89. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of outstanding mortgage loans that are tracker or variable rate mortgages; and if he will consider options to introduce targeted, tailored and time-bound mortgage interest relief in response to rising interest rates. [55905/22]
114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an echocardiogram in Letterkenny University Hospital; if they are on the urgent or routine waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55682/22]
1150. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when medical records will be released for persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55116/22]
1036. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54639/22]
632. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision for their community employment ex-gratia payment for supervisors' application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54172/22]
122. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if any efforts will be made to provide an organisation (details supplied) based in County Donegal with an alternative source of funding after the foundation has been informed by Pobal that it can no longer avail of the vital funding that it requires. [53605/22]
183. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will obtain an appointment for occupational therapy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53721/22]
604. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the downgrading of health services on Arranmore island, for example the current community-registered nurse is not on the island full-time and there is no public health nurse, leading to people waiting longer for treatment and having to go to the mainland more often; his views on whether this is appropriate at a time when the population of the island is increasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52906/22]
596. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway; if the referral is an emergency referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52816/22]
241. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a foreign birth registration application will be processed for a person (details supplied) when supporting documentation will be returned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52626/22]
12. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will undertake a comprehensive review of economic crime, financial fraud and scamming given the increased prevalence of economic crime arising online and through digital technology and its growing threat to consumers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46289/22]
227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52168/22]
692. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if access to out-of-hours and weekend cover for mental health services is available in the County Donegal catchment area of the HSE, including nursing, psychology and other allied health services; if so, if he will provide details of these services, by WTE, across each discipline. [51238/22]
691. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2023 if the number of training places for GPs increased to 293. [51237/22]
690. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time optometrists employed by the HSE working in County Donegal in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the locations where these optometrists are located. [51236/22]
645. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to Donegal roads policing unit as of 31 March 2021 and 5 October 2022, in tabular form. [51228/22]
363. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s plans for the fire stations in Ballyshannon and Bundoran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52001/22]
303. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of section 481 tax-relief claims that have been rejected on application stage in each of the years 2016 to 2020; the number of section 481 tax-relief claims that have been subsequently recovered with interest following inspection of the post-production compliance report; the total value of recovered claims in each of the years 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52012/22]
302. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of tracker mortgage cases currently before the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, disaggregated by complaint stage, investigation, preliminary decision, final decision and appeal by respondent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52011/22]
288. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the recent assessment or analysis his Department has made in the trends and levels of incidence of push payment fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51675/22]
285. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with mortgage lenders with respect to forbearance measures and solutions put in place for mortgage holders where their mortgage loan is with respect to and secured against a property affected by defective concrete blocks; if he has a view with regard to the need for a coordinated approach among lenders with respect to such mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51628/22]
278. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated number of properties that will fall under the scope of the vacant homes tax in 2023; the average tax in nominal and percentage terms that will be payable with respect to those properties in 2023; the planned means to assess compliance with the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51364/22]
277. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of compliance interventions made by the large cases high wealth individuals division; the money recouped as a result of these interventions in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51351/22]
276. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if there is scope without new legislation for refundable tax credits to be introduced through the income tax system given the use of refundable tax credits through the research and development tax credit regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51341/22]
275. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update with respect to the review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; the funding that was allocated towards it in 2023 compared to 2022 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51340/22]
274. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a comprehensive breakdown of the tax compliance measures, including PAYE compliance interventions and increased debt management activity, and the revenue associated with each. [51339/22]
272. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the assessment his Department has made of the planned payment of three €200 electricity credits to multiple homeowners in their distributional analysis of Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51313/22]
269. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the effective tax rate in the form of dividend withholding tax paid by Irish real estate funds as a proportion of operating and pre-tax profits respectively in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51241/22]
326. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees who have been settled in County Donegal, broken down by townlands; the number of the premises in which Ukrainian refugees are now settled that were previously used as rental accommodation; and the steps that his Department has taken to ensure that nobody has been displaced. [50924/22]
218. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances of the Revenue Commissioners providing a cohort of firms with seven days to clear outstanding debt in the final demand stage; his views on same; and if he plans to introduce provisions in the Finance Bill 2022 to provide flexibility to firms in similar circumstances in the context of rising energy costs and the difficulties that they face in this context. [51037/22]
217. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the average annual costs to the Central Bank of preparing, producing and publishing the National Claims Information Database; the options that are being considered by his Department with respect to the reimbursement mechanism provided in Section 11 of the Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51036/22]
210. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered delaying the introduction of the new benefit-in-kind regime for company vehicles to be introduced in 2023, given the wider context of the rising cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50789/22]
41. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances where banks have rejected mortgage applications but refused to issue letters of refusal to persons wishing to apply for the local authority home loan; if he has had contact with banks in relation to this issue; and if he has considered measures to compel banks to issue letters of refusal where a mortgage application has been rejected. [50706/22]
734. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when Arranmore island will be assigned a full-time public health nurse to replace the island’s full-time public health nurse who retired in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50088/22]
733. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if his Department has considered replacing the ambulance on Arranmore island for a newer model in order that the ambulance can spend more time on the island and less time on the mainland getting repaired; if a replacement ambulance has been considered; if so, when this change is likely to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50087/22]
428. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the plans that are being put in place to bring a building (details supplied) on Arranmore island up to the standard required to make the school a safe environment for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50091/22]
310. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on when fees for engineers will be returned to persons affected by defective blocks who have yet to receive this payment; if he has taken the impact that the rising costs have had on this cohort into consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49503/22]
372. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the parents of a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for an assessment of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49284/22]
371. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to get reimbursed for the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49269/22]
168. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated increased costs of building materials and housing costs associated with the Defective Concrete Products Levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49379/22]
167. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if an impact assessment was undertaken with respect to the Defective Concrete Products Levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49378/22]
144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the reason there is no record for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal with the National Driver Licence Service in Letterkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49294/22]
97. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test date can issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48873/22]
597. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the urgent or routine waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48012/22]
596. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment date from the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48011/22]
564. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when test results will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47889/22]
403. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if a school transport ticket will be allocated to a student (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48587/22]