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Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: That is not true. Read the IMF report. Half the benefit is to those earning more than €70,000.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I have done so. I have blown the Tánaiste's spin out of the water.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The Government's record in County Donegal has-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The IMF indicates it is a deeply regressive move.

Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: We had to argue for years to get it on the agenda.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (21 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance the date at which the 9% rate of VAT applicable to tourism lapses or if that rate is now fixed in law, barring legislative change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2559/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Restructuring (21 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect, in fiscal terms, of reinvesting the remaining funds in the credit union restructuring board fund into the credit union sector on the fiscal space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2563/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (21 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of several incidences of flooding since 2014 which have occurred along the Murvagh river basin in County Donegal, which have left roads impassable and homes and businesses badly damaged; the flood prevention measures that have been undertaken to alleviate flooding along the river; if he will provide additional assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (21 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding allocated to each of the competent State agencies and authorities for the co-ordination and implementation of flood risk management and mitigation measures, by county, for each year since 2005 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2610/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if it is compulsory for applicants under the jobseeker's allowance scheme to provide evidence of having applied for advertised vacancies in order to qualify; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2866/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance following a ruling by the European Court of Justice, if he will amend the legislation to allow vehicles on loan from another jurisdiction be exempted from vehicle registration tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2729/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal basis on which vehicle registration tax is levied on vehicles on loan within the State from another state; how this levying is reconciled with European Union law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2730/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross and net fiscal space available to the Government for each year from 2016 to 2021 if the structural balance improvement is maintained at 0.6 per cent per year during this period. [2734/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Expenditure (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 17 November 2015 is still accurate or if the figures contained within it have in any way been recalculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2733/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance why a document (details supplied) was not furnished the Banking Inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2923/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Investigations (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 159. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has ever investigated allegations of maladministration of European Union grants and funds; in which years such investigations took place; the authorities who carried them out; the conclusions of such investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2725/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not received payment under the agri-environment options scheme, the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme for 2015; when the person will receive these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2854/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Jobs Initiative (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the activities undertaken by the local implementation group, formed in 2012 as part of the 2011 Killybegs, County Donegal jobs initiative; how this group has advanced and ensured the delivery of the various targets, as set out in the high level group report into potential job creation; if the high level group has continued to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 308. To ask the Minister for Health the hospice and end-of-life care services available in County Donegal for children under 18 years of age who have high complex medical needs; if he will remedy the lack of such services in the county, including the establishment of a dedicated hospice service for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2710/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (26 Jan 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 319. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatrics palliative care consultants employed by the Health Service Executive; the number of similar consultants employed for the treatment of adults; if an additional paediatrics palliative care consultant will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2813/16]