Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Tax Code

Eoghan Murphy

306. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to encourage homeowners to sell a part of their site for development, by, for example, exempting the sale from capital gains tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37809/15]

Tax Relief Data

Eoghan Murphy

307. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason for the increase in the disregard applied to the tax relief for tuition fees in respect of third level education, from €2,750 to €3,000; the estimated revenue anticipated from this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37810/15]

Tax Yield

Eoghan Murphy

315. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the revenue calculated from capital gains tax in each of the years 1995 to 2014; and the applicable rates in each year. [37881/15]

Child Care Costs

Eoghan Murphy

610. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is considering measures in the area of child care costs, which would assist working parents of children in primary school, for those hours between the end of the school day and the end of the working day. [37724/15]

Child Care Costs

Eoghan Murphy

611. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of providing one month of free preschool care. [37725/15]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Eoghan Murphy

700. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way in which speech and language therapy services will be improved in future years, in order that children requiring these services, will be offered something more meaningful than six lessons in one year, as is currently being offered, when six lessons in one month would be more in keeping with what might be of tangible benefit to the child [37588/15]

Medicinal Products Supply

Eoghan Murphy

730. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current policy on the provision of Epipens in urban centres and cities; and his plans to change this policy in the near future. [37726/15]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Eoghan Murphy

741. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way speech and language therapy services will be improved in the coming years, so that children needing these services will be offered something more meaningful than six lessons in one year, as is currently being offered, when six lessons in one month would be more in keeping with what might be of tangible benefit to the child [37801/15]

Construction Sector Strategy

Eoghan Murphy

1050. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered placing home bond schemes as a mandatory requirement for all residential building projects. [37587/15]

Construction Sector Strategy

Eoghan Murphy

1065. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make home bond schemes a mandatory requirement for all residential building projects. [37800/15]

Registration of Marriages

Eoghan Murphy

93. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the law so that more categories of persons or professions can solemnise the ceremony of marriage, for example, qualified barristers or solicitors. [37005/15]

Tax Code

Eoghan Murphy

55. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to abolish the stamp duty liability incurred by tenants paying more than €30,000 per year; or if he will increase the threshold to reflect rising rental prices. [36690/15]

Unemployment Benefits Payments

Eoghan Murphy

7. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending social welfare rules so that if someone who is receiving unemployment benefits starts a company and draws a salary from it, that person's State support will continue for a period. [35933/15]

Garda Operations

Eoghan Murphy

415. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána practices any form of racial profiling when investigating illegal immigration near the Border with Northern Ireland. [34011/15]

Museum Projects

Eoghan Murphy

784. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and planned future funding for the National Transport Museum of Ireland; if she will consider moving the museum to a more central location; and if she will allocate funds to fix a leak in the roof which is causing vehicles to be damaged. [34012/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

133. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Taoiseach the status of internal audit across his Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32556/15]

Illness Benefit Payments

Eoghan Murphy

178. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is only entitled to a reduced social welfare payment; and if there has been a change in policy regarding a person in this position. [30908/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

288. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of internal audit across her Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32557/15]

Economic Policy

Eoghan Murphy

303. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider implementing a digital certificate authority for cash transactions involving State bodies (details supplied). [30572/15]

Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme

Eoghan Murphy

314. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in view of Cisco's recent commitment to support the UK’s digitisation plans, if he will consider vendor financing options for the implementation of new infrastructural projects here as an alternative to new borrowing or the use of national investment funds for same in view of the fact that major international companies maintain capital reserves for investment in such projects. [30745/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

393. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the status of internal audit across his Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32551/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

405. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of internal audit across his Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards. [30514/15]

Pension Provisions

Eoghan Murphy

406. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will allow a period of time for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, who are working or who have worked in the Civil Service and who have entered civil partnerships or who will marry, to change their single person pension to a spouse and children pension on payment of equitable contributions in view of the fact that such a change would recognise that civil partnerships and marriage were not previously available to these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30591/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

466. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of internal audit across his Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32554/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

563. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of internal audit across his Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32544/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

572. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the status of internal audit across his Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32548/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

672. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of internal audit across her Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32555/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

719. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of internal audit across his Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32546/15]

Medicinal Products Availability

Eoghan Murphy

786. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the supply of a medication (details supplied) for the treatment of phenylketonuria. [30683/15]

Community Care

Eoghan Murphy

806. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding community care. [30743/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

1155. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of internal audit across his Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32553/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

1187. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of internal audit across his Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32552/15]

Home Tuition Scheme Administration

Eoghan Murphy

1278. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there was a change to the payment grant system that children diagnosed with autism have access to, resulting in applied behaviour analysis home tutors having to wait as long as 12 weeks for payment after the hours of tuition have been delivered. [31348/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

1364. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of internal audit across her Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32549/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Eoghan Murphy

1389. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason no funds from the national lottery have been allocated to work on the natural environment; and if his Government will commit to apportioning part of this income to environmental work. [30513/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Eoghan Murphy

1526. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of internal audit in his Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32550/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

1576. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of internal audit across his Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32547/15]

Light Rail Projects

Eoghan Murphy

1610. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Luas construction works are not being carried out at night or on weekends. [31075/15]

Road Traffic Offences

Eoghan Murphy

1627. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a cycling issue. [31566/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

1670. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the internal audit unit across his Department; the internal audit unit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as the internal audit unit's adherence to professional standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32558/15]

Departmental Functions

Eoghan Murphy

1715. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of internal audit across her Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32545/15]

Meteorological Services

Eoghan Murphy

700. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to add weather forecasts from weather stations in Northern Ireland to all of Met Éireann's weather reports (details supplied). [29698/15]

Departmental Funding

Eoghan Murphy

240. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she supports the work of a charity (details supplied); and if she will provide State funding to the charity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29018/15]

Lansdowne Road Agreement

Eoghan Murphy

328. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the details of all side-deals to the Lansdowne Road agreement on public sector pay. [28444/15]

Refugee Data

Eoghan Murphy

446. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the agreed number of residents in each location (details supplied) for the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and the percentage increase or decrease in per diem fees over these periods. [28445/15]

Drug and Alcohol Task Forces

Eoghan Murphy

663. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether he supports the work of a charity (details supplied); and if he will provide State funding to the charity. [29017/15]

Student Support Schemes

Eoghan Murphy

132. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing tax relief on graduate medical students' loans. [27210/15]

Intellectual Property Management

Eoghan Murphy

295. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied as to the protection of intellectual property patent and copyright law (details supplied). [26088/15]

Language Schools Closures

Eoghan Murphy

372. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the financial supports, or otherwise, to be provided for foreign language students enrolled in English language colleges which abruptly closed; and the position for students who have completed or part completed their 24-week study requirement but cannot get their documentation signed for immigration purposes as the schools have closed down. [26087/15]

Nuclear Proliferation

Eoghan Murphy

497. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the failure of the 2015 Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference to agree an outcome document increases the urgency for the negotiation of a new legal framework to ban and eliminate nuclear weapons in keeping with the spirit of Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty; and if Ireland will take a leading role in initiating such negotiations and so on. [26232/15]

Departmental Records

Eoghan Murphy

133. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on those controls within his Department for the management of data and files, including all records relating to departmental and Government decisions; the changes that were introduced in 2011 to ensure the completeness of such records; and if the systems now in place are to be audited on a regular basis to ensure they are working. [25323/15]

Schools Building Projects Administration

Eoghan Murphy

218. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the next five-year plan on new school building projects will be announced. [25237/15]

Tax Credits

Eoghan Murphy

280. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will reverse his decision regarding the tax credits and benefits associated with health insurance (details supplied). [23941/15]

School Staff

Eoghan Murphy

695. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6 was refused an English teacher as an additional language teacher; if she will re-examine the application; and if the awarding process could be made more transparent. [22996/15]

Rail Network Expansion

Eoghan Murphy

866. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Transport Authority will conclude its report on a rail line to the airport; and if he will support a light rail, above-ground option. [22995/15]

Tax Yield

Eoghan Murphy

319. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance Dublin's tax contribution to overall Exchequer finances in 2013. [21878/15]

Redundancy Payments

Eoghan Murphy

335. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the Revenue Commissioners' views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a redundancy situation. [22153/15]

Public Sector Pay

Eoghan Murphy

365. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the establishment of an independent public sector pay commission, similar to the Low Pay Commission, to oversee an evidence based and transparent approach to public sector pay talks. [22152/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Eoghan Murphy

48. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if Government policy should better link her Department with the Private Residential Tenancies Board, allowing money to be paid directly from her Department to the landlord. [20947/15]

Immigration Policy

Eoghan Murphy

102. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to au pairs, if host families are at liberty to enter into a cultural exchange programme with non-European Union students. [20949/15]

Ambulance Service Provision

Eoghan Murphy

150. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his Department co-ordinates with the fire service to ensure that all ambulances are being used efficiently (details supplied). [20948/15]

Citizenship Applications

Eoghan Murphy

123. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has any discretion in expediting citizenship applications, where the resident may not have reached the five-year minimum; and if so, the grounds on which this may take place. [18765/15]

Citizenship Applications

Eoghan Murphy

124. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to include a portion of the time spent in Direct Provision in assessing eligibility for citizenship; and if she had no such plans, the reason for same. [18766/15]

Naturalisation Certificates

Eoghan Murphy

125. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is possible for persons with residency status here to travel to the United Kingdom, or to work in the United Kingdom, without undermining their application for citizenship. [18767/15]

Citizenship Applications

Eoghan Murphy

126. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that the five-year minimum requirement for a resident becoming a citizen is necessary, where a resident has already been in direct provision for five years, or more; and if a shorter period of two years, for example, might not be preferable. [18768/15]

Autism Support Services

Eoghan Murphy

150. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans for supporting children with autism spectrum disorder in extra-curricular activities that may improve their social skills and also contribute to their quality of life while young, but also as they grow in to their teenage years (details supplied). [18769/15]

Pension Provisions

Eoghan Murphy

72. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will examine a pension issue (details supplied). [18058/15]

VAT Rate Application

Eoghan Murphy

73. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the discrepancies in respect of value added tax being charged by telecommunication companies (details supplied). [18069/15]

Public Sector Staff Increments

Eoghan Murphy

74. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit per year since 2008. [18070/15]

Public Sector Staff Increments

Eoghan Murphy

78. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit per year since 2008. [18336/15]

Public Sector Staff Increments

Eoghan Murphy

102. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit per year since 2008. [18326/15]

Public Sector Staff Increments

Eoghan Murphy

104. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit per year since 2008. [18330/15]

Visa Data

Eoghan Murphy

109. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visas required by English language students currently registered in IBAT College, Dublin [18067/15]

Public Sector Staff Increments

Eoghan Murphy

114. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under her remit per year since 2008. [18335/15]

Public Sector Staff Increments

Eoghan Murphy

117. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit per year since 2008. [18328/15]

Public Sector Staff Increments

Eoghan Murphy

176. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit per year since 2008. [18334/15]

Public Sector Staff Increments

Eoghan Murphy

177. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit per year since 2008. [18333/15]

Third Level Data

Eoghan Murphy

196. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 560 of 24 February 2015, her plans to progress the change mooted by her predecessor so that Irish expatriate citizens and their children, who are also citizens, are not penalised in terms of restrictions to access free-fee university education, in view of the fact that they had left the country for work reasons during the recession, as having to be back here for three out of five years of secondary education, as is currently the case, is too restrictive and unfair, in view of the developments in the economy since 2007. [18066/15]

Public Sector Staff Increments

Eoghan Murphy

198. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under her remit per year since 2008. [18331/15]

Public Sector Staff Increments

Eoghan Murphy

207. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit, per year since 2008. [18332/15]

Public Sector Staff Increments

Eoghan Murphy

216. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit per year since 2008. [18329/15]

Road Network

Eoghan Murphy

226. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on the possession of his Department or the National Roads Authority regarding future projects (details supplied). [18057/15]

Public Sector Staff Increments

Eoghan Murphy

231. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under her remit, per year since 2008. [18327/15]

Treatment Benefit Scheme

Eoghan Murphy

229. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if consideration is being given to re-instating the optical benefit scheme or the dental health scheme. [15346/15]

Health Insurance Community Rating

Eoghan Murphy

524. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the new lifetime community rating late entry levy will apply to returning emigrants over 35 years of age [15643/15]

Irish Red Cross Governance

Eoghan Murphy

397. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Defence to set out his views on suspending the grant aid paid to the Irish Red Cross in view of renewed governance concerns in the organisation; if the grant will be suspended; and if he is satisfied with the internal operations of the organisation, and its commitment to reforming its own governance procedures. [11091/15]

Defence Forces Funding

Eoghan Murphy

399. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if he will seek to increase funding for the Defence Forces for the period 2016 to 2020. [11459/15]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review

Eoghan Murphy

693. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health when the review of the nursing home support scheme will be completed [11926/15]

Health Services

Eoghan Murphy

718. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views that State supports should be made available in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [12050/15]

Tax Yield

Eoghan Murphy

99. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if the standard rate of tax was decreased to 19% and the entry point to the higher rate was increased by €1,000 to €34,800 for a single person and by a similar amount for one-parent families, married couples with one income and married couples with two incomes. [10968/15]

Tax Yield

Eoghan Murphy

100. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if the standard rate of tax was decreased to 18% and the entry point to the higher rate was increased by €1,000 to €34,800 for a single person and by a similar amount for one-parent families, married couples with one income and married couples with two incomes. [10969/15]

Tax Yield

Eoghan Murphy

101. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if PAYE workers and self-employed persons were treated equally for tax purposes on incomes up to €15,000, €20,000, €25,000 and €30,000, all for a single person. [10970/15]

Tax Yield

Eoghan Murphy

102. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if PAYE workers and self-employed persons were treated equally for tax purposes up to an income of €34,800, for a single person. [10971/15]

Tax Yield

Eoghan Murphy

103. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if 80,000 fewer persons were paying universal social charge at the lower rates. [10972/15]

Tax Yield

Eoghan Murphy

104. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if the top rate of universal social charge for self-employed persons was abolished. [10973/15]

Tax Yield

Eoghan Murphy

105. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if changes were introduced, that is, the standard rate of tax was decreased to 19% and the higher rate of tax was decreased to 39%; the entry point to the higher rate was increased by €1,000 to €34,800 for a single person and by a similar amount for one-parent families, married couples with one income and married couples with two incomes; the bottom 80,000 payers of universal social charge were removed from the charge and income tax liabilities were calculated at the same rate for PAYE and self-employed persons up to a value of €25,000 in terms of income earned. [10974/15]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Eoghan Murphy

57. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on treating assistance dogs for autistic children, in the same way as guide dogs for blind persons in terms of the taxation system. [10629/15]

Health Services Provision

Eoghan Murphy

102. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the following service delivery (details supplied) contracted out by the Health Service Executive. [10675/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Eoghan Murphy

123. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional resources and hours to children attending school in September 2015 who have been assessed and diagnosed with mild Down's syndrome. [10630/15]

Television Licence Fee Collection

Eoghan Murphy

148. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the person responsible for the administration of the television licence and the last time that the administrative operations of the licence were reviewed and-or audited, and his views on the records management and efficiency of the service and the cost of delivery. [10674/15]