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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 370. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider legislation to strengthen the consumer protection code; his views on the lack of enforcement action taken by the Central Bank for breaches of the code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1850/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 372. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider expanding the eligibility criteria for the Covid-19 restrictions support scheme under the Finance Act 2020 to include suppliers who have suffered reduced income as a result of public health restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 373. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing the taxation of section 110 companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1853/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Proposed Legislation (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 374. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish the Central Bank (amendment) Bill which will introduce the senior executive accountability regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3385/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 375. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions and policies he will consider to reduce mortgage interest rates in the Irish market, which remain among the highest in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3386/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 376. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the rate of vehicle registration tax on cars imported from the UK to offset post-Brexit VAT changes that will apply to second-hand cars imported from the UK; the estimated cost increase in respect of such a car with an open market value of €20,000 as a result of these changes; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 377. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with a bank and its parent company (details supplied) and his UK counterpart on the future of the bank in the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3389/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is possible for a sole applicant to apply for a Rebuilding Ireland home loan in the case in which a married or other couple resides in the property. [16446/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 536. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17567/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Services (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 1216. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment to attend for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17568/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (31 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 1217. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical assessment for a primary medical certificate will take place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17569/21]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Fáilte roimh an Aire don coiste. I have a couple of questions. My first question follows on from Deputy Tóibin's question. What is the OPW spend on security for the 76 vacant buildings in its possession?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Regarding the figures provided by the Minister of State, in 2019 there were 98 vacant properties, but that number has since decreased to 76. At that time, the OPW spend on security was approximately €340,000. I presume the spend has also reduced. I would welcome the details in that regard. Most of the properties, as mentioned by the Minister of State, are Garda stations closed by...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I understand that. I might engage separately with the Minister of State on the former derelict site in Gweedore.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: It was struck by lightning so it is useless.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: There are plans for the school adjacent to it, which has a serious car parking problem. I would welcome the opportunity to discuss the matter with the Minister of State. On the Garda, will the deadline of 2022 for the move from Harcourt Street be met or is the State likely to face significant penalties from Hibernia Reit?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I will not go into the history of this scandalous situation of Hibernia Reit owning this property, which the State owned a number of years ago through NAMA, as I have been through it with the Minister of State's predecessors. It is a crazy situation. When does An Garda Síochána expect to vacate its headquarters in Harcourt Street?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Is the deadline for penalties October 2022?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The key issue is the move to the €86 million unit in Military Road, which we understand is not large enough to accommodate Garda headquarters because the decision some years ago was based on the then numbers and the numbers have expanded. Can the Minister of State enlighten the committee on that matter?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I am trying to decipher what the Minister of State is saying. Is he saying that the contingencies are in the event that Military Road is not completed on time? Can he give a date for when it is expected Military Road will be completed and Garda headquarters will transfer to that facility?