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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (22 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is planned that respite services for children and young adults will recommence at Drumboe House, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13993/23]

Eviction Ban: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Hear, hear.

Eviction Ban: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Listening to the Minister and the Minister of State, you would swear to God we were not in the middle of a housing crisis. You would swear to God we did not have rents at record levels, house prices at record levels and a whole generation locked out of any prospect of homeownership the longer the Government stays in power. Listening to the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, you would swear 11,754...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: There are 3,000 children in emergency accommodation.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: They have not bought them yet.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Those are the facts.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It is true.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: You cannot make them homeless, as the Government is planning to do in ten days. The Minister for homelessness; that is who you are.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Never in the history of the State before.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Unbelievable. Shameful.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: There is no hiding place anymore. That was disgraceful.

Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill 2023. This legislation at its most general is a response to the cost-of-living and energy crisis that has impacted the financial resilience of households and businesses right across the State. In what follows, I wish to comment on the main provisions of the legislation. First, however, I would like to make a point regarding the very...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for employment purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12852/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rental Sector (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 323. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rent tax credit is envisaged as being a permanent part of the tax base in the years ahead; if the rent tax credit is in the base for 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028; and if so, its cost in each year. [13089/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 324. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will provide a five-year forecast with respect to the fiscal position in the upcoming Stability Programme Update (details supplied). [13092/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 343. To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year cost of mortgage interest relief against rental income in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [13947/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 344. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a cap on the total amount of mortgage interest relief that can be claimed by a landlord against rental income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13948/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 345. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2023 of mortgage interest relief against rental income in view of rising mortgage interest rates; if his Department has assessed the increased cost in light of changing monetary policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13949/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 346. To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year cost of mortgage interest relief against rental income in the years 2016 to 2022, inclusive. [13950/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, following statements by him on 12 March 2023 (details supplied) his Department will require revised Estimates for 2023; if so, the increased allocation that will be required; and if not, the capital allocation that will be reallocated within his Department’s estimates. [13734/23]