Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
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Pearse Doherty
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1,436
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
224,644
words spoken in the chamber
Across 1,657 contributions
378
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
236
topics asked about
Across 20 departments
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Questions asked 1,436 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 1,657 in all
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
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| December 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2025 | 10 | 20 |
| February 2025 | 135 | 57 |
| March 2025 | 93 | 120 |
| April 2025 | 59 | 72 |
| May 2025 | 117 | 111 |
| June 2025 | 79 | 75 |
| July 2025 | 132 | 106 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 89 | 38 |
| October 2025 | 75 | 81 |
| November 2025 | 79 | 163 |
| December 2025 | 51 | 102 |
| January 2026 | 64 | 37 |
| February 2026 | 72 | 98 |
| March 2026 | 53 | 95 |
| April 2026 | 64 | 140 |
| May 2026 | 78 | 75 |
| June 2026 | 67 | 102 |
| July 2026 | 60 | 16 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 2 |
| September 2026 | 39 | 90 |
| October 2026 | 20 | 56 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 1,142 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
Asked about similar topics
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- constituency Donegal 29 November 2024 to now
- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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 persona…
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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; i…
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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 actua…
Pearse Doherty
Written
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…
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]
Pearse Doherty
Written
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]