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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: Deputy Pearse Doherty asked a similar question. The sum of €0.6 billion relates to demographics and it is price inflation to the State because things become more expensive to buy. Does it also include inflation increases for social protection payments?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: Does Dr. Conefrey know how much of the €0.6 billion is involved in that regard, because that is the discretionary bit to which Deputy Doherty referred?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: So half of that - €300 million - is to allow the Government to increase social protection payments.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the witnesses.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: I, too, would like to raise the issue of the Oxfam report that came out on Monday. Deputy O'Sullivan quite rightly refers to the need for tax justice. Another way to look at this might be enlightened self-interest in that if we do our bit for global taxation, it will make for a stronger reputation for Ireland and a stronger investment in Ireland. As the Taoiseach knows, Oxfam has ranked...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: Let me give the Taoiseach an example. Cerberus has just filed its 2015 accounts for Project Eagle. By my reckoning, it made about £168 million in taxable profits and paid less than £1,600 in tax. That is a 0.001% tax rate. I acknowledge the very significant moves by the Government in the Finance Act on companies under section 110. What is interesting about the Project Eagle...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building (details supplied); if a new location has been identified; the timeframe for the completion of the school; the timeframe by stage and date; if barriers to the completion of the project within this timeframe have been identified to date; the nature of these barriers; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (17 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 714. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the provision of funding by the Office of Public Works for flood defence works on the North Beach in Arklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41682/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 5. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the current level of investment in the construction of commercial property is having an impact on the development of residential property in particular in the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2400/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: At the moment in Dublin, the analysis of the commercial property market shows us that we are dealing with a bubble in commercial property that exceeds the bubble we saw in 2006 and 2007. There is all manner of downsides to this. There are very few winners. The only winners are some foreign landlords and even they will become losers if and when the bubble bursts. Specific to the Minister's...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I do not know either, which is why I asked the question. 4 o’clock We do not know how much crowding out is happening, but there is a bunch of things we do know. We know that the profits per square metre or per acre of development land for commercial property in Cork and Dublin vastly exceed the profits to be made from residential. We know that some of this is being driven by a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for his patience. I will finish on this. Would the Minister consider commissioning a reasonably quick report to investigate this and assess the level of crowding out that might be happening?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I agree we need to strike a balance. The problem is the profits for commercial development so vastly outweigh the profits for residential development that we are not getting that balance. We agree there has to be a balance between high-quality grade-A office space and other commercial space, and good homes for people to live in. However, if a developer can make five to ten times more by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: And Wicklow.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (19 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has reviewed the impact of the introduction of the first-time buyer's grant; if so, the findings on the impact of these sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2402/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (19 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a vacant land levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2399/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Real Estate Investment Trusts (19 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has investigated the impact of distressed debt specialists on the housing market; the number of tenants that have been asked to quit their tenancies as a result of requests for vacant sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2401/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Ticket Touting (24 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I congratulate Deputy Rock on tabling the legislation and I am very happy to co-sponsor it with him. There are numerous cases of this going on, the latest being a few days ago with tickets for the U2 concert. There was reselling in bulk at the very same time that the monopoly seller, Ticketmaster, was sold out. We are not dealing with people who buy a few tickets, then decide they are not...

Topical Issue Debate: Ticket Touting (24 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister for her response. I think the key word she used was "inflated" because we are not talking about tickets going on sale for €70 and being resold for €85. We are talking about €70 tickets being bought en masseby companies that may or may not have privileged access to the monopoly seller and then being resold not for €80 but for €1,000. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (26 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the response time for each ambulance journey in County Wicklow; the area to which the ambulance was called; the travel time for each ambulance to its destination for each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3575/17]