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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Research and Development (21 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost for making research and development payable credits payable in one instalment within 12 months for small and micro-companies. [32480/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (21 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year revenue that would be raised by introducing a 40% rate of capital gains tax on individual incomes in excess of €500,000, inclusive of income deriving from capital gains. [32481/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (21 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the help to buy scheme for 2023; if all or a portion of that cost is within the base for 2023; and to outline that cost. [32482/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (21 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year revenue that would be raised by introducing a 3% income tax surcharge on the portion of individual income above €140,000. [32483/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (21 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give a definitive date when the working group specifically tasked with examining the issues of fire safety and structural safety defects in apartments and duplexes built between 1991 and 2013 will deliver it’s report which was due in March 2022; if his attention has been drawn to the immense stress and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 311. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an online passport application for a child (details supplied) will be processed on time for an intended travel date of 17 June 2022; if the document that was resubmitted on 7 June 2022 is correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31940/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 310. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport that was applied for in March 2022 will issue on time for a child (details supplied) in Scotland who is travelling on 25 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31939/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 441. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure a passport for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be processed on time for travel date 22 June 2022. [32371/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 457. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue on time for a child (details supplied) travelling on 28 June 2022; the reason that a document was not requested when other documents were; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32551/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 460. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application will be processed in time for a child (details supplied) from County Donegal who is travelling on 21 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32579/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 439. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure a passport for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be processed on time for a travel date of 22 June 2022. [32352/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: It was a factual shot.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The people will decide.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: One in three are in energy poverty.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: De réir mar a mhéadaíonn praghsanna fuinnimh mar gheall ar an gcogadh, fuair an Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, amach go bhfuil duine as achan trí teaghlaigh anois ag maireachtáil i mbochtaineacht fuinnimh agus diúltaíonn an Rialtas seo gníomhú. Tá níos mó daoine ag titim isteach i mbochtaineacht fuinnimh agus iad ag...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: That is not true

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste's opening gambit again displays how out of touch the Government is. I really thought as somebody whom the Director of Public Prosecutions is assessing whether to prosecute him under the corruption Act, he would be a bit more humble in his response.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Let me put this to the Tánaiste. This report is not just expected. We knew it was going to happen because the Government has failed to act to protect the most vulnerable. This is a report of shame. One in three households is in energy poverty. The Tánaiste is not a commentator. He is the Tánaiste and the leader of a party in government. We need action now. There are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (16 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Is the Minister of State saying the Government is now acknowledging that what it has already done has been poorly targeted? A larger package - one where the vast majority of its measures are targeted - is needed. Other people are feeling the pinch, of course, which is why issues like excise also need to be considered. Fair play to the Minister of State for mentioning that the minimum...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (16 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I love how the Minister of State selectively quotes reports. Maybe he should quote the ESRI’s report where it states the Government has scope to do more. The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, believes more targeted measures could be taken. The Central Bank also states that the Government has that scope. The taxman has been benefiting from inflation in petrol and diesel...