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

Pearse Doherty: Cé go gcuirfidh siad siúd atá i dteideal an bónas €1,000 fáilte roimhe, níl go leor soiléiriú ann faoi cé go díreach atá i dteideal an bónas seo a fháil. Mar shampla, caidé faoi na glantóirí sna hospidéil agus iad sin nach bhfuil fostaithe go díreach ag Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (20 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the catchment flood risk management plan for Donegal town; the progress on the implementation of same that has been made to date; the funding that has been allocated to the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2555/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (20 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I have previously asked the Minister of State about the issue of flood defences in County Donegal through parliamentary questions and when he has appeared before committee meetings. He has acknowledged that works in Donegal town were being planned but stated that the "project for Donegal town is not in the first phase of projects to be progressed" and that "the OPW and [Donegal County...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (20 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Donegal town needs to be moved into phase 1. It is located in the mouth of the estuary where the River Eske meets the Atlantic Ocean at Donegal Bay. It is an absolutely breathtaking place but, unfortunately, is susceptible to all types of flooding. In the past we have seen flooding from rivers overtopping, flash flooding and flooding from high tides and storm surges. There have been a...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (20 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I am aware of some of the projects being held up that are outside of the Department's control but, as the Minister of State said, that provides an opportunity to move this scheme into phase 1. If it is possible to move the scheme into phase 1, is the Minister of State willing to do so? He mentioned that he hopes to go to Donegal. I welcome that. The local councillors, if they have not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Broadband Plan (20 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his role and that of his Department in the implementation of the National Broadband Plan; if he received or contributed to monitoring reports with regard to the project; if not, if he made recommendations or findings with regard to its delivery; if so, the recommendations or findings that have been made; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fostaíocht sa Ghaeltacht (20 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil a Roinn ag tabhairt faoi phleananna maidir le cúrsaí Gaeltachta do Cháisc agus do Shamhradh 2022 i láthair na huaire; an bhfuil sé ar intinn ag a Roinn deontas atosaithe a chur ar fáil do mhná agus d’fhir tí; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [2209/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fostaíocht sa Ghaeltacht (20 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh cúrsaí Gaeltachta ag dul ar aghaidh ag am na Cásca i mbliana; agus an mbeidh deontas atosaithe ar fáil do mhná agus d’fhir tí má tá na cúrsaí ag dul ar aghaidh i mbliana. [2208/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (19 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an extension of a driver’s licence can be granted in exceptional circumstances to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63571/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (19 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 300. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will grant relief to persons (details supplied) in County Donegal on contributions for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63242/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (19 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 304. To ask the Minister for Finance the effective tax rate inclusive of the full rate of PRSI on annual earnings for a single taxpayer in percentage terms in each of the years 2011 to 2021 for incomes between €100,000 and €200,000 in intervals of €10,000. [63385/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (19 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 330. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on pension contributions from 2016 to 2020 disaggregated by year and salary band with intervals of €10,000 in tabular form. [1420/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (19 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 331. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of tax relief on pension contributions from 2016 to 2020 disaggregated by year and salary band with intervals of €10,000 in tabular form. [1421/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (19 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 484. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the defective concrete block scheme 2021 will include redress for second homes impacted by MICA which are semi-detached to a primary residence that is also impacted by MICA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63444/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (19 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is planned to accept defective block scheme applications for rental properties that were registered and payments that were backdated after 1 November 2021 in cases in which delays were encountered with the Residential Tenancies Board online registration process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1404/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I hope the Minister will present himself before this committee again soon on the following matter. We learned from RTÉ in the last week that the entire Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal resigned en massein October. Nobody in this committee was aware of this to my knowledge and Members of the Oireachtas were not aware of it. This was seven months after the board met the Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: As the ECB and the board of governors of the Central Bank have stated, there was an uncertainty regarding the pandemic and these companies needed to ensure their capital was preserved so they would not be dependent on taxpayer support in the future. Likewise, those companies should not have been allowed to pay out dividends at a time when they were receiving important money that the State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: First of all-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Let me answer that question. That taxpayer has been named by The Irish Timesand its accounts are public. On the number of people who were retained in employment because of the EWSS, the answer is zero because all of the €1.8 million that went into that company through the EWSS was paid to the Isle of Man parent company in dividends. It is nearly the same amount; €1.76...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, I did. The debate on this was limited. As the Minister is aware, it was truncated. I understand the reason. There was a-----