on insurance policies in each of the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; if the figures reflect both the gross receipts and the net receipts, less the cost and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9033/16]

Fiscal Data

Pearse Doherty

59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the details of the fiscal space available for each of the next five years, in tabular form, given the 2016 stability programme update. [9089/16]

Property Tax Administration

Pearse Doherty

60. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance why a person (details supplied) was issued with correspondence detailing the local property tax owing in respect of a local authority property owned by Donegal County Council; why a sum of €111.96 was subsequently deducted from this person's employment pension; how the person's personal public service number was obtained in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9112/16]

Government Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

71. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Departments that are facing spending pressures over the next five years; the monetary value of these pressures; and how they will impact on the fiscal space, in tabular form, given the 2016 stability programme which states that while his Department will do everything possible to maintain expenditure within existing allocations, it is likely that over the course of the year, voted spending pressures amounting to circa 0.25% of gross domestic product could materialise. [9088/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Pearse Doherty

95. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the pig crisis payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9114/16]

Medical Card Data

Pearse Doherty

161. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards holders, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8945/16]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

182. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 879 of 9 June 2015, wherein the reply clearly states that an overall review of antenatal arrangements was initiated by the clinical directorate, why, following a freedom of information request in which access to all written records pertaining to this review was sought, the request was refused on the grounds that the documentation being requested did not exist; the nature of the review which did take place; if written documentation is available in respect of the review carried out in relation to antenatal service provision; if such records are available; if he will release these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9048/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

198. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment from Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9115/16]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

220. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a review into ante-natal and gynaecology services at Dungloe Community Hospital, County Donegal, will be carried out; the reason such a review has not yet taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9163/16]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

221. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when he will reinstate ante-natal and gynaecology services at Dungloe Community Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9164/16]

Oideachas Gaeilge

Pearse Doherty

234. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil sí toilteanach bualadh le coiste scoile (sonraí ar fáil) chun a n-iarratas ar Aonad a bhunú a phlé; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [8813/16]

Student Universal Support Ireland Administration

Pearse Doherty

235. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a problem in the Student Universal Support Ireland application process whereby the input of a number of days, along with weeks, in the sections dealing with income is not permissible, to allow for accurate figures to be provided in the totals section; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8817/16]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Pearse Doherty

256. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills when she will make a decision on a revised application for capital funding for a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9009/16]

School Staff

Pearse Doherty

266. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the period of time a fully qualified primary teacher may expect to remain on the main panel before being offered a permanent teaching position; if a maximum permissible waiting time exists before a candidate may be considered for such posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9099/16]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Pearse Doherty

314. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fiscal risks associated with a legally binding European Union effort sharing decision on climate change covering 2013 to 2020, which necessitates a 20% greenhouse gas reduction in certain sectors on 2005 levels (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9086/16]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Pearse Doherty

315. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the projected purchases of carbon credits that he forecasts purchasing for failure to comply with the European Union effort sharing decisions which necessitates a 20% greenhouse gas reduction in certain sectors on 2005 levels, by amount, by year, by relevant sector in tabular form. [9087/16]

National Broadband Plan

Pearse Doherty

324. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 20 April 2016, to reply to the two questions raised, namely, the adequacy of the national broadband strategy in view of concerns raised by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation as outlined, and the cost of upgrading the national broadband strategy to the specifications outlined in the question. [9085/16]

National Broadband Plan

Pearse Doherty

326. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the national broadband plan will be operational in Saint Johnston, in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9144/16]