238. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of successful claims to date under the mortgage interest tax credit relief. [12157/24]
237. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications to the mortgage interest tax credit which have been unable to receive the full 20% relief under the credit on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability despite their mortgage interest costs being higher in 2023 compared to 2022. [12156/24]
236. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications to the mortgage interest tax credit which have been rejected on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability despite their mortgage interest costs being higher in 2023 compared to 2022. [12155/24]
235. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications to the mortgage interest tax credit which have been rejected on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability. [12154/24]
321. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if carers can be provided to a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11320/24]
320. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if services will continue from the physical and sensory disability service in Letterkenny, County Donegal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11319/24]
234. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the names of all Irish language colleges that have been supported by the Department in County Donegal over the past five years, in tabular form; the number of students that each college taught; the location of each college on a year by year basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11237/24]
43. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in light of new evidence emerging regarding the 1973 killing of a person (details supplied), he will make the family's desire for a public inquiry clear to the British government; what steps the Irish Government is taking to aid the family in their quest for justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11095/24]
204. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason the Government has not provided support for immediate family members of victims of the Creeslough tragedy who live outside Creeslough; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10931/24]
203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that without HSE funding a pastoral centre that provides counselling to people, including a family member of a victim of the Creeslough tragedy, is to close in two weeks; if the HSE plans to prevent this closure from happening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10926/24]
195. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child in County Donegal (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for physiotherapy sessions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10869/24]
24. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application for a person (details supplied) will process on time for the travel date of 14 March; if a document used for their naturalisation application can be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11172/24]
762. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person from County Donegal (details supplied) attended Sligo University Hospital for intravitreal; can this person receive this treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10688/24]
761. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the HSE had provided a taxi transport service for a person in County Donegal (details supplied) to attend Sligo University Hospital for intravitreal, the reason this service will no longer be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10687/24]
760. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health did the HSE provide a taxi transport service for a person in County Donegal (details supplied) to attend Sligo University Hospital for intravitreal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10686/24]
561. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the children's disability grant will be provided to successful applications in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10241/24]
560. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason tailored responses are not being given to parents who submit questions regarding their children's care under CDNTs in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10236/24]
271. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if her Department received an email from this Deputy dated 14 February 2024 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10028/24]
103. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will be processed on time for date of travel for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10592/24]
146. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to his debate in Dáil Éireann with this Deputy, if he has considered making an apology on behalf of the State to a person (details supplied) after they received an apology from Tusla regarding how they and their family were treated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9702/24]
116. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is concerned that the extension of payments under the accommodation recognition grant for a further year without changes risks interference with the private rental market, with negative consequences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9725/24]
56. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he can provide assurances that vital services such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy service, and current bed numbers, will remain at Saint Joseph's Community Hospital in Donegal in the long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9710/24]
186. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the waiting time for a respite bed in a community hospital in Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9667/24]
183. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of long-term stay beds to be retained after refurbishment in a community hospital in Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9635/24]
182. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if respite beds have been reinstated after refurbishment in a community hospital in Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9634/24]
181. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting on a respite bed in a community hospital in Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9633/24]
180. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health what the long term stay capacity will be post refurbishment in a community hospital in Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9632/24]
179. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of respite beds in a community hospital in Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9631/24]
178. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for long term stay in a community hospital in Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9630/24]
33. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when the requirement to pay VAT on all new cars bought in the North, and the extra VAT charge that applies if a vehicle was not properly imported from Britain to the North, took effect; the requirements that were in place prior to these requirements taking effect; the length of time required for a car to be in private ownership in the North where it is bought in the North for it not to be subject to VAT. [9722/24]
6. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach further to comments made on 16 January 2024 that the ten districts with the highest proportion of people from Ukraine and international protection applicants would receive a special package of financial supports, if he will name the ten districts, outline what progress has been made on this commitment to provide an additional package of financial support and provide any details regarding the package to which he committed. [9720/24]
254. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of beds and contracts, referenced above, for which contracts expire within the next six and 12 months, respectively. [8478/24]
253. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hotel beds, by county, currently provided to beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine and persons in the international protection process, disaggregated by hotels or accommodation providers that were commercially active and commercially inactive prior to the State taking out contracts with respect to those beds. [8477/24]
252. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hotel beds, by county, currently provided to beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine and persons in the international protection process, respectively, disaggregated by hotels or accommodation providers that were commercially active and commercially inactive. [8476/24]
172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the EU is still taking proceedings against Ireland due to the failure to install the Gweedore sewerage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8483/24]
65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline the application of relevant contracts tax as it applies to subcontractors from the North which operate in the South; how the charge is deducted and payments refunded; if the Revenue Commissioners apply CIS on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs with respect to subcontractors from the North which operate in the South; and with respect to both, how refunds from the charge are processed and the timeline for which refunds are paid to Northern subcontractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8370/24]
64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he or his Department have received any correspondence from the Revenue Commissioners or any other body regarding section 22 of the Finance Act 2022 and the opportunity it creates for aggressive tax planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8341/24]
616. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) can expect to receive a replacement hearing aid from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7998/24]
595. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the community neurorehabilitation team in CHO1 is operating with less than a third of the minimum recommended staffing; his plans to address this understaffing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7865/24]
227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he plans to address the issue with flooding in Castlefinn, County Donegal, along the N15; if the solution to the problem presented to his Department by this Deputy at the Oireachtas finance committee recently will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7405/24]
214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of complaints made against credit servicing firms to the FSPO which were not investigated on the grounds of the conduct occurring prior to 8 July 2015, with respect to complaints in each of the years 2013 to 2023. [7567/24]
213. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of complaints made against credit servicing firms to the FSPO which were not investigated on the grounds that the conduct complained of was with respect to “maintenance of control over key decisions” and, as such, the appropriate entity was the loan owner and not the credit servicing firm, with the conduct occurring prior to January 2019, with respect to complaints in each of the years 2013 to 2023. [7566/24]
212. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of complaints made against loan owners to the FSPO which were not investigated on the grounds of the conduct occurring prior to January 2019, with respect to complaints in each of the years 2013 to 2023 [7565/24]
211. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that loan owners (vulture funds) are not required to be regulated when they maintain beneficial ownership of a loan but have conferred legal title of the loan to the credit servicing firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7564/24]
210. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that loan owners (vulture funds) are not subject to the provisions of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2018 where they confer legal title of the loan to the credit servicing firms but retain beneficial ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7563/24]
189. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if flood relief plans or river drainage works are planned to deal with the repeated flooding of the area between Ballyshannon and Belleek, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7400/24]
188. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the appropriateness of a company or proprietary director withdrawing up to €2.15 million from a company in a single year through an employer contribution to a PRSA, and availing of full tax deductibility, including corporation tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7404/24]
187. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he or his Department have received any correspondence from the Revenue Commissioners or any other body regarding section 22 of the Finance Act 2022 in relation to the opportunity it creates for aggressive tax planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7402/24]
186. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the recommendation of the Report of the Interdepartmental Pensions Reform and Taxation Group of 2020, that “the differential treatment of the PRSA for funding purposes should be abolished, employer contributions should not be subject to BIK”, was implemented in whole or in part; his views on whether the manner in which this recommendation was partially implemented in Finance Act 2022 by the then Minister for Finance created an opportunity for aggressive tax planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7401/24]