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Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT paid by sunbed premises in 2016; the estimated extra revenue that would be generated if VAT on these services was charged at the standard rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23010/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons annually who availed of the CAT group A threshold in each of the years 2012 to 2016, in tabular form; the total value claimed through this threshold; and the number of persons whose claims exceeded this threshold, by the regions of Border, midlands, west region, Dublin region, east and south-east region and south-west region, as per...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons annually who availed of the CAT group B threshold in each of the years 2012 to 2016, in tabular form; the total value claimed through this threshold; and the total number of persons whose claims exceeded this threshold, by regions of Border, midlands, west region, Dublin region, east and south-east region and south-west region, as per...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons annually who availed of the CAT group C threshold in each of the years 2012 to 2016, in tabular form; the total value claimed through this threshold; and the total number of persons whose claims exceeded this threshold, by regions of Border, midlands, west region, Dublin region, east and south-east region and south-west region, as per...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials from his Department will make contact with a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in order to discuss and advise school authorities on the various funding programmes administered by his Department which may be suitable for the purpose of financing a planned school building project; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school transport scheme routes, including the names of the schools involved, for which the authorities have been forced to revise a previous decision (details supplied); the dates in each case on which such a revision came into effect by county for each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; the reason in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 378. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 481 of 7 March 2017, if the proposed surgery for a person (details supplied) will take place here as part of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will provide further clarification on a possible date for the procedure. [22816/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 382. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm receipt of correspondence from a health campaign and patient advocacy group (details supplied) in County Donegal requesting that he agree to facilitate a meeting between himself, the members of the group and Houses of the Oireachtas Members based in County Donegal; if he will facilitate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sunbeds Regulation (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sunbed units registered under the Public Health Sunbed Act 2014 in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23006/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Eligibility (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 467. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an allocation for home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23177/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 471. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23211/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 481. To ask the Minister for Health the progress regarding the second breast surgeon consultant post at Letterkenny University Hospital; his plans to deploy and utilise the post on a cross-Border basis in collaboration with Altnagelvin area hospital, Derry; the nature of discussions that have taken place to date between both service providers involved about the post; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided by his Department for works and improvements to be carried out at a harbour (details supplied) in County Donegal in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of the most recent correspondence received by the local authority regarding proposals to develop the foreshore at the site; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 520. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to reports that the State is facing fines of up to €75 million each year if it does not meet its target of obtaining 16% of total energy needs from renewable sources by 2020, if his Department has factored these fines into expenditure projections over the next five years; the estimated impact of the fines...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 522. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will commence a ministerial inquiry into the decision by Inland Fisheries Ireland to issue and in some instances to subsequently withdraw summonses and legal proceedings initiated against a number of persons in regard to a dispute over fishing rights on the Gweebarra river in County Donegal; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (16 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop and guarantee the long-term future of Arranmore lighthouse in County Donegal as a tourist attraction; the assistance and supports his Department has provided in recent years to realise same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23178/17]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Chathaoirleach agus cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus baill den Roinn fosta. As we know, in March 2014 FLAC, Free Legal Advice Centres, published a report entitled, Redressing the Imbalance. It was a study of legal protections for consumers of credit and other financial services in Ireland. My office engaged with FLAC to produce the Bill based on...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for his comments. I am familiar with the issues the Minister raises about some of the sections, and we can see from the legislation published yesterday the differences between the Bills. Some of the differences are minor and some are major and we can discuss them as we go through the sections of the Bill. I am very conscious of the Minister's comments to the effect...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Section 1 contains the definition of "the principal Act", which means the Central Bank Act 1942, and "the Act of 2004", which means the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2004. It is just a standard definitions section.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I have an amendment on section 2. Following the pre-legislative scrutiny and discussions with stakeholders, I have decided to propose deleting the section. The original intention - one I still support - is to make sure that the Financial Services Ombudsman is about protecting the small consumer, individual customers and small businesses. It should not be swamped by large cases that are...