141. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the assessment of the 2012 tax strategy papers that the introduction of a REIT regime here with generous tax exemptions for international investors and stipulations in double taxation treaties that dramatically reduce the effective tax rate paid by international investors, would result in significant tax leakage. [36094/19]
140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) could be exempt from anti-avoidance non-resident rules in view of the grandfathering provision of 31 December 2020 regarding the non-resident exemption from capital gains tax on the sale of REIT shares; and if the company now controls 10% of another company and could potentially be exempt from capital gains tax on the sale of this holding. [36093/19]
139. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the shareholdings of a company (details supplied) between domestically held and international investors, respectively; and the increase in value of shares held by both domestic and international investors following the sale of the company to another company. [36092/19]
138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the stamp duty that will be paid as part of the sale of a company (details supplied). [36091/19]
137. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the rate of stamp duty that will be applicable to the sale of a company (details supplied). [36090/19]
136. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if anti-avoidance measures introduced in the Finance Act 2017 by which stamp duty of 6% applies to the sale of shares which derive their value or part of their value from commercial property applies to Irish REITs. [36089/19]
135. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the capital gains exemption on properties sold if they have been held for three years or more will apply to a company (details supplied) once it acquires assets currently owned by a company for three years or longer. [36088/19]
123. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the efforts the Revenue Commissioners make to engage with subcontractors to ensure that they are reimbursed the relevant contract tax and to resolve related filing issues; and the amount of tax which has not been retuned in each of the years 2005 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [35952/19]
121. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when the key information report on employer and public liability insurance claims will be published; if an organisation (details supplied) has submitted the required data in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35808/19]
79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing by €100,000, €500,000, €1 million and €2 million, respectively, the threshold at which businesses must use the invoice system as opposed to cash receipts system for VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34985/19]
2969. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applications made to date under the remediation scheme for homes affected by pyrite and mica; the amount paid out by his Department to date; the efforts his Department have made to make as many affected homeowners as possible aware of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34347/19]
2930. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the breakdown of rental properties by type of ownership, for example, institutional investors, private landlords and so on; the number of units of each; and the percentage this comprises of total rental properties in tabular form. [33507/19]
2908. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the flexibilities that may exist in respect of commercial rates, including creating exemptions, introducing rebates and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33100/19]
2907. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the active commercial rates exemptions; the cost of each exemption in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33099/19]
2899. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated budget he plans to spend on house construction from 2020 to 2024; the estimated number of units expected to be delivered by the type of housing units; and the estimated amount that will be spent in that time on each category of unit in tabular form. [32958/19]
2898. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the projected capital spending from 2020 to 2024 in his Department by the areas the spending will be directed, in tabular form. [32957/19]
2846. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the projected capital spending from 2020 to 2024 for functions within his Department, in tabular form. [32954/19]
2668. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the Stillbirths Registration Act 1994 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31654/19]
2664. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of giving an additional annual €50, €100 and €200 grant payment to all recipients of child benefit. [31608/19]
2662. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the staffing levels at each Intreo public office operated by her Department in County Donegal in each of the years from 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by location, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31577/19]
2524. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the value of childcare fees paid in 2017 and 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31611/19]
2523. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of bringing all childcare workers into the employment of the public sector employed at the living wage; and the staff numbers in this regard. [31601/19]
2417. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if limitations on the mobility of a person (details supplied) were taken into account prior to a determination being made to refuse an application with respect to an EU disabled persons parking permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33179/19]
2408. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected capital spending from 2020 to 2024 in his Department by the areas the spending will be directed in tabular form. [32955/19]
2333. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual cost of implementing the daily and weekly transport fare cap in Dublin, that is €27.50 for an adult, €20.00 for a student and €8.50 for a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31607/19]
2332. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated fare revenue that would be lost if a cap was placed on the maximum weekly transport fares at the same rate of caps in place on Leap card travel in Dublin, that is, €27.50 for an adult, €20.00 for a student and €8.50 for a child. [31606/19]
2331. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the transport usage and journeys made in 2018 or the latest available date by mode of transport and age group in tabular form. [31605/19]
2322. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected capital spending from 2020 to 2024 for functions within his Department; and the specific projects for which details are available in tabular form. [32952/19]
2321. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road accidents reported to An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32806/19]
2239. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected capital spending from 2020 to 2024 in his Department by the areas to which the spending will be directed, in tabular form. [32956/19]
2219. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the SEAI will be adequately resourced to continue to deliver the better energy warmer homes scheme. [32342/19]
2167. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the State owns renewable energy infrastructure; if so, the types of infrastructure owned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31603/19]
2166. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of introducing a State operated plastic bottle return scheme in which bottles returned are rewarded with 1 cent and 5 cent, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31596/19]
2165. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of resources allocated in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 and in departmental budgets under headings (details supplied); the areas to which funding has been allocated, for example, in a departmental vote or in the transition to a low carbon and climate resilient society fund, in tabular form. [31591/19]
2160. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has completed research into the economic and behavioural impact of a latte levy, that is, the introduction of a levy on single use coffee cups. [31599/19]
2158. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected capital spending from 2020 to 2024 for functions within the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, in tabular form. [32953/19]
2155. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated revenue that would be raised by increasing the National Oil Reserve Agency, NORA, levy by 1 cent, 2 cent and 5 cent per litre, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31590/19]
2154. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expected impact on affected oil products measured by euro per tonne of CO2 emitted by raising the National Oil Reserve Agency, NORA, levy by 1 cent, 2 cent and 5 cent per litre, respectively. [31589/19]
2084. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to ensure that activities for which permission is sought through the formal aquaculture licence application process are commensurate to the local environs; if decision makers consider the possible implications which such marine based activities pose to the tourism potential of scenic locations such as along the Wild Atlantic Way when making determinations on such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33708/19]
2083. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the aquaculture licence applications being considered at a location (details supplied); if written observations from stakeholders are still being accepted with respect to each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33707/19]
2072. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the outrage among fishing communities and emergency services in Greencastle, Inishowen, County Donegal, and elsewhere at the decision not to proceed with the sea survival centre at the National Fisheries School at Greencastle, County Donegal, despite it being officially announced, planning permission attained and tenders issued for construction; and if the decision will be reviewed and reversed. [32789/19]
2070. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if e-mail correspondence from a person (details supplied) concerning aquaculture licence applications has been received; if so, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32638/19]
2044. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if supports from the Brexit relief beef fund will be available to farmers that trade in stock on a cross-Border basis in the same manner as others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31653/19]
2043. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the conditions that will be attached to successful applicants for the Brexit relief beef fund announced by the EU Commission in advance of the recent local and European elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31652/19]
2023. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the €78 million Brexit support package included in budget 2019 for farmers, fishers and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32364/19]
2022. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific supports in respect of flexibilities in state aid and in the Common Agricultural Policy he requested of the European Commission in the context of Brexit as stated in the Preparing for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union Contingency Action Plan Update of July 2019. [32362/19]
1407. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason tenders submitted by companies which use a specific building management solutions system (details supplied) will only be considered eligible in respect to a recent competitive procurement process initiated by the HSE; if his attention has been drawn to the implications such a restrictive requirement is having on the ability of local firms which operate alternative building management systems to successfully tender for such contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32791/19]
1406. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to have a medical card application processed; if consideration will be given to backdating the award date to when the applicant first applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32775/19]
1391. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be admitted into full-time residential care; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that existing service providers used by this person are only in a position to provide limited respite care at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32753/19]