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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: You are misleading the Dáil.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (14 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance if the amendment introduced in section 21 of the Finance Bill 2016 which had the expressed aim of preventing businesses with loans which are secured over, or derive their value from, an interest in Irish land from using provisions in section 110 to avoid payment of Irish tax on profits made on Irish property transactions has successfully achieved its stated...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (14 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of legal titles of mortgages held by credit servicing firms each year since 2016 where the loan is owned by a separate section 110 special purpose vehicle, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24778/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (14 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 8 May 2025, the estimated cost of extending each of the tax measures listed in 2026 over and above the projections provided in the Annual Progress Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24829/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 8 May 2025, to clarify that the figure of €75.5 million refers to the actual cost of claims made; the estimated cost if all eligible workers applied for flat-rate expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24830/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Low Pay Commission (14 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated median hourly wage used by the Low Pay Commission each year since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24831/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (14 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 95. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a full list of all houses and gardens that are available for public view as a condition for an exemption from capital acquisitions tax on a heritage basis, including the address, the days and times each is open to the public, any price payable for public access and the year each was opened to the public, as CAT...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (14 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 96. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of individual submissions to Fáilte Ireland each year for which data is available with information in relation to public viewing of heritage items required in capital acquisitions tax legislation for the owner to benefit from a tax exemption, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24828/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (14 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 216. To ask the Minister for Health when a home support application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal to allow discharge from Letterkenny University hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24759/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: The Government does not have a clue what is in it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: There is an early recommendation that they were ready to implement. You do not have clue what is coming up.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: You do not have clue what is coming up and neither does the Minister for Health.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: The letters have been issued.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (13 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 153. To ask the Minister for Health to consider providing the support required to provide a much-needed surgical hub at Letterkenny University Hospital, given the pressures that the hospital continue to face; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24154/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 204. To ask the Minister for Health in light of the failure to provide nursing cover for Tory island, when commitments will be fulfilled regarding providing nursing cover on the island at all times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24143/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 454. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current wait times for driving tests in Donegal, by test centre, in tabular form; if any plans are in place to bring the length of waiting times down; if any consideration has been given to native Irish speakers in Gaeltacht areas who need a car for work but are being forced to move out of the area due to the long wait times and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (13 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 461. To ask the Minister for Finance the average effective tax rate at each income level from 15,000 to 400,000, similar to that provided in document (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23462/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: So much for backbenchers wanting so much time on Leaders' Questions. The Government did all this for Lowry and now its backbenchers do not even turn up for the thing it forced through. It is so embarrassing. This week saw a historic vote in the Assembly in support of extending presidential voting rights to Irish citizens in the North. It is a powerful message from the Assembly, one...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Tánaiste.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Tánaiste and we will definitely take him up on that briefing. There are two points here. We know that tariffs increase prices on consumers but even if there were no tariffs there is a cost of living crisis. I really think that the Government does not get it. Whatever way the Government dresses it up, last week it actually heaped more pressure on families through the...