Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

314. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost, in first- and full-year terms, and in the years 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, of reducing the 0.5% rate of USC to 0%, reducing the 2% rate of USC to 0.5% and increasing the entry point of the 4.5% rate of USC from €22,920 to €25,959. [35386/23]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

315. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost, in first- and full-year terms, and in the years 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, of reducing the 0.5% rate of USC to 0%, reducing the 2% rate of USC to 0.5% and increasing the entry point of the 4.5% rate of USC from €22,920 to €26,567. [35387/23]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

316. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost, in first- and full-year terms, and in the years 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, of reducing the 0.5% rate of USC to 0%, reducing the 2% rate of USC to 0.5% and increasing the entry point to the 4.5% rate of USC from €22,920 to €28,088. [35388/23]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

317. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in first- and full-year terms, and in the years 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, of reducing the 0.5% rate of USC to 0%, reducing the 2% rate of USC to 1% and increasing the entry point of the 4.5% rate of USC from €22,920 to €23,930. [35392/23]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

318. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in first- and full-year terms, and in the years 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, of reducing the 0.5% rate of USC to 0%, reducing the 2% rate of USC to 1% and increasing the entry point of the 4.5% rate of USC from €22,920 to €24,336. [35393/23]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

319. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance The estimated cost in first- and full-year terms, and in the years 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, of reducing the 0.5% rate of USC to 0%, reducing the 2% rate of USC to 1% and increasing the entry point of the 4.5% rate of USC from €22,920 to €24,945. [35394/23]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

320. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in first- and full-year terms, and in the years 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, of reducing the 0.5% rate of USC to 0%, reducing the 2% rate of USC to 1% and increasing the entry point of the 4.5% rate of USC from €22,920 to €25,959. [35395/23]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

321. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in first- and full-year terms, and in the years 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, of reducing the 0.5% rate of USC to 0%, reducing the 2% rate of USC to 1% and increasing the entry point of the 4.5% rate of USC from €22,920 to €26,567. [35396/23]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

322. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in first- and full-year terms, and in the years 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, of reducing the 0.5% rate of USC to 0%, reducing the 2% rate of USC to 1% and increasing the entry point of the 4.% rate of USC from €22,920 to €28,088. [35397/23]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

323. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost, in first- and full-year terms, of increasing the personal, employee PAYE and earned income tax credits by €50, respectively, disaggregated by credit type. [35409/23]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

324. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost, in first- and full-year terms, of increasing the personal, employee PAYE and earned income tax credits by €100, respectively, disaggregated by credit type. [35410/23]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

325. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost, in first- and full-year terms, of increasing the personal, employee PAYE and earned income tax credits by €45, respectively, disaggregated by credit type. [35411/23]

Departmental Schemes

Pearse Doherty

326. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue allocated to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme in 2023 and 2025, respectively; if the amount allocated for 2025 is in the tax base, as per the Summer Economic Statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35426/23]

Departmental Schemes

Pearse Doherty

327. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the grant scheme to replace the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme is provided for in either the expenditure or tax base for 2025, as per the Summer Economic Statement; if so, the numerical impact with respect to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35427/23]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

328. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the special assignee relief programme is in the tax base for 2025 as per the Summer Economic Statement; and, if so, the value associated with its cost for 2025. [35431/23]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

329. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his Department’s projections of the increased corporation tax revenue generated in annual terms as a result of Pillar One of the OECD Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35451/23]

Economic Policy

Pearse Doherty

343. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for a breakdown of budgetary decisions, as outlined in Table 1 of the Summer Economic Statement, for the years 2024, 2025 and 2026, by, for example, Demographics, the NDP and public sector pay commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35216/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Pearse Doherty

344. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the capital ceilings, by Department, for the years 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, as per the revised National Development Plan. [35218/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Pearse Doherty

345. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the €5.2 billion of non-core expenditure allocated for 2023 as per Table 7 of the Summer Economic Statement has been fully drawn down; the amounts that have been drawn down to date across Covid-19 expenditure, Ukraine Humanitarian Contingency and Other; and, in particular, to disaggregate the programmes by amount to which the €1.7 billion under Other has been allocated. [35219/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Pearse Doherty

347. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to disaggregate the €0.75 billion allocated to Other in non-core expenditure in 2024, as per Table 7 of the Summer Economic Statement, by programme type. [35234/23]

Tax Collection

Pearse Doherty

511. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated revenue raised, in first- and full-year terms, from a 0.1% 0.5% and 1% point increase in the rate of employers’ PRSI, respectively. [35477/23]

Social Welfare Rates

Pearse Doherty

513. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of a €1, €5 and €10 increase, respectively, in first and full-year terms, in each social insurance payment, with proportionate increase for qualified payments, disaggregated by payment type. [35497/23]

Social Welfare Code

Pearse Doherty

516. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of a €50 and €100 lump sum payment in 2023, for each social insurance payment, with proportionate increase for qualified payments, disaggregated by payment type. [35524/23]

Ukraine War

Pearse Doherty

617. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that payment to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal housing Ukrainian refugees has not been paid since April; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34965/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

666. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a consultant will be allocated and a date for surgery be given for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal who urgently requires scoliosis surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34938/23]

Hospital Staff

Pearse Doherty

681. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was not paid their annual leave/TOIL after they retired after 23 years of service in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34970/23]

Tax Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year saving associated with restricting the employer's PRSI exemption for share-based remuneration for all companies other than small, micro and SME companies. [34405/23]

National Broadband Plan

Pearse Doherty

134. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeframe for the roll-out of at least 30mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County Donegal as part of the national broadband plan; if such areas with poor or no broadband coverage shall be prioritised during the roll-out phase as part of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33869/23]

Departmental Policies

Pearse Doherty

197. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if both a timeline and more information can be provided for the new transport scheme for disabled people, which he mentioned in Dáil Éireann on 22 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33834/23]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

216. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first-and full-year cost for making research and development payable credits, under the R&D tax credit, payable in one instalment within 12 months for small and micro-companies. [34392/23]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

217. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to clarify the impact of Pillar Two of the OECD Agreement on the operation of the research and development tax credit regime; and in particular, the estimated increase that would be required in the percentage of qualifying expenditure under the tax credit that would be required to neutralise the impact of Pillar Two on its operation, together with the cost/savings of neutralising this impact with respect to SMEs only. [34397/23]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

218. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first-and full-year cost of increasing the percentage of qualifying expenditure under the research and development tax credit from 25% to 30% for SMEs.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34403/23]

Tax Reliefs

Pearse Doherty

219. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first-and full-year cost of extending the entrepreneur relief to angel investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34404/23]

Disability Services

Pearse Doherty

594. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what consultation has there been with those affected by the Brandon Report into sexual abuse at Ard Greine Court in Stranorlar, County Donegal; what measures could be taken to alleviate concerns of those who so far not been contacted but have loved ones living in the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34266/23]

Residential Institutions

Pearse Doherty

621. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a place in a residential care home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33897/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pearse Doherty

99. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has concerns that the MICA defective block scheme does not cover 100% redress for affected homeowners and that many affected homeowners will be excluded from accessing the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33119/23]

Driver Test

Pearse Doherty

180. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33317/23]

Driver Test

Pearse Doherty

64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32896/23]

Probate Applications

Pearse Doherty

157. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice the plans to reduce delays in processing probate applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33178/23]

Health Services

Pearse Doherty

212. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason the podiatry service provided by the HSE in the health centre in Glenties, County Donegal, is unavailable to service users; when it is planned to recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33065/23]

Health Services

Pearse Doherty

213. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health he number of vacant HSE podiatry services positions in County Donegal, by location; the plans to fill any such vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33066/23]

Medical Cards

Pearse Doherty

572. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing prescribed solpadine for holders of a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32116/23]

Ukraine War

Pearse Doherty

384. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that payment to a commercial premises housing Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) is still outstanding; if an indication can be given as to when payment will be made; the reason for the delay with this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31730/23]

Ukraine War

Pearse Doherty

387. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) seeking international protection was moved from a premises housing Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31759/23]

Driver Test

Pearse Doherty

46. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for employment purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31639/23]

Pharmacy Services

Pearse Doherty

159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he has or will conduct a review of pharmacy dispensing fees and the extent of service provision by community pharmacists; if he has or will engage with an organisation (details supplied) on the matter; the dates on which he has or will engage with same; if he will establish a review which encompasses the scope of services provided or which could be provided by community pharmacy; and if so, whether he will include scoping of a minor ailments or minor illness scheme in community pharmacy in the terms of reference of the aforementioned review. [31487/23]

Health Services

Pearse Doherty

171. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason why seriously ill young infants have to travel abroad for ECHMO treatment; if there are plans to make this treatment available in Ireland for all children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31610/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

173. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a hospital admission to rehab, Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31622/23]

Work Permits

Pearse Doherty

452. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice when a decision will be made for a visa applicant (details supplied) issued with a general employment permit in July 2022; if she is aware of the impact on businesses and employers waiting nine months for such decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30490/23]

Visa Applications

Pearse Doherty

454. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice the number of visa applications for those issued with general work permits that were processed each week in the past 12 months; if she is aware of the effect delays in processing have on businesses when employers are waiting over six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30494/23]

Harbours and Piers

Pearse Doherty

493. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the deadline attached to the funding of €1.2 million provided by his Department for Bunbeg pier in County Donegal can be extended by a year to account for the current delays in awarding foreshore licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31230/23]

Departmental Schemes

Pearse Doherty

675. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal did not get fully reimbursed from the Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30848/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

684. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an ear, nose and throat, ENT, procedure in Sligo University Hospital, if he is on the routine or urgent waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30864/23]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Pearse Doherty

57. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if the Government will commit to funding 50% of the A5 upgrade project, as agreed in the St. Andrews Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30076/23]

Road Projects

Pearse Doherty

71. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if an update can be provided regarding the status of the TEN-T project, which will fund three sections of road in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30077/23]

Interest Rates

Pearse Doherty

80. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent increases in interest rates by the ECB; his assessment of their impact on mortgage borrowers; and if he will introduce temporary and targeted mortgage interest relief. [30241/23]

Crime Prevention

Pearse Doherty

82. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the input he and his Department have had in the establishment of a multi-annual strategy to combat economic crime and corruption, including fraud and scams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30242/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pearse Doherty

91. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance for an update on his engagement with mortgage lenders and representative bodies with respect to forbearance measures, financing solutions and the mortgage loan treatment of mortgage holders where their loans are secured against properties affected by defective blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30178/23]

Tax Reliefs

Pearse Doherty

115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the current status of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; when the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal will recommence hearings; the number of appeals and request for appeal hearings that have been lodged since November 2021; and his response to the recent annual report of the Ombudsman with respect to same. [30180/23]

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Pearse Doherty

124. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance for an update on his Department’s review of the IREF and REIT tax regimes; his views on whether IREFs and REITs are paying sufficient tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30177/23]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

135. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on his engagement with Revenue with respect to the current tax rules regarding the importation of vehicles from Britain and the North and their impact on North-South trade and the domestic motor vehicle market. [30179/23]

Mortgage Interest Rates

Pearse Doherty

142. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail any action he and his Department are considering, and engagements he has had with the retail banking sector and Central Bank, to promote switching and the reintegration of mortgage borrowers with loans held by vulture funds into the mainstream mortgage market. [30181/23]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

139. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue on time for travel date of 26 June 2023 for an online application submitted by a person (details supplied) on 19 May 2023; if additional supporting documents were correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29407/23]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

143. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a child passport submitted in April 2023 will process in time for travel on 21 June 2023 to a family wedding abroad (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29597/23]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

244. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected revenue raised in first-year (2024) and full-year terms from the scheduled increase in carbon tax on 1 May 2024 and 9 October 2024, respectively and combined. [29285/23]

School Staff

Pearse Doherty

317. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive payment for working as an SNA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29438/23]

Housing Schemes

Pearse Doherty

379. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many people have applied for the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme in County Donegal; what stage the applications are at; how many applications have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29322/23]

State Pensions

Pearse Doherty

416. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal regarding a State pension review; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29401/23]

Northern Ireland

Pearse Doherty

46. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the British government has responded to his communication sent regarding the 1973 killing of a person (details supplied) by the Royal Ulster Constabulary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22421/23]

Northern Ireland

Pearse Doherty

47. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there has been any further engagement with the family of a person (details supplied) who was shot dead by the RUC in 1973; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28042/23]

Energy Prices

Pearse Doherty

96. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered introducing a windfall tax to capture the windfall profits of energy producers accrued from March to November 2022, the revenue forgone by exempting windfall profits accrued from March to November 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21542/23]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

186. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to clarify if the ‘net spending’ rule referenced in Stability Programme Update 2023 includes tax changes, for example, including any tax reducing measures within the quantum of spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29022/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Pearse Doherty

130. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an assessment for autism to be carried out. [28702/23]

Departmental Communications

Pearse Doherty

161. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a response to communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28765/23]

Disability Services

Pearse Doherty

310. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal had an application refused by the Disabled Drivers Association of Ireland for an EU disabled persons parking permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28234/23]

Departmental Schemes

Pearse Doherty

335. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the help-to-buy scheme in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [27077/23]

Departmental Schemes

Pearse Doherty

336. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the 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 75%. [27078/23]

Departmental Schemes

Pearse Doherty

337. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the 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 80%. [27079/23]

Departmental Schemes

Pearse Doherty

338. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the 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%. [27080/23]

Tax Reliefs

Pearse Doherty

344. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the revenue foregone through the Special Assignee Relief Programme is factored within the base for each of the years 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27126/23]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

345. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be generated in 2024 by introducing a 40% rate of capital gains tax on the disposal of assets made by persons in cases in which the gains accrued are in excess of individual incomes in excess of €500,000, in order that the 40% rate only applies to gains made above the aforementioned threshold, assuming the application of the revised entrepreneur relief. [27128/23]

Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

352. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the effective tax rate in the form of dividend withholding tax paid by Irish real estate funds as a proportion of operating and pre-tax profits respectively in each of the years 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27195/23]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

354. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the implementation of the findings of the review undertaken by Revenue in 2018 and 2019 with respect to the flat rate expenses regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27209/23]

School Transport

Pearse Doherty

561. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update for the ongoing school transport scheme review; if there were any recommendations to change the shortest route criteria eligibility for school transport to cease the use of bog roads as traversable routes where such routes are not traversable by vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27826/23]

School Transport

Pearse Doherty

562. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to changing the criteria for the school transport scheme to exclude bog roads and routes that school buses cannot travel on when calculating the shortest route; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27827/23]

School Staff

Pearse Doherty

570. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can have confirmation of entitlement to professional years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27937/23]

School Staff

Pearse Doherty

600. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when a response will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal regarding a teacher salary query; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28306/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pearse Doherty

745. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the new defective scheme will accept applications from beneficial owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27913/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pearse Doherty

746. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an application from a beneficial owner (details supplied) in County Donegal will meet the criteria for the new defective block scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27914/23]

Social Welfare Application Forms

Pearse Doherty

830. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the freepost instruction was removed from social welfare child benefit review forms (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28077/23]

An Garda Síochána

Pearse Doherty

855. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 25 May 2023, how often the information is collated. [27095/23]

An Garda Síochána

Pearse Doherty

856. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 25 May 2023, if there are any vacancies at the station; and if so, the number. [27097/23]

International Protection

Pearse Doherty

883. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection accommodated in County Donegal, broken down by townlands and from where they have come; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27504/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

1224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital for cardiac surgery; if they are on the routine or urgent waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27982/23]

Dental Services

Pearse Doherty

1241. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will have an orthodontic assessment carried out; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28129/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

1313. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28468/23]

Technological Universities

Pearse Doherty

1376. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update with regard to the technological university development fund, the proposed successor to the technological university transformation (TUT) fund; if this fund will be made available in advance of the expiration of the TUT fund on 31 August 2023, specifically in relation to the position of IR facilitators, who are employed on a seconded basis under this fund [28005/23]

Hospital Staff

Pearse Doherty

18. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the recent resignation of two consultant endocrinologists from Letterkenny General Hospital; the plans that are being put in place to address this lack of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26678/23]

Hospital Staff

Pearse Doherty

42. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the plans that are being put in place to address understaffing in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26679/23]

Haulage Industry

Pearse Doherty

154. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that the British government is set to recommence the HGB road user levy from 1 August 2023; if he is aware whether there is any concession available with respect to North-South trade; and, if not, if he has engaged with his British counterparts regarding the possibility of exemption with respect to the North-South trade. [26774/23]