31. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide an update on supports for remote working and remote working hubs in Donegal as a measure to address regional imbalance; whether additional supports will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62293/25]
1110. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the total number of defamation cases, where litigation has been paid by the HSE, taken against family members of persons with disabilities where the person is a ward of court, over the past ten years; the breakdown of the category of litigation, to include injunctions, defamation proceedings and any other relevant details; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62113/25]
1079. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the planned new Dungloe primary care centre; the timeframe for when the Centre will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61854/25]
940. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health in view of another recent failure to provide nursing cover for Tory Island, when commitments will be fulfilled regarding the provision of nursing cover on the island at all times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61059/25]
642. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review current income eligibility thresholds for social housing; if he is aware of low income families qualifying for the working family payment being removed from social housing waiting lists on review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62199/25]
563. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a response will issue to correspondence from this Deputy regarding an application for a seat on a special needs school transport for a child in County Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62218/25]
414. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to clarify the Budget Package component described as 'Key Policy Adjustments and Expansion of Services' including the parameters determining which funding provisions are captured by this heading; and the way in which these parameters differ from those pertaining to the heading last year of 'New Measures'. [61594/25]
413. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether any of the €0.9 billion allocated to increase in recipients relates to key policy adjustments or expansion of services due to commence in 2026. [61593/25]
412. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether any of the €2.2 billion allocated to 'Key Policy Adjustments and Expansion of Services' relates to an increase in recipients; and if so the portion. [61592/25]
411. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide further details of the component parts that make up the €1.4 billion other category; and to confirm whether any of the allocation arises from policy changes due to commence in 2026; and if so the portion. [61591/25]
410. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the calculations used by his Department to arrive at the figure of 0.9 billion for 'Increase in Recipients' published in the Expenditure Report 2025. [61590/25]
409. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 4 November 2025, which requested a breakdown by Departmental vote of various aggregate amounts set out in Table 2 on page 12 of the Expenditure Report and his response, to correct and confirm each of the amounts contained in this table (details supplied) which was derived from the aforementioned Reconciliation Tables; and to provide an explanation for each discrepancy between this table and the actual budget package components. [61589/25]
171. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Crumlin Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60268/25]
167. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health to outline the clinical pathway for someone who is bi-polar and presenting with a hyper-manic episode; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60228/25]
113. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to establish a board of management for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60319/25]
2145. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he sought or obtained any additional supports for financial literacy and financial education in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59358/25]
2144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the Programme for Government commitment to ‘review the financial supports available to adult learners and promote access to education and lifelong learning’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59357/25]
1328. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of legislation on the national fraud database, due to start in 2025, as set out in Recommendation 5.1 of the National Payment Strategy, as published in October 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59356/25]
1192. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in County Donegal who will be affected by the changes in Budget 2026 to the living alone allowance; the estimated number of people that would have benefitted if further funding was provided for allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58522/25]
693. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a decision will be made in regards to the 2027 Leaving Certificate Gaeilge oral examinations, in particular the number of Strath Pictiuirí (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58235/25]
541. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a breakdown of each of the aggregate amounts for 2025 decisions, public sector pay agreement, increase in recipients, other, key policy adjustments and expansion of services, and Ukraine related expenditure respectively set out on Table 2 on page 12 of the Expenditure Report, by Department, in tabular form. [58475/25]
504. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the likely priorities on banking and financial services during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59387/25]
503. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the progress on the Programme for Government commitment to “draft a five-year strategy for the credit union sector to ensure it can fully leverage new opportunities”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59386/25]
502. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the progress on the Payment Services Directive and Regulation; Ireland’s position on these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59385/25]
501. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the progress on the European Deposit Insurance Scheme; Ireland’s position on these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59384/25]
500. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the status of the recommendations of the 2022 Retail Banking Review; the number of actions outstanding; the timeline for their completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59383/25]
496. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of firms engaged in Discretionary Commission Arrangements in the provision of motor finance through hire-purchase agreements prior to the Central Bank's intervention in 2024; the estimated number of customers effected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58949/25]
495. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if construction of a qualifying building is required to be within the State in order to be relevant expenditure for the research and development tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58936/25]
494. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of the research and development activity subsidised by the State through the research and development tax credit that is conducted outside of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58935/25]
471. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total value of all residential property based on local property tax data; the total value of residential property owned by multi-property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58556/25]
470. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance using data from local property taxes, to provide the number of multi-property owners with over one hundred residential properties, including the total number of properties; the number of multi-property owners with between 50 - 99 residential properties and the total number of properties; the number of multi-property owners with between 20 - 49 residential properties and the total number of properties; the total number of multi-property owners with between 10 -19 residential properties and the total number of properties; the number of multi-property owners with between five to nine residential properties and the total number of properties; the number of multi-property owners with four residential properties; the number of multi-property owners with three residential properties; the number of multi-property owners with two residential properties, from 2016 to date, in tabular form. [58555/25]
451. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of Irish sovereign debt held by the ECB each year since 2008, in tabular form. [57965/25]
97. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to address the need for capital works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59686/25]
23. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to address the need for capital works at a school (details supplied) with defective concrete blocks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59695/25]
180. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health her Departments progress in ensuring the second busiest level 3 hospital in the country, Letterkenny University Hospital, changed to a level 4 hospital, considering its geographical and roads/rail infrastructure isolation, and by adding much needed medical specialties to existing services, thereby making them more easily accessible to people living in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57493/25]
179. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health for an update on the timeline of plans to develop a new surgical hub in Letterkenny University Hospital. [57492/25]
165. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if she will sanction the appointment of a WTE consultant paediatric endocrinologist into Letterkenny University Hospital (details supplied) to fully support children with type 1 diabetes and their families living in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57433/25]
102. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 15 October 2025, for an approximate breakdown of the 3,000 beneficiaries, between those who are current recipients and will receive an increase to their payment rate, and those who will be new claimants and whose incomes will be in excess of the current maximum disregard level. [57683/25]
38. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of homes that will move into a higher band for the local property tax upon revaluation, by county or region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57642/25]
509. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that his relevant Department officials participate in the Multi- Stakeholder Working Group including members (details supplied) established to address the range of problems affecting victims of the defective concrete block crisis, given the need to restore a normal and functioning housing market in the affected counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57425/25]
315. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 14 October 2025, to provide further detail on how the legislation was functioning in relation to balancing allowances arising in respect of intellectual property asset; the cost to the exchequer of the ring-fencing and 80% not being applied to balancing allowances in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 as a result of allowances being used at a faster rate than was intended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57262/25]
313. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance all qualifying cost for the higher rate deduction regarding the enhanced corporation tax deduction for apartment construction costs announced in budget 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57254/25]
311. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of capital allowances on the cost of furniture and fittings in rental residential property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57151/25]
310. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of capital allowances on the purchase of residential property broken down by investment company, trade company and individual landlord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57150/25]
309. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 14 October 2025, the cost of the VAT change for new apartment construction for apartments completed and sold in 2025; the cost of the VAT change for new apartment construction for apartments completed and sold in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57149/25]
308. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 14 October 2025, if any loan sharks rather than fraud cases have been reported to the Central Bank of Ireland since the enactment of the Consumer Credit (Amendment) Act 2022, in June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57148/25]
307. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 14 October 2025, if the standard fund threshold will increase from €2 million to €2.2 million in 2026; to outline a credible cost associated with the measure that includes change in behaviour that would directly result from this measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57147/25]
302. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance for the abridged estimates volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 7, 9 and 10, including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations. [56927/25]