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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 2072. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when it is expected a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28487/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 2149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households per county which are in receipt of the housing assistance payment; the number of landlords and agents currently participating in the HAP scheme per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26687/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 2150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of landlords and agents per county that have rejected housing assistance payment tenancies since the scheme's introduction but that previously accepted tenants in receipt of rent supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26688/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 2151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to incidents whereby landlords have expressed an unwillingness and reluctance to participate in the housing assistance payment scheme due to the requirements and obligations placed on them as part of the programme; the steps he is taking to ensure that persons in receipt of HAP are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 2152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the costs incurred by his Department to date in the training of staff; the costs incurred in the setting up of office operations as part of the housing assistance payment shared services centre in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26690/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Land Availability (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 2172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the workings and expected yield of a reported levy of 3% of land value which will be included in budget 2018. [27120/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Insurance Data (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 2165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the insurance premiums paid by each local authority in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017 in respect of public liability insurance, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26940/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 2245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to review the motor tax system in view of the perceived or actual inequities in the system particularly for cars registered before 2008 and those persons that cannot afford to pay their tax in a single annual lump sum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28635/17]

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The outgoing Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, said a year and a half ago that it was unacceptable. Will the new Government stand up to the banks or just dish out more of this type of cheap shot? The new Minister of State with responsibility for the Gaeltacht is going back to his old position. I wish him well. He is a constituency colleague of mine. Let us be clear. There are...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Déanaim comhghairdeachas leis an Taoiseach úr, an Teachta Varadkar, as an éacht atá déanta aige agus é tofa anseo inniu ar 57 vóta le tacaíocht Fhianna Fáil. Déanaim comhghairdeachas lena theaghlach, lena pháirtnéir, Matt agus lena mhuintir go léir. Déanaim comhghairdeachas fosta leis na hAirí uilig atá...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The reason I say that is because one can easily get caught up in the bubble of everybody wanting to find out which Minister will occupy which Department minutes or seconds before the announcements are made. However, it is not about personality politics. It is about politics of substance. Members, Ministers and the Taoiseach need to recognise that this country faces substantial and serious...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Receipts: Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners (14 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome all our contributors and support staff to the committee. Cuirim fáilte mhór roimh chuile dhuine a tháinig anseo inniu. I will begin with a question for Mr. McCarthy. Given the concentration of corporation tax receipts and the level of corporation tax receipts and the measures we have in place, does Mr. McCarthy believe that we are adopting a prudent position?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Receipts: Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners (14 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Have the three policy positions that have been outlined allowed Mr. McCarthy, as chief economist, to say we are being sufficiently prudent?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Receipts: Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners (14 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: He may not have received the memo, but it seems as if the new Taoiseach is getting rid of two of the three policy positions which the chief economist believes allows him to state that we are acting prudently. I refer to the rainy day fund, which I understand is gone, and a reduction in the debt to GDP ratio to 55%.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Receipts: Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners (14 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that Mr. McCarthy has to deal with what is there and a new Minister for Finance will be appointed later today. We will see what his or her position will be on these matters. I have my own position on the rainy day fund. I thought it was never going to fly. The debt to GDP ratio is a debate that, in my view, is more about headlines. I do not think we will reach the 60% figure...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Receipts: Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners (14 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Is one out of three good enough or do we need all three?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Receipts: Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners (14 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I am speaking hypothetically. The new Minister and Taoiseach will discuss this in Cabinet. If we went with the balanced budget approach only, and given the level of concentration on corporation tax receipts and our dependency on them, does Mr. McCarthy think that would be a prudent fiscal approach?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Receipts: Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners (14 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: We will move on. I am sure we will have plenty of discussions between now and then. Given the fact that it will not start to have an impact for five years, we have plenty of time for discussions. It is probably better to wait until we have the new definition of how we can measure our economy to start having these real discussions.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Receipts: Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners (14 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to ask Mr. Howard about revenue. A total of 82% of corporation tax receipts are coming from the companies within the large case divisions managed by the Revenue Commissioners. How many companies are in the large case divisions of the Revenue Commissioners?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Receipts: Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners (14 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Those 10,200 are managed in the large case divisions of the Revenue Commissioners. Ten of those 10,200 make up 32%-----