Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin
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16 questions ·
2 new lobbying returns
Questions asked16 total
Finance12 questions
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total invested by the State and the cash received to date in disposals, redemptions and coupons, dividends and fees; the net cash position and valuation of remaining investment; and the net position at the end of July 2021 in banks (details supplied) in tabular form. [42018/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason the 30 per cent research and development tax credit regime for small and micro companies provided in the Finance Act 2019 is not yet operable; and when it will come into effect. [42108/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total value of qualifying expenditure against which capital allowances, including wear and tear allowances, were claimed with respect to data centres in each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form. [42672/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of data centres for which capital allowances were claimed for each of the years 2015 to 2020. [42673/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total tax revenue foregone in each of the years 2015 to 2020 with respect to capital allowances, including wear and tear allowances, claimed with respect to data centres, in tabular form. [42674/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be saved in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively, if expenditure incurred with respect to data centres was no longer qualifying expenditure for the purposes of capital allowances. [42675/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if an increase in the rate of VAT for the hospitality and tourism sector from 9 to 13.5% has been included in the projections outlined in the Summer Economic Statement or whether extending the 9% rate, for the duration of 2022, would need to be included as a stand-alone measure with cost in budget 2022; and the cost of same. [42725/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected cost of extending the employment wage subsidy scheme in its current form until 31 March 2022 and 30 June 2022, respectively. [43168/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected cost of extending the employment wage subsidy scheme in its current form until 31 March 2022 and then from 1 April 2022 to 30 June 2022 with eligibility criteria amended such that businesses qualify in circumstances in which they have experienced a 50% reduction in turnover in the relevant period and reduced rates as in a table (details supplied). [43169/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an overview of the changes announced to the research and development tax credit for small and micro-companies in section 25 of Finance Act 2019. [43176/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the date on which a submission was made to the European Commission for State Aid approval with respect to changes made to the research and development tax credit for small and micro-companies under section 25 of the Finance Act 2019; the status of this submission; the expected date of its approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43177/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2022 of amending the research and development tax credit regime by allowing small and micro companies to receive the credit in one instalment rather than three instalments over a 33-month period payable not earlier than the relevant tax pay and file date for the company’s accounting period in which the qualifying expenditure was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43178/21]
Public2 questions
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures included by cost, description and Department in the €8.1 billion in temporary spending for 2022 outlined in table 4 of the Summer Economic Statement 2021. [43182/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures included in the employment wage subsidy scheme by cost, description and Department in the €5.3 billion in Covid-19 measures and contingency for 2022 outlined in table 8 non-core expenditure trajectory of the Summer Economic Statement 2021. [43183/21]
Transport1 question
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driver test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42864/21]
Health1 question
2021-09-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal will receive a rheumatology appointment for Our Lady’s Hospital, Manorhamilton; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42865/21]
New lobbying2 returns
Inishowen Development PartnershipEmployment
Employment Services
The Community Foundation for IrelandCommunity
Pre-budget submission for The Community Foundation for Ireland
2021-09-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of financial support or revenue compensating package that the State will provide to the fish processing sector in Ireland to compensate for the serious loss of business and revenue due to Brexit; and the way this financial support compares to other affected EU Member States; and the financial supports provided to their fish processing sectors. [42828/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the fish swaps carried out by vessels or EU member states that includes fish species and fish quota taken from the Irish EEZ in each of the years 2000 to 2021 inclusive in tabular form. [42829/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide an estimate in cooperation with the relevant fishermen and fishermen’s co-ops as to the estimated financial loss to the Irish fishing fleet to date in 2021 as a result of the ongoing blockage of Irish fishing vessels from the waters around Rockall. [43159/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the dispute between the EU Member States Commission, Norway and the Faroe Islands over mackerel quotas; and the way that dispute is reflected in reciprocal access to harbours by vessels from the relevant fleets in dispute. [43160/21]
Foreign2 questions
2021-09-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of negotiations with the British government to reinstate access for the Irish fishing fleet to the waters around Rockall. [43162/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of negotiations with the British government on the jurisdiction of Lough Foyle; and if his attention has been drawn to the detrimental impact to the management of this key resource caused by the ongoing jurisdictional dispute over Lough Foyle which is still unresolved 23 years after the Good Friday Agreement. [43163/21]
Finance1 question
2021-09-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out research to examine the revenue raised by other states from the issuing of personalised number plates and vehicle registration plates; and if he has plans to introduce such a system here. [43054/21]
Public1 question
2021-09-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the overall amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund for Ireland; the percentage of this to be allocated to the seafood sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42827/21]
Health1 question
2021-09-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason the medical card scheme does not cover the cost of dental care for 12 to 16-year-olds; and if he has plans to change same. [43053/21]