65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the proposed affordable purchase shared equity scheme under the affordable housing Bill in particular its interaction with the Central Bank’s mortgage lending measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3387/21]
1104. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the steps that were taken to retrieve information and correspondence that was shared by the then Minister for Health regarding the GMS general practitioner contract through private messaging services in the conduct of official Department business in response to a request (details supplied); the efforts made to retrieve the records requested such as messages sent over social media; the response received by his Department as it sought those records; the Departmental policy when such records, which are official department records, cannot be retrieved or are not shared with the Department by the office holder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22350/21]
1092. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for a hip replacement operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22261/21]
1091. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a procedure at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22260/21]
1090. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for admission to Beaumont Hospital for spinal surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22259/21]
1081. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the policies in his Department regarding the correspondence carried out by the Minister of the Department in the conduct of Department businesses or in relation to Department business; the actions his Department takes to retrieve such correspondence that is carried out through private messaging services and ensure it is held on Departmental records; and the action taken in cases in which a Minister does not share this correspondence or it cannot be retrieved. [22209/21]
728. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are funding streams available for community groups in County Donegal to provide for a wheelchair swing in a children's playground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22264/21]
302. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue generated by introducing a 40% rate for capital gains tax in circumstances in which the person making the disposal has an annual income in excess of €500,000, €600,000, €700,000 and €800,000, respectively. [22305/21]
258. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if revenue projections as outlined in the Stability Programme Update 2021 include the accepted annual revenue from carbon tax to 2025, taking account of scheduled increases in the rate of tax as specified in the Finance Act 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21117/21]
77. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the ban on live music at weddings under new Fáilte Ireland guidelines for level 3; if her attention has been drawn to the further difficulties this is causing for those working as musicians and or working in bands; if she has considered speaking with her Ministerial colleagues in relation to reviewing the decision; and if not, if she has considered additional supports for businesses and self-employed persons in the music industry. [43938/20]
28. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the prices of properties that have undergone full remediation under the financial assistance scheme for the remediation of damaged dwellings due to defective concrete blocks have recovered to reflect remediation; and if his attention has been drawn to any policy retail banks have towards providing mortgages for properties that have undergone full remediation under the scheme. [21012/21]
2591. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application process is planned for interested pub owners in the recently announced proposal for a pilot scheme to turn rural pubs into remote working hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20800/21]
2425. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the plans and timelines for the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in County Donegal for housebound persons by the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20793/21]
2424. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his plans to add i-ports for children to the long-term illness scheme or otherwise reimburse costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20792/21]
2423. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if residential care will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20791/21]
2422. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if St. Joseph's Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal will continue to be used to provide dental treatment to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20790/21]
896. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20802/21]
665. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán faoi aon phlean ag an Roinn faoi láthair maidir le coláistí samhraidh sa Ghaeltacht in 2021; an bhfuil maoiniú curtha i leataobh do mhná agus fir tí mura bhfuil na cúrsaí sin á reáchtáil mar gheall ar Covid-19; an bhfuil an tAire sásta ráthaíocht a chur ar fáil do mhuintir na Gaeltachta a bhíonn ag brath ar na cúrsaí seo go mbeidh cúiteamh ar fáil dóibh mura dtéann na cúrsaí ar aghaidh; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [20803/21]
518. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the proposal with regard to the addition at European Council level of the words, by the use of secondary markets, to Ireland's 2018 country specific recommendations was made by Ireland; if not, the way that Ireland voted on the amendment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20004/21]
458. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport when an exchange transport manager CPC IRL-EU certificate will issue for a person (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20809/21]
457. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if it is planned to recommence driving lessons for essential workers who are yet to complete the required driving lessons to allow them to apply for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20808/21]
456. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driver test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20807/21]
455. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the reason a trailer licence category was removed from a driver licence in the case of a person; if it will be reinstated for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20806/21]
294. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when fibre broadband will be available to a household (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20789/21]
217. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason sole traders are excluded from the ready for customs grant; if an alternative grant is available for sole traders for such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20799/21]
91. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the findings made by a programme (details supplied) detailing the waste of public money in the Office of Public Works; the action that has been taken since within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20535/21]
77. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the expenditure ceilings outlined in the Stability Programme Update 2021 will deliver commitments made in the Programme for Government and under the Climate Action Plan 2019; if he will disaggregate the cost of those commitments under the expenditure ceilings in the Stability Programme Update 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20534/21]
Bill entitled an Act to provide for amendments to the Judicial Council Act 2019, to provide for the making of regulations to require insurance providers to provide information to the Central Bank of Ireland relating to the effect of personal injuries guidelines and related matters.
1217. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a medical assessment for a primary medical certificate will take place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17569/21]
1216. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment to attend for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17568/21]
536. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17567/21]
465. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is possible for a sole applicant to apply for a Rebuilding Ireland home loan in the case in which a married or other couple resides in the property. [16446/21]
377. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with a bank and its parent company (details supplied) and his UK counterpart on the future of the bank in the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3389/21]
376. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the rate of vehicle registration tax on cars imported from the UK to offset post-Brexit VAT changes that will apply to second-hand cars imported from the UK; the estimated cost increase in respect of such a car with an open market value of €20,000 as a result of these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3388/21]
375. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the actions and policies he will consider to reduce mortgage interest rates in the Irish market, which remain among the highest in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3386/21]
374. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when he will publish the Central Bank (amendment) Bill which will introduce the senior executive accountability regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3385/21]
373. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing the taxation of section 110 companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1853/21]
372. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider expanding the eligibility criteria for the Covid-19 restrictions support scheme under the Finance Act 2020 to include suppliers who have suffered reduced income as a result of public health restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1852/21]
371. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank’s Interim Report in its Review of Differential Pricing Practices in the Irish Private Car and Home Insurance Markets; if he will support legislation to prohibit its practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1851/21]
370. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider legislation to strengthen the consumer protection code; his views on the lack of enforcement action taken by the Central Bank for breaches of the code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1850/21]
369. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Government will support the General Escape Clause in the EU fiscal rules remaining in force beyond 2021 and the fundamental reform of the Stability and Growth Pact in the time in which it remains in force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3384/21]
368. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with lenders regarding the reactivation of the European Banking Authority guidelines on legislative and non-legislative moratoria on loan repayments applied in view of the Covid-19 crisis; if he has sought an extension of payment breaks for borrowers under these guidelines without the accrual of interest during the payment break period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3383/21]
309. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport when an exchange driver licence will issue to an essential worker (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17566/21]
115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the adequacy of a company (details supplied) undertaking a third party review of activities from 2014 to 2021; the position of the interim CEO given their position on the board of the company during a period of the Central Bank investigation; and the extent to which these issues will inform the Government and the NTMA in their future dealings with the company. [17181/21]
114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the status of his engagements with relevant parties regarding the withdrawal of a bank (details supplied) from the banking market; his views on the best course of action that would stabilise the banking sector, promote competition and further the interests of the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17183/21]
111. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the concerns expressed by the Central Bank regarding the proposed affordable purchase shared equity scheme; his further views on its potential impact on financial stability, consumer protection and house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17179/21]
70. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with mortgage lenders regarding mortgage applicants unable to draw down their mortgage loans due to their inability to secure mortgage protection insurance on health grounds in the context of Covid-19; if he has discussed their ability to waive this requirement under section 126 of the Consumer Credit Act 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17180/21]
56. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the grounds on which he gave consent to a bank (details supplied) to acquire a company without the excessive bank remuneration charge applying to the bank being applied to the company; his views on whether he has set a precedent with respect to future acquisitions by bailed-out banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17479/21]
54. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with the insurance industry to ensure that any reduced cost of claims as a result of the newly adopted personal injuries guidelines will be passed onto consumers in the form of lower insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17478/21]