Pearse Doherty

240. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the new capital ceilings for each Department for 2025 that reflect the new capital envelope of €17.9 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50858/25]

312. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of implementing a PRSI rebate of 2.25 percent on all weekly wages below €735 for PRSI class A only; assuming a 2.25 percent rebate for the weekly wage equivalent to the full-time weekly wage of minimum wage workers and the rebate tapering off until it is at 0% for employees on a weekly wage of €735; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51085/25]

323. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated additional cost to the Exchequer of implementing in full the TB eradication programme in 2026; the additional cost of phasing it in over three years in 2026, 2027 and 2028; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50857/25]

210. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the waiving of local authority section 48 development contributions and the refunding of Uisce Éireann water and wastewater connection charges provided construction is completed prior to December 2026 if fully accounted for within the expenditure and revenue projections contained in the Annual Progress Report; if not, if additional resources will have to be allocated from the Budget 2026 package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49724/25]

355. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if it is a requirement for the local authority to own the building they apply for the artist workspace scheme for; or if there is a requirement for the building to be leased for a certain period of time; whether Donegal county council have submitted an application to the scheme; if applications are still being accepted; if a list of all the local authorities that have been successful in applying for the scheme could be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50247/25]

361. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the waiving of local authority section 48 development contributions and the refunding of Uisce Éireann water and wastewater connection charges provided construction is completed prior to December 2026 if fully accounted for within the expenditure and revenue projections contained in the Annual Progress Report; if not, if additional resources will have to be allocated from the Budget 2026 package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49725/25]

413. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated increase to the WFP threshold included in the base projections for Government expenditure contained in the APR and the Summer Economic Statement; to what level; if increases to thresholds are taken from ELS or new measures; the estimated additional cost of increasing WFP thresholds by 10% or €70.05; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49969/25]

625. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a home help package in Donegal, by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49937/25]

711. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he will publish the options paper that will inform budgetary decisions in relation to further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50105/25]

98. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Foreign Affairs Council sessions which have taken place since he took up his post; the number he has attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48633/25]

318. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing local property tax, assuming a 0% adjustment, at each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48444/25]

319. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the revenue projections contained in the annual progress report for 2026 incorporate a carbon tax rate of €71; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48445/25]

320. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of claims under section 273 balancing allowances in respect of capital expenditure, and the total expenditure the claim relates to; the cost to the Exchequer, by year since 2016 providing specifically the hotels and holiday camps and cottages, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48446/25]

321. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of claims under section 272 writing down allowances in respect of capital expenditure, and the total expenditure the claim relates to; the cost to the Exchequer, by year since 2016 providing specifically the hotels and holiday camps and cottages, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48447/25]

322. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide a comprehensive list of all tax reliefs for landlords of both commercial and residential property; the cost of each measure to the Exchequer, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48448/25]

328. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 8 September 2025, the reason for the rapid decline in persons self-declaring for the high-income individuals’ restriction measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48632/25]

468. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated annual cost of providing pension parity to school caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47899/25]

683. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to have Glenveagh National Park in County Donegal return to being open on Mondays and Fridays; the details of the staffing issues that have resulted in it being closed on Mondays and Fridays; the way in which the staffing issues can be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48658/25]

721. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing weakly income threshold from €527 to €735 class employer PRSI threshold for entering the 11.15% rate. [49247/25]

961. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance his Department can provide to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) can continue operating; if his Department has taken or plans to take any action to maintain the necessary services provided by the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48644/25]

987. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the list of the counties in which home share is available for those seeking respite; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48057/25]

1098. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding awarded to organisations through the Children’s Disability Grant Fund has been received by the organisations; if not, when it will be awarded to all successful applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48637/25]

1101. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Donegal that have been identified as requiring respite in their assessment of need; the efforts being made to ensure that respite is made available to these children; what is required to bring services in Donegal up to the standard required to meet the needs of these children, specifically, the number of beds required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48666/25]

1172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for admission to Beaumont Hospital for spinal surgery; if all options are being considered including referring to another hospital both inside and outside the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47873/25]

1193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a paediatric orthopaedic appointment in CHI Crumlin hospital was cancelled for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48034/25]