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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Maintenance (4 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will complete the works on the breakwater at Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal to ensure safe access to the harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42034/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (4 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has made a submission to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure that Greencastle harbour, County Donegal can be further developed under the capital plan 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42035/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (4 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for the development of Leenan pier, Inishowen, County Donegal; if Donegal County Council will be advised to make an application in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42036/17]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to raise two issues regarding the double taxation agreement with Kazakhstan and the sharing of information with Macao. My first question relates to the process. I have raised this matter previously with the Minister of State's predecessor and the Minister for Finance. When agreeing new tax treaties with non-OECD countries, why are we using the OECD template? This question is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Yes. We discussed them when we dealt with the UN model at this committee. That was an element of progress as the UN model takes on board the underdeveloped countries in particular and is more suited to their needs. Will there be a shift? It had seemed as though there was going to be a shift in the UN model. Has that now stalled or are we looking at engaging with the UN model again rather...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: It is important that Ireland use the UN model, particularly for agreements with less developed countries. This is something that I will continue to pursue. Macao, meanwhile, is known as the casino of Asia and is something of a tax haven because of its advantageous personal and corporate tax structure. Residents and non-residents both benefit from ultra-low taxes levied against...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Chinese agreement not cover Macao at all?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Programme (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the items listed in the legislative programme for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41413/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance the fees paid by banks in which he holds shares to solicitors and barristers with regard to mortgage arrears cases, by legal professional; the fees paid to them in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41420/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the items listed in the legislative programme for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41414/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if staffing levels at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be reduced for the 2017-2018 academic year; if his attention has been drawn to the implications of such a move for the school's ability to cater for the educational needs of children residing in the local area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41506/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 273. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil aon dul chun cinn déanta aici chun bád farantóireachta úr toiscdhéanta a choimisiúnú don phasáiste idir Machaire Rabhartaigh agus Oileán Thoraí i gContae Dhún na nGall; cén uair a chuirfear an tseirbhís seo ar fáil do phaisinéirí; agus an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 408. To ask the Minister for Health when nivolumab will be made available on the HSE primary care reimbursement service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41691/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 369. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a further podiatrist to provide diabetes podiatry services to persons living in County Donegal will be made available; if so, when it is likely that this post will be available to persons; if his attention has been drawn to the increase in the number of persons with diabetes in the county requiring lower limb amputations owing to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 370. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision from the medical card department regarding an application for a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41487/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 387. To ask the Minister for Health if the outcomes and recommendations of a quality assurance review of in-home care packages and respite care for children with complex needs and life-limiting conditions residing within CHO area 1 has now been completed; if so, the findings contained therein; if copies of the report have been furnished to the families interviewed as part of this review...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 388. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made by the national palliative care office and representatives from CHO area 1 to explore the various options available with regard to the provision of respite services for children with complex needs and life-limiting conditions, including the possibility of providing services on a cross-Border basis; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 389. To ask the Minister for Health if a business operational appraisal case into respite care services has been prepared for the Ballyshannon complex in County Donegal; if so, the findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41557/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made to advance the case for hospice respite services provided at a facility (details supplied) to be made available to children with complex needs and life-limiting conditions who reside in CHO area 1 and its hinterland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41558/17]