Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh Téarma Dála nó Seanaid
Leathanach 1 de 200
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
oral
Harbours and Piers
Pearse Doherty
62. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government has considered the reclassification of Magheraroarty pier in County Donegal as a pier for landing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18300/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
154. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first-year and full-year cost of removing residential stamp duty with respect to the purchase of residential property by first time buyers for property purchase values of €500,000 or less. [18668/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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Housing Schemes
Pearse Doherty
155. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the help to buy scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. [18671/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Housing Schemes
Pearse Doherty
156. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the allocation in the base as per Budget 2024 for the help to buy scheme in each of the years 2025, 2026 and 2027. [18672/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Housing Schemes
Pearse Doherty
157. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue saved were the loan to value ratio under the help to buy scheme increased to 85%. [18673/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Housing Schemes
Pearse Doherty
158. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue saved were the maximum amount of relief under the help to buy scheme reduced to €25,000 and the loan to value ratio increased to 85 %. [18674/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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Housing Schemes
Pearse Doherty
159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue saved were the maximum amount of relief under the help to buy scheme reduced to €20,000 and the loan to value ratio increased to 85 %. [18675/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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Housing Schemes
Pearse Doherty
160. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue saved were the maximum amount of relief under the help to buy scheme reduced to €15,000 and the loan to value ratio increased to 85%. [18676/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Housing Schemes
Pearse Doherty
161. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue saved were the maximum amount of relief under the help to buy scheme reduced to €10,000 and the loan to value ratio increased to 85%. [18677/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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Business Supports
Pearse Doherty
219. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider targeted supports to businesses experiencing increased costs through changes, including rebates, under employers PRSI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15233/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Departmental Data
Pearse Doherty
224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 12 December 2023, the estimated revenue that will be raised in each of the years 2024 to 2030 by the proposed increases in all classes of PRSI, disaggregated by PRSI class, employer, employee and self-employed, in a scenario (details supplied), in tabular form. [18667/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Health Service Executive
Pearse Doherty
316. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a HSE report on the death of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be completed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18562/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Mental Health Services
Pearse Doherty
319. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to address the lack of dedicated support for mental health in the Donegal town area of County Donegal, and that people are having to travel over 50 miles to Letterkenny for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18577/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Disability Services
Pearse Doherty
320. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health what plans are in place for residents of a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal, after news emerged that the facility was to close for two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18578/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Pearse Doherty
321. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the new Ballyshannon Community Hospital in County Donegal will become fully operational; the reason the hospital is not currently operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18579/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
written
Medical Aids and Appliances
Pearse Doherty
181. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if cold caps will be made available for patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18265/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
written
Medical Aids and Appliances
Pearse Doherty
182. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that can provide cold caps for patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18266/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
written
Hospital Procedures
Pearse Doherty
183. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if Beaumont Hospital surgery referral will be expedited for person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18307/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
written
Banking Sector
Pearse Doherty
198. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance for a schedule of the disposal of shares held at a bank (details supplied) by the State, together with the date, transaction value and volume for each disposal, from 2013 to date. [17519/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
written
Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost, in cumulative terms, of not proceeding with scheduled increases in the carbon tax in each of the years 2025 to 2030, inclusive. [17522/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
written
School Accommodation
Pearse Doherty
331. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the reason for the continued delay in providing a promised SEN provision for a school (details supplied), despite the school being approved under her Department's additional school accommodation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18085/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
written
Social Insurance
Pearse Doherty
405. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if the scheduled increases in PRSI between 2024 and 2028 are factored into table 2 (showing cashflow projections with respect to SIF in selected years) of the actuarial review of the social insurance fund as at 31 December which was completed by her Department in December 2023; and if she will provide an updated equivalent table providing cashflow projections with respect to SIF for those selected years which take account of the aforementioned PRSI increases. [17553/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
written
Emergency Accommodation
Pearse Doherty
535. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any application has been made to move Ukrainian refugees into accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17535/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
written
Disability Services
Pearse Doherty
555. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when HSE funding will be allocated for approved assisted living for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17867/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
written
Medical Aids and Appliances
Pearse Doherty
598. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a HSE reimbursement application was refused for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17472/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
written
National Treatment Purchase Fund
Pearse Doherty
633. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) will get sanctioned for funding from the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17739/24]
Déar, 18 Aib 2024
written
Business Supports
Pearse Doherty
114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider supports for businesses facing increased labour costs through the PRSI system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17062/24]
Céad, 17 Aib 2024
written
Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
20. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from restricting the employers' PRSI exemption for share-based remuneration to micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16899/24]
Céad, 17 Aib 2024
written
Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
21. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2024 of not proceeding with scheduled increases in excise duty on marked gas oil on 1 April 2024, 1 August 2024 and 9 October 2024. [16904/24]
Máirt, 16 Aib 2024
written
Seirbhísí Dátheangacha
Pearse Doherty
90. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais cén fáth nach bhfuil múinteoirí in ann clárú i nGaeilge leis an gComhairle Mhúinteoireachta ar líne sa bhealach céanna ar féidir é a dhéanamh i mBéarla, mar atá tagartha i gCeist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 128 den 29 Meitheamh 2023, agus an gcinnteoidh sí go mbeidh comhionannas ann do Ghaeilgeoirí go luath. [16372/24]
Máirt, 16 Aib 2024
written
School Staff
Pearse Doherty
344. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the work that is underway to improve pay and terms and conditions for school caretakers similar, to that achieved for school secretaries; the stage this process is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16569/24]
Máirt, 16 Aib 2024
written
Departmental Schemes
Pearse Doherty
454. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection how often carer's allowance is reviewed; the criteria upon which it is reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16001/24]
Máirt, 16 Aib 2024
written
Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Pearse Doherty
469. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost if an employer’s PRSI credit were to be introduced with various credit rates (details supplied). [16438/24]
Máirt, 16 Aib 2024
written
Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Pearse Doherty
470. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost if an employer’s PRSI credit were to be introduced at various rates (details supplied). [16439/24]
Máirt, 16 Aib 2024
written
Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Pearse Doherty
471. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost if an employer’s PRSI credit were to be introduced at various rates (details supplied). [16440/24]
Máirt, 16 Aib 2024
written
Disability Services
Pearse Doherty
565. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of organisations in Donegal that have been awarded funding from the Children's Disability Grant, which have received funding; the amount received; the organisations that have yet to be awarded funding; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16046/24]
Máirt, 16 Aib 2024
written
Departmental Schemes
Pearse Doherty
571. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the children's disability grant will be provided to successful applications in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16589/24]
Déar, 11 Aib 2024
written
Defective Building Materials
Pearse Doherty
10. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the issue of future mortgage ability affecting homeowners affected by defective concrete blocks who avail of the DCB scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15705/24]
Déar, 11 Aib 2024
written
Defective Building Materials
Pearse Doherty
68. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage why the second meeting of the subgroup set up to examining issues relating the enhanced DCB scheme, which met on 11 January 2024, did not meet as planned on 21 February; why a meeting did not take place in March; if there has been further communication with homeowner representatives attending the sub-group since its first and only meeting; and if he will commit to convene a second meeting in a timely manner with meetings then scheduled on a monthly basis. [15704/24]
Déar, 11 Aib 2024
written
Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
107. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the nominal value of VAT collected with respect to petrol and diesel in each of the years 2017 to 2023, respectively.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15936/24]
Déar, 11 Aib 2024
written
Tax Credits
Pearse Doherty
164. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals who have contacted the community welfare office on account of the fact that they could not receive the mortgage interest tax credit due to having insufficient income and income tax credits; the number of such individuals that have received a payment as a result; the total value of such payments made as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15938/24]
Céad, 10 Aib 2024
oral
Fuel Prices
Pearse Doherty
1. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will cancel the increases in excise duty on petrol and diesel scheduled for August and October of this year, given the cost-of-living pressures facing households, and their impact on trade for businesses in the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15273/24]
Céad, 10 Aib 2024
oral
International Sanctions
Pearse Doherty
2. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged or will engage with fellow members of Economic and Financial Affairs Council, ECOFIN, to secure financial and economic sanctions against the State of Israel in response to flagrant violations of international law committed by the State of Israel in Gaza and the occupied territories of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15274/24]
Céad, 10 Aib 2024
oral
Mortgage Interest Rates
Pearse Doherty
4. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the value of money disbursed under the mortgage interest tax credit to date, together with the number of successful applicants; the number of applicants who have received a partial credit; the number of applicants who were rejected on the grounds that they had an insufficient income tax liability; and if he will consider amending the credit to ensure struggling mortgage holders experiencing an increase in their mortgage costs can receive the full credit. [15275/24]
Céad, 10 Aib 2024
oral
Defective Building Materials
Pearse Doherty
7. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance for an update regarding the issue of mortgageability as it relates to homeowners affected by defective concrete blocks, including his Department's engagement with the Department of Finance and the proposal of bridging finance products by the banking sector under the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15231/24]
Céad, 10 Aib 2024
oral
Tax Reliefs
Pearse Doherty
8. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that the benefit-in-kind exemption for employer contributions to PRSAs, legislated through section 22 of Finance Act 2022, is facilitating aggressive tax planning; if his Department received recommendations from an organisation (details supplied) in June 2022 warning that such a risk would materialise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15232/24]
Céad, 10 Aib 2024
written
Financial Services
Pearse Doherty
15. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on consideration of changes to legislation to address the inability of consumers to make complaints to the Financial and Services Pensions Ombudsman with respect to vulture funds as a result of gaps in their regulation. [15234/24]
Céad, 10 Aib 2024
written
Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
28. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he or his Department are considering increasing the rate of and threshold for the 10% stamp duty with respect to the bulk purchase of residential property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15235/24]
Céad, 10 Aib 2024
written
Humanitarian Aid
Pearse Doherty
45. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his assessment of the deteriorating situation in Haiti and if he will support the humanitarian efforts in Haiti through both the Irish Aid programme and pooled funds such as the UN Central Emergency Response Fund. [15544/24]
Céad, 10 Aib 2024
written
Hospital Appointments Status
Pearse Doherty
166. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15623/24]