Results 6,401-6,420 of 35,563 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of properties that will fall under the scope of the vacant homes tax in 2023; the average tax in nominal and percentage terms that will be payable with respect to those properties in 2023; the planned means to assess compliance with the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51364/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Defective Building Materials (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 285. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with mortgage lenders with respect to forbearance measures and solutions put in place for mortgage holders where their mortgage loan is with respect to and secured against a property affected by defective concrete blocks; if he has a view with regard to the need for a coordinated approach among lenders with respect to such mortgage...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 288. To ask the Minister for Finance the recent assessment or analysis his Department has made in the trends and levels of incidence of push payment fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51675/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 302. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tracker mortgage cases currently before the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, disaggregated by complaint stage, investigation, preliminary decision, final decision and appeal by respondent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52011/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 303. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of section 481 tax-relief claims that have been rejected on application stage in each of the years 2016 to 2020; the number of section 481 tax-relief claims that have been subsequently recovered with interest following inspection of the post-production compliance report; the total value of recovered claims in each of the years 2016 to 2020; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department’s plans for the fire stations in Ballyshannon and Bundoran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52001/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to Donegal roads policing unit as of 31 March 2021 and 5 October 2022, in tabular form. [51228/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time optometrists employed by the HSE working in County Donegal in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the locations where these optometrists are located. [51236/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2023 if the number of training places for GPs increased to 293. [51237/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 692. To ask the Minister for Health if access to out-of-hours and weekend cover for mental health services is available in the County Donegal catchment area of the HSE, including nursing, psychology and other allied health services; if so, if he will provide details of these services, by WTE, across each discipline. [51238/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered delaying the introduction of the new benefit-in-kind regime for company vehicles to be introduced in 2023, given the wider context of the rising cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50789/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Regulatory Bodies (13 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance the average annual costs to the Central Bank of preparing, producing and publishing the National Claims Information Database; the options that are being considered by his Department with respect to the reimbursement mechanism provided in Section 11 of the Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (13 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances of the Revenue Commissioners providing a cohort of firms with seven days to clear outstanding debt in the final demand stage; his views on same; and if he plans to introduce provisions in the Finance Bill 2022 to provide flexibility to firms in similar circumstances in the context of rising energy costs and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (13 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 326. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees who have been settled in County Donegal, broken down by townlands; the number of the premises in which Ukrainian refugees are now settled that were previously used as rental accommodation; and the steps that his Department has taken to ensure that nobody has been displaced....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (12 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances where banks have rejected mortgage applications but refused to issue letters of refusal to persons wishing to apply for the local authority home loan; if he has had contact with banks in relation to this issue; and if he has considered measures to compel banks to issue letters of refusal where a mortgage...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (11 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on when fees for engineers will be returned to persons affected by defective blocks who have yet to receive this payment; if he has taken the impact that the rising costs have had on this cohort into consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49503/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are being put in place to bring a building (details supplied) on Arranmore island up to the standard required to make the school a safe environment for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50091/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (11 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 733. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered replacing the ambulance on Arranmore island for a newer model in order that the ambulance can spend more time on the island and less time on the mainland getting repaired; if a replacement ambulance has been considered; if so, when this change is likely to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50087/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 734. To ask the Minister for Health when Arranmore island will be assigned a full-time public health nurse to replace the island’s full-time public health nurse who retired in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50088/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: One of the most basic functions of a Government is to keep a roof over somebody's head and keep the lights on. Yet, as we speak, after 12 years of the Tánaiste being at Cabinet, there are 10,805 people in emergency accommodation, of whom, shamefully, 3,200 are children. EirGrid's annual generation capacity statement published today raises concern about the State's ability to keep the...