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Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Cormac Devlin
54. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing by €250,000 the threshold at which businesses must use the invoice system as opposed to cash receipts system for VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10515/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Tax Data
Cormac Devlin
55. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield from standard rating all discretionary tax reliefs and expenditures that cost in excess of €5 million per year in revenue; the breakdown of each tax relief and expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10516/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Value Added Tax
Cormac Devlin
142. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider including the yoga sector in plans to reduce the rate of VAT from 13.5% in the hospitality, hairdressing and gym sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11643/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Schools Building Projects
Cormac Devlin
305. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of the new campus for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11634/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Schools Building Projects
Cormac Devlin
306. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of new buildings for schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11635/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Schools Building Projects
Cormac Devlin
307. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11636/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Cormac Devlin
726. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on weddings of between 100 and 250 persons taking place from September 2020, subject to the targets being met in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; if not, when a decision will be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11639/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Cormac Devlin
727. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business to allow hairdressers and barbers open on 29 June 2020, subject to the targets being met in the roadmap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11640/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Broadcasting Sector
Cormac Devlin
803. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he plans to take to support the independent radio and audio producers sector; the reason for excluding the sector from round 36 funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11637/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Telecommunications Services
Cormac Devlin
804. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he has taken to ensure the providers of home telephone, mobile and broadband services are providing adequate customer service to vulnerable members of society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11638/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Driver Test
Cormac Devlin
897. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to reduce backlogs that have built up for the driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11641/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Taxi Licences
Cormac Devlin
898. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the renewals for taxi licences falling due from 16 June 2020 until the end of phase 4 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business for an additional period in view of the backlogs at NCT centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11642/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Early Years Sector
Cormac Devlin
903. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early years service providers that are due to re-register by the end of December 2020; if Tusla has adequate resources to ensure the process is completed in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10514/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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State Pension (Contributory)
Cormac Devlin
966. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed in the State pension, contributory, section; the average processing time for a State pension, contributory, application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10513/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Cormac Devlin
208. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of financial support provided from March to May 2020 to ensure children in the direct provision system have access to information technology equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic to enable them to keep up-to-date with schoolwork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10473/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Cormac Devlin
262. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of additional financial support given from March to May 2020 to provide PPE to persons in direct provision during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10472/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Health Services Funding
Cormac Devlin
448. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the additional financial support provided to section 39 organisations from March to May 2020; the measures he is taking to ensure the future viability of such organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10474/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Cormac Devlin
687. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider providing sectors most impacted by the Covid-19 crisis with certainty in relation to the continuation of the pandemic unemployment payment, in particular photographers and videographers that are especially impacted by the pandemic and will be slower to recover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10475/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Passport Services
Cormac Devlin
38. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the phase of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business in which the passport office will reopen; the plans that have been put in place to deal with a backlog in applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9741/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Cormac Devlin
322. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that have been put in place for student teachers undergoing the Droichead process to ensure that they qualify in time to contribute fully to the 2020/2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9743/20]