460. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be processed in time for a child (details supplied) from County Donegal who is travelling on 21 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32579/22]
457. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue on time for a child (details supplied) travelling on 28 June 2022; the reason that a document was not requested when other documents were; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32551/22]
441. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure a passport for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be processed on time for travel date 22 June 2022. [32371/22]
439. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure a passport for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be processed on time for a travel date of 22 June 2022. [32352/22]
311. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if an online passport application for a child (details supplied) will be processed on time for an intended travel date of 17 June 2022; if the document that was resubmitted on 7 June 2022 is correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31940/22]
310. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport that was applied for in March 2022 will issue on time for a child (details supplied) in Scotland who is travelling on 25 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31939/22]
266. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will give a definitive date when the working group specifically tasked with examining the issues of fire safety and structural safety defects in apartments and duplexes built between 1991 and 2013 will deliver it’s report which was due in March 2022; if his attention has been drawn to the immense stress and anxiety that homeowners impacted by these defects continue to experience as a result of significant payments they have been requested to make to remedy defects they are in no way responsible for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32351/22]
185. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of indexing personal tax credits, the employee tax credit and the earned income tax credit band at a rate of 3% while simultaneously tapering personal tax credits, the employee tax credit, the earned income tax credit at a rate of 2.5%, for every €1,000, for individual incomes between €100,000 and €140,000. [32832/22]
184. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of indexing personal tax credits, the employee tax credit and the earned income tax credit at a rate of 2% while simultaneously tapering personal tax credits, the employee tax credit, the earned income tax credit at a rate of 2.5%, for every €1,000, for individual incomes between €100,000 and €140,000. [32831/22]
179. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year revenue that would be raised by introducing a 3% income tax surcharge on the portion of individual income above €140,000. [32483/22]
178. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the help to buy scheme for 2023; if all or a portion of that cost is within the base for 2023; and to outline that cost. [32482/22]
177. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year revenue that would be raised by introducing a 40% rate of capital gains tax on individual incomes in excess of €500,000, inclusive of income deriving from capital gains. [32481/22]
176. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost for making research and development payable credits payable in one instalment within 12 months for small and micro-companies. [32480/22]
175. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost of tapering personal tax credits, the employee tax credit, the earned income tax credit at a rate of 2.5%, for every €1,000, for individual incomes between €100,000 and €140,000. [32478/22]
174. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of indexing personal tax credits, the employee tax credit and the earned income tax credit at a rate of 1% while simultaneously tapering personal tax credits, the employee tax credit, the earned income tax credit at a rate of 2.5%, for every €1,000, for individual incomes between €100,000 and €140,000. [32475/22]
168. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance with reference to the Programme for Government commitment that tax credits and bands will be index-linked to earnings, the data on which this earnings growth is based; if it is based on Central Bank projections of compensation per employee growth of 2.3%, 4.7% and 5.1% in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively in its latest quarterly economic bulletin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32161/22]
149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the estimated first and full-year cost of equalising quarterly, half-year and annual payment costs of motor tax equal to the annual payment cost. [32479/22]
147. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a Cat D driving test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32398/22]
287. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure that a child’s passports (details supplied) will be processed on time for travel on 24 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31512/22]
273. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport for a child (details supplied) that was applied for in March 2022 will issue in time for travel on 26 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31472/22]
272. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application by a person (details supplied) in County Antrim that was submitted in April 2022 will be processed on time for the travel date of 18 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31471/22]
271. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if passport applications for children (details supplied) which were submitted in April 2022 will be processed in time for travel on 16 July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31470/22]
270. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application for a child (details supplied) in County Tyrone that was submitted in March 2022 will be processed on time for travel on 26 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31469/22]
194. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if measures are considered to ensure that reductions in claim costs are passed onto consumers in the form of lower premiums resulting from the adopted personal injuries guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26131/22]
84. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views in relation to the observations made in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s recent economic outlook which noted that measures introduced by the Government since the beginning of 2022 in response to the cost-of-living crisis provided limited protection to poorer households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31252/22]
75. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the work that has been undertaken to date to give full legal effect to the code of conduct on mortgage arrears; if his Department has undertaken work or analysis of banks’ implementation of the code with respect to alternative repayment arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31251/22]
73. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the interactions that he has had with the retail banks and an organisation (details supplied) since the beginning of April 2022; if his attention has been drawn to the manner in which banks are operating the switching code and communicating with direct debit originators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31249/22]
52. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the engagements that he has had with the hotel industry regarding accommodation prices being charged in Dublin city; the commitments, if any, that he has received or sought that the extension of the reduced VAT rate to the hotel industry will be passed on to consumers; the estimated cost of the VAT rate extension as it applies to hotel and accommodation services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31253/22]
26. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will commit to introducing a vacant property tax in the upcoming Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022; the number of local property tax returns in which survey questions on vacancy were completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31250/22]
3. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the rates of excise duty applied to petrol and diesel to the lowest rates permissible under the Energy Tax Directive in response to the rising cost of fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31503/22]
1. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce an emergency budget with further targeted measures to support lower and middle-income families in response to the highest level of inflation recorded in 38 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31502/22]
126. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if passport applications for four children (details supplied) will be processed on time for travel on 18 July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31240/22]
125. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if passport applications for four children (details supplied) will be processed on time for travel on 18 July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31239/22]
88. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application for a child (details supplied) in County Meath will issue on time for travel; if the documents supplied are correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31189/22]
87. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will issue on time for travel date 20 June 2022; if the photos submitted are acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31188/22]
86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if passport applications that were submitted in March 2022 will be processed on time for children (details supplied) living in County Tyrone who are travelling on 18 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31187/22]
85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if passport applications will be processed in time for children (details supplied) who are travelling on 21 June 2022 from County Donegal with immediate and extended family members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31186/22]
84. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if passport applications that were submitted in February 2022 will be processed in time for travel on 26 June 2022 for children (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31185/22]
25. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will disaggregate the estimated cost of €30,000 to service and accommodate each Ukrainian refugee for the year 2022; his views on the comments made in the latest Fiscal Assessment Report by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that this figure is an upper bound in terms of likely costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31291/22]
1789. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the status of Lifford Community Hospital; the plans that the HSE has for the hospital; if they include the construction of a new facility on a greenfield site; if so, the time frame for any proposed development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30364/22]
1775. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30245/22]
1707. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a hospital appointment; if they are on the urgent or routine list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30087/22]
1706. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a hospital appointment; if they are on the urgent or routine list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30086/22]
1694. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect consultations in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30001/22]
1516. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a medical card application for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will be processed; if any further outstanding documentation is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29527/22]
1154. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if further medical evidence was considered in the determination for a disability allowance payment for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30934/22]
894. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be processed for a child (details supplied) in time for travel on 14 July 2022 who is living in Belfast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30956/22]
893. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue on time for a child (details supplied) who has been selected to play football for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30955/22]
892. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if passport applications will be processed in time for children (details supplied) living in County Antrim who are travelling on 20 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30954/22]
834. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who is travelling on the 19 July 2022 to a family wedding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30685/22]