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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 447. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46654/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (27 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an issue with a business (details supplied); if the persons involved in the business have received any supports from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47139/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: With the budget only days away, tens of thousands of homeowners and tenants living in defective buildings are nervously waiting to hear what the Government's plan is. Families living with defective blocks in the county in which I live, Donegal, and in Mayo, Clare and other counties, want to know whether the new scheme will be open in January and will have sufficient funding to provide real...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Tá teaghlaigh i lár ghéarchéim costas maireachtála agus feictear seo go soiléir i gcuid mhór earnálacha. Feictear go hiontach soiléir é san earnáil chíosa. Chuir géarchéim tithíochta an Rialtais seo glúin amach as úinéireacht tithe. Tá an gnáthchíos anois ag €1,500 sa mhí....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: We have been having this conversation now for years and I feel that at some stage the penny might drop because every year we see all the statistics go in the wrong direction. When new rents are going up by 9.2% a year and house prices are going up by 14%, how far does rent have to go before the Tánaiste starts to realise the Government’s policies are actually contributing to this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: -----which would put that money back into renters’ pockets, and a ban on rent increases for the next three years. Is that something the Government will entertain because the Tánaiste has been stating publicly that he wants cuts for landlords?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister can dress this up all he wants. We have been at him for months now about the cost-of-living crisis. We have put forward proposal after proposal but he has ignored them all. He will ignore them all until he is forced into a U-turn, just as he has been with regard to the windfall tax and decoupling, when he sees the light that the measures that we on our benches have put forward...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Financial Timesdid that, not me.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the policy response of the Government to the energy crisis to date, given that recent research (details supplied) has found the economic supports put in place by the Government to shield households and businesses were the second lowest as a proportion of GDP in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46292/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: For some time, we in Sinn Féin have been calling on the Minister to bring forward a comprehensive plan that would assist families, workers and households that are struggling at this time, particularly with the rising cost of energy but also with the cost of living in its totality. Research by the Financial Timesand by Bruegel, which was updated yesterday, shows Ireland is the worst in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Even if GNI* were used, we would still be below Slovakia. The Government would still be one of the worst in Europe. The Minister can dice and slice the statistics all he wants but there has been independent research done and whatever metric is used, we are still way behind what other countries have done. Many of those countries are borrowing to support families and businesses at this time....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 14 September 2022, his views on implementing windfall taxes on energy companies that are generating unjustifiable revenues as a result of the energy crisis; the position that he has articulated on this proposal at Eurogroup level since October 2021; the work that has been undertaken in his Department relating to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The energy crisis has plunged households into real hardship and uncertainty. Many people are worried about how they will make ends meet this winter. The energy crisis has been with us for some time now, with spikes in prices in bills last year. What is the Minister's current position on the levying of windfall taxes on energy companies on the back of this crisis? What position has he...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Energy companies and generators have been enjoying massive and unjustifiable profits as a result of the spike in gas prices, which has been brought on by the illegal invasion of Ukraine, or at least has contributed significantly towards it. This is also the result of a broken wholesale energy market that is inflating electricity prices and household bills. By paying electricity generators...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: To clarify, does the Minister now believe in the idea of windfall taxes on electricity generators, particularly those in the renewable sectors? On 4 May last, he told the Committee on Budgetary Oversight that "another option is higher taxes on the suppliers of renewable energy", stating also that "Renewable energy is the way out of this, over time, and I would argue that taxing those who are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review and reform the advantageous tax regime enjoyed by IREFs and REITs following the sharp decline in taxes paid by institutional property investment funds and recommendations made by the Commission on Tax and Welfare. [46287/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reviews (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme that his Department gave a commitment to undertake; the timeline for reforming the scheme; and the expected date by which the Medical Board of Appeal will recommence hearings. [46288/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a refundable tax credit equivalent to one month’s rent for struggling renters in Budget 2023 given the deepening unaffordability in the rental sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46290/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions that have been held at the Eurogroup regarding a windfall tax on energy companies since October 2021; the views that he has expressed with regards to this issue at Eurogroup level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46500/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of Letterkenny University Hospital on establishing a patient's next-of-kin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46426/22]