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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (29 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 260. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing excise duty on home heating oil to €0 per 1,000 litres to the end of August 2022 and the end of December 2022 respectively. [15953/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (29 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 261. To ask the Minister for Finance the minimum levels of excise duty that may apply to petrol, diesel and home heating oil respectively in accordance with the EU Energy Directive; the current rates that apply to each; and the estimated cost of reducing each to the minimum allowable levels to end of August 2022 and the end of December 2022 respectively. [15954/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 262. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of communications he or his Department have had with the European Commission with respect to the rate of VAT applied to fuels and household energy bills since 1 November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15956/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (29 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 360. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Armagh before the travel date of 19 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15852/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15849/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding provided with respect to the employment wage subsidy scheme for 2022; the level of funding that has been drawn down to date; if her Department has revised the level of funding that will be required under the scheme in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15955/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The task force has not met since November.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Government is sitting on its hands. The task force has not met for months.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: There are hundreds of elderly patients lying on trolleys. Why is this not an emergency?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: With respect, the Minister is not answering the question. Hundreds of elderly patients lying on trolleys for more than a day and the Government task force has not met for months.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Last month, in excess of 1,400 patients over the age of 75 waited for more than 24 hours in emergency departments before getting a hospital bed. That was up from 1,100 in January. This is an appalling way to treat elderly citizens of this State. In 2015, when a 100-year-old woman was left on a trolley for 24 hours, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil both said it was unacceptable. In 2018, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Government is going to push up the cost of home heating oil.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: What about those on social welfare?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: So, nothing until October. Disgraceful.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: In a report published yesterday, KBC Bank says it expects the average household to be €2,000 worse off this year as result of the cost of living crisis. This will hit lower- and middle-income earners hardest. Yesterday, representatives of the Central Bank told me in a committee meeting that they expect household bills already are €1,300 more than they were this time last year...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister talks about understanding the anxiety that is out there. I can tell him that for the people I represent and to whom I speak, their anxiety levels went through the roof when they saw him on their television screens saying, "Let me be clear: I am not planning any additional measure to support you, your household or your family until at least the budget." This was on the same day...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Instead of ignoring the plight of those who are most vulnerable, let the Government bring forward a social welfare package that protects them in some way.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: That is what I would do if I were sitting on the Minister's side of the House.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driving licence will re-issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15572/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Derry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15576/22]