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Finance68 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in first-and full-year terms in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively, from increasing the rate of residential stamp duty from 1 to 2% for residential property of values between €700,000 and €1 million, and increasing the rate of residential stamp duty from 2 to 5% for residential property of values above €1 million. [33150/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated general Government balance and Exchequer balance in the years 2025 to 2030, respectively, under the summer economic statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31886/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to clarify the variance between the general Government surplus of just under €6 billion for 2025 referenced in the summer economic statement and projected general Government surplus of €9.7 billion for 2025 in the stability programme update; the reason for this variance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31887/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected tax revenue in each of the years 2025 to 2030, under the summer economic statement. [31888/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated impact of pillars 1 and 2 of the OECD agreement on tax revenue on each of the years 2025 to 2030, under the stability programme update and summer economic statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31889/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the banking levy is in the tax base, under the summer economic statement, in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, respectively; and the amount in the base in each of those years. [31923/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first-year and full-year cost of removing residential stamp duty with respect to the purchase of residential property by first-time buyers for property purchase values of €500,000 or less, €450,000 or less and €400,000 or less, respectively. [31940/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue in the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively, by increasing the rate of commercial stamp duty from 7.5% to 12.5%, excluding agricultural property and land. [31945/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue in the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively, by increasing the rate of commercial stamp duty from 7.5% to 10 %, excluding agricultural property and land. [31946/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised from restricting the employers’ PRSI exemption scheme for share-based remuneration to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively. [31955/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual revenue forgone as a result of stamp duty not being applied to share buybacks not effected by means of a stock transfer form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31960/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 by applying a 1% rate of stamp duty on all forms of share buybacks, including those effected by means other than a stock transfer form. [31961/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by introducing a 3% income tax surcharge, levied through the USC, on individual incomes with respect to the portion above €140,000, in first- and full-year terms; and the estimated revenue that would be raised in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively. [31972/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by introducing a 2% income tax surcharge, levied through the USC, on individual incomes with respect to the portion above €140,000, in first- and full-year terms; and the estimated revenue that would be raised in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively. [31973/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by introducing a 1% income tax surcharge, levied through the USC, on individual incomes with respect to the portion above €140,000, in first- and full-year terms; and the estimated revenue raised in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively. [31983/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue provided in the tax base under the stability programme update and Summer Economic Statement with respect to the defective concrete products levy in the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029; and the revenue forgone in each of those years by removing the levy. [31997/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue provided in the tax base under the stability programme update and the summer economic statement with respect to the special assignee relief programme in the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively, and the revenue in the base in each of those years. [32073/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected annual revenue, in first- and full-year terms, of scheduled increases in the carbon tax in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, relative to the carbon tax in the previous year, for example, the projected annual revenue in 2028 from scheduled increases in the carbon tax relative to 2027. [32085/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by reducing the standard fund threshold from €2 million to €1.8 million, €1.75 million and €1.5 million, respectively. [32131/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by introducing a second home charge of €100 and €400, respectively, in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, with respect to every non-principal private residence, excluding residences owned by local authorities or AHBs. [32132/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by introducing a 25% or 50% cap, respectively, on corporation tax relief utilised in a single year by NAMA-participating banks, in first- and full-year terms, and had it been introduced in the years 2022 and 2023. [32138/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by introducing a 25% or 50% cap, respectively, on corporation tax relief utilised in a single year by all banks, in first- and full-year terms, and had it been introduced in the years 2022 and 2023. [32139/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if and how his Department incorporates increases in Government current and capital expenditure into its tax forecasts, for example, whether general Government expenditure is incorporated as a variable in its tax forecasting models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32440/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the first and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5 to 0%, reducing the second rate of USC from 2 to 0% and increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €25,760 to €45,000. [32981/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year costs in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5% to 0%, reducing the second rate of USC from 2% to 1% and increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €25,760 to €27,880 in 2025, then reducing the second rate of USC from 1% to 0%, and increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €27,880 to €30,000 in 2026, then increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €30,000 to €35,000 in 2027, then increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €35,000 to €40,000 in 2027. [33074/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively, of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5 to 0 %t, reducing the second rate of USC from 2 to 1 % and increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €25,760 to €27,880 in 2025, then reducing the second rate of USC from 1 to 0 % and increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €27,880 to €30,000 in 2026, then increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €30,000 to €35,000 in 2027, then increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €35,000 to €40,000 in 2028. [33083/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of reducing the rates of USC for the years and bands outlined (details supplied). [33106/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in first and full-year terms in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively, by increasing the rate of capital acquisition tax from 33 to 36%. [33153/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised in first and full-year terms in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively, by increasing the rate of capital acquisition tax from 33 to 36% for Category A. [33155/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised in first and full-year terms in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 by reducing the total earnings limit for employee pension contribution from €115,000 to €60,000, €70,000 and €80,000, in tabular form. [33158/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised in first and full-year terms in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively, by reducing the total earnings limit for employee pension contribution from €115,000 to €60,000 while increasing the age-related percentage limits to 40% across all age-brackets. [33159/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue cost in first and full-year terms in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively, by increasing the age-related percentage limits for employee pension contributions to 40% across all age-brackets. [33160/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue provided in the tax base under the stability programme update and Summer Economic Statement with respect to the mortgage interest tax credit in the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively; and the revenue in the base in each of those years. [33191/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the money allocated to the rent tax credit and within the base under the Stability Programme Update and Summer Economic Statement for 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 respectively; and if there is €288 million in the tax base for the rent tax credit in 2024 given €200 million was allocated to it in Budget 2023 and a further €88 million was allocated to it in Budget 2024. [33208/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the rent tax credit to €1,000 for 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029. [33211/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the rent tax credit to 8.3% of annual rent paid per private rental tenant, with a minimum credit of €1,000 and maximum credit of €1,500, provided as a refundable tax credit for the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029. [33215/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue cost in 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively, of increasing the rent tax credit to 8.3% of annual rent paid per private rental tenant, with a minimum credit of €1,000 and maximum credit of €2,000, provided as a refundable tax credit. [33216/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2025, and specifically from 1 January 2025 to 1 October 2025, of not proceeding with the scheduled increase in excise duty on petrol, diesel and marked gas oil, respectively, on 1 August 2024. [33233/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue of scheduled increases in the carbon tax in 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, respectively, with reference to 2024. [33235/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €50 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively; and if this costing includes the married or in a civil partnership tax credit, widowed person or surviving civil partnership credit and widowed parent or surviving civil partner bereavement credit. [33237/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €75 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively, and to clarify if this costing includes the married or in a civil partnership tax credit, widowed person or surviving civil partnership credit and widowed parent or surviving civil partner bereavement credit. [33238/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €100 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively, and to clarify if this costing includes the married or in a civil partnership tax credit, widowed person or surviving civil partnership credit and widowed parent or surviving civil partner bereavement credit. [33239/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000, in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively. [33240/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000, and assumptions made with respect of this estimate with regards to married people or civil partners. [33241/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised from tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000, having increased personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €50 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively, for example, increasing tax credits by €50 would increase the yield of tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 compared to not increasing tax credits. [33247/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised from tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000, having increased personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €75 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively (for example, increasing tax credits by €75 would increase the yield of tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 compared to not increasing tax credits. [33249/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised from tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000, having increased personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €100 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively for example, increasing tax credits by €100 would increase the yield of tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 compared to not increasing tax credits. [33256/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the home carer’s credit by €100 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively. [33259/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the home carer’s credit by €50 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively. [33261/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the incapacitated child credit by €100 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively. [33263/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the incapacitated child credit by €50 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively. [33268/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the single person child carer tax credit by €100 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively. [33269/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the single person child carer tax credit by €50 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively. [33289/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the income tax standard rate band by €500 in 2025, a further €500 in 2026, a further €500 in 2027, a further €500 in 2028 and a further €500 in 2029, respectively. [33292/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the income tax standard rate band by €1,000 in 2025, a further €1,000 in 2026, a further €1,000 in 2027, a further €1,000 in 2028 and a further €1,000 in 2029, respectively. [33295/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year costs in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 of extending the reduced 9% rate of VAT applying to electricity and gas. [33303/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year cost in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 of making research and development payable credits, under the R&D tax credit regime, payable in one instalment for small and micro companies and SMEs. [33306/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 by introducing a luxury vehicle tax applied at a rate of 10% on the importation or sale of vehicles of a value in excess of €65,000, excluding HGVs, ambulances, hearses, motor vehicle clearly marked for policing activities, motor vehicle clearly marked and equipped for emergency medical or fire response activities or recreational vehicles designed or adapted to provide temporary residential accommodations. [33315/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 by introducing a luxury vehicle tax applied at a rate of 10% on the importation or sale of vehicles of a value in excess of €85,000, excluding HGVs, ambulances, hearses, motor vehicle clearly marked for policing activities, motor vehicle clearly marked and equipped for emergency medical or fire response activities or recreational vehicles designed or adapted to provide temporary residential accommodations. [33316/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 by introducing a luxury vehicle tax applied at a rate of 10 per cent on the importation or sale of vehicles of a value in excess of €100,000, excluding HGVs, ambulances, hearses, motor vehicle clearly marked for policing activities, motor vehicle clearly marked and equipped for emergency medical or fire response activities or recreational vehicles designed or adapted to provide temporary residential accommodations. [33323/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of expanding section 481 tax relief to theatre productions. [33651/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of restoring the regional uplift for section 481 tax relief. [33652/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of establishing a regional uplift for section 481 tax relief limited to productions filmed in Gaeltacht areas. [33653/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of expanding section 481 tax relief to unscripted films. [33654/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be gained by imposing a levy on ticket sale and distribution service providers at a rate of 3%, 4% and 5%, based on the revenue earned by the provider for services provided in the State. [33656/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of introducing income averaging for artists. [33657/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the cap on the level of exempt income under the artists’ tax exemption from €50,000 to €60,000, to €75,000, and to €100,000. [33658/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if tax projections under the Stability Programme Update (SPU) incorporated or factored in increases in capital expenditure, for example, in relation to VAT, under the SPU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33722/24]
Public Expenditure5 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the money allocated to the State’s contribution to auto-enrolment within the base under the stability programme update and summer economic statement; and if it is provided with the expenditure ceiling or budgetary decisions line of the summer economic statement, for the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively. [33488/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if provision has been made in either voted current spending or budgetary decisions in table 1 of the summer economic statement, with respect to future public service pay agreements, in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2029, respectively. [31891/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to confirm if a contingency reserve, previously totalling €4.5 billion in the stability programme update, is provided in voted current spending in table 1 of the summer economic statement in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2029, respectively; the amount in this reserve in each of those years; a breakdown of this allocation across programmes such as: Ukraine related expenditure, Covid-related expenditure, international protection expenditure, EU funds and Brexit-related expenditure, transport expenditure, and so on, in each of those years. [31893/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a breakdown of the expenditure from the contingency reserve assigned for temporary protection and international protection-related expenditure in each of the years 2025 to 2027. [33515/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a breakdown of core expenditure allocated to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for temporary protection and international protection-related expenditure in each of the years 2025 to 2029. [33518/24]
Education3 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when payroll forms will be completed and returned to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal that are urgently required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31082/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the total seat capacity and number of applications for school transport tickets to a school in County Donegal (details supplied); if additional capacity is being considered for a particular route; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31579/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when Bus Éireann school transport will issue a response to a communication (details supplied) relating to a student attending an all-Irish school in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32134/24]
Housing3 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of enhanced defective block scheme applications received from owners who purchased properties after the deadline set out in section 9(4) of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022; the total number of which were accepted under exceptional circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30876/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the serious financial impact the changes made to the enhanced home energy upgrade grant recently announced by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications has on approved applicants with defective blocks; if he will discuss making necessary changes with the Minster for Environment, Climate and Communications to ensure the grant works for those applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31797/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when an IT problem will be resolved that is preventing new applications to the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme from applicants who withdrew from the defective concrete block scheme being accepted in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33756/24]
Health3 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be discharged from Letterkenny University Hospital to a long-term care facility in County Donegal; the reason for the delayed discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31044/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if mental health services will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31599/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a HSE report on the death of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be completed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32281/24]
Environment2 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will apply the necessary changes to his recently announced enhanced home energy upgrade grant for those with defective blocks to ensure applicants with prior approval do not lose thousands of euros of grant funding to avoid serious financial debt being enforced upon them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31803/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason cuts were made to the amount available in the enhanced home energy upgrade grant for those with defective blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31804/24]
Transport2 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the money allocated and disbursed under the community involvement scheme, respectively, in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and to clarify if money allocated/disbursed under the community involvement scheme is considered as capital allocations or clarified as current expenditure. [30922/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is aware of the terrible condition of the Currynanerriagh bridge, on the R250 between Glenties and Fintown in County Donegal, a bridge that has been severely neglected in terms of maintenance, and, tragically, has been the site of several accidents, resulting in the loss of six lives; if his Department has any plans to sign off on the €600,000 needed to bring the road up to an appropriate standard or if his Department has any plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33248/24]
Foreign1 question
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if child passport applications (details supplied) will issue on time for a travel date; when contact will be made if any additional documentation is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33352/24]
Tourism1 question
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated revenue to be generated from introducing a levy of 3% on audiovisual media service providers, in line with the provision for a European works levy set out in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2023. [33650/24]
Rural1 question
2024-07-23Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the money allocated and disbursed under the local improvement scheme, in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and to clarify if money allocated/disbursed under the local improvement scheme is considered as capital allocations or clarified as current expenditure. [30922/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the moneys spent and allocated to the fishing industry and the associated fisheries representative agencies, such as the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, the Marine Institute and Bord Bia, in the current European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund Operational Programme 2021-2027; the full breakdown for 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the future spending for following years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31320/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to all fish producer organisations under the current financing arrangements; if upfront funding has been provided to any of the named organisations for the years 2015 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31321/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a full breakdown of the annual budget for the Marine Institute for each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31464/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to publish a full outline of all funding provided to all fish producer organisations under the current financing arrangements; if he has provided any upfront funding to any of the named organisations for the years 2015 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31465/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had any talks with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment with a view to introducing increased cost-of-business supports for the aquaculture industry, given the significant increase in input costs over the past two years aligned with increased production losses; to provide any costings developed on introducing such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33485/24]
Health4 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the necessary consultants, doctors and support staff will be appointed at Letterkenny University Hospital to address the growing waiting lists for dermatology patients in County Donegal. [31258/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the geographical assignments for public health nurses in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal; and to provide a comparative of same with each of the years 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [31393/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the current home care package for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can be increased to include weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31605/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the negotiations that have taken place involving Ireland as part of the BeNeLuxA initiative for purchasing Skyclarys containing omaveloxalone, which is used in the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33166/24]
Children3 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the current home care package for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can be increased to include weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31604/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth , further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 23 April, when he will publish his Department’s legislative proposals arising from its wider review of the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018 and the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31613/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the progress he has made to date in transposing the pay transparency directive into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31614/24]
Public Expenditure1 question
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for a full breakdown for all moneys drawn down from Brexit adjustment reserve funding; how the moneys were spent; if any moneys announced in the seafood task force were returned unspent; if so, the amount in each of the years since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31462/24]
Enterprise1 question
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the visa options for an individual (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31322/24]
Housing1 question
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on Ireland’s progress with the directive (details supplied); the funding he is identifying to ensure tertiary treatment is rolled out for all coastal wastewater treatment plants - specifically plants adjacent to bays and harbours where shellfish production is carried out to sustain food safety, rural jobs and enterprise; to outline costs of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33486/24]
Justice1 question
2024-07-23Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice the way an American citizen who holds a UEFA B qualification in football coaching would be treated for the purposes of attaining visa status to enter Ireland for work purposes in the football community; the visa entry options allowing work that are open to this individual; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31466/24]