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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (8 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers that availed of the incapacitated child benefit in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12249/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (8 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there is sufficient awareness of the incapacitated child benefit among taxpayers; if consideration has been given to proactively bringing it to the attention of possible candidates such as through collaboration with the Departments of Health, Children and Youth Affairs or Social Protection; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 259. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12426/17]

Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Tá sé ráite go soiléir sa chlár Rialtais go bhfuilimid ag iarraidh pobal rathúil sa chathair agus faoin tuath a thógáil. Ag éirí do mhuintir na tuaithe ar maidin, chuala siad na cinnlínte ar an nuacht go raibh se beartaithe níos mó seirbhísí bunúsacha a dhruidiú i gceantair tuaithe. Tá suas le 80 oifig...

Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: D'iarr muidne go mbeadh am leagtha ar leataobh an tseachtain seo sa dóigh is go dtig linn an cheist seo a phlé. Ó d'iarr an Teachta Ó Snodaigh an t-am sin, tá níos mó eolais curtha ar fáil don phobal sna meáin agus tá sé iontach tábhachtach go mbeadh níos mó am ar fáil fá choinne é seo a phlé....

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Tá cúpla ceist agam don Taoiseach. An fhoilseoidh an tAire Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige an dara tuairisc idir-thréimhseach an choimisiúin atá faoi bhráid an Aire ó mhí Mheán Fómhair ann? Ba chóir go mbeadh an tuarisc sin foilsithe inniu. Sin an chéad rud. An dara cheist a chuir mé ar an Taoiseach ná...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Maidin Dé hAoine thug an coimisiún fiosrúcháin ar na háras máithreacha agus naíonán sonraí maidir leis an tochailt a rinneadh níos luaithe i mbliana trínar tháinig ar méid substaintiúil de thaisí daonna ag sean-suíomh an tí máthar agus linbh i dTuaim, Contae na Gaillimhe. Coirp leanaí agus...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to expand the role, powers and duties of the Garda Reserve; her plans to review the present functions of the Garda Reserve with a view to establishing the most effective way its members may serve communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11253/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Maternity Leave (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to extending the basic 26 week maternity leave for families with multiple births; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11811/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the banking sector is playing a full role in lending to builders in order that housing construction can reach the levels required to meet the need; the engagements he or his officials have had with the banking sector on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11223/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications to date for the help-to-buy scheme as announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11631/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the help-to-buy scheme that have been deemed valid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11632/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of successful or pending applications for the help-to-buy scheme with in each categories (details supplied) in tabular form; and the total potential cost of the scheme in each catagory. [11633/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance the total anticipated cost of the help-to-buy scheme based on the applications to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11634/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount allocated and also needed for demographics, which relates to higher education funding in each of the years 2010 to 2021, in view of the recent Cassells report in which is quantified the provision needed for demographics for higher education as including an average 1.7% increase per year – c. 3,000 students (details supplied);...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the details of the staffing levels at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11489/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment scheme projects for each of the years 2012 to 2016, by county, in tabular form; the total number of participants for each of the years 2012 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11477/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of projects supported through the community employment scheme which have been amalgamated for each of the years 2012 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11478/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 360. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will be made in respect of an application made by the local authority for coastal defences at Maghery, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12024/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Sector Staff (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 19 January 2017, if the high level forum on the community employment sector, as referred to in the Minister's reply, has now reconvened to examine the issue of pension entitlements for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors; if the working group has established a...