Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Property Tax Administration

Dara Calleary

134. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance if the 10% penalty for not paying local property tax that is charged on income tax returns is applied to PAYE workers; the reason for the difference between the treatment of self-employed persons and PAYE workers who have not paid the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44699/19]

Insurance Costs

Dara Calleary

146. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that companies in the leisure sector are still receiving insurance premium increase demands considerably in excess of insurance inflation, including those with no claim history; if his attention has been further drawn to the damage caused to the sector and to employment in the sector by these premium demands; and the actions he has taken to assist business owners and employers in this regard. [45165/19]

Garda Stations

Dara Calleary

154. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered a proposal for a rural unused Garda station (details supplied) in County Mayo. [44225/19]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

204. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a summer works application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has been received; if the fact that the school has not received a reply to the application to date will be acknowledged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44266/19]

HSE Staff Recruitment

Dara Calleary

450. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the recruitment plans of the HSE in 2020, particularly for healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44284/19]

Energy Schemes Data

Dara Calleary

856. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding will be made available in late 2019 to SEAI to conduct energy efficiency works on homes of persons in receipt of eligible social welfare payments whose homes previously had limited works carried out under the remit of the free upgrade scheme; his views on whether a home that may have received nominal works in the past, such as attic insulation, would benefit greatly from full energy efficient works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44691/19]

LEADER Programmes

Dara Calleary

1024. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has examined the possibility of enabling private applicants for LEADER funding to qualify for the grant aid rate of 75% for projects that fall under capital investment, investment and other supports including capital+ as is permitted for community applicants; the reason private applicants receive only 50% grant aid; if the 50% grant rate is a domestic or European rule; when the rule was first introduced; the corresponding regulation or circular for same; the estimated annual cost of adapting the current rate to 75%; and the definitions of private and community applicants. [45332/19]

Jobseeker's Transitional Payment

Dara Calleary

1073. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the decision to remove lone parents from jobseeker's transitional payment automatically when the youngest child turns 14 years of age is having a negative impact on such applications for other funding streams such as SUSI (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44903/19]

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund

Dara Calleary

1. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and value of approved projects being funded under the rural regeneration and development fund; the funding allocated for the scheme in 2019; the value of the total amount of payments made for approved projects to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43881/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Dara Calleary

16. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of discussions he has had with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment with regard to broadband provision in rural areas; the progress of the provision of a map of black spots in mobile coverage undertaken by the mobile telephone and broadband task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43786/19]

Town and Village Renewal Scheme

Dara Calleary

26. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a final decision will be made on applications under the 2019 town and village renewal scheme in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43787/19]

Brexit Supports

Dara Calleary

30. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget 2020 supports for the community and voluntary sector to deal with all Brexit scenarios. [43788/19]

Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation

Dara Calleary

32. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress on the pilot scheme to encourage residential occupancy in rural towns and villages as committed to under the Action Plan for Rural Development. [43789/19]

Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation

Dara Calleary

40. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeline for the completion of the new action plan for rural development; and if he made a request seeking the transfer of further responsibilities for rural development to his Department. [43785/19]

Overseas Development Aid Expenditure

Dara Calleary

53. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the allocation to overseas development aid in 2020; the expected percentage this will be in respect of the ODA-GNI target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44163/19]

Emigrant Support Services

Dara Calleary

54. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected budget for the emigrant support programme in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44164/19]

Overseas Development Aid

Dara Calleary

55. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contribution of Ireland to the trust fund for Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44165/19]

Peace and Reconciliation Programme

Dara Calleary

56. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected expenditure in 2020 on the peace and reconciliation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44166/19]

Meat Processing Plants

Dara Calleary

203. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports he will put in place for small abattoirs that process sheep skins and cattle hides and that may cease trading due to market conditions. [43904/19]

Community Development Projects Funding

Dara Calleary

192. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the annual allocations over the 2016 to 2020 period to fund initiatives (details supplied) in each scheme; the other schemes under his remit; and the budget 2020 funding allocations to the initiative in each respective scheme. [43791/19]