Pearse Doherty

495. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if construction of a qualifying building is required to be within the State in order to be relevant expenditure for the research and development tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58936/25]

496. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of firms engaged in Discretionary Commission Arrangements in the provision of motor finance through hire-purchase agreements prior to the Central Bank's intervention in 2024; the estimated number of customers effected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58949/25]

500. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the status of the recommendations of the 2022 Retail Banking Review; the number of actions outstanding; the timeline for their completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59383/25]

501. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the progress on the European Deposit Insurance Scheme; Ireland’s position on these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59384/25]

502. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the progress on the Payment Services Directive and Regulation; Ireland’s position on these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59385/25]

503. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the progress on the Programme for Government commitment to “draft a five-year strategy for the credit union sector to ensure it can fully leverage new opportunities”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59386/25]

504. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the likely priorities on banking and financial services during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59387/25]

541. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a breakdown of each of the aggregate amounts for 2025 decisions, public sector pay agreement, increase in recipients, other, key policy adjustments and expansion of services, and Ukraine related expenditure respectively set out on Table 2 on page 12 of the Expenditure Report, by Department, in tabular form. [58475/25]

693. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a decision will be made in regards to the 2027 Leaving Certificate Gaeilge oral examinations, in particular the number of Strath Pictiuirí (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58235/25]

1192. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in County Donegal who will be affected by the changes in Budget 2026 to the living alone allowance; the estimated number of people that would have benefitted if further funding was provided for allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58522/25]

1328. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of legislation on the national fraud database, due to start in 2025, as set out in Recommendation 5.1 of the National Payment Strategy, as published in October 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59356/25]

2144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the Programme for Government commitment to ‘review the financial supports available to adult learners and promote access to education and lifelong learning’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59357/25]

2145. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he sought or obtained any additional supports for financial literacy and financial education in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59358/25]

38. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of homes that will move into a higher band for the local property tax upon revaluation, by county or region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57642/25]

102. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 15 October 2025, for an approximate breakdown of the 3,000 beneficiaries, between those who are current recipients and will receive an increase to their payment rate, and those who will be new claimants and whose incomes will be in excess of the current maximum disregard level. [57683/25]

165. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if she will sanction the appointment of a WTE consultant paediatric endocrinologist into Letterkenny University Hospital (details supplied) to fully support children with type 1 diabetes and their families living in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57433/25]

179. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health for an update on the timeline of plans to develop a new surgical hub in Letterkenny University Hospital. [57492/25]

180. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health her Departments progress in ensuring the second busiest level 3 hospital in the country, Letterkenny University Hospital, changed to a level 4 hospital, considering its geographical and roads/rail infrastructure isolation, and by adding much needed medical specialties to existing services, thereby making them more easily accessible to people living in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57493/25]

175. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under his Department and at agencies under his aegis in the next six months and in the next 12 months. [56458/25]

296. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance using data from local property taxes, to provide the number of landlords with over 100 residential properties and the total number of properties; the number of landlords with between 50 - 99 residential properties and the total number of properties; the number of landlords with between 20 - 49 residential properties and the total number of properties; the total number of landlords with between 10 -19 residential properties and the total number of properties; the number of landlords with between five to nine residential properties and the total number of properties; the number of landlords with four residential properties; the number of landlords with three residential properties; the number of landlords with two residential properties; the number of landlords with one residential property, by year, from 2016 to date, in tabular form. [56808/25]

297. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the exclusions from the hospitality VAT reduction; the saving associated with each exclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56809/25]

298. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the rationale for applying the VAT reduction on new apartments from Budget 2026 given the fact it will only mean savings and higher profitability for apartments which were already viable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56810/25]

299. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of all jurisdictions outside the EU/EEA that Ireland does not have a double taxation treaty in place, that will apply a non-refundable dividend withholding tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56812/25]

300. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total value of all residential property based on local property tax data; the total value of residential property owned by landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56823/25]

302. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance for the abridged estimates volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 7, 9 and 10, including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations. [56927/25]