Results 7,021-7,040 of 36,188 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2023 (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance the assessment his Department has made of the planned payment of three €200 electricity credits to multiple homeowners in their distributional analysis of Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51313/22]

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

Pearse Doherty: 274. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a comprehensive breakdown of the tax compliance measures, including PAYE compliance interventions and increased debt management activity, and the revenue associated with each. [51339/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 275. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update with respect to the review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; the funding that was allocated towards it in 2023 compared to 2022 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51340/22]

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

Pearse Doherty: 276. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is scope without new legislation for refundable tax credits to be introduced through the income tax system given the use of refundable tax credits through the research and development tax credit regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51341/22]

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

Pearse Doherty: 277. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of compliance interventions made by the large cases high wealth individuals division; the money recouped as a result of these interventions in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51351/22]

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...