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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Income Data (19 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It is now six months since the Taoiseach at the Fine Gael Ard-Fheis pledged to increase the threshold to €50,000 for people entering the higher rate of tax. For a couple this would be €100,000. The package is estimated to cost anything between €2.3 billion and €3 billion, and the Taoiseach has committed to doing it within five years. Given the discussion we have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Income Data (19 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for his answer but it is unclear so I will reiterate my question. A clear commitment was given by the Taoiseach in front of all the television cameras, although I am not sure if he discussed it with the Minister before making it to the people watching at home. The commitment is clear and it is to increase the threshold to €50,000 within five years. It would mean...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Licensed Moneylenders (19 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle the high cost of moneylenders through legislative means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25525/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will complete its review of flat rate expenses regimes in place; the way in which he will ensure that changes are politically proofed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25526/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (19 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that REITs and IREFs are paying a fair share of tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25527/19]

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I have listened to the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, and the Minister, Deputy Regina Doherty. It never surprises me how Fine Gael can come up with ways to scupper a Bill that has broad support, has passed in the Seanad and is supported by sectors and workers, the trade union movement and a number of organisations in Galway and Cork, to mention a few. I am struck by the lengths to which...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated saving that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry with the exception of credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24863/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a super tax on insurance companies in the form of a surcharge on corporation tax or by other means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25514/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Data (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of new households which would pay the local property tax, LPT, if the exemptions for properties built in 2013 ceased and if all residential properties built since 2013 were included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25551/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 320. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a procedure in St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24915/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 329. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an addiction counselling service (details supplied) in County Donegal has ceased to provide service; his views on whether such an absence will have a detrimental impact on the health and well-being of service users in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24938/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transfers (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 348. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to be transferred from Sligo University Hospital to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24975/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 404. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment from the breast clinic in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25272/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 453. To ask the Minister for Health when an approved home support package will be in place for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25422/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 501. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a date for a tonsillectomy from Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25613/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 502. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be considered for a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25614/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budgetary and Fiscal Implications of Climate Change: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and their attendance. I do not want to belabour the fact that there are no costings. Ironically, this is the Committee on Budgetary Oversight but we cannot do much oversight when there are no numbers in the document. I welcome the fact that we have a plan and realise our views on parts of the plan may differ. The Department very much backs...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budgetary and Fiscal Implications of Climate Change: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Perhaps some of the other guests can answer. There has been talk of price signals and all of the rest. What signal do we send to an industry when we say we are open to receiving applications to drill for oil off our coast? These are the same companies. In fairness, Professor FitzGerald has accurately pointed out the level of economists who supported the carbon tax but they are also...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budgetary and Fiscal Implications of Climate Change: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: How long should the Minister continue to offer major oil companies licences to drill for oil off our shores? The same argument can be made in ten or 20 years time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budgetary and Fiscal Implications of Climate Change: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Government has set a target of retrofitting half a million homes between now and 2030. That sounds impressive but when one analyses the detail one soon discovers that the figure is only 5,000 more homes per year than was originally laid out in the national development plan. Plus none of the homes, or very few of them, will be deep retrofitted because a B2 rating does not allow for this....