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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (10 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the proposed housing development at Ardscoil Mhuire, Gweedore, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44025/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (10 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 415. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an assessment of needs for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43532/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (10 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the parents of a child in Donegal (details supplied) can expect to receive services and support for their autistic child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43760/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (10 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 474. To ask the Minister for Health when a registration application with an organisation (details supplied) will be processed for a person in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43536/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 529. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a date for an operation in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43787/23]

Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Bhille seo agus muid ag déileáil leis ar an Dara Chéim. Seo an Bille Airgeadais (Ráthaíochtaí Stáit, Cistí de chuid Forais Idirnáisiúnta Airgeadais agus Forálacha Ilghnéitheacha), 2023. Mar atá a fhios againn, tá an reachtaíocht seo de dhíth mar gheall ar an slad atá á...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I have been raising this now for a long time as households were thrown to the wolves, including by the Minister's party and Fine Gael. We now have mortgage prisoners who are facing interest rate hikes that simply do not exist in the other retail mortgage market. The Ministers were told this. My legislation, which would have prevented the sale of these loans to vulture funds, was blocked....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance his views, and the Department's analysis, of the capacity and number of borrowers eligible to switch from lenders to the mainstream mortgage market under the recently published eligibility criteria published by the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland and retail banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43138/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: On 4 August, I called on the Minister to convene a meeting of the Central Bank and the banking sector to chart a pathway for households whose mortgages were sold to vulture funds to return to the mainstream mortgage market. That meeting took place on the last day of that month but the pathway was not outlined. Instead we had an announcement after that. Can the Minister outline the measures...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I would always encourage people to switch, whether they are in the hands of vulture funds or with the mainstream banks and lenders. They should always look at the option of switching if better value is available to them. I have serious reservations on the effectiveness of the measures that were announced. We know that 80,000 households have mortgage loans held by vulture funds and they...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Union (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for his response. I believe it is important there is political consensus on this issue but also across Europe in trying to build support for our position. The Commission's proposal, as the Minister said, is one of own resource that would be calculated at 0.5% of the notional company profit base, an indicator calculated by Eurostat on the basis of the national count...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Union (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister mentioned, the cost of this proposal to the State would be an additional €1.124 billion per annum and, obviously, that could increase depending on our gross operating surplus. It is a significant increase and I understand Ireland would be one of the highest contributors as a result of this mechanism. In his response, the Minister might outline the distributional...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Union (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s position on the European Commission’s own resource proposal based on company profits; the estimated additional contribution the proposal would require on annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43392/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Union (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: In June, the European Commission published an adjusted package for the new generation of own resources. With this package, the Commission proposes a new statistical-based own resource linked to the corporate sector. The proposals are, on the face of it, the Commission’s grab for Irish corporate profits. Sinn Féin opposes the proposal. Will the Minister outline his position and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department are considering tax measures to support households with the rising cost of home heating oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43391/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister is aware, the volatility in the international oil markets has seen a steady increase in the price of home heating oil. Home heating oil prices have increased by 30% in the past two months. More than a one third of households across the State use home heating oil as their main source of fuel. In this context, is the Minister considering tax measures to support households...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: More than one third of homes across the State use home heating oil as their primary heating source. This rises to two thirds if you look at the border region, including my own county of Donegal. More than half of households in the south-east and western regions use home heating oil as their primary heating source. In the past two months, the average price of home heating oil has increased...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Since the energy crisis began, this Government has increased the price of home heating oil twice, and is planning to do so again next May, unless it changes track in the budget. Everything the Minister has said so far suggests that it will not. This is in addition to the increases we have seen in the market price. This is putting additional pressure on households, and there has been an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce temporary and targeted mortgage interest relief to support struggling households with rising mortgage costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43390/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: In the past 15 months, the European Central Bank, ECB, has increased its key lending rate ten times. The Minister knows now that many households are feeling the sudden, sharp increases in the mortgage crisis. For many it is a massive income shock. As we know, this has happened in the context of the wider cost-of-living crisis. Will the Minister commit to introducing temporary and targeted...