Results 19,981-20,000 of 36,355 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount claimed, number of claimants and associated job creation in each of the years 2012 to 2015, inclusive, regarding tax relief through the employment investment incentive in tabular form. [8337/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount and number of claimants in each of the years 2012 to 2015, inclusive, regarding tax relief on retirement for certain income of sportspersons in tabular form. [8338/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount and number of claimants in each of the years 2012 to 2015, inclusive, regarding the artist exemption on certain profits or gains earned by writers, composers, visual artists and sculptors from the sale of their work in certain circumstances in tabular form. [8339/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consultancy Contracts (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance the external consultants paid by his Department to aid in the preparation of the Central Bank consolidation Bill; and the amount of moneys paid to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8398/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of voluntary disclosures made and received to date since the Finance Act that are related to offshore tax evasion; the estimated total in penalties that would have been collected had those disclosures not happened during the window in which no penalties were imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8474/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have availed of the rent-a-room relief in each of the past five years; the number who have applied since the increase in the threshold to €14,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8485/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners have taken to identify possible customs posts on the Border; the locations that have been examined for these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8539/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance the EU funds his Department accesses; the plans he is putting in place to access these funds to a greater degree in view of Brexit; if he will outline initiatives he is pursuing to establish access to new funds in view of the challenge of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8806/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal had its DEIS status withdrawn some years ago; the reason the school has not been included as part of the recently expanded programme; if consideration will be given to including the school in DEIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8374/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to resolve the ongoing dispute between his Department and the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland on changes to the revised junior certificate English curriculum; if his attention has been drawn to concerns from schools that the impasse may prevent students from completing the classroom based assessment and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the EU funds his Department accesses; the plans he is putting in place to access these funds to a greater degree in view of Brexit; if he will outline initiatives he is pursuing to establish access to new funds in view of the challenge of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8804/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: EU Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the EU funds his department accesses; the plans he is putting in place to access these funds to a greater degree in view of Brexit; if he will outline initiatives he is pursuing to establish access to new funds in view of the challenge of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8805/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: EU Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the EU funds his Department accesses; the plans he is putting in place to access these funds to a greater degree in view of Brexit; if he will outline initiatives he is pursuing to establish access to new funds in view of the challenge of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8812/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the EU funds his Department accesses; the plans he is putting in place to access these funds to a greater degree in view of Brexit; if he will outline initiatives he is pursuing to establish access to new funds in view of the challenge of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8807/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Pensions Reform (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 347. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated impact in 2021 and 2022 on fiscal space from the increase in the qualifying age for State pension recipients with reference to the Government's planned increase to the pension age to 67 from 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8682/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the EU funds his Department accesses; the plans he is putting in place to access these funds to a greater degree in view of Brexit; if he will outline initiatives he is pursuing to establish access to new funds in view of the challenge of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8811/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 382. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the EU funds her Department accesses; the plans she is putting in place to access these funds to a greater degree in view of Brexit; if she will outline initiatives she is pursuing to establish access to new funds in view of the challenge of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8800/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons outsourced at Letterkenny University Hospital, by speciality, for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the facilities to which persons were referred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8092/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Data (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 393. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8093/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and day procedure beds respectively at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8094/17]