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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas Members' Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated savings by withdrawing the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission allowances. [38728/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas Members' Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated savings by withdrawing the super junior Minister allowances. [38729/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas Members' Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated savings by withdrawing the mobile phone allowances of Deputies and Senators. [38730/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas Members' Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated savings by reducing the salary of the Taoiseach and Ministers by 50%, excluding the Deputy portion. [38731/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Correspondence (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 264. To ask the Minister for Health if a letter of complaint was received from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38343/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 273. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide funding for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38363/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicle Grants (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 426. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of increasing the grant for each category of electric vehicle by €1,000, €1,500 and €2,000. [38635/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 427. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of adding the replacement of single glaze windows with double glaze under the warmer home scheme. [38636/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 428. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of adding the replacement of single glaze windows and replacement doors under the warmer home scheme. [38637/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 429. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of doubling the grant for solar thermal heating under the better energy home scheme. [38638/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 431. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of increasing the grant under the better energy home scheme by €1000 for air to water heat pump, ground source to water heat pump and water to water heat pump. [38640/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 432. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of increasing the grant under the better energy home scheme for air to air heat pumps by €400. [38641/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Schemes Data (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 430. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of providing a grant of €1,000 for a solar PV scheme. [38639/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the witnesses. Could they start by outlining the financial benefits of section 481 to a company that is involved in production? What is it allowed to offset in the production costs and does that include post-production costs?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: So for a production solely based in Ireland, approximately a quarter of the entire budget can be written off.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: That is 32% of 80%.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Of course. That was going to lead me to my second question. For the portion of the production that may take place in Britain, is there a similar type of incentive or tax where some of the production that is taking place there can be written off? I am trying to get a sense of where competitors are.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: If Mr. Rooke did a co-production, would the incentive in Britain be similar, less or more generous?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: That would rule out a large number of productions.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I support section 481. I think there are significant opportunities in the film industry and would like to see more activity in it, especially in the regions. Concerns have been discussed here which I have also raised relating to quality of employment and so on. Can we drill into some of that? Ms Geraghty mentioned that there were 85 certified projects in 2017 which availed of section 481...