386. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline the percentage additional cost that will be added to petrol and diesel by 2030 as a result of the carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10750/25]
301. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider extending the 50% fare reduction for young adult and student Leap card holders to students who travel cross-Border to attend third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11097/25]
112. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a person will receive a response to formal complaints submitted to the Passport Office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10863/25]
299. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if information is available to the public relating to Land Registry applications; if the original documents are available for a third party; the consent required by a third party; if these documents fall under freedom of information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10252/25]
117. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the action taken, and planned, to address the fact that only 30% of patients in Donegal receive day-case chemotherapy within the target time of three weeks, due to capacity constraints at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10170/25]
214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the action taken to address, and the planned actions, to deal with the current crisis with Neurology Services at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10171/25]
106. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when an assessment will be carried out on a home (details supplied) in County Donegal that the Housing Agency has determined meets the damage threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9912/25]
50. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline any changes to the application of flat-rate expenses in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10072/25]
49. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the annual cost to the Exchequer of flat-rate expenses; the estimated maximum potential cost if all workers claimed flat-rate expenses; if he will provide a breakdown of the estimated percentage of workers in each category claiming flat-rate expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10071/25]
687. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 6 February 2025, if he is aware that the HSE has refused to provide the costs of consultancy contracts for 2023 and 2024 despite the fact that this information has been provided previously by the HSE and for the current year by other public bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9269/25]
564. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES payment will issue for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9224/25]
525. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice to specify the level of priority being attached to the Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024 in the Government legislative programme; when we are likely to see the bill progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9515/25]
471. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in Donegal (details supplied) will be repaid illness benefit that was paid to the wrong bank account; the steps his Department is taking to recover the money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9512/25]
304. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if credit services firms that manage mortgages for investors are required to apply a comparable interest rate as the bank the mortgage was bought from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9268/25]
303. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 66 and 67 of 19 February 2025, the number of tax avoidance cases that reach four years in duration since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9267/25]
302. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 66 and 67 of 19 February 2025, the reason for the substantial increase in average duration of tax avoidance cases in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9266/25]
295. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide information on the proposed local property tax Bill contained within the legislative Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9064/25]
239. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if passengers whose buses were cancelled as a result of recent snow are entitled to a refund if the bus company cancelled the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9098/25]
79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education what action will be taken regarding the oversubscribing of a school (details supplied) in Letterkenny despite a new building recently being constructed; if any additional places can be provided to the school given the significant demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8543/25]
33. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if the concerns of staff and the local community will be listened to; if she will reverse the decision to relocate the Donegal Education Centre from Donegal town to Letterkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8542/25]
167. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding directed to arts centres in each county from 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8196/25]
123. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the steps a person in Donegal (details supplied) can take to register for the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8197/25]
104. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 46 to 54 of 6 February 2025, the total value of the surcharge collected each year since 2016 under anti-tax avoidance legislation; the total value of the final tax liability determined at the end of tax compliance intervention each year under anti-tax avoidance legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8626/25]
103. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 60 to 62 of 6 February 2025, the number of applications received by Revenue to transfers to a pension scheme in a country other than the UK or an EU Member State in each year since 2012; the number of approvals provided by Revenue since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8625/25]
102. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 60 to 62 of 6 February 2025, the number of transfers of occupational pensions to other EU jurisdictions under the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision II Directive to each EU Member State, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8624/25]
101. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 60 to 62 of 6 February 2025, the number of cases that have been opened by Revenue to examine the potential use of pension transfers both within the EU and other international destinations to circumvent tax either under Irish pension tax legislation or tax avoidance legislation, in tabular form; the number of cases that have been determined to be in breach of tax law; the total revenue collected as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8623/25]
100. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 60 to 62 of 6 February 2025, the timeframe in which a declaration signed by the individual concerned must be submitted to Revenue to transfers of pensions to other EU Member States under the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision Directive 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8622/25]
99. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 60 to 62 of 6 February 2025, if he will outline the relevant benefits as defined by section 770 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 that constitutes a bona fide reason to transfer a pension overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8621/25]
97. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number and value of Irish mortgages currently held in terms of beneficial ownership by both traditional banks and non-bank entities each year from 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8357/25]
856. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the cost of the PwC report into the National Children’s Hospital commissioned in January 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7268/25]
855. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Strategic Review of General Practice; to confirm that the review will provide sustainable solution for charity-operated GP practices in relation to the taxation of GMS contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7267/25]
557. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if National Parks and Wildlife Service farm plan scheme payments are delayed; if he will provide an update on payment processing timelines; the number of participants awaiting their payment under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8016/25]
556. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a National Parks and Wildlife Service farm plan scheme annual payment for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8015/25]
477. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Secretary General of the Department raised the issue of the increased cost of the ICT system of the Arts Council at the Civil Service Management Board;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7573/25]
461. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline every update provided to the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in relation to the Arts Council IT project since the project was first approved in 2019, specifying whether the update included information on costs and the date of the update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7266/25]
460. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline every update provided to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in relation to the Arts Council IT project since the project was first approved in 2019, specifying whether the update included information on costs and the date of the update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7265/25]
346. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the role played by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer in relation to the project to develop an ICT system at the Arts Council outlining in detail each time they were made aware of an increase in budget and the actions they took to inform others within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7574/25]
328. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the cost of the EY Capital Project and Programme Delivery Capability Review commissioned in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7269/25]
208. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of households in Donegal that are yet to have their National Broadband Ireland connection restored after storm Éowyn; the reason all connections have not yet been restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7461/25]
206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the Loughros Mór draft net fisheries demand for season parity, ahead of the 2025 season; if he will consider intervening to ensure license holders on the Owenea and Owentocker rivers/Loughros Mór estuary are treated fairly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7404/25]
159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has considered the need for a dedicated children’s respite centre in Donegal to address the growing need for respite hours in the county and the current lack of available respite for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7873/25]
155. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the process to award emergency funding to organisations in Donegal through the children’s disability grant fund, announced in November 2023, with the successful applicants announced in June 2024, has taken so long; if funds have not been awarded, when it will be awarded to all successful applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7874/25]
67. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 46 to 54 of 6 February 2025; to provide the average duration of a tax avoidance case since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6748/25]
66. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 46 to 54 of 6 February 2025; to provide the number of tax avoidance cases that have been timed out or closed as a result of the time limit being reached, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6747/25]
65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 12 February 2025; the total value of all invoices paid to a company (details supplied) in relation to the 24-month contract for them to operate as the Department’s independent advisor on the State’s banking assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6746/25]
681. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a patient (details supplied) from County Donegal will be transferred from Sligo University Hospital to Beaumont Hospital for a second opinion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5457/25]
320. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if the lease has been signed for the move by a school (details supplied) to a premises in Letterkenny; if so, the duration of the lease; when lease comes into effect; the cost of the move, including start-up costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5523/25]