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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (16 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a stamp duty charge of 7.5% is not applicable in which a scheme of arrangement, in accordance with Part 9 of the Companies Act 2014, is used for the acquisition of a company. [42516/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (16 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for delays being experienced in progressing a project to provide additional classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if his attention has been drawn to the impact the stalemate is having on the ability of the school to meet the accommodation and educational needs of students; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (16 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence sent to him by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has been received; when a response will issue; the actions that will be taken to remedy the situation with a view to improving accommodation at the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42387/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 156. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a procedure at Galway University Hospital; the waiting times for the procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42391/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Ranna (16 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an gceapann sí go bhfuil cothrom na féinne á fáil ag Pobal na Gaeltachta agus na Gaeilge ós rud é go bhfuil €5 mhilliún sa bhreis á thabhairt don Chomhairle Ealaíon, ach nach bhfuil ach €2.4 milliún sa bhreis á thabhairt do Roinn na Gaeltachta i gcomhair na...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (15 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2020, 2021 and 2022 of extending the SARP scheme in its present from up to 31 December 2022. [42031/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (15 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that have availed of the SARP scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number projected to avail of the scheme in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [42032/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday, the Turkish military invaded northern Syria with the aim of occupying Kurdish areas and attacking the Kurdish-led SDF, which bravely fought and defeated ISIS in the region. The SDF liberated areas under ISIS control, rescued tens of thousands of captured Yazidis and established democratic political structures that respect the rights of minorities. It is now under attack by the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: He restrained his language.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Unfortunately, the Government is not making the appropriate response to this matter.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister for Justice and Equality refused to meet the Deputy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: On a separate matter. He actually said there was no allegation of extortion.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: On Christmas Eve 2016, my colleague, Deputy Ó Snodaigh, sent correspondence to the Garda; the then Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald; the then Minister of State with responsibility for communities, Deputy Catherine Byrne; Dublin City Council and the current Tánaiste, who was then Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. The correspondence...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The matter was raised with the Tánaiste when he was the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. We have the email from Christmas Eve 2016 and it is addressed to the email address of the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. As there was no action arising from that, a further email was issued on 5 January, again address to the Minister....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 23. To ask the Minister for Health the expected completion date and projected cost of the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39624/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 85. To ask the Minister for Health if an independent clinical review will be launched into recent reports of apparent failings in the care provided to a number of women at the gynaecology department, Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal. [41170/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Shared Services (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána has ceased sharing information with Tusla due to differences of opinion on the protocols. [41395/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the investigation by his Department into environmental concerns at a farm (details supplied) has been concluded; and if so, the outcome of same. [41396/19]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Section 5 refers to the appointment of a chairperson to the commission. The chairperson will have specific designated functions under law, including annual reports and so on. Section 5(4E) refers to the temporary incapacity of a chairperson. I presume this makes sense, given the statutory function that we assign to it, that if the chairperson is not available those functions will need to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: In terms of the Tax Appeals Commission we would have two chairpersons. Would it be a requirement that the other chairperson would have to stand down during a period of incapacity or would two chairpersons be appointed? Would there be a point at which there are two chairpersons, legally? The provision should only provide for an acting chairperson as opposed to a chairperson. I believe one...