Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Personal Injury Claims

Pearse Doherty

609. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and percentage of applicants to the injuries board who chose to engage a solicitor in the claims process in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15392/16]

Legislative Reviews

Pearse Doherty

610. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to review the Personal Injuries Assessment Board legislation; and the public consultations she will include. [15394/16]

Legislative Reviews

Pearse Doherty

611. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the concerns that have provoked a review of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15395/16]

Personal Injury Claims

Pearse Doherty

612. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average award the injuries board issued in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15396/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Pearse Doherty

98. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15168/16]

Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

104. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not eligible for jobseeker's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15304/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

169. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation. [15169/16]

Garda Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

109. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality why a person (details supplied) was not informed that a temporary clerical officer post at Ballyshannon Garda station in County Donegal had been relocated; why this person was not offered this post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14646/16]

Garda Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

110. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality why a person's (details supplied) name was removed from the panel for a vacant temporary clerical officer post in Ballyshannon Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14647/16]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

127. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the status of former employees of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation as creditors in the liquidation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14272/16]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

128. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if former workers at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will receive four weeks' redundancy pay less statutory pay, given the latest report on the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14273/16]

IBRC Liquidation

Pearse Doherty

129. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the unsecured creditors at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation who have applied for funds from the liquidation; the value of their applications; the payment in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14274/16]

Banking Sector

Pearse Doherty

133. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of annual management fees on apartments and the amount overdue by each State backed bank. [14307/16]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data

Pearse Doherty

138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown by county of all Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland funding drawn date to date. [14523/16]

Mortgage Lending

Pearse Doherty

144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank intends to carry out any public consultation on the issue of high standard variable rates on mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14685/16]

International Bodies Membership

Pearse Doherty

148. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the date Ireland applied to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the process by which it was decided to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14763/16]

International Bodies Membership

Pearse Doherty

149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to list the external advisers consulted and any remuneration paid to them for advice regarding the State's involvement in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14764/16]

International Bodies Membership

Pearse Doherty

150. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the share and voting rights Ireland will enjoy in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14765/16]

International Bodies Membership

Pearse Doherty

151. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the calculations that have been made as to what Ireland's initial and recurring contribution to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14766/16]

EU Directives

Pearse Doherty

152. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance how Ireland used the discretion available under the mortgage credit directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14808/16]

EU Directives

Pearse Doherty

153. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of concerns that the mortgage credit directive has increased the difficulty for those who live in the Six Counties getting a mortgage here and for returned emigrants to acquire a mortgage here because of chapter 9, Article 23 of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14809/16]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

289. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the system in place whereby women who entered the workforce, took time out to care for their children and later re-entered the workforce, are penalised when awarded their contributory State pension, despite having in excess of the required contributions, as the average calculation introduced results in them being awarded a lower rate than persons who worked for fewer years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14262/16]

Garda Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

370. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total rent paid by An Garda Síochána on its barracks in Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, since the lease began. [14734/16]

Registration of Nurses

Pearse Doherty

417. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health in relation to the register of nurses and midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, the number of applications which were received by the organisation in the past 12 months; the number of these for which the applicant has been successfully added to the register, following the completion of the registration process; the number of applications received during this period, which were later withdrawn by the applicant prior to the application having been formally assessed, as part of the initial stages of the registration process; the average number of weeks typically taken to fully evaluate an application, and to thus complete the registration process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14407/16]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

452. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the details of current vacancies at Letterkenny University Hospital in respect of medical personnel in tabular form; the time these posts have remained vacant; the positions for which approval to commence recruitment to fill an identified staffing deficit has been sought by the hospital; if approval has yet been granted in respect of such positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14644/16]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

453. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his views on the impact, which the recently introduced interim measures restricting recruitment within the health service pending the approval of a new HSE pay and numbers strategy, will have on an individual hospitals' ability to fill staffing vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14645/16]

Hospitals Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

53. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health in respect of activity-based funding, the transition arrangements that are currently in place in the hospital system to reflect the difference between hospitals' current costs and national average costs; how he will phase out these arrangements; what will happen to hospitals that are unable to address the differences in their costs base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13706/16]

HSE National Service Plan

Pearse Doherty

69. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the national service plan process for 2017 will commence; when analysis of the 2016 funding position and the 2017 costs of initiatives for pre-budget purposes will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13707/16]

UN Conventions Ratification

Pearse Doherty

114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14031/16]

Local Authority Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

145. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance how he calculates spending by local authorities for the purposes of the expenditure benchmark and in the calculation of fiscal space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14185/16]

National Cancer Strategy

Pearse Doherty

235. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a compensation scheme for persons suffering from asbestosis cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14030/16]

Motor Insurance

Pearse Doherty

297. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to renegotiate or vary the agreement with the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland following the Setanta ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14088/16]

Universal Social Charge Yield

Pearse Doherty

84. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 59 and 79 of 26 May 2016, to answer these questions again using the current parameters within which USC is charged, to provide for the non-indexation of USC bands and thresholds and to take into account the buoyancy of USC annual receipts over the period, given that USC receipts are forecast to reach €4.9 billion by 2021. [13874/16]

Motor Insurance Coverage

Pearse Doherty

85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the impediments to an Irish driver seeking motor insurance from an insurance company operating in another EU state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13875/16]

Vehicle Registration

Pearse Doherty

86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing the €100 administration fee deducted from repayable vehicle registration tax when importing a car. [13876/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

87. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the gains in revenue from the cumulative effect of six proposed measures (details supplied). [13880/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

88. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the gains in revenue from the cumulative effect of six proposed measures (details supplied). [13881/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

89. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be generated by reducing the standard fund threshold from €2 million to €1.7 million, to €1.5 million, to €1.3 million and to €1 million. [13882/16]

Revenue Commissioners Resources

Pearse Doherty

90. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised by increasing the Revenue Commissioners personnel by 125 qualified persons to target tax evasion and black market activity. [13883/16]

Property Tax

Pearse Doherty

91. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the net cost of abolishing the local property tax. [13884/16]

Budget 2016

Pearse Doherty

92. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the details of the net effect of measures carried over for a year as a result of budget 2016, in tabular form. [13885/16]

Financial Services Regulation

Pearse Doherty

93. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the savings that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry, as opposed to the current 50%. [13886/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

94. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of dividing the capital gains tax categories into passive and active and applying a 40% rate to the passive tax activity, for example, buying shares, and the following 35% to active engagement, for example, selling on a business. [13888/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

95. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue generated by applying certain measures (details supplied). [13889/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

96. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance how he will operate, when he will apply and the amount he will raise from the proposed tax on sugar sweetened drinks. [13890/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

97. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the self-employed tax credit to €800; €900; €1,000; €1,100; €1,200; €1,300; €1,400; €1,500 and €1,650 and tapering out the increase in the credit, for example, €800 minus €550 equals €250 for first taper, from income in excess of €80,000, by 5% per €1,000, for gross income between €80,000 and €100,000, and a second taper on the credit value before the increase credit, €550 from income in excess of €100,000, a reduced credit, by 5% per €1,000, for gross income between €100,000 and €120,000. [13891/16]

Water Charges

Pearse Doherty

116. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the net cost and savings in abolishing water charges and the water conservation grant, including its administration costs and its associated impact on the fiscal space. [13892/16]

Motor Tax Rates

Pearse Doherty

117. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of abolishing the punitive excess charge where a vehicle is taxed for less than 12 months, that is, a vehicle being more expensive when charged for six months than for 12 months. [13893/16]

Social Insurance Rates

Pearse Doherty

123. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the revenue that would be raised by introducing a new employers’ rate of pay related social insurance of 12.75%, 13.5%, 14.5% and 15.75% on the portion of salary paid in excess of €100,000 per year. [13887/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Pearse Doherty

132. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application made in February 2016 by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13897/16]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Pearse Doherty

196. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) has not received payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13898/16]

Legislative Programme

Pearse Doherty

233. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to list the Finance Bills from the 31st Dáil he intends to reinitiate; and the Bills his Department is working on, with an indicative time scale for the legislative process in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12525/16]

Stability and Growth Pact

Pearse Doherty

235. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the minimum percentage improvement that was required to the structural balance for 2015 under the European Union fiscal rules; and the outturn of the 2015 percentage improvement to the structural balance. [12538/16]

Stability and Growth Pact

Pearse Doherty

236. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the minimum percentage improvement required to the structural balance for 2016 under the European Union fiscal rules; and the percentage improvement he is forecasting to the structural balance for 2016. [12539/16]

Stability and Growth Pact

Pearse Doherty

237. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the minimum percentage improvement required to the structural balance for 2017 under the European Union fiscal rules; and the percentage improvement he is forecasting to the structural balance for 2017. [12540/16]

Excessive Deficit Procedure Administration

Pearse Doherty

239. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if, with regard to the recent announcement that Government expenditure in 2015 has been revised up by €1.5 billion, reflecting a reclassification of State transactions with a bank (details supplied) which therefore raises the expenditure benchmark, he can confirm this raises the benchmark; the departmental and corresponding figures he intends to allocate this additional spending power to in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12554/16]

NAMA Accounts

Pearse Doherty

240. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the date on which he will make National Asset Management Agency's 2015 management accounts available to the public; and the reason for the delay in their release, given that his Department received the 2015 accounts two months ago. [12628/16]

Life Insurance Policies

Pearse Doherty

241. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if, with regard to the correspondence supplied, he and the Central Bank believe a person (details supplied) has been treated fairly by the company; the legal avenues open to customers in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12739/16]

Life Insurance Policies

Pearse Doherty

242. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank is aware that an insurance company (details supplied) has written to at least one customer demanding a significant increase in premium because of a historical mistake made by the company; if it will investigate whether this company has sent similar letters to other customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12740/16]

Mortgage Data

Pearse Doherty

244. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 6 April 2016, if the circa 11% figure given for a bank (details supplied) is a figure for the amount of new mortgage loans that are counted as exceptions under the Central Bank's loan-to-value rules or if they are the figure for exemptions, switchers, negative equity and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12801/16]

Programme for Government Implementation

Pearse Doherty

249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to expand on the programme for Government commitment to introduce a help-to-buy scheme or mortgage insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13210/16]

Programme for Government Implementation

Pearse Doherty

250. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the proposed help-to-buy scheme or mortgage insurance scheme will be a State-backed scheme or draw upon private insurers or investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13211/16]

Garda Station Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

540. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of moving the Garda barracks in Harcourt Street to a new location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13227/16]

Garda Station Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

541. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total rent paid by An Garda Síochana for its barracks in Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 to date. [13228/16]

Cancer Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

681. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his plans to alter specialist care services available to sarcoma patients currently provided at St. Vincent's University Hospital; if such plans include changes to medical personnel who work as part of the sarcoma multi-disciplinary team at the hospital; if changes are planned, the measures which will be put in place to ensure patients do not experience any reduction to current services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12802/16]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Pearse Doherty

736. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a medical device will be provided to a person (details supplied) under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13491/16]

Universal Social Charge Data

Pearse Doherty

59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue the universal social charge would generate on the basis of no policy change or its phased abolition or reduction (details supplied), in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form. [12256/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

60. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on assertions in the European Commission’s 2016 country report on Ireland that our tax revenue to gross domestic product ratio is low compared with the European Union average and is marginally decreasing, that tax cuts provided in the 2016 budget are likely to reduce further this ratio and that although Ireland's tax system is highly progressive overall recent measures on personal income tax are regressive; how he will address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12257/16]

Tax Avoidance

Pearse Doherty

78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance why he has not acted on information his Department received from a whistleblower regarding the abuse of the dwelling house exemption by high wealth persons as a means of avoiding capital acquisitions tax; the details of anti-avoidance measures and the caps on relief he has considered to stop this supposed abuse; the number of persons who have availed of this exemption and the amount of capital acquisitions tax exempted in each of the years 2006 to 2015 in tabular form. [12447/16]

Universal Social Charge Data

Pearse Doherty

79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of a phased reduction (details supplied) of the universal social charge for each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form. [12448/16]

Prize Bonds

Pearse Doherty

85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the way in which a citizen living in the Six Counties can purchase prize bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11945/16]

Prize Bonds

Pearse Doherty

86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the value of prize bonds sold in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11946/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications

Pearse Doherty

251. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health to provide an insulin pump for a person (details supplied) under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11980/16]

Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments

Pearse Doherty

315. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a grassland sheep scheme payment outstanding from 2010 has not been issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; what is preventing it from being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12031/16]

Property Tax Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

100. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if families in County Donegal with homes affected by mica defective blocks are exempt from paying the property tax as indicated by the previous Government; and his plans to legislate to exempt them. [11269/16]

Banking Sector

Pearse Doherty

101. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to clarify the commitment in the programme for Government not to sell more than 25% of any bank before the end of 2018 plus any small additional shareholding required by the underwriter to complete the sales process by clarifying the meaning for each of the State-backed banks; for example, if in the case of Permanent TSB it means a further 25% and in the case of Bank of Ireland if it means 25% of the existing shares or if it could mean the entire Government shareholding. [11275/16]

Central Bank of Ireland

Pearse Doherty

105. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the advisory opinions sought from the European Central Bank because domestic legislation affected the workings of the Central Bank; the length of time from the request until the opinion was received, by case; the legislative changes he made as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11438/16]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Pearse Doherty

114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 17 May 2016 and his reference to Government investment in gross fixed capital formation, GFCF, if he can average all investment in capital over a four year period or just an amount based on the annual general Government GFCF outturn as produced by the Central Statistics Office; and if so, the maximum amount available to be averaged based on this outturn for each of the years 2017 to 2021. [11602/16]

NAMA Operations

Pearse Doherty

122. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the effect on the fiscal space of a windfall gain following the wind-up of the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11800/16]

NAMA Operations

Pearse Doherty

123. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the effect on the fiscal space if the National Asset Management Agency transfers assets to the State at the end of its term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11801/16]

Education Funding

Pearse Doherty

140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the planned course of action in relation to the Cassells report on higher education funding, which was presented to his Department in March 2016, including when he will publish it. [11248/16]

Special Educational Needs

Pearse Doherty

142. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in mainstream education who have Down's syndrome; if he is aware of the implications for future resource provision and planning within the education system due to the absence of the condition on the low incidence list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11258/16]

Community Services Programme

Pearse Doherty

290. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to link allocation amounts paid to community groups through the community services programme to the minimum wage rate in order to subvent any increase to wage costs incurred by service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11485/16]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Pearse Doherty

359. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 17 May 2016 the impact of the €4 billion cumulative capital spend in the gross and net fiscal space; and the amount of projected spend of this €4 billion cumulative for each of the years from 2017 to 2021 in tabular form. [11603/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

366. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of each measure in each commitment relevant to his Department in the programme for Government and how he will finance these, either through already committed spending, additional new spending from the fiscal space, European Union funding or otherwise, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11371/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

417. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment from the ear, nose and throat department in Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11272/16]

Housing Adaptation Grant

Pearse Doherty

443. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect the occupational therapist to carry out a report for Donegal County Council relating to the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11384/16]

Cross-Border Health Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

446. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health regarding the cross-border directive, CBD, if he will outline the way the total cost of comparable treatment in another jurisdiction versus the costs incurred of having the treatment provided here is communicated to persons applying to access the scheme; the way in which persons are informed of the fact that reimbursement rates are set at whichever cost is the lesser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11390/16]

Psychological Assessments

Pearse Doherty

456. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect to have an assessment carried out by a child psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11464/16]

Psychological Assessments Waiting Times

Pearse Doherty

459. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for children to be assessed by a child psychologist in County Donegal; the total number of persons waiting for up to three months, six months, nine months, one year, 15 months, 18 months, 21 months, 24 months, and for more than 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11481/16]

Cross-Border Health Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

508. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has not received a reimbursement payment due since March 2016 under the cross-border health care directive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11788/16]

Cross-Border Health Initiatives

Pearse Doherty

509. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the timeframe in which he will reimburse persons availing of the cross-border health care directive scheme under the rules of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11789/16]

Medical Card Applications

Pearse Doherty

510. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application by a person (details supplied) for a medical card under the European Union entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11790/16]

Beef Genomics Scheme

Pearse Doherty

522. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why he declined payment to a person (details supplied) under the 2014 beef data genomics programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11247/16]

Live Exports

Pearse Doherty

525. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress which has been made to grant live cattle exporters access to the Turkish market; if the requisite health certificate to facilitate accession is now in place; if he is aware of the negative impact which any delays in opening the market will have on exporters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11309/16]

TAMS Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

544. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant assistance available to persons wishing to avail of rain harvesting systems on their farms. [11663/16]

Green Enterprise

Pearse Doherty

618. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant assistance available to businesses wishing to avail of rain harvesting systems on their premises. [11664/16]

Children in Care

Pearse Doherty

628. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an explanation for the recent closure of a children and young person's residential care unit (details supplied) in County Donegal; the alternative accommodation arrangements which have been provided for residents of the facility; the measures which have been put in place to guarantee the welfare and well-being of service users as part of this sudden relocation; if the aforementioned facility will reopen; if so, when this is expected to occur; if it is anticipated that all former residents will be subsequently returned to the unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11567/16]

Legislative Measures

Pearse Doherty

27. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to amend the existing rules governing entitlement to Irish citizenship by descent in order to include those born overseas who have extended Irish ancestry such as a great grandparent having been born in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10951/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

53. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his Department's recent dealings with the European Commission relating to the ongoing investigation into tax arrangements of a company (details supplied) in Ireland and if he has an expected date for the verdict of the investigation. [10995/16]