Pearse Doherty

82. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the documents that can be supplied to the passport office by a person (details supplied) living in Wales, but who was born in Ireland and currently has an Irish passport that they want to renew; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4944/25]

115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if it is his intention to legislate for carbon taxes to be ring-fenced, as was committed to in the 2020 Programme for Government. [5154/25]

121. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide the dividend payment received by the State for shares held in AIB, BOI and PTSB for each year that data is available, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5113/25]

122. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 6 February 2025, to provide additional detail on the contract with a company (details supplied) making specific reference to the substance of the advice received and the impact it had on the decision to sell state assets; the reason there was no cost to the Department given the contract was for a 12-month duration; if there was costs related to the contract paid by any third-party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5114/25]

123. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide additional detail on the most recent sale of State assets for a 5% stake in AIB, making specific reference to the purchase by international institutional investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5115/25]

124. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if companies can make disclosures that are classified as unprompted even after Revenue has requested for a self-review of tax compliance effectively alerting the company to revenues awareness and interest in a specific tax practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5116/25]

125. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to commission an independent assessment of the impacts of his tax policies on the economies of developing countries, as recommended by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5155/25]

126. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward annual estimates of the tax gap, as is done in many other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5157/25]

127. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline the reasons the compliance assurance programme was not run in either 2022 or 2023; if the compliance assurance programme was run in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5161/25]

128. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of non-resident ownership of Irish Government bonds making a distinction between private and publicly held non-resident ownership, specifying how much is held by other central banks, including the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5162/25]

129. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of Irish Government bonds held by the Central Bank since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5163/25]

140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to outline any plans to establish a mechanism for central oversight to monitor the amount of the allocated funding from the carbon tax that is actually being expended on the target schemes and programmes, as highlighted by the C&AG it will not be possible to say how much of the carbon tax will actually be spent in targeted areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5156/25]

189. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of properties registered with each local authority for short-term rentals in Donegal; the total number of applications of planning permission for short-term rental in Donegal local authority; the total number refused and accepted in Donegal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5164/25]

225. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice to outline plans for the accommodation recognition payment with the scheme scheduled to expire on the 31 March 2025; mitigation measures that will be put in place to ensure the orderly unwinding of the scheme; if he will comment on the matter. [5158/25]

226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice to outline the total number of receipt hosts and persons benefitting from accommodation under the accommodation recognition payment, by county; the number of new entrants into the scheme each month since January 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5160/25]

269. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of unfilled vacant positions in the Donegal HSE mental health services which are vacant, unfilled or filled on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4976/25]

47. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and 2024; and the purpose, value and duration of each contract in relation to public bodies under the aegis of his Department, including where consulting contracts are classified under 'business-as-usual outsourcing' for annual reporting. [3871/25]

259. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education what options a school in Donegal (details supplied) has to carry out essential repairs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3996/25]

731. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a tender was issued for the PSO contract for Arranmore Island and Tory Island; when the current contract expired; if there has been a delay; if so, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3972/25]

6. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and 2024; the purpose, value and duration of each contract in relation to public bodies under the aegis of his Department, including where consulting contracts are classified under ‘business-as-usual outsourcing’ for annual reporting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3783/25]

11. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount the ESB has paid each year since 2020 on external legal fees contesting appeals made to the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information and Information Commissioner in relation to freedom of information and access to information on the environment regulations requests, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3774/25]

12. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount Bord na Móna has paid each year since 2020 on external legal fees contesting appeals made to the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information and Information Commissioner in relation to freedom of information and access to information on the environment regulations requests, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3775/25]

13. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and 2024; the purpose, value, and duration of each contract in relation to public bodies under the aegis of his Department, including where consulting contracts are classified under ‘business-as-usual outsourcing’ for annual reporting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3781/25]

16. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and 2024; the purpose, value, and duration of each contract in relation to public bodies under the aegis of his Department, including where consulting contracts are classified under ‘business-as-usual outsourcing’ for annual reporting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3778/25]

33. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and 2024; the purpose, value, and duration of each contract in relation to public bodies under the aegis of his Department, including where consulting contracts are classified under ‘business-as-usual outsourcing’ for annual reporting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3793/25]