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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: What has been identified in respect of research needs?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: What area of research? More than €250,000 is being allocated. It is not a case of "Let's put this in just in case". There is obviously an identification that this may be needed. What area is the Minister thinking of?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: This question flows on from last week when we had the Minister before the joint committee. The Minister took it upon himself to give information to the committee on the role of legal advisers and the Attorney General in advising the Minister that he cannot recoup pandemic payments from insurance companies. That information is still outstanding. Has the Minister made any progress in being...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: As the person who posed the question, I understand the restrictions on legal advice, but the question is also about who provided the advice. Was it the Attorney General or the in-house legal team? While there may be a prohibition on sharing the advice, there is none on stating where the advice was garnered from. I mentioned the allocation of €350,000 for administration in respect of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Regarding my earlier question on what the €350,000 was for, the Minister said it might relate to an assessment of the housing market and of why house prices are increasing, or of other housing matters connected to Housing for All. If the sum pertains to salaries, it means the Housing for All portion will be to directly employ individuals within the Department of Finance. Could the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Is the Minister saying the Department is going to get three individuals who will each be paid in excess of €100,000 and who will focus solely on housing issues? Is that what the €350,000 is for?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Three into €350,000 amounts to over €100,000 each. Therefore, the Department is planning to recruit the individuals at a very senior level. Given that it is funding for Housing for All, is there now a subdivision implying that the three individuals will be tasked with dealing with housing? Alternatively, will they deal with other issues related to economics?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister. Maybe he will keep us up to date when those positions are being populated.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: This has gone across the political divide. Sinn Féin colleagues and I, and many Members across the political divide, have raised concerns about the operation of this scheme and the fact that many citizens with disability see their applications rejected and are not able to get primary medical certificates. It is heartbreaking when one hears the individual stories of some of these cases....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister promised a comprehensive review of the scheme in January 2021, did he not?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: What about the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the wages spiral?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered the submission from Donegal County Council in relation to the issue of MICA in local authority housing stock; if his Department will fund the necessary remedial works; and when a decision will be made in respect of same. [3322/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the legislation underpinning the revised MICA redress scheme will be published; his views on whether the sliding scale announced as part of the revised MICA redress scheme must be abolished; and when the agreed changes to the scheme will be published. [3321/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (25 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department made a submission to the Central Bank public consultation regarding its proposals with regard to differential pricing in the motor and home insurance markets. [2879/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (25 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of items the HSE has provided to nursing homes in CHO 1 under grant aid from 2010 to date. [3054/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 605. To ask the Minister for Health when an updated EU Digital COVID Certificate with booster vaccine will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3214/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 606. To ask the Minister for Health when an updated EU Digital COVID Certificate with booster vaccine will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3215/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (25 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 683. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of works for the smooth pier development (details supplied) at Killybegs Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3052/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I want to raise again with the Tánaiste an issue I have raised a number of times. This is the need for the Brandon report to be published in full. It found there were 108 incidents of sexual abuse perpetrated against at least 18 intellectually disabled residents by another resident between 2003 and 2016 at the Ard Gréine Court complex, Stranorlar, County Donegal. The publication...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: While I reckon there are three points to this, three different steps that were agreed, I am focused on the €1,000 bonus payment. This morning the Taoiseach stated that a panel will be established. When he was questioned directly about categories such as carers, he said they are not ruled out. The Tánaiste has given an answer here today that the payment will only be made to...