Pearse Doherty

460. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline every update provided to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in relation to the Arts Council IT project since the project was first approved in 2019, specifying whether the update included information on costs and the date of the update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7265/25]

461. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline every update provided to the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in relation to the Arts Council IT project since the project was first approved in 2019, specifying whether the update included information on costs and the date of the update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7266/25]

477. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Secretary General of the Department raised the issue of the increased cost of the ICT system of the Arts Council at the Civil Service Management Board;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7573/25]

556. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a National Parks and Wildlife Service farm plan scheme annual payment for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8015/25]

557. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if National Parks and Wildlife Service farm plan scheme payments are delayed; if he will provide an update on payment processing timelines; the number of participants awaiting their payment under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8016/25]

855. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Strategic Review of General Practice; to confirm that the review will provide sustainable solution for charity-operated GP practices in relation to the taxation of GMS contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7267/25]

856. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the cost of the PwC report into the National Children’s Hospital commissioned in January 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7268/25]

65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 12 February 2025; the total value of all invoices paid to a company (details supplied) in relation to the 24-month contract for them to operate as the Department’s independent advisor on the State’s banking assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6746/25]

66. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 46 to 54 of 6 February 2025; to provide the number of tax avoidance cases that have been timed out or closed as a result of the time limit being reached, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6747/25]

67. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 46 to 54 of 6 February 2025; to provide the average duration of a tax avoidance case since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6748/25]

320. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if the lease has been signed for the move by a school (details supplied) to a premises in Letterkenny; if so, the duration of the lease; when lease comes into effect; the cost of the move, including start-up costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5523/25]

681. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a patient (details supplied) from County Donegal will be transferred from Sligo University Hospital to Beaumont Hospital for a second opinion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5457/25]

1. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to deliver on transparency and affordability in the insurance sector in the context of insurance premiums either remaining too high or increasing, and the pressure this places on households, community organisations and small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5417/25]

3. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will deliver on election campaign promises to reduce the VAT rate for the hospitality sector in advance of the budget in October 2026, in recognition of the difficulties faced by many small businesses in the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5418/25]

5. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline the implications for Ireland of the recent decision by the new US Administration to withdraw from the OECD Global Tax Deal, making specific reference to both pillars of the agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5419/25]

26. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total revenue collected in the recent year from the taxation of rental income from short-term rentals and how that income has evolved over recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5089/25]

30. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the actions he will take to address the rising prevalence of payment fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5087/25]

39. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the increasing prevalence of rising motor insurance costs on renewal despite no change in circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5090/25]

42. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline the role of the housing unit within his Department making specific reference to their role in advising and informing the Minister on all matters related to housing including in year targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5086/25]

56. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that mortgage prisoners of vulture funds are not hit will excessively high interest rates; if he will outline the plan to provide a pathway for these homeowners to return to the traditional banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5088/25]

162. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the rationale for Revenue changing the operation and scope of the compliance assurance programme, making specific reference as to why the compliance assurance programme will no longer cover the large corporation division, high-wealth and financial services division, and the medium enterprise division, instead targeting exclusively at small business and personal division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5257/25]

163. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will amend the Irish real estate investment fund regime to incorporate an entity-level tax to address issues of justice and fairness in how rental income and other gains from property is taxed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5258/25]

164. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of times a surcharge has been applied each year since 2016 as an additional penalty in the cases of tax-avoidance transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5259/25]

165. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 60 to 62 of 6 February 2025, to outline, given that declarations are required for transferring a pension within the EU under the IORP II Directive, the number of transfers made to each EU Member State in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5260/25]

58. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach if he can confirm that a 21st extension will be provided to the NAMA Commission regarding its investigation into the sale by the National Asset Management Agency of its Project Eagle loan portfolio, and that the report will be published on 30 April 2025. [5112/25]