501. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding that has been allocated to Donegal County Council to deal with the impact of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20434/20]
364. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated quantum of tax rebate due to sole traders or members of partnerships, disaggregated by intervals of €1,000, under the provisions of Section 10 of the Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No.2) Bill 2020. [20843/20]
363. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of measures implemented in sections 10 and 11 of the Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No.2) Bill 2020. [20842/20]
362. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if an impact assessment has been undertaken with respect to the recent amendments to the help to buy scheme; if the level of support available to first-time buyers will be increased to the lesser of €30,000 or 10% of the purchase price, in particular with regard to the impact of the changes on house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20841/20]
360. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if persons availing of the special assignee relief programme will be removed from the programme if found to be travelling to countries in contravention of the Covid-19 general travel advisory in operation by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20748/20]
359. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of the special assignee relief programme in 2019, disaggregated by salary in intervals of €10,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20747/20]
358. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated number of persons that have benefitted from guidelines issued by the Revenue Commissioners under which the 183-day rule for tax residence has been relaxed in cases in which the person is prevented from leaving the State due to force majeure circumstances in the context of Covid-19; the estimated cost of the guidelines in comparison to if they had not been issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20746/20]
357. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the way in which tax liability outstanding for payments received through the temporary wage subsidy scheme will be collected in cases in which the liability exceeds the value of unused tax credits for 2020; if that outstanding liability is to be collected against future tax credits; if so, the time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20745/20]
330. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the company awarded the public contract to develop the mobile app for the purposes of the stay and spend initiative; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20411/20]
329. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the deadlines by which qualifying expenditure must be submitted to the Revenue Commissioners using the mobile app under the stay and spend initiative for a tax credit to be received by a person in 2021 and 2022, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20410/20]
328. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of individual earners who have neither USC nor income tax liabilities (details supplied).
Details; in similar format to that given in Tables 3 and 4 of Income Tax Strategy Group – 19/03 Paper, published July 2019 [20408/20]
327. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of individual earners who do not qualify for the stay and spend initiative on the grounds that they have neither income tax nor USC liabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20407/20]
208. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of businesses accredited and registered with Fáilte Ireland under the Tourist Traffic Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20409/20]
134. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated number of businesses that will qualify for the enhanced restart grant scheme; the quantum of grant it is estimated they will receive disaggregated by grant amount in intervals of €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20863/20]
133. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the method by which grants will be calculated for businesses qualifying for the enhanced restart grant scheme. [20862/20]
124. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for supports under the various schemes for businesses impacted by Covid-19 that have been received from businesses in County Donegal; the number of these that have been processed to date; the number that have been successful; the amount that has been allocated to these businesses; the amount that was sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20443/20]
123. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications that have been received for the restart fund for micro and small businesses in County Donegal; the funding that has been allocated to the authority; the number of businesses in County Donegal who have received funding under the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20441/20]
59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the roadmap for a full return to primary and secondary education will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19405/20]
24. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which school transport will operate as schools reopen; if transport operators will be provided additional funding accordingly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19406/20]
64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times for pandemic unemployment payment re-rate appeals and reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19040/20]
62. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to base the rate of payment of the pandemic unemployment payment on 2019 earnings rather than 2018 earnings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19039/20]
1069. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be considered for an earlier appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18985/20]
1068. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if home support services will be terminated for service users in circumstances in which the service was suspended while their disability day services remain closed and family members are cocooning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18984/20]
998. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when intellectual disability services will resume in County Donegal; the level of service planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18584/20]
997. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have a diabetic automatic pump fitted and receive training from a specialist diabetic nurse in the use of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18583/20]
720. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be provided to allow a child of a front-line worker (details supplied) in County Donegal to remain in a childcare setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18579/20]
620. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by introducing a new employers’ rate of PRSI of 12.75%, 13.75%, 14.75% and 15.75%, respectively, on the portion of salary paid in excess of €100,000 per annum. [18776/20]
614. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the calculation of possible overpayments will be completed for a person (details supplied) in relation to their State pension (contributory) and outstanding payment issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18589/20]
613. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18588/20]
612. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if communication was received from another authority relating to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if so, when it will be acted upon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18587/20]
611. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if combined incomes from employment and self-employment are used when calculating the average income rate of the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18586/20]
610. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason jobseeker’s allowance payments were not issued to the bank account of a person (details supplied); when outstanding payments will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18585/20]
478. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received for SNA support in County Donegal in 2020; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications, respectively in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18582/20]
477. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 534 of 14 July 2020 and 684 of 21 July 2020, when a response will issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18581/20]
476. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether students from County Donegal that received conditional offers from colleges and universities in Northern Ireland will be at a disadvantage following the postponement of the leaving certificate results; if her attention has been drawn to the concern the matter has caused amongst students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18580/20]
321. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by increasing the vacant site levy to 10%, 12.5%, 15% and 17.5%, respectively. [18769/20]
266. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by reducing the group A tax free threshold, referring to capital acquisitions tax, from €335,000 to €320,000, €310,000, €300,000, €280,000 and €250,000, respectively. [18779/20]
265. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be raised in 2021 by increasing excise duty on a packet of cigarettes by 30 cents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18778/20]
264. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year saving in 2021 that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry with the exception of credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18775/20]
263. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year additional revenue in 2021 that would be raised by increasing the bank levy by each of 10 percentage points and by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18774/20]
262. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year additional corporation tax that could be expected in 2021 if the bailed out banks had applied to them a 25% limit on 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. [18773/20]
261. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be raised in 2021 if intangible assets on shored between 2015 and 2018 were taxed at the current cap of 80%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18772/20]
260. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by increasing the rate of capital acquisitions tax by 3% to a rate of 36%.. [18771/20]
259. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of introducing a tax relief of 8.33%, that is, equivalent to one month's rent paid by all renters not in receipt of other State assistance on a refundable basis. [18770/20]
258. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by introducing a minimum dividend withholding tax rate of 33% on all dividends paid by IREFs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18768/20]
257. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by introducing a minimum dividend withholding tax rate of 33% on all dividends paid by REITs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18767/20]
256. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of increasing the earned income credit to the same level as the PAYE credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18766/20]
255. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of restoring trade union tax relief at the level it was at before its abolition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18765/20]
254. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the full-year cost and budgetary impact in 2021 of maintaining the current rate of mortgage interest relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18764/20]
253. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by abolishing the special assignee relief programme. [18763/20]