Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

235. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the cost to date in 2019 of the tax reliefs and exemptions available to property owners. [33529/19]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

236. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the cost to date in 2019 of the tax reliefs and exemptions available to landowners. [33530/19]

Irish Strategic Investment Fund

Richard Boyd Barrett

237. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the most up-to-date figures for the number of jobs created by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund in its commercial partnerships; and the locations in which these jobs were created by companies obtaining such investment. [33531/19]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

238. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised from imposing a 2% public health levy on the profits of private human health and pharmaceutical companies here, including nursing homes and home care agencies. [33532/19]

Property Tax

Richard Boyd Barrett

239. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of abolishing the local property tax. [33533/19]

NAMA Portfolio

Richard Boyd Barrett

240. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the details of empty properties and land banks that have not yet been sold with regard to the assets of NAMA; the negotiations that have taken place to acquire these homes for social and or affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33534/19]

Financial Instruments

Richard Boyd Barrett

241. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the volume of commercial trade that took place in shares here in 2018. [33535/19]

Financial Services Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

242. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the volume of commercial trade that took place in derivatives here in 2018. [33536/19]

Universal Social Charge Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

243. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount expected to be raised by the universal social charge in 2019. [33538/19]

Universal Social Charge Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

244. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount expected to be raised by the universal social charge, USC from tax units paying more than €90,000. [33539/19]

Corporation Tax

Richard Boyd Barrett

266. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of tax revenue that would be generated by applying a 12.5% minimum effective tax rate on total gross profits before deductions, allowances or reliefs. [34566/19]

Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

267. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue that would be generated by imposing a €600 per year tax on all second homes, a €1,000 per year tax on all third or fourth homes, and a €1,500 per year tax on all fifth or subsequent homes. [34567/19]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

306. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full year cost of repealing the FEMPI legislation. [33552/19]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

307. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the estimated full-year cost of paying all employed public sector staff on the pre-2011 pay scale. [33553/19]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Richard Boyd Barrett

562. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio to 18:1 by paying all staff on the pre-2011 pay scale. [33557/19]

Education Costs

Richard Boyd Barrett

563. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of measures (details supplied). [33558/19]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Richard Boyd Barrett

564. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio from 1:27 to 1:22. [33580/19]

Education Costs

Richard Boyd Barrett

565. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to increase special education provision by 15% on the 2018 level. [33581/19]

Education Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

566. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to increase student grants to their highest historical levels. [33582/19]

Health Services Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

1602. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount it will cost to maintain the current levels of service provision across the health service in 2020 in view of demographic changes and inflation. [33540/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

1603. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of implementing each of the measures recommended in the Sláintecare report. [33541/19]

Prescriptions Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

1604. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to reduce prescription charges by €0.50. [33542/19]

Drugs Payment Scheme Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

1605. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €50 and €100, respectively. [33543/19]

Hospital Beds Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

1606. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of adding 1,000 acute beds to the hospital network. [33544/19]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

1607. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of hiring 4,000 new nurses on the pre-2011 rate of pay. [33545/19]

Health Services Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

1608. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of hiring 500 consultants. [33546/19]

Emergency Departments Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

1609. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of abolishing accident and emergency charges. [33547/19]

Dental Services Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

1610. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to reinstate the 2008 dental treatment services scheme. [33548/19]

Home Care Packages Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

1611. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to clear home care package waiting lists. [33549/19]

Autism Support Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1612. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to clear assessment of needs waiting lists for children with autism. [33550/19]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Richard Boyd Barrett

1613. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to hire 100 speech and language therapists, 100 psychologists, 100 occupational therapists and 100 physiotherapists. [33551/19]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

1614. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 405 of 2 July 2019, when a reply will issue from the HSE. [33587/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

2017. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Question No. 305 of 18 June 2019, if he has commissioned a cost-benefit analysis of the fact that 80% of the delivery of disability provision is via non-statutory sector service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34661/19]

Disability Services Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

2018. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Question No. 305 of 18 June 2019 and the figures provided in the table, the number of persons with disabilities in each CHO who are on waiting lists for respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34662/19]

Afforestation Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

2027. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of planting 125,000 hectares of foresting with a mixture of broad leaf and native species. [33585/19]

Better Energy Homes Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

2234. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some community based organisations that were delivering quality energy retrofits to households living in fuel poverty are idle due to an apparent funding shortage at the SEAI, which has resulted in all work allocations to community based organisations being ceased, which could also result in significant job losses of a skilled workforce in view of the launch of the Climate Action Plan 2019, which includes plans to retrofit 500,000 homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32751/19]

Waste Management Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

2274. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of bringing waste collection services back into public ownership. [33584/19]

Wind Energy Generation

Richard Boyd Barrett

2275. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of producing 100% of electricity from wind. [33586/19]

Motor Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

2324. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual yield for motor tax projected for 2020; the yield for the past five years; the way in which the moneys were allocated; and his plans for allocation of the funds in 2020. [33559/19]

Public Transport Subsidies

Richard Boyd Barrett

2440. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to restore the CIÉ subvention to 2008 levels. [33554/19]

Public Transport Subsidies

Richard Boyd Barrett

2441. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to restore the CIÉ subvention to 2008 levels and add 33%. [33555/19]

Public Transport Fares

Richard Boyd Barrett

2442. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of halving all public transport fares and for providing free public transport to all in full-time education. [33556/19]

Bus Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

2515. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial penalties that will be applied to a company (details supplied) by the NTA as a result of the bus services provided by them not meeting the targets set out in its contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34660/19]

Tax and Social Welfare Codes

Richard Boyd Barrett

2651. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount that would be raised by increasing the employer rate of PRSI by 2%. [34036/19]

Tax and Social Welfare Codes

Richard Boyd Barrett

2652. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional revenue that could be generated by establishing a new band of employer PRSI of 19.75% on incomes over €90,000 per year and to increase the existing 10.955% by 2% to 12.95%. [34565/19]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

2771. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of measures (details supplied). [33569/19]

Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

2772. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out annually in rent allowance in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the projected amount for the remainder of 2019 and 2020. [33570/19]

Pension Provisions

Richard Boyd Barrett

2773. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reinstating the transitionary pension. [33571/19]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

2774. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the moneys saved following the transfer of recipients of rent allowance to HAP, leasing arrangements and RAS have then been transferred to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government; the organisation responsible for the latter payments; if so, the amount in each of the years since the commencement of the payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33572/19]

Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

2775. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the back to school allowance by €10. [33573/19]