Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Universal Social Charge Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

197. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of exempting earners at or below €20,176 from USC. [21228/18]

Universal Social Charge Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

198. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of exempting earners at or below €20,384 from USC. [21229/18]

Universal Social Charge Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of exempting earners at or below €20,592 from USC. [21230/18]

Universal Social Charge Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

200. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of exempting earners at or below €20,280 from USC. [21231/18]

Research and Development Supports

Pearse Doherty

201. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from limiting the research and development tax credit to a company’s corporate liability in a given period (details supplied). [21232/18]

VAT Rate Application

Pearse Doherty

202. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated extra fiscal space available in 2018 if the 9% VAT rate for the tourism sector was returned to 13.5%. [21233/18]

VAT Rate Application

Pearse Doherty

203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated extra fiscal space in 2018 if the 9% VAT rate for the hotel sector and not other tourism products was replaced with a 13.5% rate. [21234/18]

Mortgage Interest Relief Data

Pearse Doherty

204. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of maintaining mortgage interest relief at its current rate in 2019. [21235/18]

Budget Targets

Pearse Doherty

216. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the €1.5 billion earmarked for capital spending he specified at the Oireachtas Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight on 18 April 2018 was included in the calculations for the fiscal space already published; if it represents additional capital commitments since budget 2018 and reduces the €3.2 billion of fiscal space forecast to be available for budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21134/18]

Budget Targets

Pearse Doherty

217. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the items of spending already committed to which have reduced the fiscal space for budget 2019 identified in budget 2018 and the previous summer economic statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21136/18]

Budget Targets

Pearse Doherty

218. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of each commitment entered into since budget 2018 which has affected the fiscal space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21137/18]

Translation Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

221. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are open tenders through the Office of Government Procurement for multi-supplier frameworks for translation and interpretation; if there has been a delay in such tenders; when such competitions will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20804/18]

Office of Public Works Properties

Pearse Doherty

227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works holds or is in the process of acquiring economic interest in the site of the former customs post at Bridgend, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20954/18]

Flood Prevention Measures

Pearse Doherty

232. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a report by a company (details supplied) on proposed flood defences at Burnfoot, County Donegal will be submitted to the OPW; and when a decision on flood defences at Burnfoot will be made. [21290/18]

Flood Prevention Measures

Pearse Doherty

233. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the flood defence works planned for Buncrana and Luddan, County Donegal by the OPW include flood defences to protect the homes at Elm Park, Buncrana, County Donegal. [21291/18]

Flood Prevention Measures

Pearse Doherty

234. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which homeowners and businesses recently flooded in County Donegal and not covered by planned OPW works as announced in May 2018 and not considered to be the responsibility of Donegal County Council, are expected to protect themselves from future flooding events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21292/18]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Pearse Doherty

236. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the efforts being made to resolve the issue of establishing an agreed pension entitlement as per the claim being made by community employment scheme supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21341/18]

State Claims Agency Data

Pearse Doherty

328. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of cases related to medical negligence that the State Claims Agency resolved through mediation; the number that were resolved after a court case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20959/18]

Respite Care Grant Appeals

Pearse Doherty

342. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if respite care will be restored for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal at Stranorlar Community Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20825/18]

Home Help Service Provision

Pearse Doherty

343. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be allocated for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20826/18]