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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: It is just a statement of fact. It is not-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I have no problem withdrawing the accusation of lying but the substance of the matter is that the Minister did mislead the House. I stand over that. The serious question is whether the Taoiseach is again going to turn a blind eye just as he has with everything else. Is he actually going to lead in government? This cannot go on.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Has the Central Bank approved it?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Can I get clarification on whether the Business Committee can now meet to arrange for the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, to come before the House? It is a very serious issue, as it always has been, for a Minister to mislead the House. He has also misled the public in repeating the accusation on "Prime Time".

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: On the point Deputy O'Callaghan raised, it is important the Minister with responsibility for housing comes before this House. It is important we get to the bottom of why the Minister has misled the House about a flawed scheme, about which the senior civil servant in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform said it was being lobbied by developers because it would line their pockets and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44073/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details suppled) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44074/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Projects (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures and projects to which funding under the National Recovery and Resilience Facility and Plan are being allocated in 2022 disaggregated by measure and project, funding allocation and Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43470/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional information is being considered for an SNA appeal for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44075/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42864/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the total invested by the State and the cash received to date in disposals, redemptions and coupons, dividends and fees; the net cash position and valuation of remaining investment; and the net position at the end of July 2021 in banks (details supplied) in tabular form. [42018/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the 30 per cent research and development tax credit regime for small and micro companies provided in the Finance Act 2019 is not yet operable; and when it will come into effect. [42108/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an overview of the changes announced to the research and development tax credit for small and micro-companies in section 25 of Finance Act 2019. [43176/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which a submission was made to the European Commission for State Aid approval with respect to changes made to the research and development tax credit for small and micro-companies under section 25 of the Finance Act 2019; the status of this submission; the expected date of its approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43177/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2022 of amending the research and development tax credit regime by allowing small and micro companies to receive the credit in one instalment rather than three instalments over a 33-month period payable not earlier than the relevant tax pay and file date for the company’s accounting period in which the qualifying expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of qualifying expenditure against which capital allowances, including wear and tear allowances, were claimed with respect to data centres in each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form. [42672/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of data centres for which capital allowances were claimed for each of the years 2015 to 2020. [42673/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax revenue foregone in each of the years 2015 to 2020 with respect to capital allowances, including wear and tear allowances, claimed with respect to data centres, in tabular form. [42674/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be saved in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively, if expenditure incurred with respect to data centres was no longer qualifying expenditure for the purposes of capital allowances. [42675/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Instruments (9 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance if an increase in the rate of VAT for the hospitality and tourism sector from 9 to 13.5% has been included in the projections outlined in the Summer Economic Statement or whether extending the 9% rate, for the duration of 2022, would need to be included as a stand-alone measure with cost in budget 2022; and the cost of same. [42725/21]