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Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 7: In page 11, after line 34, to insert the following: “Report on tapering out of income tax credits 11.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on tapering out tax credits for incomes between €100,000 and €140,000 at a rate of 2.5 per cent for each €1,000...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has read out word for word the reply to a parliamentary question that he or his officials had scripted and which was given to me previously. Of course there are issues in relation to changing any tax. The Minister has outlined some of them such as, potentially, the impact of it being selective or if it needs to be across the European Union. The Minister also spoke of...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I have already acknowledged the flexibility of Revenue. It is only in the context of the pandemic. While it is welcome, the rigid application of this relief will go back to the situation where, as I have said, a parent who must work from home because their sick child has to stay home from school will lose this relief. That is the reality and that is how rigid it is. This is what we want...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I want to expand on this point. I ask the Minister to think of a company. It will be possible for that company to buy a treadmill, a set of dumbbells, a rowing machine or a bench press and offset all those costs against its profits in one year. If that company, however, wants to buy a proper chair for a remote worker, so that he or she will not have spinal or back problems, the company...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, after line 34, to insert the following: “Report on operation of income tax relief for cross-border workers 11.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the operation of income tax relief for cross-border workers under section 825A of the Taxes Consolidation Act...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the amendment by Deputy Naughten. He acknowledged that it derived partly from a contribution I made on Committee Stage on the need to explore accelerated capital allowances and associated caveats since not all companies are the same. Capital allowances are relevant for any company that is facilitating remote working. Companies can claim capital allowances on expenditure anyway....

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: It is. The amendment seeks a report but we are really attempting to get the Government to stop going in this direction of fuelling property prices, which really only benefits developers. This is a transfer of taxpayers' money that ultimately ends up in developers' pockets as house prices are pushed beyond the reach of many. It is symptomatic of a failed Government policy on housing. ...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for putting the correct information on the record of the House regarding the power to vary rates, which is the appropriate position in order that we do not have to revisit primary legislation. It is welcome that that is the case and that the position has been clarified. The help-to-buy scheme is a part of it, but this goes to the core of Government housing policy....

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 3: In page 10, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “Report on economic and distributional impact of the Help to Buy Scheme 8. The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the economic and distributional impact of the Help to Buy Scheme.”. As we begin Report...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúrsaí Oidhreachta (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil deontais ar fáil chun obair athchóirithe a dhéanamh ar theach stairiúil (sonraí iniata); agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [40765/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 135. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an online video conference consultation is not permitted during Covid-19 for a cross-Border directive application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40522/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of beds in St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal; the total number of beds both occupied and unoccupied for the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40612/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing staff employed at St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40613/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing staff in St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal re-deployed in 2020; the number that have resumed their positions of those re-deployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40614/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of non-nursing staff employed at St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar, Co. Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40615/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 158. To ask the Minister for Health when respite services can be expected to resume in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40616/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (2 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new ward in St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal is not open; when it will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40637/20]

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Tá áthas orm a bheith ag caint ar an rún seo ó thaobh pinsean de atá curtha chun tosaigh ag mo chomhghleacaí i Sinn Féin anocht. Tabharfaidh mé glór do chuid de na daoine ó Thír Chonaill a bhí i dteagmháil liom agus a thuig tábhacht an rúin seo The motion before us has two principles, the principle of equality and...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 132. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the average interest rates across lenders providing loans to qualifying borrowers through the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39868/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 141. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he is considering reopening the restart grants to new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40340/20]