Parliamentary questions

Schools Building Projects Status

Pearse Doherty

205. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence has been received from a group (details supplied) regarding a school project in County Donegal; if a reply has issued to the correspondence; the status of the progress being made to deliver the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29108/19]

National Carers Strategy Implementation

Pearse Doherty

378. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the efforts made and steps taken during 2018 and to date in 2019 to assess the health, mental health and needs of caregivers of children with medical needs; the relevant research undertaken or commissioned by his Department or the HSE; the pilot initiatives under way or completed; and if evaluation reports from same will be provided. [29248/19]

Horse Racing Ireland Funding

Pearse Doherty

538. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided for the redevelopment of the Curragh racecourse; the areas this funding was drawn from; the budgeted amount at the beginning of the redevelopment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29102/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Pearse Doherty

569. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend high-speed fibre broadband to a household (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29071/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Pearse Doherty

570. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the parameters for deciding to exclude properties (details supplied) in County Donegal in high-speed fibre broadband installations in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29072/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Pearse Doherty

577. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend high speed fibre broadband to a household (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29330/19]

Government Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

73. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected general Government expenditure in 2020 if he delivers a budget of €2.8 billion comprised of €1.9 billion pre-committed, €0.2 billion expenditure reserve and €0.7 billion additional discretionary spending as outlined in the Summer Economic Statement; and the percentage increase in expenditure this constitutes since 2019. [28648/19]

European Central Bank

Pearse Doherty

94. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the analysis carried out on the impact of the programme of quantitative easing of the ECB on the economy in terms of GDP, GNI* and other metrics in recent years; the forecasts that exist for its impact into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28772/19]

State Banking Sector Regulation

Pearse Doherty

104. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if State owned banks are investing in or lending to companies directly involved in fossil fuel extraction; if so, the extent of such commercial activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28862/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

181. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation in Letterkenny University Hospital; if they are on the routine or urgent waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28621/19]

Childcare Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

409. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to increase capacity in terms of places for young children in need of crèche places in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28651/19]

Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks

Pearse Doherty

461. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount he plans to allocate in Budget 2020 for the MICA and pyrite repair scheme announced recently. [28845/19]

Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks

Pearse Doherty

462. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the progress on delivering the MICA and pyrite repair scheme announced recently. [28846/19]

Student Universal Support Ireland Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

190. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason €2 million less was spent on the SUSI grant in 2019. [28522/19]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

191. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the income thresholds for the SUSI grant will rise in 2020 to make it more accessible for students and families. [28523/19]

Mental Health Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

239. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised that persons are being admitted through the emergency department of Letterkenny University Hospital for psychiatric care; if consideration will be given to change the practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28397/19]

Care of the Elderly Provision

Pearse Doherty

253. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of home support package hours which had originally been budgeted for in 2018 and 2019 in County Donegal; the number of home support package hours which were provided, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28540/19]

National Oil Reserves Agency Data

Pearse Doherty

282. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current rate of the National Oil Reserves Agency levy; and the annual revenue raised by the levy in each year since 2007, in tabular form. [28342/19]

National Oil Reserves Agency Data

Pearse Doherty

283. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the sources of revenue that comprise the total revenue collected through the National Oil Reserve Agency levy; and the percentage paid by oil producers and normal consumers and so on in each year since 2007, in tabular form. [28343/19]

National Oil Reserves Agency Data

Pearse Doherty

284. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the National Oil Reserve Agency levy is an Exchequer revenue source; and, if so, if the reallocation of the levy to the climate action fund will have an impact on the Exchequer. [28344/19]

National Oil Reserves Agency Data

Pearse Doherty

285. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the National Oil Reserve Agency levy is collected in a non-Exchequer fund; if so, the amount of revenue accumulated in the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28345/19]

National Development Plan

Pearse Doherty

288. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the intended spending on each renewable energy source of the €13.7 billion that is to be attracted from private sources as part of the National Development Plan. [28321/19]

Climate Change Policy

Pearse Doherty

293. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected rate of return on climate action fund investment projects both individually and an average; and if the investments made in seven relevant projects are intended to be long-term or short-term investments. [28412/19]

Climate Change Policy

Pearse Doherty

294. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the €300 million in private financing leveraged by investments from the climate action fund includes the €77 million invested by the fund. [28413/19]

Climate Change Policy

Pearse Doherty

295. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected resources in the climate action fund in each year out to 2030; and the sources of revenue that will contribute to that fund in each year in tabular form. [28414/19]

Irish Aviation Authority

Pearse Doherty

315. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of domestically owned private jets registered here. [28375/19]

Irish Aviation Authority

Pearse Doherty

316. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of domestically or commercially owned private helicopters registered here. [28376/19]

Irish Aviation Authority

Pearse Doherty

317. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of private jet and plane journeys that departed from here in 2018 or the latest year for which data is available. [28377/19]

Irish Aviation Authority

Pearse Doherty

318. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of privately owned helicopter journeys that took place here in 2018 or the latest year for which data is available. [28378/19]

Tourism Promotion

Pearse Doherty

321. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which Fáilte Ireland promotes Grianán of Ailleach as a must see along the Wild Atlantic Way; and the future plans of Fáilte Ireland to develop it as a tourist attraction. [28433/19]

Living City Initiative

Pearse Doherty

182. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of successful applicants by city or town under the living city initiative since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27526/19]

Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles

Pearse Doherty

188. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of listed undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities, UCITS, registered as Irish collective asset-management vehicle, ICAVs; the percentage this comprises of total UCITS; the gross value of the UCITS that are registered as ICAVs; and the percentage of this value of UCITS value. [27627/19]

Irish Real Estate Fund

Pearse Doherty

189. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the value of the property and real estate investment held by all funds domiciled here; and the gross value and proportion of the total asset value figures of the amount that relates to residential and commercial properties. [27628/19]

Irish Real Estate Fund

Pearse Doherty

190. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the value of all assets held by IREFs; and the gross value terms and proportion of the total asset value terms of the amount that relates to residential and commercial properties. [27629/19]

Irish Real Estate Fund

Pearse Doherty

191. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of IREFs domiciled here; the number registered as ICAV structures, QIAIFs, RIAIFs and UCITS, respectively, in tabular form; and the percentage share of IREFs in each of the fund categories or corporate structures listed. [27630/19]

Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles

Pearse Doherty

192. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of qualifying investor alternative investment funds QIAIFs registered as ICAVs; the percentage this comprises of total QIAIFs; the gross value of the QIAIFs that are registered as ICAVs; and the percentage of this value of total QIAIFs value. [27631/19]

Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles

Pearse Doherty

193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of alternative investment funds, AIFs, registered as ICAVs; the percentage this comprises of total AIFs; the gross value of the AIFs that are registered as ICAVs; and the percentage of this value of total AIFs value. [27632/19]

Summer Economic Statement

Pearse Doherty

203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the €600 million for discretionary revenue-raising measures in the summer economic statement, including, in the case of non-indexation, the revenue associated with each tax credit or threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27909/19]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Pearse Doherty

210. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is no longer exempt from car tax under the disabled drivers and passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28026/19]

Revenue Commissioners Staff

Pearse Doherty

211. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the level of recruitment planned by the Revenue Commissioners in 2019 at each grade level separate from recruitment that will be required to deal with Brexit issues; the number of persons expected to retire; if recruitment will be sufficient to replace persons who are retiring in each county by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28093/19]

Summer Economic Statement

Pearse Doherty

213. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if annexe 1 on page 38 of the summer economic statement is a hypothetical scenario; if he plans to introduce the measures outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28147/19]

General Government Debt

Pearse Doherty

214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason a discrepancy exists in the statement of the general Government balance between table 6 on page 27 of the summer economic statement, in which the nominal general Government balance is listed as €1.4 billion, and the stability programme update 2019 which states the general Government balance as €1.235 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28148/19]

Stability Programme Data

Pearse Doherty

215. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the €605 million resources not allocated which are listed in table 10 of the stability programme update 2019; and if there has been a change regarding this unallocated spend in the summer economic statement. [28149/19]

Summer Economic Statement

Pearse Doherty

224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his understanding of the format and function of an expenditure reserve, that is, if this is simply unallocated spending included in the base; if not, if it is placed in a separate fund and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28144/19]

Summer Economic Statement

Pearse Doherty

225. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason annex 1 on page 38 of the summer economic statement lists €1.1 billion in pre-committed capital spending and is listed elsewhere as €0.7 billion. [28145/19]

Summer Economic Statement

Pearse Doherty

226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the portion of the €1.1 billion that is smoothed; and the impact or size of this spending before it was smoothed as per annex 1 on page 38 of the summer economic statement in pre-committed capital spending. [28146/19]

Civil Service Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

237. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of temporary summer Civil Service positions filled from applicants on the summer and the all year panel, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28273/19]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

238. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if interviews for applicants on the summer panel took place in Dublin for temporary vacant Civil Service positions in County Donegal; if so, the reason they did not take place in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28274/19]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

239. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if interviews for applicants on the all year panel took place in County Donegal for temporary Civil Service vacant positions in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Welfare in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28275/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

440. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the routine or urgent waiting list to attend Crumlin Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27911/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

441. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can be considered for an earlier appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27912/19]

Respite Care Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

477. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason respite care allocation was cut for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when full respite care service will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28109/19]

Aquaculture Licence Applications

Pearse Doherty

546. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm receipt of a letter of observation and petition opposing an application (details supplied) for an aquaculture licence at Dungloe Bay, County Donegal; if due process and all relevant legal requirements have been adhered to with respect to this application to date in addition to the requirements in relation to public notification and consultation periods; the venue at which all documents in relation to the application were open for public viewing; when a determination will be made with respect to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28216/19]

Aquaculture Licence Appeals

Pearse Doherty

547. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made with respect to an appeal made against a decision to grant an aquaculture licence (details supplied) at Gaoth Dobhair Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28217/19]

Tourism Project Funding

Pearse Doherty

611. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the promotion of Grianán of Aileach will be considered for funding under the platforms for growth initiative of Fáilte Ireland as an immersive heritage cultural attraction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28131/19]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Pearse Doherty

660. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full cost of the Christmas bonus for the past five years it was issued; the size of the bonus, for example, 85% or 100%; and if the bonus is included in the expenditure base in each year in tabular form. [28015/19]

Universal Social Charge Yield

Pearse Doherty

48. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue collected as a result of the USC in each of the past five years; the estimated revenue to be collected in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27356/19]

School Admissions

Pearse Doherty

76. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants for each school nationally that were not accepted due to capacity issues for the school year that began in September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27440/19]

Childcare Services Data

Pearse Doherty

235. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on a waiting list for each crèche nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27441/19]

Climate Change Policy

Pearse Doherty

199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected contributions into the climate action fund planned for each year of the National Development Plan 2018-2027, which would see it rise to at least €500 million; and the estimated impact of each annual contribution on the general balance in each of the years concerned in tabular form. [26992/19]

Climate Change Policy

Pearse Doherty

200. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the climate action fund will be used to fund public capital projects; if not, if it will fund other public spending commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26994/19]

Climate Change Policy

Pearse Doherty

201. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected use of climate action fund resources over the lifetime of the National Development Plan 2018-2027; the proportion of the funding that will be public spending or private grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26995/19]

Climate Change Policy

Pearse Doherty

202. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the climate action fund will be used to fund commitments in the Climate Action Plan 2019; and if so, the level of such funding that will be used in relation to each specific project and or commitment. [26996/19]

Bond Markets

Pearse Doherty

130. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if all funds raised through the sale of green bonds will be spent directly on NDP-listed green spending totalling €23 billion in view of the fact that proceeds from green bond sales will be held in the central fund. [26094/19]

Bond Markets

Pearse Doherty

131. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected timeline for the sale of green bonds; and the projected target for sales in order to finance green capital spending. [26095/19]

Bond Markets

Pearse Doherty

132. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount raised through the sale of green bonds to date; and the value and maturity date of each in tabular form. [26096/19]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

148. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer if the entry point to the higher rate of income tax was increased to €50,000 for single earners and €100,000 for couples who are both working and equivalent change for taxpayer units with one partner in work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26771/19]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the work carried out to date on the issue of merging USC and PRSI; his plans to progress the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26772/19]

Credit Unions

Pearse Doherty

150. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered an exemption for the credit union movement from the move towards 100% payment of regulatory costs by the industry in view of the social and volunteer ethos of the movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26773/19]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Pearse Doherty

157. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the planned spending for all €23 billion of climate-related spending outlined in the national development plan, NDP, by year; the projected budgetary impact; and the estimated impact on the general Government balance, that is, GNI* in tabular form. [26092/19]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Pearse Doherty

158. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an internationally recognised benchmark is being used for determining qualification as the €23 billion green capital spending outlined in the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26093/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Pearse Doherty

220. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of efforts to secure sites in Buncrana, County Donegal, for new schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26718/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Pearse Doherty

221. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in progressing plans for the new school buildings at a college (details supplied) in County Donegal since the public meeting there in May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26719/19]

Respite Care Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

311. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when respite services will resume for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26066/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Pearse Doherty

312. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the reimbursement of ocrelizumab for persons with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26067/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

415. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the routine or urgent waiting list to attend Crumlin hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26368/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

416. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can be considered for an earlier appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26369/19]

Autism Support Services

Pearse Doherty

483. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be allocating more financial assistance in 2019 to an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal and is working towards signing off on a service-level agreement with the organisation. [26720/19]

Harbours and Piers Development

Pearse Doherty

561. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to honour the commitment in Project Ireland 2040 to develop the potential of Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal. [26715/19]

Maritime Safety

Pearse Doherty

562. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the decision by Bord Iascaigh Mhara not to proceed with a €1.5 million sea survival training centre for the National Fisheries College in Greencastle, County Donegal; if the financial resources will be provided for the centre to proceed as officially announced in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26716/19]

Departmental Investigations

Pearse Doherty

563. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the investigation into the alleged contraventions of environmental laws at a location (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26717/19]

Renewable Energy Incentives

Pearse Doherty

572. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline to increase renewable energy generation by contracting through the RESS scheme or another method; and the amount of renewable energy he plans to produce in each year of the NDP. [26087/19]

Renewable Energy Incentives

Pearse Doherty

573. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the basis on which contracting the RESS scheme is expected to create savings in the construction of renewable energy generating infrastructure as opposed to the State building this infrastructure directly; and the projected savings targets in year by year and gross totals in tabular form. [26088/19]

Renewable Energy Incentives

Pearse Doherty

574. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the State will own all or any renewable energy generating capital infrastructure contracted through the RESS scheme. [26089/19]

Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

580. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase investment in the SEAI in order to achieve almost 30% emissions reduction targets for 2030. [26090/19]

National Broadband Plan

Pearse Doherty

589. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a community facility (details supplied) in County Donegal can connect to fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26374/19]

Energy Conservation

Pearse Doherty

609. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding for the SEAI deep retrofit pilot scheme has run out; if so, when further funding will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26731/19]

Energy Conservation

Pearse Doherty

610. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications received for the SEAI deep retrofit pilot scheme; the number of applications with works completed; the number of applications outstanding in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26732/19]

Public Transport Data

Pearse Doherty

670. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital funding provided through the National Development Plan 2018-2027 for upgrading or improvement of rail lines outside the greater Dublin area by region and year in which funding is expected to be used in tabular form. [26577/19]

Public Transport Data

Pearse Doherty

671. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital funding provided through the National Development Plan 2018-2027 for the electrification of rail lines outside the greater Dublin area by region and year in which funding is expected to be deployed in tabular form. [26578/19]

National Development Plan

Pearse Doherty

16. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the review which will take place of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 in view of the estimated cost of the National Broadband Plan and the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25828/19]

National Development Plan

Pearse Doherty

34. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which County Donegal will benefit from the National Development Plan 2018-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25829/19]

Tax Reliefs Data

Pearse Doherty

68. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs or schemes that are due to end in the next 12 months; the annual cost of the relief or scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25936/19]

Knowledge Development Box

Pearse Doherty

69. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies by size, that is SME or larger companies, that have availed of the knowledge development box tax scheme to date; the cost to the Exchequer by these categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25937/19]

Tax Reliefs Data

Pearse Doherty

70. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost increasing to each of €3, €5 and €10 million the lifetime gains eligible for the entrepreneur relief 10% CGT rate. [25938/19]

Universal Social Charge Data

Pearse Doherty

71. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing the additional 3% USC rate payable by some self-employed taxpayers. [25939/19]

Tax Reliefs Data

Pearse Doherty

72. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of an industrial or commercial site conversion tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25940/19]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

73. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of indexing personal, PAYE and married person tax credits based on forecasts available such as the stability programme update with price inflation and wage inflation in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25974/19]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

74. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of indexing the threshold at which a worker enters the lower and higher rate of tax based on forecasts available such as the stability programme update to wage and price inflation. [25975/19]

School Curriculum

Pearse Doherty

100. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the appropriateness of junior certificate mathematics classes being provided five days per week instead of four; if he has received concerns about the number of students availing of grinds in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25858/19]