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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: As to how long this has been going on, the working group for insurance reform was set up in 2016. We had the programme in 2019. Now we have a second programme and all the rest. As I said, I campaigned for some of this. I was not alone; others here campaigned for it and other parties put forward legislation. If you look back, however, and ask if it has been a success, the answer is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Mr. Jennings for his answer. I have absolutely no intention of giving up on it. This committee has done really good work on insurance in the past. Members have mentioned my legislation and so on, but we have acted really well as a committee to challenge the industry and get it to deal with some of the core issues. There was a point when the committee, with some of the reforms that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Meetings (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Foreign Affairs Council sessions which have taken place since he took up his post; the number he has attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48633/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 318. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing local property tax, assuming a 0% adjustment, at each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48444/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 319. To ask the Minister for Finance if the revenue projections contained in the annual progress report for 2026 incorporate a carbon tax rate of €71; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48445/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 320. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims under section 273 balancing allowances in respect of capital expenditure, and the total expenditure the claim relates to; the cost to the Exchequer, by year since 2016 providing specifically the hotels and holiday camps and cottages, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48446/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 321. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims under section 272 writing down allowances in respect of capital expenditure, and the total expenditure the claim relates to; the cost to the Exchequer, by year since 2016 providing specifically the hotels and holiday camps and cottages, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48447/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 322. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a comprehensive list of all tax reliefs for landlords of both commercial and residential property; the cost of each measure to the Exchequer, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48448/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 328. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 8 September 2025, the reason for the rapid decline in persons self-declaring for the high-income individuals’ restriction measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48632/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of providing pension parity to school caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47899/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to have Glenveagh National Park in County Donegal return to being open on Mondays and Fridays; the details of the staffing issues that have resulted in it being closed on Mondays and Fridays; the way in which the staffing issues can be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48658/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 721. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing weakly income threshold from €527 to €735 class employer PRSI threshold for entering the 11.15% rate. [49247/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Functions (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance his Department can provide to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) can continue operating; if his Department has taken or plans to take any action to maintain the necessary services provided by the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48644/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Care Services (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 987. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the list of the counties in which home share is available for those seeking respite; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48057/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 1098. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding awarded to organisations through the Children’s Disability Grant Fund has been received by the organisations; if not, when it will be awarded to all successful applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48637/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 1101. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Donegal that have been identified as requiring respite in their assessment of need; the efforts being made to ensure that respite is made available to these children; what is required to bring services in Donegal up to the standard required to meet the needs of these children, specifically, the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 1172. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for admission to Beaumont Hospital for spinal surgery; if all options are being considered including referring to another hospital both inside and outside the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47873/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 1193. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a paediatric orthopaedic appointment in CHI Crumlin hospital was cancelled for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48034/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 1200. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for the derelict HSE building in Pettigo, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48056/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 1291. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child respite beds which exist and are available to be used in each county, broken down by those which are provided by the HSE and provided privately, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48663/25]