Donegal — week of Mon, 14 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 14 Jun – 20 Jun 2021 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 52 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2021-06-16 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 61–78

Voted for 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Voted against 1 Charlie McConalogue

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

The motion · motion passed 129–10

Voted for 3 Charlie McConalogue · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 3 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pearse Doherty

Acquisition of Development Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill 2021

2021-06-16 · 1 vote · Labour Party PMB

A bill further to regulate in accordance with the principles of social justice and to delimit by law the exercise of private property rights, insofar as such exercise gives rise…

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A bill further to regulate in accordance with the principles of social justice and to delimit by law the exercise of private property rights, insofar as such exercise gives rise to the assessment of compensation payable by local authorities in respect of the compulsory acquisition of development land, with a view to reconciling the exercise of those rights with the exigencies of the common good, and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 79–58

Voted for 1 Charlie McConalogue

Voted against 2 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 3 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pearse Doherty

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-06-15 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 24–19

Voted against 1 Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 5 Charles Ward · Charlie McConalogue · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Charles Ward — 100% RDR 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Charlie McConalogue — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pat the Cope Gallagher — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 26 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 26 total

Finance 14 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the details of the agreement reached by the G7 and outlined in its communiqué published on 5 June 2021 regarding international tax reform in particular the introduction of a global minimum tax rate of at least 15% for each country; the way it will operate; the impact on the State, its revenues and inward investment offering over medium and long-term horizons; his views on this position; his negotiating objective in relation to same in negotiations at OECD level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31854/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the details of the agreement reached by the G7 and outlined in its communiqué published on 5 June 2021 regarding international tax reform in particular, the reallocation of profits and taxing rights for multinationals with profits margins above 10 %; the way it will operate if implemented; the multinationals that will be included and excluded; the OECD members that will benefit most in terms of revenue raised as a percentage of their GDP; the OECD members that will benefit least; the impact of the agreement on the State in terms of revenue and its inward investment offering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31855/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of forward purchase agreements that were made prior to the passing of the financial resolution on 19 May 2021 providing for a 10% stamp duty measure on the bulk purchase of homes, such that the residential units under such agreements will not be subject to the measure when they are completed; the number of such units; the number of such forward purchase agreements that have been made since the passage of the financial resolution on 19 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31812/21]
- 2021-06-15 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, 2019 and 2020; if he will consider increasing the rate of dividend withholding tax while removing exemptions for corporation tax and capital gains tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31810/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of developments in which all or a portion of units in that development are subject to forward purchase private rented sector sales that have been funded through Home Building Finance Ireland since it came into operation; the value of the funding; the number of units in each development that are subject to forward purchase PRS sales; the rental price of each or any of those units that will or have been subsequently made available to rent; the average rental price; and his views on whether these issues were not addressed in the recent Home Building Finance Ireland review published by his Department on 10 May 2021. [31811/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the policy statement published by the Financial Conduct Authority on 28 May 2021 to end the practice of dual pricing in the insurance market; if his Department has consulted the Financial Conduct Authority, Central Bank or the insurance industry on the details of this policy statement and its impact on insurers operating in both the Irish and British markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31814/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue generated in capital gains tax from the disposal of cryptocurrency assets in 2018, 2019 and 2020; his views regarding the paying and filing of capital gains tax from the disposal of cryptocurrency assets, particularly a cryptocurrency (details supplied) for 2021; and if the Revenue Commissioners are monitoring same. [31122/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the details of the agreement reached at the recent meeting of the G7 regarding international tax reform with regard to corporate taxation with particular reference to agreement reached regarding the reallocation of corporate profits based on location of sales and a minimum corporate tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31540/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he supports the agreement reached regarding corporate tax reform at the recent meeting of the G7; if not, if he supports the principle of a minimum corporate tax rate; if so, the level or rate at which the minimum corporate tax rate should be set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31541/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the impact on both corporation tax receipts and inward investment over a medium-term horizon of an implementation of a global minimum corporate tax rate in the form agreed at the recent meeting of the G7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31542/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the impact on both corporation tax receipts and inward investment over a medium-term horizon of an implementation of the reallocation of corporate tax receipts on the basis of sales location in the form agreed at the recent meeting of the G7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31543/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 21 April 2021, if the proposal with regard to the addition at European Council level of the words by the use of secondary markets to Ireland's 2018 country specific recommendations was made by Ireland; if not, the way that Ireland voted on the amendment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31818/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with both the construction industry and underwriters regarding professional indemnity insurance for construction professions and construction-related professions with particular reference to fire safety concerns and the withdrawal of underwriters from the market; the action he as Chair of the Sub-Group on Insurance Reform or that sub-group itself has taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30175/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by increasing the corporate tax rate from 12.5% to 15%, 16%, 17% and 17.5%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31825/21]
Transport 6 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a reader will be made available for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal with dyslexia who is scheduled to sit their driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31341/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driver test will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31342/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the frequency of driver tests in County Donegal since the reopening of the driving centres; the planned frequency for the coming six months per centre, per day in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31343/21]
- 2021-06-16 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the process involved in advance of applying for a limousine licence for new unregistered vehicles not listed on the considered qualifying list on the RSA website; the way it is determined how a new vehicle meets the criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32320/21]
- 2021-06-16 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driver licence can be extended for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32321/21]
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to fast-track procurement for and delivery of transport infrastructure projects in the north-west to boost regional development, employment and connectivity in response to Brexit and the impact of Covid-19 in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29515/21]
Education 2 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if home-based July provision will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31344/21]
- 2021-06-16 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if a post-primary school transport route (details supplied) will be extended with the capacity increased to meet demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32322/21]
Children 2 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding streams for a youth work project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31346/21]
- 2021-06-16 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a review can be accepted in exceptional circumstances for a person (details supplied) to resolve a national childcare scheme issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32323/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of the local authority mortgage protection insurance scheme through the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the way it compares to the average cost of mortgage protection insurance in the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31760/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice the process by which a sporting organisation can apply for a licence to enable it to fundraise in all counties by means of an online raffle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31345/21]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Housing 4 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has consulted with the Health and Safety Authority to establish its role in liaising with Donegal County Council or Mayo County Council on the safety of families living in private or public homes affected by mica or pyrite defective concrete blocks. [31415/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the review will be completed of the submission received from a group (details supplied) in County Donegal in April 2021 and its proposals acted upon. [31416/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the regulations that are currently in place to ensure that manufacturers here do not allow deleterious minerals such as pyrite or MICA to be present in the constituent aggregate of concrete blocks; the person or body that is responsible for enforcing these regulations; and if he is satisfied that they are enforcing same. [31417/21]
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the changes that have been introduced with respect to the regulation and monitoring of product standards for building blocks since the publication of the Report of the Expert Panel on Defective Blocks in 2017; the measures put in place to ensure that the widespread use of such defective blocks in counties Donegal and Mayo will be prevented in the future; and the role the National Building Control Office now has with respect to ensuring the highest possible standards for building blocks and all other construction material used in residential housing developments. [32560/21]
Education 2 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the status of progress being made with the new school buildings for a school (details supplied). [30852/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the status of progress being made with the new school building for a school (details supplied). [30853/21]
Public 1 question
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if provision has been made in the National Development Plan for the full cost of making homes in counties Donegal and Mayo safe under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will ensure that these costs are covered in the review of the National Development Plan. [31685/21]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the impending requirement that all fish species landed here are weighed at the pier or harbour may be in contravention of EU sanitary requirements in relation to cold chain integrity for chilled or frozen foods; if he will consult with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority and Bord Iascaigh Mhara in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30652/21]