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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I refer to the special assignee relief programme which many consider to be deeply unfair. The Minister promised a review of it. When will it be completed and published? What is the Minister's view on the fairness or otherwise of the scheme?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: There are very serious principles underlying this scheme and it indicates a view within the Department of Finance and the IDA which is fundamentally wrong. There are skills shortages right across the economy but we do not offer sweetheart deals to other categories of staff. I have a real concern about this and cannot see any justification for it. I also have a concern about the complete...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister introduced a change last year, which brought the limit up to €1 million. Why on earth should we have a scheme where there is a minimum threshold required in order to get a tax advantage? It is only those earning in excess of €75,000 and up to €1 million who can avail of this scheme. This is an affront to ordinary workers, that is, people who are struggling...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: They do not operate in every country.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister needs to do something about it, not just acknowledge it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister needs to get real.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: Of course it is.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: There are no figures-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: We do not know how much it is costing.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 11. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on concerns raised by the Ombudsman about persons being denied access to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme on the basis that they have been refused primary medical certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38308/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: My question relates to issues raised by the Ombudsman about persons being denied access to the disabled drivers and passengers scheme. Is the Minister not embarrassed to read out the details in the first part of his reply to Deputy Pringle? As far as I know, there is not actually a condition which that describes. The level of disability which is required to qualify is so rare that vast...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: We know that more than 13% of the population in this country have disabilities. Many of those have mobility difficulties. It is a false economy to deny people the opportunity to live some kind of independent life and to be able to travel, get out of their homes, be active insofar as they can, to visit, to do jobs and to go to work in many cases. Requiring a person to be without two limbs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in respect of the requirement for schools to audit their accounts and his views on the matter. [39222/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 132. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by CHO, LHO, age, category and time waiting. [39141/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health service personnel assigned to community psychology services by staff category, CHO and LHO. [39142/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 150. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans for a HSE property (details supplied) in County Dublin; if the property is no longer in use by the HSE; if he will consider transferring the property to the local authority for other uses such as housing, community or the arts; the steps he will take to secure the property to prevent further vandalism; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan Data (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his estimate of the changes in modal share of different traffic categories that will be brought about by planned investments in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 and the climate action plan 2019. [39147/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan Data (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 specifically for the improvement of carrying capacity on public transport; and the projected percentage gain in carrying capacity arising from these investments by public transport mode. [39149/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan Funding (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 specifically for the greening of public transport. [39148/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport Ireland (26 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make contact with Sport Ireland to clarify the role of a member of its board (details supplied) regarding a matter and the appropriateness of this involvement in alcohol promotion while having a role in promoting sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39205/19]