Results 141-160 of 481 for going forward speaker:Pearse Doherty

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Tá costais mhaireachtála agus costais bhia, chíos, chairr, fhuinneamh, theas agus chúram leanaí ag ardú. Tá muintir na tíre seo, gnáth teaghlaigh agus oibrithe, ag streachailt. Níl go leor sa €100 a tugadh do dhaoine le dul in éadan costais leictreachais. Tá an ghéarchéim i bhfad níos leithne ná sin agus...

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...We are also facing a serious problem in our mental health services. When the Taoiseach announced that restrictions were to be lifted, many of us went back to the way we used to behave and back to going to the pubs, greeting people by shaking hands and being able to visit people. No such switch is possible for many people affected by the mental health impact of these last two years....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...just trying to point out that he made a mistake. We pointed this out in written correspondence and on Second Stage. It was a mistake and it needs to be dealt with in the context of any supports going forward. I refer to the issue of business interruption claims. The Minister stated that he had received legal advice that he could not reclaim this money from insurance companies. Was...

Regulation of Tenderers Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Ar dtús báire, I commend Deputies Mairéad Farrell and Patricia Ryan for bringing forward this timely, well-drafted legislation. The Regulation of Tenderers Bill 2021 would ensure that some of the problems that have arisen from the gross mismanagement of projects such as the national children's hospital, mismanagement that we are, unfortunately, all too familiar with, does not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: There seems to be a trend here. It was the same when the Government was going to roll out free antigen tests but then Lidl and so on sorted it out. It is likely that the same thing will happen here. The Government will take so long to come up with a scheme that the weather will have got better. We will be into the spring or the summer and the Government will say that help is no longer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ombudsman and Information Commissioner: Commissioner Designate (9 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...there are other ways to pursue the information. There is another matter to which I wish to refer. This is not a Covid issue because it was happening before Covid. I do not have any data and am just going on the basis of my own situation in this regard. It is very rare that FOI requests are dealt with within the original timeframe. Extensions of time are usually applied in respect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Central Bank (8 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: .... I would not send it out to get a pint of milk for me. That is the reality. We know it has been the subject of dawn raids and European investigations and that what is happening here is price gouging. It is very important that, until this practice is banned, we inform people that they should shop around as renewals come in. This affects 3.5 million policies between motor insurance and...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...part-fund redress schemes with respect to properties affected by defective blocks, fire safety and other such defects.”. This amendment deals with the defective block redress scheme. The scheme brought forward by the Government has been rejected outright by the homeowners in Donegal and other affected counties because of the sliding scale agreed by the Cabinet. It has to go...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister spoke about a press release going out at the end of last week after the Cabinet decision to bring forward this measure which in the Minister's view will increase the cost of diesel and petrol by another 2 cent from around 1 January onwards. Most people will not know this and will be asking what the hell is going on here. They are crippled with the cost of petrol and diesel....

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...We are asking him to respond. We are asking him to look at what his colleagues are doing despite households in those countries having cheaper energy bills than households in this State. I am asking the Minister to commit to considering the proposals I have put forward to him and reporting back to the Dáil as soon as possible. We need a financial package of scale to support low- and...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...petrol and diesel increasing. Regardless of the amounts involved, part of the increase is the result of the decision to increase the carbon tax in the budget. Petrol and diesel prices have been going through the roof over the last number of months. We are now informed that the biofuel obligation measure being brought forward by the Minister for Transport will increase the price by a...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...is happening, with none of the gains subject to dividend withholding tax unless the money leaves the fund. I will provide two examples. Last year, Kennedy Wilson sold one of its key Irish properties, Baggot Plaza in Dublin, to a German property investor for €141 million, making a profit of $85 million. All of that gain was exempt from capital gains tax. Kennedy Wilson made clear...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...got a tax write-off of €111,000. The butcher, hairdresser, nurse, teacher and street cleaner all must pay tax at the marginal rate of 40%, but, by God, if you are one of these lucky 1,574 people, the Minister for Finance has brought forward a sweetheart deal that will allow you, up to a maximum, to reduce your tax liability by €111,000. This has no place in a State that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: When is the Government going to come forward with a plan in regard to antigen tests?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...that they are valued. In that context, where is the bonus for front-line workers? It has been five months since the Taoiseach made an address in New York to say that the Government would bring forward a bonus for front-line workers. It is two months since he said that it would be finalised shortly. The Minister has said to the Committee on Budgetary Oversight that this needs to be...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: .... This is timely. The Minister knows that Sinn Féin has been calling for an enhanced research and development tax credit regime for small and micro businesses. In fairness, the Minister brought it forward in budget 2019. We wanted to see the rate increased to 30% for small and micro enterprises. It is disappointing it had not taken effect despite it being legislated for two years...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 72: In page 92, after line 39, to insert the following: “Report on restricting banks from carrying forward losses 37.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on restricting the banks from carrying forward losses against taxable profits in a manner which could result in many...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...take action and revert the measure. I want the banks, AIB and Bank of Ireland, which will make significant profits, to pay tax on those profits by limiting the volume of losses that can be carried forward in a given year, but he is not going to do that. I have read the report but I still do not understand why he will not do that. An argument was made at the time it was important to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...or disposing of assets. There are restrictions on the CEO remuneration and bonuses they can pay. Those restrictions are all there for a reason. The then Minister, Brian Lenihan, brought forward another restriction, namely, that they could carry forward only 50% of losses, and that was there for a reason as well. While the then Government pumped tens of billions of euro into those...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...amendments, that these same institutions will not pay tax on their profits for the guts of two decades. The levy we were getting from the banking sector will be reduced even though these deposits will go to these large banks, in the main. The levy was originally introduced in line with the DIRT tax which was in relation to the level of deposits that the institutions held. We understand...