668. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an eye operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46165/21]
667. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if respite care will be made available for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46163/21]
666. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when he plans to reopen the respite services at Drumboe House, County Donegal for children and young adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46162/21]
665. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if it is planned that Covid-19 booster vaccines will be available at local vaccination centres for those who received Covid-19 vaccines in hospital settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46161/21]
664. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if second-dose Covid-19 vaccines can be accessed at local vaccination centres if first dose Covid-19 vaccines were received in a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46160/21]
663. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made for a home support application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46159/21]
340. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if changes to the defective block redress scheme will permit successful applicants to submit a new application, change to another option or submit a change of circumstances when the property has deteriorated since applying for the redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46140/21]
339. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding will be made available to Donegal County Council for the retrofit scheme replacement of single-glazed windows and doors under the retrofit scheme in Radharc an Gleanna, Ard an Rátha, Contae Dhún na nGall; the level of funding allocated to Donegal County Council for such works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46138/21]
290. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional corporation tax that could be expected to be generated in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively if the bailed-out banks had applied to them a 25% limit on the losses that could be carried forward in a year and a five-year absolute limit in which such losses could be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46512/21]
168. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commit to the implementation of a 100% redress scheme for homeowners affected by the MICA and pyrite scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46450/21]
124. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will respond to concerns raised by the National Competitiveness Council in its Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenges 2021 report regarding the sequencing and roll-out of demand-side measures announced by Government and their likely adverse consequences for house price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46451/21]
206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected General Government Balance as a percentage of both GDP and GNI* in each of the years 2021 to 2069 consistent with the methodology and assumptions used in his Department’s publication Population Ageing and the Public Finances in Ireland in the two scenarios outlined in table 6 of page 26, in which the SPA remains constant and in which previously legislated increases in the SPA take place in tabular form. [45847/21]
234. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45539/21]
233. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have a procedure undertaken in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45538/21]
232. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a procedure in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45537/21]
231. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for inpatient and outpatient gynaecological appointments at each hospital across the seven hospital groups in tabular form; if this information will be provided specifically regarding those waiting for three, six, nine, 12 or more than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45536/21]
230. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for gynaecological appointments in Letterkenny University Hospital for routine and urgent referrals in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [45535/21]
229. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for foot surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45534/21]
228. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for hip surgery at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45533/21]
227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting and the waiting times for urgent and routine MRI referrals in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45532/21]
226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if results of blood tests taken at accident and emergency can be accessed by the gynaecology department in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45531/21]
225. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for gynaecology appointments; the waiting times for urgent and routine referrals in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45530/21]
102. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) in County Donegal is not getting access to SNA support; if additional information supplied will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45524/21]
53. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of general service vacancies filled by Irish language candidates during 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 in counties Donegal and Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45525/21]
37. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of tax relief on pension contributions from 2016 to 2020 disaggregated by year and salary band with intervals of €10,000 in tabular form. [45651/21]
36. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on pension contributions from 2016 to 2020 disaggregated by year and salary band with intervals of €10,000 in tabular form. [45650/21]
35. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on pensions contributions from 2016 to 2020 disaggregated by year and pension type in tabular form. [45649/21]
27. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue generated in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 that were the capital allowances claimed against intangible assets onshored between 2015 and 11 October 2017 capped at the current rate of 80%; and the estimated quantum of capital allowances remaining to be claimed against those assets. [45282/21]
21. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45528/21]
20. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a refund for a replacement driving licence can be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45527/21]
19. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45526/21]
238. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proportion in percentage and nominal terms of the €1.1 billion additional core capital for 2022 outlined in Summer Economic Statement 2021 allocated to capital measures outlined in the Housing for All Plan recently published by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. [45241/21]
232. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost of maintaining the State pension age at 66 years is included in the base for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 in the Summer Economic Statement. [44690/21]
180. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revised revenue and deficit projections for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 in view of the latest Exchequer tax returns outlined in the Fiscal Monitor for August 2021, in tabular form. [44691/21]
44. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the status of changes announced to the research and development tax credit for small and micro-companies under section 25 of the Finance Act 2019; the reason engagement with the Commission began only in March 2020; when the changes are expected to commence; if he will consider amending the research and development tax credit in the context of Budget 2022 by allowing small and micro companies to receive payable credits in one instalment not earlier than the relevant tax pay and file date for the company’s accounting period in which the qualifying expenditure was made rather than three instalments over a 33 month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44862/21]
34. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the action he will undertake in Budget 2022 to address remote working tax rules which can impose a double tax on cross-Border workers seeking to work remotely post-pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44860/21]
26. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revised revenue and deficit projections for each of the years 2021 to 2025, in tabular form in view of recent tax performance as demonstrated in the latest Exchequer tax returns outlined in the Fiscal Monitor for August 2021. [44864/21]
5. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the impact of the competent authority agreement entered into by the Revenue Commissioners and the Maltese tax authorities in shutting down the structure known as the "single malt"; if he or his officials were at any time aware that the single malt structure was still in use despite the provisions of that agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44867/21]
3. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a vacant property tax in the context of budget 2022; if so, the current status of those plans; the date by which it will be introduced; and if he will expedite those plans in the context of the housing emergency. [44866/21]
1. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the correspondence or contact he has had with retail banks and the Central Bank regarding the use of allowances under the mortgage lending rules for mortgage applicants who are required a minimum deposit of 20% but have properties affected by mica and pyrite. [44865/21]
198. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 9 September 2021, the way the cash flow impact was estimated; and if it was calculated on the basis of the excess amount paid fully as a cash payment instalment not earlier than the relevant tax pay and file date for the company’s accounting period in which the qualifying expenditure was made. [44391/21]
195. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected cost in 2022 of extending tax relief applicable to farmers under section 664A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 with respect to the carbon tax to agricultural contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44336/21]
453. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if additional information is being considered for an SNA appeal for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44075/21]
289. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures and projects to which funding under the National Recovery and Resilience Facility and Plan are being allocated in 2022 disaggregated by measure and project, funding allocation and Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43470/21]
254. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details suppled) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44074/21]
253. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44073/21]
1411. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal will receive a rheumatology appointment for Our Lady’s Hospital, Manorhamilton; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42865/21]
263. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures included in the employment wage subsidy scheme by cost, description and Department in the €5.3 billion in Covid-19 measures and contingency for 2022 outlined in table 8 non-core expenditure trajectory of the Summer Economic Statement 2021. [43183/21]
262. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures included by cost, description and Department in the €8.1 billion in temporary spending for 2022 outlined in table 4 of the Summer Economic Statement 2021. [43182/21]
226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2022 of amending the research and development tax credit regime by allowing small and micro companies to receive the credit in one instalment rather than three instalments over a 33-month period payable not earlier than the relevant tax pay and file date for the company’s accounting period in which the qualifying expenditure was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43178/21]