Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Fiscal Data

Pearse Doherty

424. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated general Government balance for 2022 and 2023, respectively, given the improved revenue intake relative to profile in the recently published August fiscal monitor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44291/22]

White Papers

Pearse Doherty

425. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will publish the White Paper estimate of receipts and expenditure in early September 2022 in the interests of budgetary transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44292/22]

Departmental Funding

Pearse Doherty

426. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the funding allocated towards economic crime and financial fraud in each of the years from 2014 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44293/22]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

427. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2023 of not increasing the rate of carbon tax on 12 October 2022, 1 May 2023 and 12 October 2023, relative to the revenue baseline for 2023 implicit in the summer economic statement. [44294/22]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

428. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2023 of not increasing the rate of carbon tax applied to petrol, diesel and home heating oil on 12 October 2022, 1 May 2023 and 12 October 2023, relative to the revenue baseline implicit in the summer economic statement. [44295/22]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

429. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated total excise rates i.e. mineral oil tax applicable to petrol, diesel and home heating oil in 2023, implicit in the Summer Economic Statement, given its impact on carbon tax revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44296/22]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

430. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated number and percentage of taxpayer units who would benefit from an increase in the standard rate cut-off point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44297/22]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

431. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of individualised gross incomes across the income distribution for 2019 net; the number of individuals in receipt of working-age social welfare payments and the State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44298/22]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

433. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the individualised gross income distributions published by the Revenue Commissioners issued on 30 July 2018 and last modified on 12 April 2022 include all persons in receipt of social welfare payments, including the State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44344/22]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

434. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the tax expenditures and reliefs that are due to expire at the end of 2022; and the estimated cost of extending each to the end of 2023, in tabular form. [44351/22]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

435. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying a zero-rate of VAT to non-oral medicines, disaggregated by non-oral medicine type; if zero rates can be applied to individual non-oral medicine types; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44352/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pearse Doherty

1186. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of a once-off doubling of child benefit for one month and an additional once-off additional €100 payment of child benefit, respectively. [44197/22]

Hospital Procedures

Pearse Doherty

1511. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery in Letterkenny University Hospital, the reason that planned surgery was cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42057/22]

Mental Health Services

Pearse Doherty

1921. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if funding has been made available for those families affected by defective blocks and who need mental healthcare; if so, if he will provide the details of the amount of funding that has been provided; to whom this funding has been given; the services that are being provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43648/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

1989. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for surgery in Temple Street Hospital; if they are on the urgent or routine list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43981/22]

Veterinary Services

Pearse Doherty

2129. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if office space for a superintendent veterinary inspector living in County Donegal but headquartered centrally is available in County Donegal or if temporary office space could be made available and, if not, when office space in County Donegal is likely to be made available for a person with this role. [43101/22]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

354. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected revenue generated by the local property tax in 2022, disaggregated by valuation band number in tabular form. [40244/22]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

355. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected revenue generated by the local property tax in 2022 relative to property value of €312,000 and below for example, with respect to a property of value €400,000, the revenue generated by the tax on the first €312,000. [40245/22]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

363. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from introducing a windfall profits tax on energy providers if the corporation tax applied to their profits was increased from 12.5% to 20%, 25% and 30%, respectively. [40381/22]

Fiscal Data

Pearse Doherty

364. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected structural balance in 2022 and 2023 and the general Government balance in percentage and nominal terms in 2022 and 2023 associated with a structural balance of -0.5%. [40382/22]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

365. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected number of persons subject to USC in 2022, disaggregated by income band in intervals of €10,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40383/22]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

875. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal travelling on 15 July 2022 given that the estimated date has passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39629/22]

Social Insurance

Pearse Doherty

1209. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated revenue that would be generated in 2023 from increasing the rate of employers’ PRSI from 11.05% to 12.05%, 13.05% and 13.5%, respectively, on the portion of individual salaries in excess of €100,000. [40079/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

1227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if a diagnosis is required in cases in which an assessment of needs’ is supplied with domiciliary care allowance applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40337/22]

Patient Transfers

Pearse Doherty

1722. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is likely to get transferred to University Hospital Galway from Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40106/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

1789. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) will receive a date for a procedure in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40428/22]

Community Welfare Services

Pearse Doherty

88. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered the effect of the additional workload, arising from the introduction of the additional needs payment, for community welfare officers; and if she has considered employing additional staff at already short-staffed centres. [34903/22]

Driver Test

Pearse Doherty

233. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal can expect a test date for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38902/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

295. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the tax expenditures and reliefs which are to expire by 31 December 2022; the estimated cost of extending each from 1 January to 31 December 2023; if the cost of extending each to 31 December 2023 is factored into the base for next year as provided in the Summer Economic Statement; and the cost of each in tabular form. [39433/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

296. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the reduced rate of USC for medical card holders to 31 December 2023; and if the cost of same is factored into the base for 2023 as provided in the Summer Economic Statement. [39434/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

297. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected number of persons subject to USC in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39435/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

298. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total value of unclaimed tax, through Revenue for overpaid tax; the number of persons to whom this applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39436/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

299. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the revenue generated by the bank levy is factored into the base of 2023 revenue in the Summer Economic Statement. [39461/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

300. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing personal, PAYE and earned Income tax credits by €5, €10 and at a rate of 2%, disaggregated by tax credit type. [39464/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

301. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the threshold at which the 2% rate of USC applies from €21,295 to €23,322 and €25,350, respectively. [39465/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

302. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reducing the 2% rate of USC to 1% and simultaneously increasing the threshold at which this 1% rate would be applied from €21,295 to €23,322 and €25,350, respectively. [39466/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

303. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised to the end-December 2022 by introducing a 3% income tax surcharge, levied through USC, on individual incomes on the portion of income in excess of €140,000, effective from 27 September 2022. [39467/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

304. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised to end-December 2022 by tapering personal, PAYE and Earned Income tax credits at a rate of 2.5% per €1,000 for individual incomes between €100,000 and €140,000, effective from 27 September 2022. [39468/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

305. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated rate of charge necessary with respect to the bank levy to produce an annual yield of €150 million in 2022 and 2023 respectively. [39472/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

306. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue to be raised to end-December 2022 by introducing a 40% rate of capital gains tax on the portion of individual income, including income generated by gains, in excess of €500,000, effective from 27 September 2022. [39473/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

307. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 21 June 2022, if the revenue generated with respect to a 40% rate of capital gains tax on individual incomes in excess of €500,000, including income from gains, was calculated on the basis of the farm restructuring relief, revised entrepreneur relief and retirement relief applying to the applicable income before the proposed 40% rate is applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39474/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

308. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional yield that could be generated in 2023 if the bailed-out banks had applied to them a 25% and 50% limit respectively on the losses that could be carried forward in a year and a five year absolute limit in which the losses could be utilised. [39475/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

310. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual revenue from applying a charge on the size of the assets of all qualifying Section 110 companies, at a rate of 0.001%, 0.01% and 0.1% in tabular form. [39529/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

311. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual revenue raised from implementing a new tax on company share buy backs at a rate of 0.5%, 1%, 3% and 5% in tabular form. [39530/22]

Public Sector Pay

Pearse Doherty

313. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost of a new public sector pay deal, subject to the outcome of current public sector pay talks, will be funded through the €400 million of the €2.7 billion budget package to be allocated in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39459/22]

Public Sector Pay

Pearse Doherty

314. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if payment of the Christmas bonus is factored into the 2022 expenditure ceiling as set out in the Summer Economic Statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39460/22]

Summer Economic Statement

Pearse Doherty

315. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure allocated to demographics under the Summer Economic Statement, disaggregated by Department. [39462/22]

Departmental Funding

Pearse Doherty

319. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of funding remaining and unallocated in the Covid-19 contingency reserve for 2022; the amount that has been allocated by policy measure and Department; the amount that has been allocated for the expenditure relating to Ukrainian refugees; and a monthly profile of that expenditure relating to Ukrainian refugees. [38929/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pearse Doherty

536. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when an increase on a disability allowance payment will be applied for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38967/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Pearse Doherty

588. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated total cost of providing a once-off €10, €50 and €100 payment to recipients of each social welfare payment, disaggregated by social welfare payment type, provided in tabular form. [39552/22]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

589. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of social welfare recipients by social welfare type in 2019; and the projected number of social welfare recipients by social welfare type in 2022, disaggregated by social welfare type and provided in tabular form. [39553/22]

Health Services

Pearse Doherty

543. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a bus escort trained in the administration of buccal midazolam will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38438/22]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

106. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will attend a meeting with an organisation (details supplied), the Manager of Letterkenny University Hospital and the CEO of the Saolta University Health Care Group to hear their concerns regarding the lack of diabetes care services at the hospital and the pressing need for additional services to be provided. [37590/22]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

197. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he plans to alleviate the concerns that have been raised as a result of the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services that cardiac care services are being eroded at Letterkenny University Hospital; and the correspondence that his Department has had with health authorities in the North of Ireland regarding strengthening cross-Border cardiac care services at Letterkenny University Hospital for persons in Derry, Tyrone and Donegal. [37591/22]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

314. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from legislated increases in the carbon tax on 12 October 2022, 1 May 2023 and 12 October 2023, disaggregated by revenue in 2022 and 2023; and if this revenue is factored into the base for the purposes of budget 2023. [37241/22]

Budget 2023

Pearse Doherty

315. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the tax expenditures and reliefs currently in place which are and are not factored into the base for the purposes of Budget 2023, itemised by name.
[37242/22]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

316. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the reduced rate of VAT for the hospitality and tourism sectors from 1 January 2023 to 28 February 2023; and if this revenue is factored into the base for the purposes of Budget 2023. [37243/22]

Summer Economic Statement

Pearse Doherty

317. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected GDP, GNI and deficit ranges for 2022 and 2023 as outlined in the Summer Economic Statement in nominal terms. [37245/22]

Summer Economic Statement

Pearse Doherty

318. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected levels of inflation as per the Consumer Price Index underpinning the Summer Economic Statement. [37246/22]

Budget Targets

Pearse Doherty

336. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the resources that have been allocated to demographics, public sector pay and existing levels of services and the National Development Plan, respectively in tabular form. [37678/22]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

499. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue for a child (details supplied) travelling on 15 July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37308/22]

Foreign Birth Registration

Pearse Doherty

506. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a foreign births registration can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37550/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

806. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for a procedure in Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37136/22]

Disability Services

Pearse Doherty

964. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will find out if funding for overnight care will be provided to them in order that they can take up a place at university and if consideration has been taken for the fact that due to the person’s complex needs that they will need this information supplied to them well in advance of the beginning of the semester. [36510/22]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

177. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the reduced rate of VAT at 9% applying to electricity and gas to 31 December 2022. [36925/22]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

178. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance he estimated cost of applying a reduced rate of VAT at 9% applying to electricity and gas from 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023. [36926/22]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

179. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying a reduced rate of VAT at 9% applying to electricity and gas from 1 January 2023 to 12 October 2023. [36927/22]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

180. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying a reduced rate of VAT at 9% applying to electricity and gas from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023. [36928/22]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

181. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of maintaining the existing reduced rates of excise duty total mineral oil tax on petrol and diesel from 13 October 2022 to 31 December 2022. [36929/22]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

182. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying the existing reduced rates of excise duty total mineral oil tax on petrol and diesel from 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023, 12 October 2023 and 31 December 2023 respectively. [36930/22]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

183. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying reduced rates of excise duty total mineral oil tax on petrol and diesel to €359 per 1,000 litres and €330 per 1,000 litres, respectively, from 13 October 2022 to 31 December 2022. [36932/22]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

184. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying reduced rates of excise duty total mineral oil tax on petrol and diesel to €359 per 1,000 litres and €330 per 1,000 litres, respectively, from 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023, 12 October 2023 and 31 December 2023. [36933/22]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

185. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying excise duty at a rate of €0 per 1,000 litres on home heating oil from 30 September 2022 to 31 December 2022. [36934/22]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

186. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying excise duty at a rate of €0 per 1,000 litres on home heating oil from 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023, 12 October 2023 and 31 December 2023, respectively. [36935/22]

Seirbhísí Sláinte

Pearse Doherty

325. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Sláinte cá mhéad iarratas ar chártaí leighis a cuireadh isteach ar bhonn míosúil i ngach aon bhliain ó 2020 go 2022, i bhfoirm tábla; cá mhéad iarratas a ndearnadh próiseáil orthu gach aon mhí i bhfoirm tábla, cad é an meánmhéid ama a ghlac sé próiseáil a dhéanamh ar na hiarratais seo gach aon bhliain [36893/22]

State Examinations

Pearse Doherty

127. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the measures that have been put in place for Junior Certificate students who test positive for Covid-19 during exams; if they may re-sit exams or receive a predictive result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36506/22]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

303. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal travelling on 5 July 2022 given that the estimated date has passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36077/22]

Social Insurance

Pearse Doherty

396. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if modelling with respect to deficits of the Social Insurance Fund included increases in other welfare payments over the time horizon considered by the report of the Commission of Pensions; if so, the basis of those welfare payment increases whether indexed to inflation, wage growth and so on; the rates of those increases in percentage or nominal terms; and the way that this expenditure contributed to the forecast deficits of the Social Insurance Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35527/22]

Social Insurance

Pearse Doherty

422. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will be updating the demographic projections and the consequent impact on the Social Insurance Fund according to projections (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36084/22]

Disability Services

Pearse Doherty

754. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for occupational speech and language therapy for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35701/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

803. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Donegal was referred to Sligo University Hospital; if the referral was routine or urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35995/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

804. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Donegal was referred to Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin; if the referral was routine or urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36012/22]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

163. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue in time for persons (details supplied) in County Derry who are travelling on 1 July 2022 given that the estimated date of issue has passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35075/22]

Housing Schemes

Pearse Doherty

267. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider setting up a repayment plan using the household budget for persons who has HAP arrears to enable them to continue to receive HAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34134/22]

Housing Schemes

Pearse Doherty

282. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a repayment plan for HAP arrears can be put in place for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34469/22]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

346. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue in time for a person (details supplied) travelling to a family wedding on 19 July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33707/22]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

347. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue in time for a person (details supplied) living in County Donegal travelling on 2 July 2022 given that the expected issue date has passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33708/22]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

348. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport for a child (details supplied) will issue in time for travel on 5 July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33709/22]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

349. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue in time for a person (details supplied) in County Derry travelling on 29 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33710/22]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

350. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue for a child (details supplied) in County Leitrim travelling on 30 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33711/22]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

497. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if passports applied for in February 2022 will issue in time to family members (details supplied) travelling in July 2022 representing Ireland abroad in a sporting event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34282/22]

Appointments to State Boards

Pearse Doherty

740. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of expressions of interest received from 19 February to the closing date of 29 April 2022 for appointment to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal. [34318/22]

Medical Cards

Pearse Doherty

805. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a medical card review will be completed for a person (details supplied); the reason that tax clearance is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33868/22]

Health Services

Pearse Doherty

860. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if arrangements will be made with Altnagelvin Hospital, County Derry for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal to receive radiotherapy who is due to commence radiotherapy in Galway on 30 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34146/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pearse Doherty

10. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the remediation of dwellings damaged by defective concrete blocks Bill 2022 does not provide for the replacement of the foundations of homes that will have to be demolished, given that he has asked the National Standards Authority of Ireland to examine the need for this to be done in their ongoing review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33087/22]

Vacant Properties

Pearse Doherty

72. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the commitments made to tackle vacant housing in the Housing for All Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33088/22]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

188. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions No. 394 and 395 of 14 June 2022, the number of persons availing of tax relief on pension contributions in 2019 disaggregated by salary band in intervals of €10,000, on an individual level given that the PAYE data on employee pension contributions is now reported to the Revenue Commissioners. [33268/22]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

189. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions No. 394 and 395 of 14 June 2022, the cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on pension contributions in 2019 disaggregated by salary band in intervals of €10,000, on an individual level given that the PAYE data on employee pension contributions is now reported the Revenue Commissioners. [33269/22]

Driver Test

Pearse Doherty

147. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a Cat D driving test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32398/22]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the estimated first and full-year cost of equalising quarterly, half-year and annual payment costs of motor tax equal to the annual payment cost. [32479/22]